Canon PowerShot SD500 User Guide

Basic Fun

tions

Pressing the Shutter Button

The shutter button features a two-stage action.

1. Pressing Halfway

Automatically sets such settings as the exposure and focus.

Press the shutter button halfway.

Beep

• Focused: 2 beeps
• Focusing difficulty: 1 beep

Indicator Status

Upper Indicator
• Green:

Metering complete

• Orange:

Flash will fire

• Blinking Orange: Camera shake warning/

Insufficient exposure

Lower Indicator
• Yellow:

Macro mode/Infinity
mode/AF lock (p. 70,
90)

• Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty

* Use the focus lock or AF lock to shoot when the

indicator blinks yellow (p. 90).

AF Frame Status (LCD Monitor On)

AiAF On (p. 89)

• Green Frame: Metering complete

(focused AF frame)

• No Frame:

Focusing difficulty

AiAF Off (p. 89) (Center AF Frame)

• Green Frame: Metering complete
• Yellow Frame: Focusing difficulty

Indicators