Canon Pocket Guide G2 manual Preface

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PREFACE

Short Courses prides itself on providing helpful and accurate information to the digital photography community. This Pocket Guide and others like it are made available at no cost to help you enioy your camera better and get the most out of it.

The step-by-step instructions in this free pocket guide are excerpted from the comprehensive book “A Short Course in Canon PowerShot G2 Photography.” Feel free to print them out as-is or copy them into a word processing program to format them. Hopefully they will be a useful guide when out in the field. To learn more about the procedures featured here, the context in which they are used, and tips that make them even more useful, check out the book from which they are excerpted by visiting the Short Course’s bookstore at:

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The page number cross-references within the instructions refer to pages in the book where you will find the procedures discussed.

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	CONTENTS
Cover		1
ShortCourses.com Publishing Program		1
Preface		2
Taking Pictures in Auto Mode		3
Using Dials and Buttons		3
Using Menus		4
Managing Your Images		4
Giving a Slide Show		5
Selecting Image Size		5
Selecting Image Compression		5
Selecting JPEG or RAW File Format		5
Changing Exposure Modes		6
Using Image Zone Modes		6
Using Program AE		6
Selecting a Shutter Speed		6
Selecting an Aperture		6
Using Manual Mode		6
Switching Between Spot and Non-Spot Metering		6
Choosing Evaluative or Center-Weighted Metering		6
Using Exposure Compensation		6
Using AE LOCK		7
Using Program Shift		7
Using Autoexposure Bracketing (AEB)		7
Displaying Histograms		7
Using Histograms		7
Using the Self-timer/Remote Control		7
Changing the ISO		8
Increasing Sharpness of Moving Objects		8
Using AF Frames		8
Using Single or Continuous Autofocus		8
Using Focus Lock		8

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