Card, Screen brightness, Start-up screen – Canon PowerShot G16 User Manual

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Cover

Before Use
Common Camera

Operations

Advanced Guide

Camera Basics
Auto Mode /

Hybrid Auto Mode
Other Shooting

Modes

Tv, Av, M, C1,

and C2 Mode
Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

Index

Basic Guide

P Mode

Screen Brightness

Adjust screen brightness as follows.

z

z

Choose [LCD Brightness], and then

press the <

q><r> buttons to adjust the

brightness.

For maximum brightness, press and hold the <

p> button for at least one

second when the shooting screen is displayed or when in single-image display.

(This will override the [LCD Brightness] setting on the [

3] tab.) To restore

the original brightness, press and hold the <

p> button again for at least one

second or restart the camera.

Start-Up Screen

Customize the start-up screen shown after you turn the camera on as

follows.

z

z

Choose [Start-up Image], and then press

the <

m> button.

z

z

Press the <

q><r> buttons or turn the

<

7> dial to choose an option.

Formatting Memory Cards

Before using a new memory card or a card formatted in another device, you

should format the card with this camera.

Formatting erases all data on a memory card. Before formatting, copy images

on the memory card to a computer, or take other steps to back them up.

1

Access the [Format] screen.

z

z

Choose [Format], and then press the

<

m> button.

2

Choose [OK].

z

z

Press the <

o><p> buttons to choose

[Cancel], choose [OK] (either press the

<

q><r> buttons or turn the <7> dial),

and then press the <

m> button.

3

Format the memory card.

z

z

To begin the formatting process, press

the <

o><p> buttons or turn the <7>

dial to choose [OK], and then press the

<

m> button.

z

z

When formatting is finished, [Memory

card formatting complete] is displayed.

Press the <

m> button.

Formatting or erasing data on a memory card only changes file

management information on the card and does not erase the data

completely. When transferring or disposing of memory cards, take

steps to protect personal information if necessary, as by physically

destroying cards.

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