Canon Digital Ixus 310 Hs User Guide

							
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Special Effects for Night Backgrounds (Creative 
Light Effect)
Light displays and other points of light in the night backgrounds behind your 
subject can be changed into 6 different shapes. Be sure to use the flash when 
shooting.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose  .
Choose a shape and size.
zTouch .
X[Select Effect] will appear on the screen.
zTouch the desired shape.zTouch  op to choose a size, then touch 
Ú .
Shoot.
Shooting tips
•Hold the camera firmly and shoot non-moving points of light in as dark a location 
as possible.
• Make sure your subject is within the range of the flash  (p. 85). Also make sure 
the subject is not illuminated  by any other light sources.
 
						

							
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Changing the Color and Shooting
You can change the look of an image when shooting. However, depending on 
shooting conditions, the image may become coarse, or the colors may not 
come out as expected.
Color Accent
You can choose to retain a single color and change the rest to black and white 
in a composition.
Choose T.
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64 to choose  T.
Touch .
XThe unchanged image and the Color 
Accent image will alternately display.
zThe color for default settings is green.
Specify the color.
zPosition the center frame so it is filled with 
the color you want and touch the frame on 
the lower part of the screen.
XThe specified color will be recorded.
Specify the range of colors.
zTouch  op to change the range of colors 
to be retained.
zChoose a negative value to limit the range 
of colors. Choose a positive value to 
extend the range of colors to similar colors.
zTouching  Ú restores the shooting screen.
In some shooting conditions, such as  when shooting moving points of light, 
the chosen shape may not show, and the brightness may be different than 
expected.
Recorded color
Using the flash may cause unexpected results in this mode.
 
						

							
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Color SwapYou can swap one color in an image for another when recording it. You can 
only swap one color.
Choose Y.
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64 to choose  Y.
Touch .
XThe unchanged image and the Color Swap 
image will alternately display.
zThe default setting is to change green to 
gray.
Specify the color to be swapped.
zPosition the center frame so it is filled with 
the color you want and touch the left frame 
that appears in the lower left of the screen.
XThe specified color will be recorded.
Specify the target color.
zPosition the center frame so it is filled with 
the color you want and touch the right 
frame that appears in the lower left of the 
screen.
XThe specified color will be recorded.
Specify the range of colors to be 
swapped.
zTouch  op to change the range of colors 
to be retained.
zChoose a negative value to limit the range 
of colors. Choose a positive value to 
extend the range of colors to similar colors.
zTouching  Ú restores the shooting screen.
 
						

							
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Shooting in Monochrome
You can shoot images in black and white, sepia or blue and white.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose  .
Choose a color tone.
zTouch .X[Color Tone] will appear on the screen.
zTouch  qr to choose an effect, then touch 
Ú .
XYou can check the color tone on the 
screen.
Shoot.
•Using the flash may cause unexp ected results in this mode.
• Under some conditions, the image may appear coarse.
B/W
Shoots in black and white.
Sepia Shoots with sepia tones.
Blue Shoots in blue and white.
 
						

							
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Shoot with the Effects of a Toy Camera (Toy 
Camera Effect)
This effect darkens and blurs the corners of the image, and changes the 
overall color so that it looks like an image shot with a toy camera.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64 to choose  .
Choose a color tone.
zTouch .X[Color Tone] will appear on the screen.
zTouch  qr to choose an effect, then touch 
Ú .
XYou can check the color tone on the 
screen.
Shoot.
Standard
Images will look like they were shot with a toy camera.
Warm Gives images a warmer tone than [Standard].
Cool Gives images a cooler tone than [Standard].
 
						

							
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Detecting a Smile and Shooting
The camera will shoot, even without pressing the shutter button, when it 
detects a smile.
Choose .
zChoose   in Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64, then 
touch .
zTouch , then touch  Ú.XThe camera will enter shooting 
preparation.
Point the camera at a person.
zEach time the camera detects a smile it will 
shoot after the lamp lights.
zTouching   will pause smile detection. 
Touch   to resume smile detection.
Detecting a Face and Shooting 
(Smart Shutter)
Number of shots, switching 
modes  (pp. 77, 78)
Smile detection: 
On/Off
What if a smile is not detected?
Smiles are easier to detect if the subject faces the camera, and opens their mouth 
enough to show some teeth when smiling.
Changing the number of shots
Touch , then touch  op to choose the number of shots. Touch  Ú to change 
the setting.
• You should switch to another mode when you finish shooting, or the 
camera will continue taking shots each time the camera detects a smile.
• You can also shoot by pressing the shutter button.
 
