Correcting greenish image areas from mercury, Lamps, Changing movie image quality – Canon PowerShot G16 User Manual

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P Mode

You can also correct existing images (

=

121

).

You can also access the screen in step 2 by holding down the <

r> button for

at least one second.

You can also access the screen in step 2 when the flash is up by pressing the

<

r> button and immediately pressing the <n> button.

Still Images

Correcting Greenish Image Areas from

Mercury Lamps

In [

] mode, subjects or background in shots of evening scenes

illuminated by mercury lamps may appear to have a greenish tinge. This

greenish tinge can be corrected automatically when shooting, using Multi-

area White Balance.

z

z

Press the <

n> button, choose [Hg

Lamp Corr.] on the [

4] tab, and then

choose [On] (

=

25

).

z

z

Once the setting is complete, [ ] is

displayed.

z

z

To restore the original setting, repeat this

process but choose [Off].

After you are finished shooting under mercury lamps, you should set

[Hg Lamp Corr.] back to [Off]. Otherwise, green hues not caused by

mercury lamps may be corrected by mistake.

Try taking some test shots first to make sure you obtain the desired results.

Movies

Changing Movie Image Quality

4 image quality settings are available. For guidelines on the maximum

movie length at each level of image quality that will fit on a memory card,

see “Recording Time per Memory Card” (

=

205

).

z

z

Press the <

m> button, choose [

]

in the menu, and choose the desired

option (

=

24

).

z

z

The option you configured is now

displayed.

z

z

To restore the original setting, repeat this

process but choose [

].

Image

Quality

Resolution

Frame Rate

Details

1920 x 1080*

60 fps

For shooting in Full HD

[

] enables movies

with smoother motion

1920 x 1080*

30 fps

1280 x 720

30 fps

For shooting in HD

640 x 480

30 fps

For shooting in standard

definition

* Fine Detail Movie Processing (This function quickly processes a large amount of

information, making it possible to record even finer details in movies.)

In [

], [

], and [

] modes, black bars displayed on the top and

bottom edges of the screen indicate image areas not recorded.

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