Canon PowerShot SX260 HS User Guide

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Setting Menu
Customize or adjust basic camera functions for greater 
convenience
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Functions can be configured on the 3 tab. Customize commonly used 
functions as desired, for greater convenience (p. 40).
Silence camera sounds and movies as follows.
zChoose [Mute], and then choose [On].
Adjust the volume of individual camera sounds as follows.
zChoose [Volume], and then press the m  
button.
zChoose an item, and then press the  qr 
buttons to adjust the volume.
Adjusting Basic Camera Functions
Silencing Camera Operations
• Operation can also be silenced by holding down the  l button as you turn 
the camera on.
• Sound is not played during movies if you mute camera sounds (p. 146). To 
restore sound during movies, press the  o button. Adjust volume with the  op 
buttons, as needed.
• Sound settings cannot be changed in   mode (p. 110).
Adjusting the Volume
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Customize camera operating sounds as follows.
zChoose [Sound Options], and then press the 
m button.
zChoose an item, and then press the  qr 
buttons to choose an option.
Hints and tips are normally shown when you choose FUNC. menu (p. 39) or 
Menu (p. 40) items. If you prefer, you can deactivate this information.
zChoose [Hints & Tips], and then choose [Off].
Customizing Sounds
1 Preset sounds
(cannot be modified)
2 Preset sounds
Can be changed by using the included 
software.
•
The default shutter sound is used in   mode (p. 100), regardless of any 
changes to [Shutter Sound].
• Sound settings cannot be changed in   mode (p. 110).
Hiding Hints and Tips
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Adjust screen brightness as follows.
zChoose [LCD Brightness], and then press the 
qr buttons to adjust the brightness.
Customize the start-up screen shown after you turn the camera on as follows.
zChoose [Start-up Image], and then press the 
m button.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose an option.
Screen Brightness
• For maximum brightness, press and hold the  l button for at least two 
seconds when the shooting screen is displayed or when in single-image display. 
(This will override the [LCD Brightness] setting on the  3 tab.) To restore the 
original brightness, press and hold the  l button again for at least two 
seconds or restart the camera.
Start-up Screen
No start-up image
1 Preset images
(cannot be modified)
2 Preset images
Assign desired shots, or use the included 
software to change the image.
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Access the [Start-up Image] screen 
in Playback mode.
zPress the 1 button.zFollowing the previous procedure, choose [2] 
and press the  m button.
Choose one of your shots.
zChoose an image and press the  m button. 
After [Register?] is displayed, choose [OK] 
(either press the qr  buttons or turn the 5 
dial), and then press the  m button.
Before using a new memory card or a card formatted in another device, you 
should format the card with this camera.
Formatting erases all data on a memory card. Before formatting, copy images 
on the memory card to a computer, or take other steps to back them up.
An Eye-Fi card (p. 216) contains software on the card itself. Before formatting 
an Eye-Fi card, install the software on a computer.
Access the [Format] screen.
zChoose [Format], and then press the  m 
button.
Customizing the Start-up Screen
• The previous start-up setting is overwritten when you assign a new 
start-up image.
• You can assign the operating sounds and start-up images for your camera from 
the included software. For details, refer to the ImageBrowser EX User Guide .
Formatting Memory Cards
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Choose [OK].
zPress the qr buttons or turn the  5
 dial to 
choose [OK], and then press the  m button.
Format the memory card.
zTo begin the formatting process, press the 
op
 buttons or turn the  5
 dial to choose 
[OK], and then press the  m button.
zWhen formatting is finished, [Memory card 
formatting complete] is displayed. Press the 
m
 button.
Perform low-level formatting in these cases: [Memory card error] is displayed, 
the camera is not working correctly, card image reading/writing is slower, 
continuous shooting is slower, or movie recording suddenly stops. Low-level 
formatting erases all data on a memory card. Before low-level formatting, 
copy images on the memory card to a computer, or take other steps to back 
them up.
