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The Canon Powershot A460 is a relatively inexpensive digital camera. It is aimed at someone looking for a point and shoot digital camera who does ...

Can someone please tell me how to use the self timer in the Canon PowerShot A460?

Feb 13, 2008 by . | Posted in Cameras

Hi. I want to be able to take pictures on my Canon PowerShot A460 without me having to press down on the button. Is there a self timer on it or something like that? I dont want to use the movie recording function.

Can someone pls tell me step-by step how to use it. I cant seem to find it on the manual.

Thanks

hi.i've got a canon ixus 750 and the timer could be found on the large button on the camera alongside delete,flash etc.when the camera is on,press on the timer(looks like little clock)and it should appear on the camera screen.then press hard on the shutter ,you should now see a red or orange light flashing.your 10 sec timer begins from there.good luck!

I have a Canon Powershot A460 camera and I lost my memory card. Can I retreive the pictures from the camera?

Feb 25, 2009 by Bob S | Posted in Cameras

The memory card is ruined. Is there a way to find the pictures inside the cameras memory?

Canon cameras DO NOT have internal memory...which means all images and video files are stored on the memory card inserted in the camera at the time.

I'm afraid, that if you've lost the memory card, then your pictures are also lost.

p.s. Internal memory, is not really very useful anyway because it's only of a very small capacity (generally less than 50mb).

How do I unprotect an image on a Canon Powershot A460?

Feb 20, 2009 by blackness | Posted in Cameras

I accidently protected an image and i don't know how to undo it.

View the image you want to unprotect. Press 'Menu' and then select 'Protect' by highlighting it then pressing 'Set'.

In the view you now have, each time you press 'Set' a gold key will appear/disappear in the bar at the bottom.

Press 'Set' so the the key disappears then press 'Menu' twice to go back to your picture.

How do you change the shutter speed with a Canon Powershot A460?

Feb 09, 2009 by Sarah R | Posted in Cameras

Well, that's it.

You can't, because the A460 is a 100% point & shoot camera which does not allow you to manually select your aperture and/or shutter speed.
You can however, try one of the various scene modes. For instance, if you want a faster shutter speed to try and freeze movement/action, you should select 'Kids & Pets'. This will work best in good outdoor ligthing...and, if you want a longer night time exposure (slower shutter speed), you could use 'fireworks'. You also have a 'Long Shutter' mode option which allows you to set a long exposure of between 1 and 15 seconds. A tripod is needed for slower shutter speeds.

Check your manual...

For a better camera with much more control, have a look at a dSLR or point & shoot type camera with full manual controls (aperture & shutter priority modes) if you don't want a dSLR. Canon has a number of excellent models.

How do I lower/raise the ISO on a Canon PowerShot A460 with 5.0 Mega Pixels?

Dec 27, 2008 by Drz Mnstn | Posted in Cameras

It won't let me change it. The option is greyed out and unusable.

First, turn the mode dial to the camera icon with the M next to it. This is Manual mode. In Auto mode (just the Camera icon) you can't change the ISO setting.
Then press the FUNC SET button and you can now change the ISO setting.

How good are Canon Powershot A460 5 MP cameras?

Dec 29, 2007 by Bachata Mouse | Posted in Cameras

I wanna get a good camera and I know Canon Powershot is one of the best-selling digital cameras. I don't want to spend a lot of money so I'm getting the 5 MP. Is it a good one? Thanks

It is just around average. Not a good choice I would say. Check it out yourself http://www.reviewgist.com/digital-camera/review-Canon_PowerShot_A460_Digital_Camera

With camera prices dropping it is not a big deal to get a superior camera within $150. Why don't you check out some other models here http://www.reviewgist.com/digital-camera-reviews?Price=100-to-150

I recommend the Canon A570 - 7.2 MP, 4x zoom.. you would get one at $128. happy :)

I'm new to this.. how do I transfer pictures from my Canon PowerShot A460 to my laptop?

Dec 26, 2008 by Bliss. | Posted in Cameras

I don't have the manual. If I had it with me, I wouldn't be asking this.
I don't have the USB cable. Can I get it at some store?

if your laptop has card readers then just take out the card from your camera and stick it in the laptop card slot. Then open up the drive in "mycomputer" and copy the pictures into a folder on your laptop.

If the laptop doesn't have card readers then you will nedd the usb cable which should have come with the camera. Just plug it into the computer and open up the camera in the my computers folder. And copy the pics over.

if this makes no sense then you could try downloading the manual from this link
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=221&modelid=14825#DownloadDetailAct

can i achieve bokeh like photo Using 5 mp canon powershot A460?

