Canon Eos M Instruction Manual

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Movie Shooting Cautions
Internal Temperature Warning  (in white) or < E> (in red)
After prolonged shooting or when shooting under a high ambient 
temperature, the camera’s internal temperature will increase and the white 
<
s> icon or red  icon will appear in white or red on the screen.  The white < s> icon indicates degraded still photo quality.  It is 
recommended to temporarily stop shooting still photos until the camera’s 
internal temperature decreases. As the image quality of movies is almost...

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Movie Shooting Cautions
Still Photo Shooting During Movie Shooting
Regarding the image quality of still  photos, see “Image Quality” on page 
128.
 If the shutter button is pressed halfway to focus while shooting movies, 
you may experience the following irregularities.
• The image may go temporarily out of focus.
• A sudden change of brightness may be recorded in the movie.
• A momentary stop may be recorded in the movie.
• The operation sound of the lens may be picked up and recorded.
• When the...

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Handy Features
Disabling the Beeper (p.204)
 Card Reminder (p.204)
 Setting the Image Review Time (p.205)
 Displaying the Grid (p.205)
 Setting Power-saving Features (LCD auto off, Camera auto 
off) (p.206)
 Adjusting the LCD Monitor Brightness (p.207)
 Creating and Selecting a Folder (p.208)
 File Numbering Methods (p.210)
 Setting Copyright Information (p.212)
 Auto Rotation of Vertical Images (p.214)
 Checking Camera Settings (p.215)
 Reverting the Camera to the Default Settings...

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You can prevent the beeper from sounding when focus is achieved, 
during self-timer operation, and during touch screen operations.Under the [53] tab, select [ Beep], then 
press < Q/0 >. Select [ Disable], then 
press < Q/0 >.
To silence the beeper only during touch 
screen operations, select [ Touch to ].
This setting prevents shooting if there is no card in the camera. Under the [A1] tab, select [ Release 
shutter without card ], then press . Select [ Disable], then press < Q/
0 >.
If there is no...

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Handy Features
You can change how long the image is displayed on the LCD monitor 
immediately after capture. If [Off] is set, the image will not be displayed 
immediately after image capture. If [ Hold] is set, the image review will 
be displayed up until the [ LCD auto off] time.
During image review, if you operate anything such as pressing the 
shutter button halfway, the image review will end.
Under the [A1] tab, select [Image 
review ], then press < Q/0 >. Select 
the desired setting, then press...

Handy Features
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If you do not operate the camera for a while, the LCD monitor will turn 
off automatically to save power. If you further leave the camera alone, 
the camera’s power will turn off automatically. You can set the time until 
when the LCD monitor turns off and when the camera’s power turns off 
automatically.
If the LCD monitor has turned off to save power, pressing any camera 
button or tapping the LCD monitor will turn it on again.
If the camera’s power has turned off to save power, you...

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Handy Features
You can adjust the brightness of the LCD monitor to make it easier to 
read. You can either use the menu to set the brightness level or set the 
Custom Function to make it brighter temporarily.
Adjusting the brightness with the 
menu
Under the [52] tab, select [LCD 
brightness], then press . On 
the adjustment screen, tap [
Y]/[Z] or 
press the <
Y A>/ button to adjust 
the brightness. Then press .
When checking the exposure of an 
image, set the LCD monitor brightness to 
4 and...

Handy Features
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You can freely create and select the folder where the captured images 
are to be saved.
This operation is optional since a folder will be created automatically for 
saving captured images.
Creating a Folder
1Select [Select folder].
Under the [5 1] tab, select [ Select 
folder ], then press < Q/0 >.
2Select [Create folder].
Select [ Create folder ], then press 
< Q /0 >.
3Create a new folder.
Select [ OK], then press < Q/0 >.
A new folder with the folder number 
increased by one is...

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Handy Features
Selecting a Folder
With the folder selection screen 
displayed, select a folder and press 
.
 Subsequent captured images will be 
recorded into the selected folder.
Number of 
images in folder
Folder name
Lowest file number
Highest file number
About FoldersAs with “ 100CANON ” for example, the folder name starts with three digits 
(folder number) followed by five alphanumeric characters. A folder can contain 
up to 9999 images (file number 0001 - 9999). When a folder becomes full, a...

Handy Features
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The image files will be numbered from 0001 to 9999 in the order the 
images are taken, then saved in a folder. You can change how the file 
number is assigned.
The file number will appear on your computer in this format:
IMG_0001.JPG.Under the [51] tab, select [ File 
numbering], then press < Q/0 >. The 
available settings are described below. 
Select one, then press < Q/0 >.
 [Continuous]: The file numbering continues in sequence even 
after you replace the card or create a folder....