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:
  1. Horizontal - left to right
  2. Horizontal - right to left
  3. Vertical - top to bottom
  4. Vertical - bottom to top
  5. 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.