Canon Powershot N2 User Guide

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Choosing Effects
You can choose effects for images captured.
 ●Choose the [] mode and touch [].
 ●Choose the effect and touch.
Auto All effects
Retro Images resemble old photos
Monochrome Images are generated in one color
Special Bold, distinctive-looking images
Natural Subdued, natural-looking images
Realizing the Joy of Movies
If a movie is recorded, the camera will determine the subject and 
shooting conditions, and add various effects such as slow motion or fast-
forward. It also records a short...

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2 Record the first movie.
 ●If you touch [], recording will start and 
the bar based on the recording time will 
be displayed.
 ● If a movie of three to six seconds is 
recorded, recording will automatically 
stop.
3 Record the second to fourth movies.
 ●Repeat the operation of step 2 three 
times to record the fourth movie.
 ● Even if the number of movies does not reach four, they will be 
saved in a different file when the date changes.
 ●Although the effects for movies from the first to fourth...

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Shooting with Camera-Determined 
Settings
For fully automatic selection of the optimal settings for specific scenes, 
simply let the camera determine the subject and shooting conditions.
Shooting (Smart Auto)
 Still Images  Movies
1 Turn the camera on.
 ●Press the power button.
 ●The startup screen is displayed.
2 Enter [] mode.
 ●Set the mode switch to [].
 ●Touch [] and [] or [], drag the 
screen vertically, and touch [].
 ● To confirm your choice, touch [OK].
 ●Aim the camera at the subject. The...

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2) Shoot.
 ●Press the shutter ring all the way down.
 ●As the camera shoots, a shutter sound 
is played, and in low-light conditions, the 
flash fires automatically.
 ●After displaying your shot, the camera will 
revert to the shooting screen.
Shooting Movies
1)
 Start shooting.
 ●Touch []. The camera beeps once 
as recording begins, and [Rec] is 
displayed with the elapsed time (1).
 ● Black bars are displayed on the top and 
bottom edges of the screen, and the 
subject is slightly enlarged. The...

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Shooting in Hybrid Auto Mode
 Still Images  Movies
You can make a short movie of the day just by shooting still images. The 
camera records 2 – 4-second clips of scenes before each shot, which a\
re 
later combined in a digest movie.
1 Enter [] mode.
 ●Follow step 2 in “Shooting (Smart Auto)” 
(= 33) and choose [].
2 Compose the shot.
 ●
Follow steps 3 – 4 in “Shooting (Smart 
Auto)” ( = 33) to compose the shot and 
focus.
 ● For more impressive digest movies, 
aim the camera at subjects about four...

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Digest Movie Playback
Display a still image shot in [] mode to play a digest movie, or specify 
the date of the digest movie to play ( = 66).
Still Images
 ●
A blinking [] icon warns that images are more likely to be 
blurred by camera shake. In this case, mount the camera on a 
tripod or take other measures to keep it still.
 ● If your shots are dark despite the flash firing, move closer to 
the subject. For details on the flash range, see “Flash Range” 
(=
 134). ●
The subject may be too close if...

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Scene Icons
 Still Images  Movies
In [] and [] modes, shooting scenes determined by the camera 
are indicated by the icon displayed, and corresponding settings are 
automatically selected for optimal focusing, subject brightness, and col\
or. 
Depending on the scene, continuous images may be shot ( =
 38).
SubjectBackground
Normal BacklitDark*1SunsetsSpotlights
People
*2*3–
Moving People*3*3– – –
Shadows on Face
*2– – – –
Smiling
*3*3– – –
Sleeping
*2*3– – –
Babies
*3*3– – –
Smiling Babies
*3*3– – –...

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Continuous Shooting Scenes
If you shoot a still image when the following scene icons are displayed,\
 
the camera will shoot continuously. If you press the shutter ring halfway 
when one of the icons in the table below is displayed, one of the follow\
ing 
icons will be displayed to inform you that the camera will shoot continu\
ous 
images: [
], [], or [].
Smiling
(including Babies)Consecutive images are captured, and the camera 
analyzes details such as facial expressions to save 
the image...

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On-Screen Frames
 Still Images  Movies
In [] mode, a variety of frames are displayed once the camera 
detects subjects you are aiming the camera at.
 ● A white frame is displayed around the subject (or person’s face) 
determined by the camera to be the main subject, and gray frames are 
displayed around other detected faces. Frames follow moving subjects 
within a certain range to keep them in focus. 

 
However, if the camera detects subject movement, only the white 
frame will remain on the screen....

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 ●Turning the zoom ring will display the zoom bar (which indicates 
the zoom position). The color of the zoom bar will change 
depending on the zoom range.
 -White range: optical zoom range where the image will not 
appear grainy.
 -Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not 
noticeably grainy (ZoomPlus).
 -Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear 
grainy.
 ● Because the blue range will not be available at some resolution 
settings ( = 49), the maximum zoom factor can be...