If you use the viewfinder on your G12, everything may not appear in crisp focus. To remedy this, use the Diopter Adjustment Dial, located to the left of the viewfinder, to adjust for your vision (Figure 1.3). There is...
White balance correction is the process of rendering accurate colors in your final image. Most people don’t even notice that light has different color characteristics, because the human eye automatically adjusts to different color temperatures—so quickly, in fact, that...
Canon’s focus modes will give you a ton of flexibility in your shooting. There is, however, one small problem that is inherent with any focusing system. No matter how intelligent it is, the camera is looking at all the...
The ISO setting in your camera allows you to choose the level of sensitivity of the camera sensor to light. The ability to change this sensitivity is one of the biggest advantages to using a digital camera. In the...
Your G12 has a number of image quality settings to choose from, and depending on your needs, you can adjust them accordingly. Most people shoot with the JPEG option because it allows them to capture a large number of...
True story: I grabbed my camera, went to the beach, and just when my daughter was doing something especially cute, I discovered I had left the camera’s memory card in the card reader attached to my computer.
If you turn...
This will be one of the hardest things for you to do because you really want to start shooting, but a little patience will pay off later.
When you first open your camera and slide the battery into the battery...
With your new Canon PowerShot G12 in your hands, you’re probably anxious to jump right in and start cranking off exposures. What you really should be doing, though, is sitting down with the instruction manual to learn how to...
It’s worth taking a few seconds to think about how you hold your camera. dSLR cameras are made to favor the right-handed individual. Grasp the camera body with the right hand. Most of the important camera controls are within...
Exposure Delay mode—This is a landscape photographer’s dream. It’s a great feature to activate if you don’t have a remote or cable release for your camera. We all know that movement is bad when taking long exposures. This feature...