						

							
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Using the Wink Self-Timer
Point the camera at a person and press the shutter button fully. The camera 
will shoot approximately two seconds after it detects a wink.
Choose .
zChoose   in Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64, then 
touch .
zTouch , then touch  Ú.
Compose the shot and press the 
shutter butto n halfway.
zTouch a face displayed on the screen to 
choose a person to wink (Touch AF).
zConfirm that a green frame appears 
around the face of the person who will 
wink.
Press the shutter button fully.
XThe camera will enter shooting stand-by, 
and [Wink to take picture] will appear on 
the screen.
XThe lamp will blink and the self-timer 
sound will play.
Face the camera and wink.
XThe shutter will release approximately 2 
seconds after a wink is detected from the 
person inside the frame.
zTo cancel shooting with the timer after 
countdown has started, touch the screen.
What if a wink is not detected?
•Wink a bit slowly.
• A wink may not be detected if eyes are covered by hair or a hat, or when wearing 
glasses.
 
						

							
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Using the Face Self-Timer
The shutter will release approximately two seconds after the camera detects 
a new face (p. 95). You can use this when the photographer wants to be in 
the image, such as a group photo.
Choose .
zChoose   in Steps 1 – 2 on  p. 64, then 
touch .
zTouch , then touch  Ú.
Compose the shot and press the 
shutter button halfway.
zMake sure a green frame appears on the 
face focused on and white frames appear 
on other faces.
Press the shutter button fully.
XThe camera will enter shooting stand-by, 
and [Look straight at camera to start count 
down] will appear on the screen.
XThe lamp will blink and the self-timer 
sound will play.
Changing the number of shots
After touching   on the screen in Step 1, touch  op to change the number of 
shots. Touch  Ú to complete the setting.
•Shutting both eyes will also be detected as a wink.
• If a wink is not detected, the shutter will release approximately 15 
seconds later.
• If there are no people in the shot when  the shutter button is pressed fully, 
the camera will shoot after a pe rson enters the shot and winks.
 
						

							
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Join the subjects and look at the 
camera.
XWhen the camera detects a new face, the 
lamp and self-timer sound will speed up 
(the lamp remains lit when the flash will 
fire), and two seconds later the shutter will 
release.
zTo cancel shooting with the timer after 
countdown has started, touch the screen.
Changing the number of shots
After touching   in the screen in Step 1, touch op to change the number of 
shots, then touch  Ú to complete the setting.
Even if your face is not detected after joining the subjects, the shutter will 
release approximately 15 seconds later.
 
						

							
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You can shoot continuously at a maximum speed of approximately 
8.2 images/second while the shutter button is pressed fully and held.
Choose .
zFollow Steps 1 – 2 on p. 64 to choose  ,
Shoot.
XAs long as you hold the shutter button 
down, the camera will shoot successive 
images.
Images Displayed During Playback
Since each set of continuous images will become a single group, only the first 
image captured in that group will be displayed. To indicate that the image is 
part of a group,   will appear on the screen.
High-Speed Continuous Shooting 
(High-speed Burst)
•The recording pixel setting will be fixed at   (1984 x 1488 pixels).
• The focus, brightness and white balance will be set with the first shot.
• Depending on the shooting conditions, camera settings and the zoom 
position, the camera may stop shooting momentarily, or the shooting 
speed may slow down.
• As the number of images increases, the shooting speed may slow down.
If you erase a grouped image  (p. 139), all the images in the group will also 
be erased. Be sure to exercise adequate caution.
• If you want to play back images individually  (p. 128), grouping can be 
canceled  (p. 129).
• Protecting  (p. 137) a grouped image, will protect all of the images in the 
group.
• If you play back grouped images using Filtered Playback  (p. 123) or 
Smart Shuffle  (p. 130), grouping is temporarily canceled and images are 
played back individually.
• Grouped images cannot use  certain touch actions (p. 131), be tagged as 
favorites  (p. 141), edited  (pp. 144  – 150) , categorized  (p. 143), printed 
(p. 152)  or have the number of copies to be printed set  (p. 161). Play back 
grouped images individually  (p. 128), or cancel grouping  (p. 129) before 
trying the above.