Canon Digital Ixus 990 Is User Guide

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You can zoom in on close subjects. The possible shooting range is 
approximately 2 – 10 cm (0.79 – 3.9 in.) from the end of the lens. However, 
you can zoom in even closer on the subject using the digital zoom.
The digital zoom may cause images to appear coarse at some recording 
pixel settings (p. 72).
Set the mode switch to 4 (p. 42).
Select R.
●Select R in Steps 1 – 3 on p. 47 and 
press the m button.
XThe optical zoom will lock at the maximum 
wide angle.
Use the zoom lever to compose 
the shot.
XThe camera will zoom in and the zoom 
factor will appear.
Zoom Factors at which Images Deteriorate
•No image deterioration (zoom factor appears white)
•Image deterioration (zoom factor appears blue)
You are recommended to attach the camera to a tripod and shoot in Î, to prevent 
the camera from moving and blurring the image (p. 78).
R Zooming In on Close Subjects (Digital Macro)
Using Î
 
						

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You can select the recording pixels (image size) from six settings.
Select the recording pixels.
●Press the m button and select  , 
then press the m button.
Select an option.
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select an option, then press the 
m 
button.
XThe setting you selected will display on 
the screen.
You can select from the following two levels of image quality:
 (Fine),   (Normal).
Select the compression ratio.
●Press the m button and select  , 
then press the m button.
Select an option.
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select an option, then press the 
m 
button.
XThe setting you selected will display on 
the screen.
Changing the Recording Pixels
If you select  , you cannot use the Digital Zoom (p. 60) or Digital Tele- 
Converter (p. 61).
Changing the Compression Ratio 
(Image Quality)
 
						

							Changing the Compression Ratio (Image Quality)
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Approximate Values for Recording Pixels and Image Quality
•The values in the table are measured according to Canon standards and may change 
depending on the subject, memory card and camera settings.
Approximate Values for Paper Size
● Suitable for sending images as e-mail 
attachments.
● For printing on wide size paper.
Recording PixelsCompression 
RatioSingle Image 
Data Size
 (Approx. KB)Number of Recordable Images
2 GB8 GB
 (Large)
12 M/4000 × 30003084 626 2505
1474 1280 5116
 (Medium 1)
8 M/3264 × 24482060 930 3721
980 1920 7675
 (Medium 2)
5 M/2592 × 19441395 1365 5457
695 2672 10679
 (Medium 3)
2 M/1600 × 1200558 3235 12927
278 6146 24562
 (Small)
0.3 M/640 × 480150 10245 40937
84 15368 61406
 (Widescreen)
4000 × 22482311 830 3318
1105 1707 6822
A2
A3
5 × 7
Postcard size
3.5 × 5A4, Letter size
 
						

							74Select the ISO speed.
●Press the m button and select  , 
then press the m button.
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select an option, then press the 
m 
button.
XOnce set, the ISO speed will appear on 
the screen.
Approximate Values for ISO Speed
•Lowering the ISO speed results in sharper images, but there may be an 
increased chance of image blurring in certain shooting conditions.
•Raising the ISO speed results in a faster shutter speed, reducing camera shake 
and letting the flash reach greater distances to the subject. The images, 
however, will appear coarse.
Changing the ISO Speed
Automatically adjusts the ISO speed to the shooting mode and shooting 
conditions.
Low
HighFine weather conditions, outdoor shooting.
Cloudy, Twilight
Nightscapes, Dark interiors
Changing the ISO speed
•When the camera is set to  , you can press the shutter button halfway 
to display the automatically set ISO speed.
•With ISO 3200 you can set an even faster speed (p. 58).
 
						

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The white balance (WB) function sets the optimal white balance for natural 
looking colors.
Select the white balance.
●Press the m button and select  , 
then press the m button.
Select an option.
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select an option, then press the 
m 
button.
XThe setting you selected will display on 
the screen.
 Custom White Balance
You can adjust the white balance to the light source at the shooting location. 
Make sure that you set the white balance under the lighting conditions of the 
shooting scene.
●In Step 2 above, select  .●Make sure the entire screen is filled with 
the white subject, then press the l 
button.
XThe tint on the screen will change when a 
white balance data is set.
Adjusting the White Balance
AutoAutomatically sets the optimal white balance for the shooting 
conditions.
Day Light Fine weather conditions, outdoor shooting
Cloudy Cloudy, shady, twilight conditions
Tungsten Tungsten, bulb-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting
FluorescentWarm-white fluorescent, cool-white fluorescent, warm-white-type 
(3-wavelength) fluorescent lighting
Fluorescent HDaylight fluorescent, daylight-type (3-wavelength) fluorescent 
lighting
Custom Manually sets a custom white balance.
 