Feb 09, 2008 by abeer | Posted in Photography

I just want to take my baby's photos, but i like her image to be lot sharper then background. And i want background to be blurred.

Is there ANY way i can achieve that WITHOUT BUYING a DSLR ?

What is the max i can get from this camera. I mean i would really appreciate any help regarding getting best out of this camera so my pics can look somewhat close GOOD to so many professionals.

It's going to be darn hard to "de-focus" too much using a digital camera while keeping the main subject in sharp focus. The smaller the sensor, the greater depth of field you will have. Generally speaking, the smaller the camera, the smaller the sensor. Most of the pictures you take with a digital camera are quite sharp from near to far distances and there is a reason for that which I will explain.

While we speak in terms of the 35 mm equivalency of digital lenses, don't forget that the digital sensors are usually smaller than a full-format 35 mm frame. Most of the more popular point and shoot cameras have the smaller sensors. It's only about 5 mm wide and 4 mm high. The 3X lens required to cover that angle of view is an ACTUAL 6-17 mm zoom lens. At these focal lengths, the background is going to almost always be in pretty sharp focus.

In other words, if you WANT to defocus the background, you are going to have to work pretty hard at it. You would have to zoom to the longer end of the lens and set the aperture open as wide as it will go, if your camera even allows you to control the aperture, and get pretty close to your main subject while having the background a fair distance away.

Put your subjects quite a distance in front of any background that will be visible in your photo. You could use a garden of flowers and stand your subjects 20 yards or so in front of them. Try the portrait mode to shift things towards a larger aperture, zoom the lens out all the way, and move YOURSELF backwards or forwards in order to frame the picture as you would like it. In summary, you want to use a longer telephoto length, position yourself as close as you can to the main subject to compose properly, and place the main subject as far from the background that you wish to have out of focus as you possibly can.

The bigger the sensor, the easier it will be to achieve pleasing bokeh. This means moving to a dSLR, which all have sensors about 20 times bigger than the typical P&S digicam. If you want to really go for brokeh (very bad pun intended), you can get a Canon 5D and you will get exactly the same effect you are accustomed to in a 35 mm camera, since the sensor is the same size as 35 mm film.

Here is an example with a point and shoot camera, although it does have the larger sensor (1/1.8") that makes it easier to blur the background. Even though this is macro mode and f/2.8, where the background should blur the most, it's not terribly blurry because it's relatively close to the subject.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/872732755/

Here is an example with a point and shoot camera, so it CAN be done. The background is much farther away, though, and this is the larger sensor size.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/843563558/

Compare that to this image, though, which has a similar subject-to-background distance. The SLR has the obvious advantage.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/408446616/

Wikipedia does pretty well on the subject of depth of field. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field

See also: http://www.photo.net/learn/optics/dofdigital/

See also: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dof/

MY DEMO ON FLICKR
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Go to this link and click on the first image, called "Fake Flowers 1." Then you can just click on each successive image in the set. You can read the comments to see what is going on and then you can just page through the demo left-to-right (1 to 5) and back again to compare the effects of the larger sensor or better lens.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/sets/72157603455598439/

Is the Canon PowerShot A460 5-Megapixel Digital Camera a decent beginners budget camera ($100- $140)?

Dec 01, 2007 by Courtney | Posted in Photography

Yeah, but if you can go just a little bit higher, the A550 is worth the difference. It's a better camera with a bigger sensor for better image quality. It has a few more pixels, too, which doesn't hurt. Of course, the A560 is "better," but not in any way that would give you better images than the A550.

I've seen the A550 for $130 at B&H Photo (available via Yahoo! Shopping) or in WalMart for $150, but that was a while ago. Check it out at WalMart, because the prices only come DOWN on these things.

ADDITIONAL:

I just saw the A550 in next week's Best Buy sale folder for $140. There you go!

Kodak EasyShare V1003 or Cannon PowerShot A460, which should I get?

Dec 25, 2007 by shortiep25 | Posted in Cameras

Which one of these camera should I get and why?

Go with the cannon for 2 reasons { 1 } better pictures with faster recovery time { 2 } more flexibility and durability . I know people who have had both Kodaks tend to be slower and not so good in the resolution and are power hogs { they go through batteries faster } and the easy share program isn't if you get a HP all in one printer { thats what I use and I have used the " easy share " program } for 50 to 80 dollars the software that comes with it does far more . good luck and have fun .