20 Most Recent Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Digital Camera - Page 9 Questions & Answers

Have you been to the support section of the Canon website to see if there are any firmware updates for your camera?

Hello

Ok, just click on the link below and click on get manual.
You will be directed to the page where you can download the manual free of charge.

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Canon-SX10-IS-Digital-Cameras-manual/id/23007dj392/t/2/

Hope this can help.

Kind regards
Andrea

It could be you didn't have the right scene selected. Usually a party there is alot of people in the room and that will cause the room to blurry. There should be a party mode on that camera, select that and that should take care of it.

Try using a card reader to download your pics to a folder you create on your desktop.

I've tried many solutions
the best: Sony Vegas Movie Studio
free: Window Movie Maker

You might just need to format it in the camera. This will erase it so download any pictures first using a card reader if necessary.

Use a card reader to download your pics.

howdo i install the driver?

Unfortunately that's how the camera is designed.
The camera has to do a number of things before it will take a picture. It has to check the lighting, and focus and make calculations based on those factors about how to set the camera to take the best picture.
It is best practice to get your subject in view. depress the shutter button half way and hold it so it can focus and determine the exposure, and then completely press the button the rest of the way to release the shutter.
Good luck

What resolution are you using? Press the "Func Set" button, scroll down and select "L" as shown from page 80 of your manual. Also check that your compression settings are set to "S":


If you no longer have your manual, it may be downloaded for free from Canon here.

http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/CANON/POWERSHOT%20SX10%20IS-_E

Cameras are subject to some unusual conditions due to lenses being round and the image you take being square. They work better the closer you are to the center of the lens. Normally you don't see this, but when you take a picture of something long and straight and it's near the edge of your picture, it can come up wavy or crooked.

You can recompose to avoid long straight things near the edge, or you can take several pictures and stitch them together in Photoshop. This will let you get the roofline more near the center of several pictures, and then after you stitch you can crop to make the photo the way you want.

You're dead on about the SLR, though. SLR's have bigger and better lenses, and on digital SLR's, the sensors are much bigger. This gives them huge advantages in how they focus light, and overall it makes the near edge lens issues less noticable.

Yes, all the installed drivers that are in XP are also contained within Vista.

The accessory shoe above the flash has a switch under the plate which detects when an external flash is attached. If that switch has become obstructed by dirt the camera will not fire the built in flash. Check it is free from dirt or corrosion, apart from that, the only other cause will be the flash tube itself is faulty and needs to be replaced. The user manuals for Canon cameras are usually fairly thorough but if you require further assistance your local photo store should be able to direct you to some helpful workshops to help get the most out of your product.

I've done a bit of research on this and am finding from my own experience with my powershot that it's the battery that is the issue. Not all rechargeable batts are equal. There are several cheap rechargeables that don't hold charges. Stick with a name brand battery. Canon makes brand batteries, Energizer etc... but I have found that the my cheaper batteries-even if they're rated a higher capacity, have been the let-down. It is an investment for the good batteries but it pays off when you don't miss the shots you want to take... K