This G6 features a Vari-Angle swiveling 2.0-inch color LCD
that rotates 270° and can be
turned 180° around to face forwards for self-portraits.


or the LCD can be folded up against the back of the camera with the screen exposed
or turned around the other way to protect it when not in use.

Controls on the top: To the left of the hot shoe is the Flash mode, Drive mode and
Metering mode buttons.
On the grip is the Main Dial that's used to
change many camera settings. The zoom lens control is built around the shutter
button. To the right of the LCD is the Lamp button to illuminate it as shown here.
The data LCD displays major camera settings at a glance.
The Power switch has a safety button that must
be pressed before selecting the Record or Playback mode and in the center is the
OFF button.

Controls on the back: To the left of the viewfinder is the Macro focus mode button (acts
as the Thumbnail Index button in Play mode) and Manual Focus button (in Play it is the
Voice Annotation button). The Mode Dial (see next frame).
The "Star" button is used to pre-calculate and lock the exposure.
The 4-way controller lets you navigate menu screens, change
Exposure Compensation and White Balance options in Record and select images in Play. The
SET button accepts menu selections and in Record mode it is used to change the active
Focus Point. The Menu button enables onscreen menu system,
The DISPLAY button controls the color LCD and
the amount of data that is overlayed on it.
The FUNC button brings up the menu of options for
changing ISO speed, Color Effects, Exposure or Focus Bracketing, Flash Exposure
Compensaton, Image size and Quality.

The Mode Dial has positions for:
- Custom 1 - User settable mode
- Custom 2 - User settable mode
- Manual - you set both the shutter speed and aperture
- AV (Aperture priority) - the camera automatically selects
a shutter speed to match the aperture you set. Aperture settings available are:
F2.0, F2.2, F2.5, F2.8, F3.2, F3.5, F4.0, F4.5, F5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1, F8.0
- TV (Shutter priority) - camera automatically
selects an aperture setting to match the shutter
speed you set. Available shutter speeds are:
1/2000, 1/1600, 1/1250, 1/1000, 1/800, 1/640, 1/500, 1/400, 1/320, 1/250, 1/200,
1/160, 1/125, 1/100, 1/80, 1/60, 1/50, 1/40, 1/30, 1/25, 1/20,
1/15, 1/13, 1/10, 1/8, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1,
1.3, 1.6, 2, 2.5, 3.2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 15 seconds
- Program AE - camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture
settings like AUTO but the user can change many options like white balance,
exposure compensation, saturation, sharpness and more.
- AUTO - camera sets everything automatically, this is "point and shoot" mode
The pre-programmed "Image Zone" modes include:
- Portrait - Sets a large aperture value to have a minimum depth of field
so your subject is sharp but the background gets blurred.
- Landscape - Sets the focus to infinity and uses a small aperture
- Night Portrait - Uses slow shutter speed (tripod recommended) to capture
night backgrounds and synchronizes
the flash to illuminate foreground subjects
- Stitch Assist - The user will be aided by the LCD when creating multi-image
panorama pictures. Five types of assistance are available:
- Horizontal - left to right
- Horizontal - right to left
- Vertical - top to bottom
- Vertical - bottom to top
- Clockwise starting at top left.

Onscreen view of Stitch Assist mode
- Movie - capture full motion video with sound for up to 30 seconds in length
at 640 x 480 / 10fps or up to 180 seconds
at 15fps in 320 x 240 or 160 x 120 resolution.

The built-in speaker and the I/O ports are on the left side:
The DC IN port is for connecting the battery charger/AC power supply.
The DIGITAL connector is for the USB data cable.
The A/V OUT handles audio and video (NTSC or PAL selectable)
for connecting to a TV.

On the right side is the Compact Flash Type II card slot. The G6 is supplied with a
32MB CF card and can use any Type I or II solid state flash memory card or
IBM/Hitachi Microdrives. It is both FAT and
FAT32 compatible and can be used with devices with capacity over 2GB.
Number of Recordable Images | Menu Selection | File Size (KB) | Resolution (pixels) | 32MB | 64MB | 256MB | 512MB | 1 GB | Large/SuperFine | 3045 | 3072x2304 | 9 | 19 | 81 | 163 | 337 | Large/Fine | 1897 | 3072x2304 | 15 | 32 | 130 | 261 | 537 | Large/Normal | 902 | 3072x2304 | 33 | 67 | 273 | 547 | 1,093 | Medium 1/ SuperFine | 2503 | 2592x1944 | 11 | 24 | 99 | 198 | 409 | Medium 1/Fine | 1395 | 2592x1944 | 21 | 43 | 177 | 354 | 728 | Medium 1/ Normal | 695 | 2592x1944 | 43 | 88 | 355 | 709 | 1,426 | Medium 2/ SuperFine | 1602 | 2048x1536 | 18 | 38 | 154 | 308 | 630 | Medium 2/Fine | 893 | 2048x1536 | 33 | 68 | 276 | 552 | 1,130 | Medium 2/ Normal | 445 | 2048x1536 | 67 | 136 | 548 | 1,096 | 2,187 | Medium 3/ SuperFine | 1002 | 1600x1200 | 30 | 61 | 246 | 491 | 993 | Medium 3/Fine | 558 | 1600x1200 | 54 | 109 | 440 | 879 | 1,726 | Medium 3/ Normal | 278 | 1600x1200 | 107 | 217 | 868 | 1736 | 3280 | Small/SuperFine | 249 | 640x480 | 119 | 241 | 962 | 1893 | 3645 | Small/Fine | 150 | 640x480 | 195 | 393 | 1563 | 3125 | 5468 | Small/Normal | 84 | 640x480 | 336 | 676 | 2720 | 5209 | 8202 | RAW | 7096 | 3072x2304 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 68 | 144 | These figures reflect standard shooting conditions established by Canon. Actual totals and file sizes may vary according to the subject, shooting conditions and shooting mode. |
Movie Recording Time (Total Seconds) | | Resolution/Pixels | 32MB | 64MB | 128MB | 256MB | 512MB | Movie / High | 640x480 | 45 | 92 | 186 | 374 | 743 | Movie/ Medium | 320x240 | 91 | 183 | 368 | 735 | 1451 | Movie / Low | 160x120 | 242 | 486 | 973 | 1954 | 3902 | Above figures are measured under Canon's standard conditions and may vary depending on the scene, subjects or camera settings. Total length of movie files recordable on specific CF cards; Individual 640 x 480 movie clips are limited to 30 seconds maximum per clip; individual 320 x 240 and 160 x 120 movie clips are limited to 3 minutes maximum per clip. |

The G6 is powered by a high-capacity BP-511A 7.2v 1390mAh
lithium rechargeable pack, with 25% more capacity than the previous
BP-511. It has proven to be one of the best rechargeable batteries
we've ever used.
Canon claims a battery life of approx. 300 shots or 400 minutes of playback time.
The included compact charger CG-580 takes about 100 minutes to recharge a fully
depleted battery pack.

The supplied WL-DC100 infrared remote controller can be used up to approximately 5m
(16.4 ft) directly in front of the camera to shoot or control playback. In record
mode it can trip the shutter (with a zero, two or ten second delay), control the
zoom lens and toggle the overlay information displays shown onscreen. In Playback
mode it can display the next or previous image, play and replay movies, enable
zoomed playback and pan around the magnified view and toggle the various onscreen
data overlays.
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