Canon PowerShot G2 manual Manually Setting Image Characteristics, Above items

Manually Setting Image Characteristics

The ISO speed, contrast, sharpness and saturation settings can be adjusted for shooting.

1	In the [	(Rec.)] menu, select one of
	the above items.
	• See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 39).
	Select a value for the item and press
2 the		button.

ISO speed

•Switch speeds when you are shooting in dark areas or want to use a fast shutter speed.

•You can select from 50, 100, 200, 400 and AUTO.

•The default setting is ISO 50.

•Higher ISO speeds increase the image noise. To take clean images, use as low an ISO speed as possible.

Contrast

•Select from - (Weak), 0 (Neutral) and + (Strong).

•This function allows you to adjust the degree of brightness.

Sharpness

•Select from - (Weak), 0 (Neutral) and + (Strong).

•This function allows you to adjust how sharply outlines are defined.

Saturation

•Select from - (Low), 0 (Neutral) and + (High)

•This function allows you to adjust the color depth.

3 Shoot the image.

• These functions can only be selected in the , ,andshooting modes. In themode, however, the ISO speed cannot be set to [Auto].

• These settings are memorized even when the camera power is turned off.

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