Canon PowerShot G7 User manual

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Flowchart and Reference Guides
The following guides are available. Refer to them as necessary
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The Components Guide
Basic Camera User
Guide (This Guide)
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Advanced Camera
User Guide
Software Starter Guide
Direct Print User Guide
Basic Camera User
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Preparations
•Charging the battery
•Installing the battery and memory card
•Setting the date, time and language
• Installing the software
• Downloading images to a
computer
• Using the software
Handling precautions, references to
the various shooting and playback
functions
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Software User Guide
•PDF manuals available on
the Canon website.
http://web.canon.jp/
Imaging/information-e.html
In this guide, the Basic Camera User Guide is called the Basic Guide,
and the Advanced Camera User Guide
is called the Advanced Guide.

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@Red-Eye Reduction Lamp (p. 15)
®Self-Timer Lamp (p. 17)
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Neck Strap Mounts
@Viewfinder Window (p. 4)
@Flash (p. 14)
(J)Speaker
®Ring Release Button (Advanced Guide p. 142)
®Ring (Advanced Guide p. 142)
@Lens
•Pull the strap tight in the buckle so that it does not slip. Perform the same
steps on the other side ofthe camera.
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-Back View
CD LCD Monitor (Advanced Guide p. 12)
@Viewfinder
(p. 4)
®Terminal Cover
(1) DC Coupler Cable Cover (Advanced Guide p. 139)
®Memory Card Slot /Battery Cover (p. 6)
®Tripod Socket
(j)A/V OUT (AudioNideo output) Terminal (Advanced Guide p. 133)
®DIGITAL Terminal (p. 27)
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• Controls
CD Indicators (p. 5)
@Diopter Adjustment Dial (p. 4)
@ ;m (Shortcut)/ ~¢V' (PrinU
Share) Button (pp. 22, 30,
Advanced Guide p. 82)
@ISO Speed Dial (Advanced
Guide
p. 38)
®ISO Speed Lamp
®Hot Shoe (Advanced Guide
p.144)
(j)Power Lamp
®Microphone (Advanced Guide
pp. 101, 102)
® Shooting Mode Dial (pp. 10, 11)
@Shutter Button (p. 10)
@Zoom Lever (p. 14, Advanced
Guide p. 36)
Shooting: Iill1 (Wide Angle)/
[tJ (Telephoto)
Playback:
~ (Index)/ Q
(Magnify)
@Power Button (p. 9)
@ IE (Playback) Button (p. 9)
@*(AE Lock/FE Lock)/ \fJ
(Microphone) Button
(Advanced Guide pp. 68, 69,
101,102)
@ Ii' (Exposure)/ fb (Jump)/
Button (Advanced Guide pp.
41,92)
@FUNC./SET (Function/Set)
Button (p. 20)
@MENU Button (p. 21)
@DISPLAY Button (Advanced
Guide
p. 12)
@ EE (AF Frame Selector)/ Ifuf
(Single Image Erase) Button
(p. 19, Advanced Guide
p. 61)
® ~ (Macro)/" Button (p. 16)
@ MF (Manual Focus)/ ... Button
(Advanced Guide p. 65)
@ ~ (Flash)/ .. Button (p. 14)
@ ~ (Continuous)/ ~ (Self-
timer)/
.. Button (p. 17,
Advanced Guide p. 44)
®Control Dial (p. 4)
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• Using the Optical Viewfinder to Shoot
Turning the LCD monitor off (Advanced Guide p. 12) and using the
optical viewfinder can help
conserve power while shooting.
•You can adjust the viewfinder with the diopter adjustment dial to
adapt to your vision so that the subject appears in sharp focus.
Adjustments
of -3.0 to +1.0 11m (dpt) can be made.
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The viewfinder has afield of vision of approximately 80% of the
actual shooting image.
Using the Control Dial
Turning the control dial counterclockwise is equivalent to pressing the • button,
while turning the control dial clockwise is equivalent to pressing the • button (it is
equivalent to pressing the .. or .. button with some functions).
You can perform the following operations when you turn the control dial.
• The Shooting Functions
•Selecting Special Scene modes (p. 11)
•Selecting
~/~ ~/~ (pp. 14, 16, 17, Advanced Guide p. 44)
•Selecting the FUNC. menu item (p.
20)
•Selecting the movie mode (Advanced Guide p. 54)
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Selecting the shooting direction in Stitch Assist mode (Advanced Guide p. 52)
•Selecting ashutter speed in Tv (Advanced Guide p. 48)
•Selecting an aperture value in Av (Advanced Guide p. 50)
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Selecting the shutter speed and the aperture value in M (Advanced Guide p. 51)
•Selecting the AF Frame (Advanced Guide p. 61)
•Adjusting the focus in manual
focus mode (Advanced Guide p. 65)
•Program Shift (Advanced Guide p. 69)
•Adjusting the exposure (Advanced Guide
p. 41 )
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• The Playback Functions
•Selecting an image in Playback mode (p. 18, Advanced Guide pp. 89,
90,92)
•Operating when viewing/editing movies (Advanced Guide
pp. 94, 95)
•Operating the sound memos or sound recorder (Advanced Guide
pp. 101, 102)
•Operating DPOF (Advanced Guide pp. 111, 115)
• The Shooting and Playback Functions
•Selecting a menu item (pp. 20, 21)
•Selecting atime zone (Advanced Guide
p. 22)
•Changing the clock display color (Advanced Guide
p. 13)
•Registering My Camera contents (Advanced Guide
p. 118)
Indicators
The camera indicators will light or blink under the following conditions.
