Canon Camera Powershot G7 X User Manual

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Touch-Screen Operations
 ●To access tabs, press the [] button to access the menu screen, 
and then touch the desired tab.
 ● Drag the menu items up or down to scroll them, or touch a menu item 
to choose it.
 ●Touch an option to choose it. Options shown with [][] icons on either 
side can also be configured by touching these icons.
 ● For menu items displayed with a bar to indicate the level, touch the 
desired position on the bar.
 ●To configure menu items for which options are not shown, first touch...

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Indicator Display
The indicator on the back of the camera (= 4) lights up or blinks 
depending on the camera status.
Color Indicator 
Status Camera Status
Green On
Connected to a computer (
=
 164), or display off 
( = 27,  = 153,  = 153)
Blinking Starting up, recording/reading/transmitting images, 
shooting long exposures (
=
 93, = 94), or 
connecting/transmitting via Wi-Fi
 ● When the indicator blinks green, never turn the camera off, open 
the memory card/battery cover, or shake or jolt the...

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Clock
You can check the current time.
 zPress and hold the [] button.
 zThe current time appears.
 zIf you hold the camera vertically while 
using the clock function, it will switch to 
vertical display. Press the [
][] buttons 
or turn the [] dial to change the display 
color.
 z Press the [] button again to cancel the 
clock display.
 ● When the camera is off, press and hold the [] button, then 
press the power button to display the clock.
1Camera Basics
2Auto Mode /
Hybrid Auto Mode
3Other Shooting...

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Shooting with Camera-Determined Settings
For fully automatic selection of the optimal settings for specific scenes, 
simply let the camera determine the subject and shooting conditions.
Shooting (Smart Auto)
 Still Images  Movies
1 Turn the camera on.
 zPress the power button.
 zThe startup screen is displayed.
2 Enter [] mode.
 zSet the mode dial to [].
 zAim the camera at the subject. The 
camera will make a slight clicking noise 
as it determines the scene.
 zIcons representing the scene and image...

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Shooting Movies
1)
 Start shooting.
 zPress the movie button. The camera 
beeps once as recording begins, and 
[
Rec] is displayed with the elapsed 
time (1).
 z Black bars are displayed on the top and 
bottom edges of the screen, and the 
subject is slightly enlarged. The black 
bars indicate image areas not recorded.
 zFrames displayed around any detected 
faces indicate that they are in focus.
 zOnce recording begins, take your finger 
off the movie button.
2)   Resize the subject and recompose...

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 ●Digest movie quality is [] and cannot be changed. ●Sounds are not played when you press the shutter button halfway 
or trigger the self-timer ( = 152). ●
Digest movies are saved as separate movie files in the following 
cases even if they were recorded on the same day in [] mode. -The digest movie file size reaches approximately 4 GB, or the 
total recording time reaches approximately 13 minutes and 20 
seconds.
 - The digest movie is protected ( = 114). -
Daylight saving time ( = 20) or time zone...

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Movies
 ●Keep your fingers away from the microphone (1) while shooting 
movies. Blocking the microphone may prevent audio from being 
recorded or may cause the recording to sound muffled.
(
1 )
 ●
Avoid touching camera controls other than the movie button when 
shooting movies, because sounds made by the camera will be 
recorded.
 ●Once movie recording begins, the image display area changes 
and subjects are enlarged to allow for correction of significant 
camera shake. To shoot subjects at the same...

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 ●The background color of [], [], [], [], and [] is dark blue, 
and the background color of [] is orange.
 ● For movies, only People, Other Subjects, and Other Close-Range 
Subjects icons are displayed.
 ●In [] mode, icons are only displayed for People, Shadows on Face, 
Other Subjects, and Other Close-Range Subjects.
 ● For self-timer shots, icons are not displayed for the following subjects: 
moving, smiling, or sleeping people; smiling or sleeping babies; 
moving children; and other moving...

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Image Stabilization Icons
 Still Images  Movies
Optimal image stabilization for the shooting conditions is automatically 
applied (Intelligent IS). Additionally, the following icons are displayed in 
[
] and [] modes.
Image stabilization for still images (Normal)
Image stabilization for still images when panning (Panning)*
Image stabilization for macro shots. During movie recording, [] 
is displayed, and image stabilization for macro movie recording is 
used (Hybrid IS).
Image stabilization for...

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Common, Convenient Features
Zooming In Closer on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
 Still Images  Movies
When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom, 
use digital zoom for up to about 17x enlargement.
1 Move the zoom lever toward [].
 zHold the lever until zooming stops.
 zZooming stops at the largest possible 
zoom factor (before the image becomes 
noticeably grainy), which is then indicated 
on the screen.
2 Move the zoom lever toward [] 
again.
 z The camera zooms in even closer...