Canon Power Shot G5 manual

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    C KNOW HO W ™ 1-800-OK -CANON/www.usa. canon.com C anon U.S.A., Inc. One Canon Plaz a, Lake S ucces s, NY 11042 U.S.A. C anon Can ada Inc. 6390 Dixie Road, Mi ssiss auga, Ontario L5T 1P7 Can ada C anon Mexic ana, S. DE R.L. DE C. V . P eriférico Sur No. 4124, 5º y 6º pisos Co l. Ex-Rancho de Anzaldo, 01900 Méx ico, D.F . C anon Latin America [...]

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    W ith a stunning c ombination of resolution, speed and control, all housed in a rugg ed, elegant new blac k enclosure, the P ow erShot G5 tak es the lea d as C anon’s fl agship PowerShot. The PowerShot G5 fe atures an all-new 1/1.8˝ 5 megapi xel C CD sensor , capturing a hug e 2592 x 1944 pixel image with exc eptional detail and color fidelity .[...]

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    5 35 mm * 35 mm * * Approximately equivalent to 35-140mm in the traditional 35mm format. 14 0 mm * 14 0 mm * 4 Viv id Color Neutral C olor Lo w Sharpening Sepia Blac k & White Yields v ibrant shots with dramatic high-contras t. Produces im ages of subtle, eleg ant tonality . Softens the im age to create a soft-focus filter effect. Re creates th[...]

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    WHITE BALANCE AND ISO C ONTROL To ensure the perfect exposure in any sit uation, the PowerShot G5 offers the c haracteris tics of vi rt ually every type of film in traditional photogr aphy. W ith a total of 9 white bal ance settings, including automatic, si xp reset, and two custom positions, it c an adjust for almost any lighting c ondition. It al[...]

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    C ONVERSION LENSES To ex pand the range of the P ow erShot’s 4x optic al zoom len s, Canon mak es a range of acc essory lenses. Wide Co nverter WC -DC58N reduces the focal length by 0.7x for a 35mm equivalent of 24.5mm. Te le Converter T C -DC58N increases the foc al length by 1.75x for a 35mm equivalent of 245mm. T o take your Macro photography [...]

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    8.5" x 11" (Bubble Jet Printers only) T YPE S OF PRINT Cr edit Card Size (Card P hoto Printers only) 4" x 6" (Bubble Jet Printers or Card P hoto Printers) Card P hoto Printers Bubble Jet Dir ect P hoto Printers ” ’ DIRECT PRINTING The PowerShot G5 i s ca pable of direct printin g with a number of C anon Phot o Printers. In c[...]