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Green: Ready to shoot
Blinking Green: Image recording/reading/
erasing/transferring (when
connected to acomputer)
Orange: Ready to shoot (flash on)
Blinking Orange: Ready to shoot (camera
shake warning), charging flash
Indicators
•Lower Indicator
Yellow: Macro mode/Manual focus mode/AF lock mode
Blinking Yellow: Focusing difficulty (camera beeps once)
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1. Charging the Battery.
Charge the battery before use under the following circumstances.
•When using the battery for the first time.
•When the "Change the battery pack." message displays.
1. Insert the battery into the battery charger.
2. Plug the battery charger (CB-2LW) into a power outlet, or
attach the power cord to the battery charger (CB-2LWE, not
shown) and plug it into a power outlet.
The charge indicator will light orange while the battery is
charging. It will change to green when the charge is complete.
Charging takes approximately 1hour 30 minutes.
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2. Installing the Battery.
1. Slide the memory card slot/battery cover lock in the
direction of the arrow ((1), and open the memory card slot!
battery cover (@).
2. Push the battery lock in the direction of the arrow (@) and
insert the battery until it locks.
To remove the battery, push the battery lock in the direction of
the arrow (@) and hold it while pulling the battery out.
Battery Lock
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3. Inserting the Memory Card.
1. Insert the memory card until it
clicks into place.
2. Close the memory card slot/battery
cover.
• To Remove the Memory Card
Push the memory card with your finger until the memory card clicks
and then release it.
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MultiMediaCards with this camera.
These cards are collectively called memory cards in this guide.
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First Time Settings
• Setting the Date/Time
1. Press the power button (CD).
2. Use the • or • button to select an item and the .. or ..
button to change its value (@).
To set the daylight saving option, select the aicon and use the
.. or .. button to configure the setting.
3. Confirm that the correct time is displayed and press the
FUNC./SET button (@).
The date and time can also be set in the Set up menu (p. 21).
• A rechargeable lithium battery is built into the camera
to save such settings as the date/time. This battery
charges when the main battery is in the camera. When
you purchase the camera, place the main battery in it
for approximately four hours or use AC Adapter Kit
ACK-DC20 (sold separately) to charge the lithium
battery. It will charge even ifthe camera is t'urned off.
•The date/time settings may be lost after approximately
three weeks if you remove the main battery. Reset the
date/time settings if this occurs.
m Seethe Advanced Guide: Setting the World Clock (p.22).
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• Setting the Display Language
1. Press the [E] (playback) button.
2. Hold down the FUNC./SET button and press the MENU
button.
3. Use the .. , .. , .. or •button to select alanguage and
press the FUNC.lSET button.
The display language can also be set
in the Set up menu (p. 21).
Press the
power button.
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Shooting
1. Press the power button.
The start-up sound will play and the start-
up image will display
in the LCD monitor.
•Pressing the power button again turns
the power off.
•Pressing the power button while
pressing and holding the DISPLAY
button will turn on the mute setting which
will mute all sounds except for warning
sounds.
Power button
2. Set the shooting mode dial to fD).
3.Aim the camera at the subject.
4. Focus and shoot. Indicators
1. Press the shutter button halfway to
focus.
When the camera focuses, the camera
beeps twice and the indicator lights
green (orange when using the flash).
Also, the AF frame appears
in green on
the LCD monitor at the point where the camera
is focused.
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2. Press the shutter button fully to
shoot.
The shutter sound will play and the image
will record. The indicator will blink green
while the image is recorded to the memory
card .
• Reviewing an Image Right After Shooting
After ashot is taken, the image appears in the LCD monitor for
approximately 2seconds.
You can continue to display images regardless of the review duration
setting with the following procedures.
•Keeping the shutter button pressed after ashot.
•Pressing the FUNC./SET or DISPLAY button while the image
is
displayed in the LCD monitor.
To stop displaying the image, press the shutter button halfway.
Selecting a Shooting Mode
1. Set the shooting mode dial to the desired mode (CD).
In the SeN and -" modes, use the control dial (!)) to select a
shooting mode.
Creative zone
Image zone
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• Shooting Modes

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Shoots with the
ISO speed set to
3200, twice as
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as ISO 1600. Use 1.;~i;jfIL}II
when high speed is required. Avoids
blurring of the subject and the effects
of camera shake.
~ Color Swap
Use this option to
transform acolor
specified
in the
LCD monitor into
another.
• ~ Movie
Shoots amovie when you press the shutter button.
