PowerShot SX740 HS Camera User Guide
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Before Use
Basic Guide
Advanced Guide
Index
Camera Basics
Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting Modes
P Mode
Tv, Av, and M Mode
Playback
Wireless Features
Setting Menu
Accessories
Appendix
3
Shoot.
● Follow step 4 in “Shooting (Smart Auto)”
(
=
26) to shoot a still image.
● The camera records both a still image
and movie clip. The clip, which ends with
the still image and a shutter sound, forms
a single chapter in the digest movie.
● Battery life is shorter in this mode than in mode, because
digest movies are recorded for each shot.
● A digest movie may not be recorded if you shoot a still image
immediately after turning the camera on, choosing
mode, or
operating the camera in other ways.
● Sounds and vibrations from operating the camera will be recorded
in digest movies.
● Digest movie recording size is [ ] for NTSC or
[
] for PAL. This varies depending on the video output
format.
● Sounds are not played when you press the shutter button halfway
or trigger the self-timer.
● Digest movies are saved as separate movie les in the following
cases even if they were recorded on the same day in
mode.
- The digest movie le size reaches approximately 4 GB, or the
total recording time reaches approximately 29 minutes and 59
seconds.
- The digest movie is protected.
- Daylight saving time, video system, or time zone settings are
changed.
● Recorded shutter sounds cannot be modied or erased.
● If you prefer to record digest movies without still images, adjust
the setting in advance. Choose [
] menu (
=
23) > [Digest
type] > [No stills].
● Individual chapters can be edited (
=
81).
3) Stop recording.
● To stop movie recording, press the movie
button again.
● Recording will stop automatically when
the memory card becomes full.
Shooting in Hybrid Auto Mode
Still Images
Movies
You can make a short movie of the day just by shooting still images. The
camera records 2 – 4-second clips of scenes before each shot, which are
later combined in a digest movie.
1
Enter mode.
2
Compose the shot.
● Follow steps 3 – 4 in “Shooting (Smart
Auto)” (
=
26) to compose the shot and
focus.
● For more impressive digest movies,
aim the camera at subjects about four
seconds before shooting still images.