Canon PowerShot G9 User Manual
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Table of Contents
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Formatting Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Commonly Used Shooting Functions
70
Using the Optical Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Shooting Close-ups (Macro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Changing the Recording Pixels and
Compression (Still Images) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changing the Image Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting the Image Stabilizer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Adjusting the ISO Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Checking the Focus and Peoples’
Expressions (Focus Check) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shooting Using the Mode Dial
88
Mode Dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Shooting Modes for Specific Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Program AE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting the Shutter Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the Aperture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manually Setting the Shutter Speed and Aperture . . . 98
Shooting Panoramic Images (Stitch Assist) . . . . . . . 100
Movie Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Setting the Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Saving Custom Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Advanced Shooting Functions
111
Continuous Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Setting the Red-Eye Reduction Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Setting the Slow Synchro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Switching between Focus Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Selecting an AF Frame Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Shooting Hard-to-Focus Subjects (Focus Lock, AF Lock,
Manual Focus, Safety MF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Focus Bracketing (Focus-BKT Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127