Canon G9 X Owners Manual

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Initial Information
Package Contents
Before use, make sure the following items are included in the package.
If anything is missing, contact your camera retailer.
CameraBattery Pack
NB-13L*
Battery Charger
CB-2LH/CB-2LHE Wrist Strap
* Do not peel off the adhesive covering from a battery pack.
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Printed matter is also included.
 ●A memory card is not included ( = 2).
Compatible Memory Cards
The following memory cards (sold separately) can be used, regardless of 
capacity.
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SD memory cards*1
 ●SDHC...

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Conventions in This Guide
 ●In this guide, icons are used to represent the corresponding camera 
buttons and dials on which they appear or which they resemble.
 ●The following camera buttons and controls are represented by icons. 
Numbers in parentheses indicate the numbers of corresponding 
controls in “Part Names” ( =
 4).  
[] Control ring (10) on front
 ● Shooting modes and on-screen icons and text are indicated in 
brackets.
 ●: Important information you should know
 ●: Notes and tips for expert...

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(1) [ (Flash pop up)] switch
(2)
 Screen (monitor)*2
(3) Microphone
(4)
 DIGITAL terminal
(5)
 HDMI™ terminal (6)
 Movie button
(7)
 [ (Quick Set menu/Set)] button
(8)
 [] button
(9)
 Indicator / USB charge lamp
(10)
 [ (Information)] button
*1
 Used with NFC features ( = 132).
*2 Gestures may not be detected as easily if you apply a screen protector. In this 
case, increase the sensitivity of the touch-screen panel ( = 164).
Part Names
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Table of Contents
Before Use
Initial Information ..............................................................2
Package Contents .................................................................... 2
Compatible Memory Cards ........
............................................... 2
Preliminary Notes and Legal Information
 ................................. 3
Conventions in This Guide
 ....................................................... 3
Part Names...

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Preventing the Red-Eye Reduction Lamp from Lighting Up ......53
Changing the Image Display Style after Shots
 .......................... 54
Changing the Image Display Period after Shots
 ................... 54
Changing the Screen Displayed after Shots
 ......................... 54
Other Shooting Modes .................................................... 55
Applying Effects Automatically (Creative Shot) ......................55
Enjoying a Variety of Images from Each Shot ........................... 55...

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Changing Image Color Tones (My Colors) ................................79
Custom Color .........................................................................
80
Shooting Range and Focusing ...............................................80
Shooting Close-Ups (Macro) ..................................................... 80
Shooting in Manual Focus Mode
 ............................................... 81
Easily Identifying the Focus Area (MF Peaking)
 .................... 82
Focus Bracketing (Focus-BKT...

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Viewing Short Movies Created When Shooting Still Images 
(Digest Movies)
 ........................................................................106
V

iewing by Date
 ................................................................... 106
Checking People Detected in Face ID
 ..................................... 107
Browsing and Filtering Images ............................................. 107
Navigating through Images in an Index ...................................107
Touch-Screen Operations...

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Adding a Smartphone Using the Wi-Fi Menu ..........................136
Using Another  Access Point
 .................................................... 137
Previous 

Access Points
 ........................................................... 138
Saving Images to a Computer ..............................................138
Preparing to Register a Computer ...........................................138
Checking  Your Computer Environment
 ............................... 138
Installing the Software...

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Customizing Sounds ................................................................164
Start-Up Screen
 ....................................................................... 164
Hiding Hints and 

Tips
 ............................................................... 164
Listing Shooting Modes by Icon
 ............................................... 164
Increasing 

Touch-Screen Panel Sensitivity
 ............................. 164
Automatically Locking the Touch-Screen Panel
 .........................