I don't own that exact camera but a similar model from the same Canon line. I don't think you can set
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xplicitly because it is automatic. You can definitely influence it though. The sport mode is a faster shutter mode. The ISO sett
ing can be explicitly set and the higher ISO speeds will drive up the shutter speeds. You can set the speed explicity on the long-exposures but that's probably not the normal shooting situation you care about. Another thing you can do is under/over expose a shot to tweek the shutter speed. Once you take a picture, it tells you what speed was used. Then you can adjust the exposure slightly to nudge the shutter speed in one direction or the other.
I have a Canon SD850 IS. Does anyone know how to change the shutter speed?
Here's a link to get the user manual
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