Perform low-level formatting.
zOn the screen in step 2 above, press the  op 
buttons or turn the 5  dial to choose [Low 
Level Format], and then select this option 
(mark with a  ) by pressing the  qr buttons.
zPress the op  buttons or turn the  5 dial 
to choose [OK], press the  m button, and 
then follow step 3 on p. 185 to format (low-
level format) the memory card.
• Formatting or erasing data on a memory card only changes file 
management information on the card and does not erase the data 
completely. When transferring or disposing of memory cards, take 
steps to protect personal information if necessary, as by physically 
destroying cards.
• The total card capacity indicated on the formatting screen may be less than the 
advertised capacity.
Low-Level Formatting
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Your shots are automatically numbered in sequential order (0001 – 9999) and 
saved in folders that store up to 2,000 images each. You can change how the 
camera assigns file numbers.
zChoose [File Numbering], and then choose 
an option.
•Low-level formatting takes longer than “Formatting Memory Cards” (p. 185), 
because data is erased from all storage regions of the memory card.
• You can cancel low-level formatting in progress by choosing [Stop]. In this case, 
all data will be erased, but the memory card can be used normally.
File Numbering
Continuous Images are numbered 
consecutively (until the 9999th shot 
is taken/saved) even if you switch 
memory cards.
Auto Reset Image numbering is reset to 0001 if 
you switch memory cards, or when 
a new folder is created.
•
Regardless of the option selected in this setting, shots may be numbered 
consecutively after the last number of existing images on newly inserted 
memory cards. To start saving shots from 0001, use an empty (or formatted 
(p. 185)) memory card.
• Refer to the ImageBrowser EX User Guide  for information on the card folder 
structure and image formats.
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Instead of saving images in folders created each month, you can have the 
camera create folders each day you shoot to store shots taken that day.
zChoose [Create Folder], and then choose 
[Daily].
XImages will now be saved in folders created 
on the shooting date.
The lens is normally retracted for safety about one minute after you press the 
1  button in Shooting mode (p. 36). To have the lens retracted immediately 
after you press the  1 button, set the retraction timing to [0 sec.].
zChoose [Lens Retract], and then choose [0 
sec.].
Date-Based Image Storage
Lens Retraction Timing
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Adjust the timing of automatic camera and screen deactivation (Auto Power 
Down and Display Off, respectively) as needed (p. 36).
Access the [Power Saving] screen.
zChoose [Power Saving], and then press the 
m button.
Configure the settings.
zAfter choosing an item, press the  qr buttons 
to adjust it as needed.
To ensure that your shots will have the correct local date and time when you 
travel abroad, simply register the destination in advance and switch to that 
time zone. This convenient feature eliminates the need to change the Date/
Time setting manually.
Before using the world clock, be sure to set the date and time (p. 17) and your 
home time zone.
Specify your destination.
zChoose [Time Zone], and then press the  m 
button.
zPress the op  buttons or turn the  5 dial to 
choose [  World], and then press the  m 
button.
zPress the qr  buttons or turn the 5  dial to 
choose the destination.
zTo set daylight saving time (1 hour ahead), 
press the op  buttons to choose  .
Power-Saving Adjustment
•To conserve battery power, you should normally choose [On] for 
[Auto Power Down] and [1 min.] or less for [Display Off].
• The [Display Off] setting is applied even if you set [Auto Power Down] to [Off].
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zPress the m button.
Switch to the destination time 
zone.
zPress the op  buttons or turn the  5 dial to 
choose [  World], and then press the 
n  button.
X is now shown on the shooting screen 
(p. 226).
Adjust the date and time as follows.
Access the [Date/Time] screen.
zChoose [Date/Time], and then press the  m 
button.
Configure the setting.
zPress the qr  buttons to choose an item, and 
then adjust the setting, either by pressing the 
op  buttons or turning the  5 dial.
•Adjusting the date or time while in   mode (p. 18) will automatically update 
your [  Home] time and date.
Date and Time
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