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Canon PowerShot G3 X User Manual

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Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

P Mode

Tv, Av, M, C1, and C2 Mode

Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics

Auto Mode /

Hybrid Auto Mode

Other Shooting Modes

4

Join the subjects in the shooting

area and look at the camera.

z

After the camera detects a new face, the

lamp blinking and self-timer sound will

speed up. (When the flash fires, the lamp

will remain lit.) About two seconds later,

the camera will shoot.

z

To cancel shooting after you have

triggered the self-timer, press the

[

] button.

Even if your face is not detected after you join the others in the
shooting area, the camera will shoot about 15 seconds later.

To change the number of shots, press the [ ][ ] buttons
after choosing [ ] in step 1. [Blink Detection] (= 56) is only
available for the final shot.

The zoom factor cannot be changed with the [

] button after you

press the shutter button all the way down.

You can also choose the shooting mode by choosing [ ] in steps
1 – 2 of “Specific Scenes” (= 61), touching [

] to access

the setting screen, touching [ ], and then touching the same
option or [

].

Auto Shooting after Detecting New Person

(Face Self-Timer)

Still Images

Movies

The camera will shoot about two seconds after detecting that the face of

another person (such as the photographer) has entered the shooting area

(= 90). This is useful when including yourself in group photos or similar

shots.

1

Choose [ ].

z

Follow steps 1 – 2 in “Specific Scenes”

(= 61) and choose [ ], and then

press the [ ] button.

z

Press the [ ][ ] buttons or turn the [ ]

dial to choose [ ], and then press the

[ ] button.

2

Compose the shot and press the

shutter button halfway.

z

Make sure a green frame is displayed

around the face you focus on and white

frames around other faces.

3

Press the shutter button all the way

down.

z

The camera now enters shooting standby

mode, and [Look straight at camera to

start count down] is displayed.

z

The lamp blinks and the self-timer sound

is played.