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Canon Pocket Guide G2 manual

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 1 A S HORT C OURSE P OCKET G UIDE TO THE C ANON P OWER S HOT G2 Dennis P. Curtin http://www.shortcourses.com COVER © C OPYRIGHT 2001 BY D ENNIS P. C URTIN 2 SHORTCOURSES.COM PUBLISHING PROGRAM A Short Course Pocket Guide Canon PowerShot G2 © Copyright 2001 by Dennis P. Curtin. All rights reser[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 3 PREFACE Short Courses prides itself on providing helpful and accurate information to the digital photography community. This Pocket Guide and others like it are made available at no cost to help you enioy your camera better and get the most out of it. The step-by-step instructions in this free[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 5 Using Manual Focus ....................................................................... 8 Linking Spot Metering to the AF Frame .......................................... 9 Using Focus Lock for Maximum Depth of Field .............................. 9 Increasing Depth of Field ...............[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 7 ■ Flash/Index selects flash modes in shooting mode (pages 85) and displays small thumbnail images in replay mode (page 14). ■ Spot switches between averaging and spot metering (page 34). ■ Macro/JUMP turns macro mode on and off in shooting mode (page 94), jumps between photos in replay m[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 9 ■ To erase an image press * (asterisk) and press SET when the confirmation prompt appears with Erase highlighted. ■ To erase all images that aren’t protected, press MENU, press the down point on the Omni Selector to highlight Erase all , and press SET to display a confirmation message. H[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 11 CHANGING EXPOSURE MODES ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ With the camera on and in shooting mode (the red camera icon), turn the Mode Dial so one of the modes aligns with the index mark on the camera body. USING IMAGE ZONE MODES 1. With the camera on, set the Main Dial to shooting mode (the red camera ico[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 13 USING AE LOCK 1. With the camera on and in shooting mode, set the Mode Dial to any Creative Zone mode other than M (manual) and turn on the monitor. 2. Point the camera so the subject you want to use to set exposure is in the center of the monitor, then press and hold the shutter button halfw[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 15 CHANGING THE ISO 1. With the camera on, set the Mode Dial to any Creative Zone mode. 2. Press MENU, then press the down point on the Omni Selector to highlight ISO Speed . 3. Press the right or left point on the Omni Selector repeatedly to select the desired speed (in manual mode you cannot s[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 17 LINKING SPOT METERING TO THE AF FRAME 1. With the camera on and in any Creative Zone mode, press MENU. 2. Press the down point on the Omni Selector to highlight Spot AF Point and press the left or right point to select Center (the default) or AF Point . 3. Press MENU to confirm the setting an[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 19 white balance icon bar on the monitor. (The first time you press it, you display the exposure compensation scale.) 3. Press the right or left point on the Omni Selector to high- light the icon for the white balance mode you want to use (AWB is the default). If you select the Custom icon (at t[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 21 USING SLOW SYNC FLASH 1. Set the camera to Night Scene mode. 2. Take the photo. USING FLASH EXPOSURE LOCK 1. With the camera on and in shooting mode, set the Mode Dial to any mode in the Creative Zone. 2. With the monitor on, center the subject you want to lock flash exposure on or put it in [...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 23 Dial to Stitch Assist mode. 2. Use the right or left button on the Omni Selector to high- light one of the sequence icons and press the SET button to select it . 3. Take the first picture and when the upper indicator stops flashing the image is displayed on the monitor. 4. Take the rest of th[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 25 Omni Selector to scroll through the images. Press the up point to increase or decrease the number of copies for the current image. (The default is 0.) The number of copies of that image, and the running total of all images are dis- played at the top of the monitor. When finished, press MENU. [...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 27 MANAGING IMAGE FILES 1. With the camera on and in any shooting mode, press the MENU button. 2. Do one of the following: ■ Press the down or up point on the Omni Selector to highlight Review and press the right or left point to select 2 sec (the default), 10 sec , or Off . ■ Press the down[...]

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    S HORT C OURSES ( HTTP :// WWW . SHORTCOURSES . COM ) 29 D-STORE The Digital Wallet is a Portable Smart Storage (PSS) device that goes beyond conventional storage by adding mobility and versatility. With it’s own microprocessor, operating system, 2.5" hard drive and rechargeable batteries, the Digital Wallet ® is non- PC centric and can, th[...]