Canon PowerShot G9 User Manual

Advanced Shooting Functions
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See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 270).
Your camera is equipped with an Intelligent Orientation sensor that
detects the orientation of an image shot with the camera held vertically
and automatically rotates it to the correct orientation when viewing it in
the LCD monitor.
Setting the Auto Rotate Function
Shooting Mode
1
Select [Auto Rotate].
1. Press the button.
2. Use the or button to select the
menu.
3. Use the or button to select
[Auto Rotate].
2
Make settings.
1. Use the or button to select [on]
or [Off].
2. Press the button.
• When the Auto Rotate function is set
to [On] and the LCD monitor is set to
the detailed display mode during shooting, (normal),
(right end is down) or (left end is down) will appear in the
display.
z This function may not operate correctly when the camera is
pointed straight up or down. Check that the icon ( ) is
pointing in the right direction and if it is not, then set the Auto
Rotate function to [Off].
z Even if the Auto Rotate function is set to [On], the orientation
of images downloaded to a computer will depend upon the
software used to download the images.

Canon PowerShot G9 Specifications

General

Megapixel	12.1 MP
Sensor type	CCD
Image stabilizer	Yes
Image sensor size	1/1.7 \
Maximum image resolution	4000 x 3000 pixels
Still image resolution(s)	640 x 480, 1600 x 1200, 2592 x 1944, 3264 x 2448, 4000 x 2248, 4000 x 3000
Digital zoom	4 x
Optical zoom	6 x
Focal length range	7.4 - 44.4 mm
Interface	USB
Digital SLR	No
Power source	NB-2LH
Camera shutter speed	15 - 1/2500 s
Compatible operating systems	Windows 2000, XP, Vista
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)	35 - 210 mm
Minimum system requirements for Macintosh	Mac OS X v10.3 - 10.4
Focus	TTL
Auto focusing (AF) modes	continuous auto focus, single auto focus
Super Macro focusing range	0.01 m
Light metering	Centre-weighted, Spot
ISO sensitivity	80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Light exposure modes	aperture priority AE, auto, manual, shutter priority AE
Flash modes	auto, Flash off, manual, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
Flash range (tele)	0.3 - 2.5 m
Flash range (wide)	0.3 - 4 m
Internal memory	32 MB
Compatible memory cards	mmc
Motion JPEG frame rate	15 fps
Video formats supported	AVI
Display diagonal	3 \
Scene modes	beach, Children, Night, party (indoor), Portrait, Sports, Underwater, Landscape (scenery)
Photo effects	black&white, Positive film, Sepia, Skin tones, Vivid
White balance	auto, Cloudy, custom modes, daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten
Self-timer delay	2 s
Playback zoom (max)	2 x
Product color	Black
Battery type	Rechargeable
Number of batteries supported	1
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 90 %

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	42.5 mm
Width	106.4 mm
Height	71.9 mm
Weight	320 g