Canon PowerShot G7 User manual

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CAMERA

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GUide.

(Preparation •

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Camera

User

Guide

Please Read This First

This guide explains how to prepare the camera and use its basic features.

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The

Components

Guide

Basic

Camera

User

Guide

(This

Guide)

•

Read

this

first.

Advanced

Camera

User

Guide

Software

Starter

Guide

Direct

User

Guide

Basic

Camera

User

Guide

(This

Guide)

Shooting

Playback/Erasing

Menus

and

Settings

Preparations

•Charging the battery

•Installing the battery and memory card

•Setting the date, time and language

•

Installing

the

software

•

Downloading

images

computer

•

Using

the

software

Handling

precautions,

references

the

various

shooting

and

playback

functions

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User

Guide

•PDF manuals available on

the Canon website.

http://web.canon.jp/

Imaging/information-e.html

this guide, the Basic Camera User Guide

called the Basic Guide,

and the Advanced Camera User Guide

called the Advanced Guide.

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WAF-assist

Beam (Advanced Guide

27)

@Red-Eye Reduction Lamp (p. 15)

®Self-Timer Lamp (p. 17)

Neck

Strap Mounts

@Viewfinder

Window (p. 4)

@Flash

(p. 14)

(J)Speaker

®Ring Release Button (Advanced Guide

142)

®Ring

(Advanced Guide

142)

@Lens

•Pull the strap tight

the buckle so that it does not slip. Perform the same

steps on the other side ofthe camera.

•Avoid waving the camera about or catching it on other items when suspending

it from the strap. II

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-Back

View

LCD Monitor (Advanced Guide

12)

@Viewfinder

(p.

®Terminal

Cover

(1)

DC Coupler Cable Cover (Advanced Guide

139)

®Memory Card Slot /Battery Cover (p. 6)

®Tripod Socket

(j)A/V

OUT (AudioNideo output) Terminal (Advanced Guide

133)

®DIGITAL

Terminal

(p.

27)

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•

Controls

Indicators (p. 5)

@Diopter Adjustment Dial (p. 4)

(Shortcut)/

~¢V'

(PrinU

Share) Button (pp. 22, 30,

Advanced Guide

82)

@ISO Speed Dial (Advanced

Guide

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)

(Playback) Button (p. 9)

@*(AE Lock/FE Lock)/

\fJ

(Microphone) Button

(Advanced Guide pp. 68, 69,

101,102)

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(Exposure)/

(Jump)/

Button (Advanced Guide pp.

41,92)

@FUNC./SET (Function/Set)

Button (p. 20)

@MENU Button (p. 21)

@DISPLAY Button (Advanced

Guide

12)

(AF Frame Selector)/

Ifuf

(Single Image Erase) Button

(p. 19, Advanced Guide

61)

(Macro)/"

Button (p. 16)

(Manual

Focus)/

...

Button

(Advanced

Guide

65)

(Flash)/

Button (p. 14)

(Continuous)/

(Self-

timer)/

Button (p. 17,

Advanced Guide

44)

®Control

Dial (p. 4)

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•

Using

the

Optical

Viewfinder

Shoot

Turning the LCD monitor

off

(Advanced Guide

12) and using the

optical viewfinder can help

conserve

power

while shooting.

•You can adjust the viewfinder with the diopter adjustment dial to

adapt

your

vision so that the subject appears in sharp focus.

Adjustments

-3.0

to +1.0

11m

(dpt) can be made.

•

The

viewfinder has afield

vision

approximately

80%

the

actual shooting image.

Using

the

Control

Dial

Turning

the

control

dial

counterclockwise

equivalent

pressing

the

•

button,

while

turning

the

control

dial

clockwise

equivalent

pressing

the

•

button

(it

equivalent

pressing

the

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

44)

•Selecting the FUNC. menu item (p.

20)

•Selecting the movie

mode

(Advanced Guide

54)

•

Selecting

the

shooting

direction

Stitch

Assist

mode

(Advanced

Guide

52)

•Selecting ashutter speed in

(Advanced Guide

48)

•Selecting an aperture value in

(Advanced Guide

50)

•

Selecting

the

shutter

speed

and

the

aperture

value

(Advanced

Guide

51)

•Selecting the

Frame (Advanced Guide

61)

•Adjusting the focus in manual

focus

mode

(Advanced Guide

65)

•Program Shift (Advanced Guide p. 69)

•Adjusting the exposure (Advanced Guide

)

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•

The

Playback

Functions

•Selecting

image

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

22)

•Changing the clock display color (Advanced Guide

13)

•Registering My Camera contents (Advanced Guide

118)

Indicators

The camera indicators will light or blink under the following conditions.

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•Upper Indicator

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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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.

Insert

the

battery

into

the

battery

charger.

Plug

the

battery

charger

(CB-2LW)

into

power

outlet,

attach

the

power

cord

the

battery

charger

(CB-2LWE,

not

shown)

and

plug

into

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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the

Advanced

Guide:

Battery

Handling

(p.

134)

Installing

the Battery.

Slide

the

memory

card

slot/battery

cover

lock

in the

direction

the

arrow

((1), and

open

the

memory

card

slot!

battery

cover

(@).

Push the battery

lock

the

direction

the

arrow

(@) and

insert

the

battery

until

locks.

To remove the battery, push the battery lock

the direction

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.

Close the memory card slot/battery

cover.

•

Remove

the

Memory

Card

Push the memory card with your finger until the memory card clicks

and then release it.

You can use

memory cards, SDHC memory cards and

MultiMediaCards with this camera.

These cards are collectively called memory cards

this guide.

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First

Time

Settings

•

Setting

the

Date/Time

1. Press

the

power

button

(CD).

2. Use

the

•

button

select

an item

and

the

button

change

its

value

(@).

To set the daylight saving option, select the aicon and use the

button to configure the setting.

Confirm

that

the

correct

time

displayed

and

press

the

FUNC./SET

button

(@).

The date and time can also be set

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

the camera. When

you purchase the camera, place the main battery

for approximately four hours

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.

Seethe

Advanced

Guide:

Setting

the

World

Clock

(p.22).

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