Canon Pocket Guide G2

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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.

■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