Digital Camera. LCD Screen. Canon Power Shot A530. Features: Features:

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1 Digital Camera Canon Power Shot A530 Features: Special Note: The cameras have been configured for 1600 x 1200 pixels with Normal resolution. This is more than adequate for all classroom projects and will provide space for 25 pictures on the memory card. If video is recorded it will reduce the number of pictures available. Power Button push on/off Zoom Lever push left or right to zoom in or out Shutter Button Press halfway to focus, then continue pressing to snap picture Top View Shooting Dial Turn dial to select shooting mode; Auto is for pictures, is for video Features: View Finder Speaker LCD Screen Rear View Delete Button use to delete unwanted pictures and video Mode Switch slide up to Camera to take pictures and Video; slide down to Play symbol to view recorded pictures and video Control Arrows use arrow keys to navigate menus; Also when taking pictures, lightning bolt is flash and flower is for close ups (less that 3 feet) Function Set Button controls settings for memory card and sets up image size and resolution Display Button turns LCD screen on and off Menu Button general camera settings

2 Using the Camera Taking a Picture: To begin taking pictures there are three things that must happen first. 1. Turn the camera on using the Power Button. 2. Make sure the Mode Switch is slid up to Camera. 3. Turn the Shooting Dial to Auto. You can now use the View Finder or the LCD Screen to view your subject. The Zoom Lever on the top front of the camera will allow you to zoom closer or farther away from your subject. To snap a picture, first depress the Shutter Button half way. This will allow the lens to focus. You will feel it click when it is pushed down half way. Give it a second to focus and then continue to depress the Shutter Button the rest of the way. You will hear the clicking shutter sound and possibly see a flash if one is needed. Your image will appear on the LCD Screen for 2 seconds. Viewing Your Pictures: 1.To view the pictures you have taken you must slide the Mode Switch to Play. 2.The last picture you took will appear on the LCD Screen. You can then use the Control Arrows to move left and right through the pictures you have taken. While previewing a picture you can zoom in and out using the Zoom Lever. If you are zoomed in you can use the Control Arrows to scroll across a picture. If you zoom all the way out it will bring up an index page displaying nine images at a time. You can then use the Control Arrows to move to an image you want. To view that image you just have to use the Zoom Lever and zoom in on the picture. Deleting Unwanted Pictures: While viewing your pictures from the previous steps you can easily delete unwanted pictures. Simply select the picture you no longer want and press the Delete Button. You will be asked to Erase or Cancel, select Erase. IMPORTANT While in the Play mode and viewing pictures, you can delete all the pictures at once by pushing the Menu Button. Then arrow down the menu to Erase All and push the center Function Set Button. Arrow to OK to confirm the erase and push the Function Set Button. Please do this step prior to returning your camera to the Media Center. This will clean out your camera for the next person. Saving Pictures to Your Computer: The camera has a memory card which stores the pictures. Open the battery compartment on the bottom of the camera. Push down on the memory card and it will pop up. Carefully remove it from the camera and slide it into the bottom memory card slot on the front of your laptop. The card should be sticker side up with the arrow pointing to the edge to be inserted. Then, open Windows Explorer and locate the drive for the Memory Card. Now you can Copy/Paste or Drag/Drop the pictures to your H: drive.

3 To bring the images up on a desktop computer or your laptop without removing the memory card These instructions are specific to a Canon camera but will work on most brands. 1. Plug camera cable into camera. 2. Plug camera cable into a usb port. 3. Set the camera to play/view mode and turn it on. 4. If the camera wizard pops up, cancel it. If you choose to use the camera wizard you have departed from the directions and are on your own. May God have mercy on your soul. 5. Open Windows Explorer

4 6. If you cannot see the lettered drives, (C, H, W, etc) click the plus sign next to My Computer. 7. Your camera should appear in the drives list. It may appear at the bottom or as a drive with an assigned letter, usually E or F. Geek note, if your camera appears with an assigned letter, you can use it as a portable disk drive and drag files to and from the camera s internal memory card. This will impress your geeky friends. Camera will appear here or here 8. Click on the camera and you will see it s contents in the right hand window. Right click on the picture you want. If you want several, ctrlclick each of them and then right click. Copy.

5 9. Open the folder on the drive where you wish to move the picture. Right click in the display area and paste. The pictures are now safely abiding on a drive. They can be inserted into documents or opened and edited. Usually their resolution will be quite large and they will need to be resized in Photo Editor or another image editing program for general computer use. For more on resizing pictures follow this link.