Canon Pocket Guide G2 manual Linking Spot Metering to the AF Frame, Increasing Depth of Field

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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 and hide the menu.

4.Press the SET/AF Frame button, then press the left or right point on the Omni Selector to select the AF frame to be used for both focus and spot metering.

5.Press the Metering button to display the spot metering icon on the display panel and monitor. Square brackets inside the active AF frame indicate which frame is being used for metering.

USING FOCUS LOCK FOR MAXIMUM DEPTH OF FIELD

1.Point the camera so the area you want to focus on is in the crosshairs in the viewfinder or active AF frame. In a landscape, pick something about one-third of the way between you and the horizon. For other scenes, pick something to focus on that’s one-third of the way back from the nearest point you want to be sharp.

2.Press the shutter button halfway down until the camera beeps and the top indicator next to the viewfinder glows green or orange. The focus is now locked in.

3.Without releasing the shutter button, recompose the scene and press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

INCREASING DEPTH OF FIELD

■Photograph in bright sun so the aperture closes down.

■Zoom the lens out to a wider angle of view.

■Move farther away from the subject.

■Switch to aperture-priority mode (page 30) or use program shift (page 43) and select a small aperture such as f/8.

■Use manual focus (page 57) to set the focus to the hyperfo- cal distance.

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■Set the Mode Dial to Landscape or Pan Focus mode (page

25).

■Photograph in bright sun so the aperture closes down.

USING FOCUS LOCK FOR MINIMUM DEPTH OF FIELD

1.Zoom the lens in to magnify the subject or move close to it and focus the camera on the subject you want sharpest, or slightly in front of it.

2.Press the shutter button halfway down until the camera beeps and the top indicator next to the viewfinder glows green or orange. The focus is now locked in.

3.Without releasing the shutter button, recompose the scene and press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

DECREASING DEPTH OF FIELD

■Photograph in dim light so the aperture opens up. Wait for a cloud to cover the sun.

■Zoom in on the subject.

■Move closer to the subject to decrease camera-subject distance.

■Set the Mode Dial to Portrait mode.

CAPTURING CREATIVE BLUR

■Try blurring images in low-light situations. In bright light, the shutter will open and close too fast.

■Switch to shutter-priority mode (page 28) or use program shift (page 43) and select a slower shutter speed.

■Switch to Manual mode (page 31) and select a shutter speed as slow as 15 seconds.

■Turn the flash off when trying to blur nearby subjects (page 89).

ADJUSTING WHITE BALANCE

1.With the camera on and in shooting mode, set the Mode Dial to any mode other than Auto, Sepia, or BW and turn on the monitor.

2.Press the White Balance (WB) button twice to display the

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