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Not everything is automatically locked once you begin recording. The camera tries to dynamically compensate for exposure fluctuations (moving from bright to shaded areas, for example) as you record, which can often be a distraction. Fortunately, you can manually adjust and lock the exposure level before recording. (Changing the setting on the Exposure Compensation dial,…

Normally, the G12 focuses on whatever is in the middle of the screen. You can manually focus the lens before shooting by pressing the MF button and turning the Control dial. However, once you begin recording, the focus is set: The camera doesn’t adjust the focus if your subject moves toward or away from the…

To get started, turn the Mode dial to the Movie shooting position. Much like shooting still photos in Auto mode, the camera attempts to make adjustments automatically before starting to record video. Some aspects, such as manual focus, Macro mode, and to a limited extent, exposure, can be adjusted before you start recording. Just don’t…

There are a lot of items in the menu that you can change, but some are used and changed more frequently than others. The My Menu function allows you to place five of your most used menu items in one place so that you can quickly get to them, make your changes, and get on…

One feature that sets the G12 apart from most point-and-shoots is also one that most G12 owners will likely never take advantage of: the hot shoe on top of the camera, which is used to mount an external flash (also known as a strobe light or Speedlight). However, the built-in flash tends to be the…

Your camera provides two functions that can automatically make your pictures look a little better: Shadow Correction and Dynamic Range (DR) Correction. With Shadow Correct, the camera evaluates the tones in your image and then lightens any areas that it believes are too dark or lacking contrast after you take the shot (Figures 10.10 and…

To fi nish off this chapter, I’m going to give you a few more shooting tips, mostly fun ways you can play around with light to get some really neat results. Photography wouldn’t have as much appeal to me if it weren’t for all the exciting ways to use light, along with the different settings…

Put simply, macro photography is close-up photography. The G12 features a Macro mode that you can enable in most shooting modes. (The Auto mode, for example, switches to Macro if it senses objects are close to the lens. The Low Light, Quick Shot, and some of the Scene modes do not support Macro.) You’ll likely…

If you’re photographing in an environment where you can be close to your computer while you are shooting, you might fi nd tethering to be a useful feature. When you tether your 7D to a computer, you can instantly view your shots on your computer monitor, and you can even make changes to the camera…