Canon Pocket Guide G2 Pocket Manual

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S HORT COURSES (HTTP ://WWW. SHORTCOURSES .COM)3PREFACEShort Courses prides itself on providing helpful and accurateinformation to the digital photography community. This PocketGuide and others like it are made available at no cost to help youenioy your camera better and get the most out of it.The step-by-step instructions in this free pocket guide areexcerpted from the comprehensive book “A Short Course inCanon PowerShot G2 Photography.” Feel free to print them outas-is or copy them into a word processing program to formatthem. Hopefully they will be a useful guide when out in thefield. To learn more about the procedures featured here, thecontext in which they are used, and tips that make them evenmore useful, check out the book from which they are excerptedby visiting the Short Course’s bookstore at:http://www.shortcourses.comThe page number cross-references within the instructions refer topages in the book where you will find the procedures discussed.© COPYRIGHT 2001 BY D ENNIS P. CURTIN4CONTENTSCover .............................................................................................. 1ShortCourses.com Publishing Program .......................................... 1Preface ........................................................................................... 2Taking Pictures in Auto Mode ......................................................... 3Using Dials and Buttons ................................................................. 3Using Menus .................................................................................. 4Managing Your Images ................................................................... 4Giving a Slide Show ....................................................................... 5Selecting Image Size ...................................................................... 5Selecting Image Compression ........................................................ 5Selecting JPEG or RAW File Format .............................................. 5Changing Exposure Modes ............................................................ 6Using Image Zone Modes ............................................................... 6Using Program AE .......................................................................... 6Selecting a Shutter Speed .............................................................. 6Selecting an Aperture ..................................................................... 6Using Manual Mode ........................................................................ 6Switching Between Spot and Non-Spot Metering ........................... 6Choosing Evaluative or Center-Weighted Metering ........................ 6Using Exposure Compensation ...................................................... 6Using AE LOCK .............................................................................. 7Using Program Shift ....................................................................... 7Using Autoexposure Bracketing (AEB) ........................................... 7Displaying Histograms .................................................................... 7Using Histograms ........................................................................... 7Using the Self-timer/Remote Control .............................................. 7Changing the ISO ........................................................................... 8Increasing Sharpness of Moving Objects ....................................... 8Using AF Frames ........................................................................... 8Using Single or Continuous Autofocus ........................................... 8Using Focus Lock ........................................................................... 8