#BREEZE SHORTCUT LIVEVIEW MANUAL#
You can choose to have the area around the focus point magnified in manual focus mode (not shown), though in practice it doesn't help a great deal. Manual focus is a simple case of pressing the MF button and using the up/down arrows. The 'Flexizone' AF system allows you to choose from any one of 375 points in the frame by pressing the set button and moving the focus point around using the arrow keys. Users of previous PowerShots will be perfectly at home with the record mode FUNC menu, which offers a wide range of controls over shooting and image parameters. Half-press the shutter release and the camera will calculate exposure (AE) and focus (AF) indicating the aperture and shutter speed chosen, along with a camera shake warning if necessary. The size/quality and remaining space indications are shown for both stills and movies, which takes some getting used to! There's still no live histogram, but otherwise there's a wealth of information (you can turn most of it off if you find it distracting). This is a typical record mode live view with camera setting information displayed around the outer edge of the display.
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The S1's IS button has disappeared, with image stabilization now controlled via the record menu. The right hand side of the camera (as seen from the front) houses the miniature speaker (for playing back movies and sound captions), the AV (audio/visual) output and two controls directly related to the lens manual focus and macro mode. In addition to the shutter, zoom, drive mode, power and mode dials/buttons, on the far right, on the sloping shoulder on the left sits the flash mode button. The top of the camera shows how much deeper the S2 is than its predecessor, as well as the deeper, easier to hold grip. As well as menu controls you'll also find buttons for metering mode and focus point on the rear of the camera, as well as one for switching between the electronic viewfinder (EVF) and LCD screen. One nice touch is a shortcut button to which any of a number of shooting options (ISO, resolution, white balance setting and so on) can be assigned.
#BREEZE SHORTCUT LIVEVIEW MOVIE#
Some of the buttons have a dual function according to whether you are in recording or playback mode, and there is one that is unique on a Canon compact (except the S1 IS) - the prominent movie start/stop button, which is used to start/stop movie clip recording. The main 'digital' controls - those concerned with activating and navigating on-screen menus - are found on the rear of the camera, ranged around and to the right of the swing-out-and-tilt 1.8- inch LCD. The sheer number of external controls is also an indication of sophisticated functionality on offer, which is well up there with much more expensive models such as the G6 or S70.
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But don't be put off - unlike many cameras this means that virtually all the most commonly accessed shooting features get their own dedicated buttons, so you don't need to enter the on-screen menu system every time you want to change something. The S2 IS, in common with most higher end PowerShots, can appear a little daunting at first glance - there is hardly a square inch of body space that isn't covered in buttons and switches.