Apart from [
lGJ Standard] mode, you can also select from [ Ii) High Resolution]
which is suitable for viewing on computer monitors at large sizes, [ ~ Compact]
which is convenient for email attachments, [IIColor Accent] which has only the
color specified in the LCD monitor remain and transforms all others to black and
white, and [Ii Color Swap] which transforms acolor specified in the LCD
monitor into another color.
mSeetheAdvancedGuide.-.(p.-54).
p, Tv, Av, M, C1, C2
You can freely select camera settings such as the exposure and
aperture value to suit your shooting purposes.
mSeetheActv~nc~d"uide(pp.A8-51, p.59).
mSee the Advanced Guide: Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 168).
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•To shoot underwater, install the camera in Waterproof
Case WP-DC11 (sold separately).
•We recommend you use Waterproof Case WP-DC
11 for
shooting at ski resorts or beaches.
Using the Zoom
1. Press the zoom lever toward [ill] or [tJ.
The zoom can be adjusted from 35 -210 mm (focal length) in
35mm film equivalent terms. The zoom bar appears when you
press the zoom lever.
[ill] Wide Angle: Zooms out from
the subject.
[tJ Telephoto: Zooms in on the
subject.
Using the Flash
1. Press the ~ button (CD) and use the .. or .. button to
switch between modes (@).
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Dcannot be set in &> mode.
• Setting the Red-Eye Reduction Function
You can set whether the camera automatically performs red-eye
reduction when the flash fires.
*This reduces light reflecting back from the eyes and marking them appear red.
1. L!J(Rec.) Menu~[Red-Eye]
[On]*/[Oft].
*Default setting.
• Setting the Slow Synchro Function
The flash timing is adjusted to slow shutter speeds. This reduces the
chance that only the background will appear dark when aperson
is
shot against atwilight background or night scene, or when an interior
shot is taken.
1. L!J(Rec.) Menu~[SlowSynchro]~
[On]/[Off]*.
*Default setting.
IThe slow synchro function cannot be set in &> mode.
~ When [Slow Synchro] set to [On], camera shake may
I UJ become afactor. Use of atripod is recommended.
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Shooting Close-ups (Macro)
1. Press the ~ button ((1)) and use the .. or • button to
display ~ (@).
When using the zoom in macro mode, aZoom bar Yellow bar
yellow bar appears below the zoom bar
to indicate the range
in which you cannot
use macro mode to shoot the subject.
Ifthe zoom bar enters the yellow bar
range, the macro mode icon
~ will turn
gray. You can still shoot the image,
however, the shot will be taken as if
in
standard shooting mode. The zoom bar disappears after
approx. 2sec.
To cancel the macro mode, press the
~ button to display m.
Use this mode to shoot close-ups offlowers or small.items.
~ Macro Image Area at Minimum Shooting Distance from End of Lens to Subject
•Maximum wide angle setting: 28 x20 mm (1.1 x0.79 in.)
•Minimum shooting distance: 1cm (0.39 in.)
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Using the Self-Timer
1. Press the ~ button (CD) and use the .. or • button to
display 1I1, lt1 or ~ (®).
•When the shutter button is pressed fully, the self-timer lamp
will blink. When using red-eye reduction, the self-timer lamp
will blink and then stay lit for the last 2seconds.
To cancel the self-timer, press the
~ button and display iii.
10 sec. delay: The shutter releases 10 sec. after the shutter button is pressed.
1I1 ·2sec. before the shutter releases, the self-timer sound and lamp will
speed
Up*1.
2sec. delay: The shutter releases 2sec. after the shutter button is
lt1 pressed.
•The self-timer sound beeps quickly*1 when you press the shutter button
and the shutter releases 2sec. later.
Custom Timer: You can change the delay time
(0-10*2,15,20,30 sec.)
and number of shots (1-10*3).
.., •When adelay time of over 2seconds is set for the [Delay] option, the
tr!!!I self-timer sound will start 2seconds before the shutter releases. If
multiple shots have been specified for the [Shots] option, the sound will
play for the first shot only.
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on My Camera settings.
* 2 Default setting.
* 3 Default setting is 3shots.
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-•Changing
the Delay Time and Number of Shots (~)
1. L!J (Rec.) Menu ~ [Self-
timer] ~ FUNC./SET button.
2. Use the .. or + button to select
[Delay] or [Shots] and the • or ..
button to change the setting and press
the FUNC./SET button.
3. Press the MENU button.
If the [Shots] option is set to 2 or more shots, the following occurs.
-The exposure and white balance are locked at the
settings selected for the first shot.
-Ifthe flash
is used, the interval between shots
lengthens because the flash must charge.
-The interval between shots may lengthen when the
built-in memory ofthe camera fills.
-Shooting will automatically cease if the memory card
becomes full.
1. Press the [El (playback) button (CD).
The last image that was played back
appears (Resume Playback). If additional
images were shot after viewing images
in
playback mode, the last image that was shot
will appear instead. If the memory card has
been switched, orthe images on the memory
card have been edited with acomputer, the
Inewest image
on the memory card appears.
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