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Canon PowerShot A470 Get great pictures every time! Let the camera do the work so you don’t have to…

Safety First!

Camera Care

Install Batteries

Install Memory

All the stuff Cables Power, battery charger Camera to computer (USB) Camera to TV (AV) Battery Card (Compact Flash, Memory Stick) Manuals

Extra stuff you’ll want Extra battery Card reader Additional card (with more space)

Flash options Flash onFlash offRed eye

Flash options

Create A Folder

With most digital cameras, taking pictures is the same as with a standard camera: just point the camera and push the shutter button. Most digital cameras have viewfinders but some digital cameras have LCD screens. LCD screens let you see the image before you shoot and allow you to delete pictures you don’t want, saving you time, effort, and camera memory. Unlike standard cameras, instead of storing pictures on film, digital cameras use a form of computer memory. Digital camera memory limits vary and may be supplemented with memory cards or specialty storage disks How to use a Digital Camera Recording

Some digital cameras allow you to actually view the pictures taken with built in LCD screens. Digital cameras usually connect and download to a computer using a built-in card reader (like our classroom computers) or use a USB port. Most digital cameras have video/photo output that allows the camera to send out the signal directly through a standard RGB cable to a television, projector or VCR. How to use a Digital Camera Viewing

All digital cameras save pictures in a digital file format, which may be camera specific or standardized, such as PNG, GIF, or JPEG. The format that pictures are saved in will determine the amount of disk space needed to save a picture. Picture files can be converted using a graphics program. How to use a Digital Camera Saving

How many images on camera? Size of storage card (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc) File Size (number of pixels in the picture) 640x x1614

How many images on camera?

Most digital cameras and digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras have a variety of small pictures on a dial that indicate the various exposure/mode settings the cameras are capable of using. As you will see in the images below, most digital cameras have similar controls for their various exposure settings. The classroom camera has these modes:  Auto  10 Scenes  Manual exposure mode  Movie Digital Camera Modes Explained

I suspect no one will need any introduction to this mode (as it seems most digital camera owners use it). Auto mode tells your camera to use it’s best judgement to select shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, focus and flash to take the best shot that it can. This mode will give you nice results in many shooting conditions, however you need to keep in mind that you’re not telling your camera any extra information about the type of shot you’re taking so it will be ‘guessing’ as to what you want. As a result some of the following modes might be more appropriate to select as they give your camera a few more hints (without you needing to do anything more). Digital Camera Modes Explained Auto Exposure

Digital Camera Modes Explained Common Camera Modes: IconsDescription Movie/Video In movie mode, Digital cameras can capture live streaming video. Macro/Close-Up this mode used for taking close-up pictures. Party/Night longer exposures to capture darker scenes. Usually used with flash, and some nice motion effects can be created. Portrait To attempt to blur out the background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting (aperture). Landscape camera will attempt capture detail in foreground and background by using high f-stop (aperture) settings. Sports To freeze motion, camera will use the highest shutter speed possible. Manual Full manual mode, the photographer must set both the shutter and the aperture. mode.

Digital Camera Modes Explained Less common camera modes Panoramic/Stitch Mode – for taking shots of a panoramic scene to be joined together later as one image. Snow Mode – to help with tricky bright lighting at the snow Fireworks Mode - for shooting firework displays Kids and Pets Mode – fast moving objects can be tricky – this mode seems to speed up shutter speed and help reduce shutter lag with some pre focusing Underwater Mode – underwater photography has it’s own unique set of exposure requirements Beach Mode – another bright scene mode Indoor Mode – helps with setting shutter speed and white balance Foliage Mode - boosts saturation to give nice bold colors

Focus

Focus

Focus Focus

Focus

Changing Settings/Menu

Displayed Settings

Moving through Settings Navigation button  Set the date & time on your camera  Set the date to show on each picture

Settings - file size (pixels)

Settings - quality, compression

Getting images off camera Use cable and software Use card reader

Getting images off camera

Organizing images Rename Keep originals, save when editing Create new folder, organize

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