Canon PowerShot SX260 HS User Guide

							Protecting Images
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Choose [Select Range].
zFollowing step 2 on p. 159, choose [Select 
Range] and press the m button.
Choose a starting image.
zPress the m  button.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose the image, and then press the  m 
button.
Choose an ending image.
zPress the r  button to choose [Last image], 
and then press the  m button.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose the image, and then press the  m 
button.
zImages before the first image cannot be 
selected as the last image.
Selecting a Range
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							Protecting Images
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Protect the images.
zPress the p button to choose [Protect], and 
then press the  m button.
Choose [Select All Images].
zFollowing step 2 on p. 159, choose [Select All 
Images] and press the  m button.
Protect the images.
zPress the op  buttons or turn the  5 dial to 
choose [Protect], and then press the  m 
button.
• You can also choose the first or last image by turning the  5 dial when the top 
screen in steps 2 and 3 is displayed.
Specifying All Images at Once
• To cancel protection for groups of images, choose [Unlock] in step 4 of 
“Selecting a Range” or in step 2 of “Specifying All Images at Once”.
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You can choose and erase unneeded images one by one. Be careful when 
erasing images, because they cannot be recovered.
Choose an image to erase.
zPress the qr buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an image.
Erase the image.
zPress the p  button.zAfter [Erase?] is displayed, press the qr  
buttons or turn the  5 dial to choose [Erase], 
and then press the  m button.
XThe current image is now erased.zTo cancel erasure, press the 
qr buttons or 
turn the 5  dial to choose [Cancel], and then 
press the m  button.
You can erase all images at once. Be careful when erasing images, because 
they cannot be recovered. Protected images (p. 159) cannot be erased.
Access the setting screen.
zPress the n  button, and then choose 
[Erase] on the  1 tab (p. 40).
Choose a selection method.
zChoose a menu item and a setting as desired 
(p. 40).
zTo return to the menu screen, press the n 
button.
Erasing Images
Still ImagesMovies
Erasing All Images
Choosing a Selection Method
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							Erasing Images
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Choose [Select].
zFollowing step 2 on p. 163, choose [Select] 
and press the m button.
Choose an image.
zOnce you follow step 2 on p. 160 to choose 
an image,   is displayed.
zTo cancel erasure, press the  m button 
again.   is no longer displayed.
zRepeat this process to specify other images.
Erase the image.
zPress the n button. A confirmation 
message is displayed.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the  5
 dial to 
choose [OK], and then press the  m button.
Choose [Select Range].
zFollowing step 2 on p. 163, choose [Select 
Range] and press the 
m button.
Choose images.
zFollow steps 2 – 3 on p. 161 to specify 
images.
Erase the images.
zPress the p  button to choose [Erase], and 
then press the  m button.
Choosing Images Individually
Selecting a Range
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							Rotating Images
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Choose [Select All Images].
zFollowing step 2 on p. 163, choose [Select All 
Images] and press the m button.
Erase the images.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose [OK], and then press the  m button.
Change the orientation of images and save them as follows.
Choose  \\.
zPress the m  button, and then choose  \\ in 
the menu (p. 39).
Rotate the image.
zPress the q  or r button, depending on the 
desired direction. Each time you press the 
button, the image is rotated 90°. Press the 
m  button to complete the setting.
Specifying All Images at Once
Rotating Images
Still ImagesMovies
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							Rotating Images
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Choose [Rotate].
zPress the n button, and then choose 
[Rotate] on the  1 tab (p. 40).
Rotate the image.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an image.
zThe image is rotated 90° each time you press 
the  m button.
zTo return to the menu screen, press the n 
button.
Follow these steps to deactivate automatic rotation by the camera, which 
rotates images shot in vertical orientation so they are displayed vertically on 
the camera.
zPress the n  button, choose [Auto 
Rotate] on the  1 tab, and then choose [Off] 
(p. 40).
Using the Menu
• Movies with an image quality of   or   cannot be rotated.
• Rotation is not possible when [Auto Rotate] is set to [Off] (see below).
Deactivating Auto Rotation
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							Image Categories
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You can tag images as favorites and assign them to My Category (p. 168). By 
choosing a category in image search, you can restrict the following operations 
to all of those images.
•Viewing (p. 91), Viewing Slideshows (p. 156), Protecting Images (p. 159), 
Erasing Images (p. 163), Adding Images to the Print List (DPOF) (p. 210), 
Adding Images to a Photobook (p. 214)
zPress the m  button, and then choose   in 
the menu (p. 39).
X[Tagged as Favorite] is displayed.zTo untag the image, repeat this process and 
choose   again, and then press the  m 
button.
Choose [Favorites].
zPress the n  button, and then choose 
[Favorites] on the  1 tab (p. 40).
•
Images cannot be rotated (p. 165) when you set [Auto Rotate] to 
[Off]. Additionally, images already rotated will be displayed in the 
original orientation.
• In Smart Shuffle (p. 158) mode, even if [Auto Rotate] is set to [Off], 
images shot vertically will be displayed vertically, and rotated images 
will be displayed in the rotated orientation.
Image Categories
Tagging Images as Favorites
Still ImagesMovies
Using the Menu
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							Image Categories
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Choose an image.
zPress the qr buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an image, and then press the  m 
button.   is displayed.
zTo untag the image, press the  m button 
again.   is no longer displayed.
zRepeat this process to choose additional 
images.
Finish the setup process.
zPress the n  button. A confirmation 
message is displayed.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the  5
 dial to 
choose [OK], and then press the  m button.
You can organize images into categories. Note that images are automatically 
categorized at the time of shooting, according to shooting conditions.
:Images with detected faces, or images shot in  I or   mode.
:Images detected as  ,  , or   in A  mode, or images shot in   
mode.
:Images shot in S , P, or  t mode.
Choose a category.
zPress the m  button, and then choose  ; in 
the menu (p. 39).
• Images will not be tagged as favorites if you switch to Shooting mode 
or turn the camera off before finishing the setup process in step 3.
• Favorite images will have a three-star rating ( ) when transferred 
to computers running Windows 7 or Windows Vista. (Does not apply to movies.)
Organizing Images by Category (My Category)
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Choose images.
zPress the qr buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an image, press the  op buttons to 
choose a category, and then press the  m 
button.   is displayed.
zTo cancel selection, press the  m button 
again.   is no longer displayed.
zRepeat this process to specify other images.
Finish the setup process.
zPress the n button. A confirmation 
message is displayed.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the  5
 dial to 
choose [OK], and then press the  m button.
Access the setting screen.
zPress the n
 button, and then choose 
[My Category] on the 1  tab (p. 40).
Choose a selection method.
zChoose a menu item and a setting as desired 
(p. 40).
zTo return to the menu screen, press the n 
button.
• Images will not be assigned to a category if you switch to Shooting 
mode or turn the camera off before finishing the setup process in step 
3.
Using the Menu
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							Image Categories
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Choose [Select].
zFollowing step 2 on p. 169, choose [Select] 
and press the m button.
Choose an image.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an image.
Choose a category.
zPress the op  buttons to choose a category, 
and then press the  m button.   is 
displayed.
zTo cancel selection, press the  m button 
again.   is no longer displayed.
zRepeat this process to choose additional 
images.
Finish the setup process.
zPress the n  button. A confirmation 
message is displayed. Press the  qr buttons 
or turn the  5
 dial to choose [OK], and then 
press the  m button.
Choosing Images Individually
•
Images will not be assigned to a category if you switch to Shooting 
mode or turn the camera off before finishing the setup process in step 
4.
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