Canon G5 X Owners Manual

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Assigning Functions to Controls
 Still Images  Movies
Reassign functions of the shutter button, [] button, [] ring, [] 
dial, or [] dial, or assign common functions to the movie button or [] 
button.
1 Access the setting screen.
 z Press the [] button, choose 
[Function Assignment] on the [2] tab, 
and then press the [] button ( = 31).
2 Configure the setting.
 z
Press the [][] buttons or turn the 
[][] dials to choose the dial or 
button to assign, and then press the [] 
button.
 z When assigning...

102
Customizing the Quick Set Menu
 Still Images  Movies
The display of Quick Set menu items can be customized.
Choosing Items to Include in the Menu
1 Access the setting screen.
 zPress the [] button, choose [Quick 
setting menu layout] on the [2] tab, 
and then press the [] button ( = 31).
2 Choose icons to include in the 
menu.
 z
Touch icons to include in the Quick Set 
menu. Selected icons are marked with 
a [
].
 zSelected items (labeled with a []) will 
be included in display.
 z Items without a...

103
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 modes ([], [], [], and [])
 ●Items set in [], [], [], and [] modes ( = 78 – = 97)
 ●
Shooting menu settings
 ●Zoom...

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2 Configure the setting.
 zPress the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose [Select items], and then 
press the [
] button.
 z Press the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose a menu item to save (max. 
six items) and then press the [
] button 
to save it.
 z [] is displayed.
 zTo cancel saving, press the [] button. 
[] is no longer displayed.
 z Press the [] button.
3 Rearrange menu items, as needed.
 zPress the [][] buttons or turn the [] 
dial to choose [Sort], and then press the 
[
]...

105
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 Choose 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 the [] dial...

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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 browse through 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, quickly drag 
up or down.
 zTo start 

movie playback, touch [
] in step 
2 of...

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 ●Switching display modes is not possible while the camera is 
connected via Wi-Fi to devices other than printers.
Overexposure Warning (for Image Highlights)
 Still Images  Movies
Washed-out highlights in the image flash on the screen in detailed 
information display ( = 107).
Histogram
 Still Images  Movies
 z
The graph in detailed information display 
(= 107) is a histogram showing the 
distribution of brightness in the image. 
The horizontal axis represents the degree 
of brightness, and the...

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2 Play the movie.
 zSelect a movie and press the [] button 
to play it.
Viewing Short Movies Created When Shooting 
Still Images (Digest Movies)
 Still Images  Movies
View digest movies recorded automatically in [] mode ( = 37) on a 
day of still image shooting as follows.
1 Choose an image.
 z Still images shot in [] mode are 
labeled with [] icon.
 z Choose a still image labeled with [] 
and press the [] button.
2 Play the digest movie.
 z Press the [][] buttons to choose [], 
and then press the []...

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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 the first condition.
 zIn single-image display, press the [] 
button, choose [] in the menu, and 
choose a condition.
 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 3.
2 Choose the second condition and 
view the filtered images.
 z When you have selected [] or [] as 
the first condition, choose the second 
by...