Canon Camera Powershot G7 X User Manual

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Saving Shooting Settings
 Still Images  Movies
Save commonly used shooting modes and your configured function 
settings for reuse. To access saved settings later, simply turn the mode 
dial to [
]. Even settings that are usually cleared when you switch 
shooting modes or turn the camera off (such as self-timer settings) can be 
retained this way.
Settings that can be saved
 ● Shooting mode ([], [], [], or [])
 ●Items set in [], [], [], or [] modes ( = 74 – = 94)
 ●
Shooting menu settings
 ●Zoom...

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3 Rearrange menu items, as needed.
 zPress the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose [Sort], and then press the 
[
] button.
 z Choose a menu item to move (either 
press the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial), and then press the [] button.
 z Press the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to change the order, and then press 
the [
] button.
 z Press the [] button.
 ● Grayed-out items in step 2 can also be specified, but they may 
not be available in some shooting modes.
 ●To make My Menu...

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Viewing
 Still Images  Movies
After shooting images or movies, you can view them on the screen as follows.
1 Enter Playback mode.
 zPress the [] button.
 zYour last shot is displayed.
2 Browse through your images.
 zTo view the previous image, press 
the [] button or turn the [] dial 
counterclockwise. To view the next 
image, press the [
] button or turn the 
[] dial clockwise.
 z Press and hold the [][] buttons to 
browse through images quickly.
 z To access this screen (Scroll Display mode), 
turn...

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Touch-Screen Operations
 zTo view the next image, drag left across 
the screen, and to view the previous 
image, drag right.
 zTo access Scroll Display mode, quickly 
drag left or right repeatedly.
 zYou can also choose images in Scroll 
Display mode by dragging left or right.
 zTouching the central image will restore 
single-image display.
 zTo browse images grouped by shooting 
date in Scroll Display mode, drag up or 
down.
 zTo start movie playback, touch [] in step 
2 of “Viewing” ( = 103).
 z
To...

105
Overexposure Warning (for Image Highlights)
 Still Images  Movies
Washed-out highlights in the image flash on the screen in detailed 
information display (= 105).
Histogram
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 z
The graph in detailed information display 
(= 105) is a histogram showing the 
distribution of brightness in the image. 
The horizontal axis represents the degree 
of brightness, and the vertical axis, how 
much of the image is at each level of 
brightness. Viewing the histogram is a 
way to check...

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 ●After a moment, [] will no longer be displayed when 
you are using the camera with information display deactivated 
( =
 105).
 ●
You can also play digest movies by touching [] on the 
screen in step 1 and touching [OK] on the screen in step 2.
Viewing by Date
Digest movies can be viewed by date.
1 Choose a movie.
 z Press the [] button, choose [List/
Play Digest Movies] on the [] tab, and 
then choose a date ( = 30).
2 Play the movie.
 z
Press the [] button to start playback.
 ● [---] is shown...

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Browsing and Filtering Images
Navigating through Images in an Index
 Still Images  Movies
By displaying multiple images in an index, you can quickly find the images 
you are looking for.
1 Display images in an index.
 zMove the zoom lever toward [] to 
display images in an index. Moving the 
lever again will increase the number of 
images shown.
 z To display fewer images, move the zoom 
lever toward []. Fewer images are 
shown each time you move the lever.
2 Choose an image.
 z Turn the [] dial to...

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1 Choose [Image Search].
 zPress the [] button, and then 
choose [Image Search] on the [] tab 
( = 30).
2 Choose the first condition for image 
display or navigation.
 z
Press the [][] buttons to choose a 
display filter.
 z When [] or [] is selected, you can 
view only images matching this condition 
by pressing the [
][] buttons or turning 
the [] dial. To perform an action for all 
of these images together, press the [] 
button and go to step 4.
3 Choose the second condition and 
check the images...

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Using the Control Ring to Jump between 
Images
 Still Images  Movies
Use the control ring to find and jump between desired images quickly by 
filtering image display according to your specified conditions.
 Jump to FavoritesDisplays images tagged as favorites 
(
= 118).
 Jump Shot Date Jumps to the first image in each group of 
images that were shot on the same date.
 Jump 10 Images
Jumps by 10 images at a time.
 Jump 100 ImagesJumps by 100 images at a time.
1 Choose a condition.
 zChoose a condition...

11 0
 ●During group playback (step 2), you can browse through images 
quickly “Navigating through Images in an Index” ( = 107) and 
magnify them “Magnifying Images” ( = 112). By choosing 
[Protect All Images in Group] in “Protecting Images” ( = 114) 
or [All Images in Group] in “Erasing Multiple Images at Once” 
( =
 116), or “Adding Images to the Print List (DPOF)” ( = 169), 
or “Adding Images to a Photobook” ( = 171), all images in the 
group can be manipulated at once.
 ● To ungroup images so that...