More keys and shortcuts:
In manual focus mode - (with
<ALT>
)
Up
– Set
MF
to infinity
Down
– to set
MF
distance to hyperfocal distance (based on f /stop and zoom focal-length).
Left
– Decrease Value Factor,
Right
– Increase Value Factor.
Zoom-in / Zoom-out
–
can be assigned to manual focus in
Main Menu > Miscellaneous stuff.
On the
IXUS /
SD
series the
DISP.
button is used to instantly set
MF
(manual focus) distance to
infinity.
See:
- Extra Photo Operations Page 9.
In OSD layout editor –
Display
(
DISP.
button) Change the number of pixels the OSD (on-screen display) elements are
moved by.
In File Browser –
Right
–
make selection
Left
– Open context menu.
Zoom-in / Zoom-out
– Scroll-By-page in File Browser and File Reader modes.
Half-shoot
– Scroll one page forward in File Reader mode.
Menu numerical units –
Zoom-in / Zoom-out
–
To enter numerical values in menus the zoom lever /switch is used to change
the unit value, ie: 1, 10, 100. The unit value is indicated in the top LH corner of the OSD. When doing
this, first select the menu item to be changed, then change the unit value with the zoom lever /switch,
then change the selected menu item.
SX10
,
SX20
(And certain other models with separate playback and record buttons )
-
To turn the
camera on directly into record mode, hold the
On /Off
button for approx. one second. When switched
on, pressing the shutter button full or half will switch to record mode from playback mode.
*
Cameras with a
Shortcut
button
can be configured in
Miscellaneous stuff
to use either, –
Shortcut, Flash, Timer, ISO
,
or
Video
buttons to enter
<ALT>
mode
,
the
Shortcut
button is the default,
press the button with a short momentary press, and for the original Canon
function, press and hold
slightly longer.
-
See
:
<ALT>
mode button on
Page 43
.
When you enter
<ALT>
mode, the indicator
“
<ALT>
“
will appear at the bottom middle of the OSD.
In
<ALT>
mode you can now use CHDK Scripts, and also enter the CHDK Main Menu. When you
have finished
customizing how CHDK operates, and / or using scripts, press the
<ALT>
mode button to
exit
<ALT>
mode. You can now use the camera to take photos or video, and it’s operation will be
changed by the options you set in CHDK.
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