Canon PowerShot SX540 HS Manual

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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
1
Camera Basics
2
Auto Mode / 
Hybrid Auto Mode
3
Other Shooting Modes
4
P Mode
6
Playback Mode
7
Wi-Fi Functions
8
Setting Menu
9
Accessories
10
Appendix
Index
5
Tv, Av, and M Mode
Adjusting the Flash Output
 Still Images  
 
Movies
Choose from the three flash levels in [ ] mode.
Enter [ ] mode.
 
Set the mode dial to [ ].
Configure the setting.
 
Raise the flash, press the [ ] button and 
immediately turn the [
] dial to choose 
the flash level, and then press the [ ] 
button.
 
Once the setting is complete, the flash 
output level is displayed.  
[
]: Minimum, [
]: Medium, [
]: 
Maximum
 
You can also set the flash level by accessing MENU (= 29) 
and choosing [
] tab > [Flash Settings] > [Flash Output].
 
You can set the flash level in [
] or [
] mode by accessing 
] tab > [Flash Settings] > 
[Flash Mode] > [Manual].
 
You can also access the [Flash Settings] MENU screen (= 29) 
when the flash is up by pressing the [ ] button and immediately 
pressing the [
] button.
 
After you set the shutter speed or aperture value, the exposure 
level may change if you adjust the zoom or recompose the shot.
 
Screen brightness may change depending on your specified 
shutter speed or aperture value. However, screen brightness 
remains the same when the flash is up and the mode is set to [ ].
 
To have the setting you did not configure in step 2 (whether 
shutter speed or aperture value) automatically adjusted to obtain 
standard exposure, hold the shutter button halfway, and then 
press the [ ] button (Note that standard exposure may not be 
possible with some settings.).
 
With shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower, ISO speed is [ ] 
and cannot be changed.
 
[ ]: Manual
 
Calculation of standard exposure is based on the specified 
metering method (= 69).