						

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You can adjust the standard exposure set by the camera in 1/3-stop 
increments in the range of –2 to +2.
Select the exposure 
compensation.
●Press the o
 button.
Adjust the brightness.
●While watching the screen, press the qr 
buttons or turn the  dial to adjust the 
brightness and press the m button.
You can shoot continuously at about 1.0 images/second.
Select the drive mode.
●Press the m button to select  , then 
press the r button.
●Press the op buttons to select W, then 
press the m button.
Shoot.
XAs long as you hold the shutter button 
down, the camera will shoot successive 
images.
Adjusting the Brightness 
(Exposure Compensation)
W Continuous Shooting
•Cannot be used with the self-timer (pp. 63, 64, 78, 79).
•For continuous shooting, the focus and exposure are locked when the 
shutter button is pressed halfway.
•As the number of images increases, the shooting intervals may take 
longer.
•If the flash fires, shooting intervals may take longer.
 
						

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You can change the tone of an image to sepia or black and white when 
shooting.
Select My Colors.
●Press the m
 button and select  , then 
press the 
m button.
Select an option.
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
 dial 
to select an option, then press the 
m 
button.
XThe setting you selected will display on 
the screen.
●After shooting, return the setting to  .
Changing the Tone of an Image (My Colors)
My Colors Off –
VividEmphasizes the contrast and color saturation for a vivid 
impression.
NeutralTones down the contrast and color saturation for neutral 
hues.
Sepia Sepia tones.
B/W Black and white.
Positive FilmLike the Vivid Red, Vivid Green or Vivid Blue effects, 
produces intense natural appearing colors like those 
obtained with positive film.
Lighter Skin Tone Makes skin tones lighter.
Darker Skin Tone Makes skin tones darker.
Vivid BlueEmphasizes blue tints. Makes the sky, ocean and other 
blue subjects more vivid.
Vivid GreenEmphasizes green tints. Makes mountains, foliage and 
other green subjects more vivid.
Vivid Red Emphasizes red tints. Makes red subjects more vivid.
Custom ColorYou can adjust contrast, sharpness, and color saturation 
etc. to your preference.
•The white balance cannot be set in the   and   modes (p. 75).
•In the   and   modes, colors other than people’s skin color may 
change. You may not obtain the expected results with some skin colors.
 
						

							Î Shooting Using the Two Second Self-Timer
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 Custom Color
The contrast, sharpness, color saturation, red, green, blue, and skin tones in 
an image can be selected and set from 5 different levels.
●Follow Step 2 on p. 77 and select  , then 
press the l button.
●Press the op buttons to select an option, 
then use the qr buttons or turn the 
 
dial to select a value.
●The more to the right, the stronger/deeper 
the effect gets, the more to the left, the 
weaker/lighter the effect gets.
●Press the l button to accept the 
setting.
You can set the self-timer to a delay of approximately two seconds.
Select Î.
●After pressing the p button, press the 
op buttons or turn the  dial to select 
Î, then press the m button.
●Once set, Î will appear.●Follow Step 3 on p. 63 to shoot.
Î Shooting Using the Two Second 
Self-Timer
 
						

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You can set the time delay (0 – 30 seconds) and the number of shots taken 
(1 – 10 shots).
Select $.
●After pressing the p button, press the 
op buttons or turn the  dial to select 
$, then immediately the press the n 
button.
Select the settings.
●Press the op buttons to select [Delay] or 
[Shots].
●Press the qr buttons or turn the  dial 
to select a value, then press the m 
button.
●Follow Step 3 on p. 63 to shoot.
•Exposure and white balance settings are set with the first shot.
•When you set the time delay for more than 2 seconds, the self-timer lamp and 
sound speed up 2 seconds before the shutter releases (when the flash will fire, 
the lamp lights).
$ Customizing the Self-Timer
What if the number of shots is set to two or more shots?
•If the flash fires, the shooting interval may be longer.
•If you set a high number of shots, the shooting interval may be longer.
•If the memory card becomes full, shooting stops automatically.
 
						

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You can use a TV to display the camera screen content.
•Connect the camera to a TV as described in “Viewing Images on a TV” 
(p. 111).
•Shooting procedures are the same as when using the camera’s monitor.
While you press and hold the shutter button halfway, the focus and exposure 
are fixed. You can now recompose and shoot. This is called Focus Lock.
Focus.
●Center the subject you want in focus, and 
press the shutter button halfway.
●Confirm that the AF Frame on the subject 
is green.
Recompose.
●Hold the shutter button pressed halfway 
and recompose the scene.
Shoot.
●Press the shutter button fully.
TV display is not available when using the HDMI Cable HTC-100 (sold 
separately) to connect the camera to a high-definition TV. 
Shooting Using a TV Monitor
Changing the Composition with the 
Focus Lock