Canon PowerShot SX420 IS Manual

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Press the shutter button all the way 

down.

 

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As the camera shoots, a shutter sound 

is played, and in low-light conditions 

when you have raised the flash, it fires 

automatically.

 

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Keep the camera still until the shutter 

sound ends.

 

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After displaying your shot, the camera will 

revert to the shooting screen.

 

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Press the movie button. The camera 

beeps once as recording begins, and 

[ Rec] is displayed with the elapsed 

time (1).

 

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Black bars are displayed on the top and 

bottom edges of the screen, and the 

subject is slightly enlarged. The black 

bars indicate image areas not recorded.

 

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Frames displayed around any detected 

faces indicate that they are in focus.

 

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Once recording begins, take your finger 

off the movie button.

 

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To resize the subject, repeat the 

operations in step 3.  

However, note that the sound of camera 

operations will be recorded. Note that 

movies shot at zoom factors shown in 

blue will look grainy.

(1)

 

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To zoom in and enlarge the subject, move 

the zoom lever toward [

] (telephoto), 

and to zoom away from the subject, move 

it toward [ ] (wide angle). (A zoom 

bar (1) showing the zoom position is 

displayed.)

 

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To zoom in or out quickly, move the zoom 

lever all the way toward [

] (telephoto) 

or [ ] (wide angle), and to zoom in 

or out slowly, move it just a little in the 

desired direction.

 

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Press the shutter button halfway. The 

camera beeps twice after focusing, and 

AF frames are displayed to indicate 

image areas in focus.

 

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Several AF frames are displayed when 

multiple areas are in focus.

 

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If [Raise the flash] is displayed, lift the 

flash with your finger to prepare it for use. 

If you prefer not to use the flash, push it 

down with your finger, into the camera.

(1)