Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II Owner's Manual

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By panning, you can shoot blurred backgrounds that convey a sense of 

speed.

The camera will detect blurring of the subject and correct it, so you can 

reduce blurring of the subject.

 

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Follow steps 1 – 2 in “Specific Scenes” 

(= 55) and choose [ ].

 

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Before shooting, with the shutter button 

pressed halfway, move the camera so 

that it follows the subject.

 

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With the moving subject in the center of 

the screen, press the shutter button all 

the way down.

 

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Move the camera so that it continues to 

follow the subject even after you have 

pressed the shutter button all the way 

down.

 

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

 

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To adjust the effect level, turn the [ ] ring.

 

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When shooting, keep your arms close to your body and hold the 
camera with both hands steadily, and turn your whole body to 
follow subjects.

 

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The effect is more apparent when you follow subjects moving 
horizontally such as trains or cars.

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Choose from [

] or one of six levels of background 

defocusing.
Choose from five levels of brightness.
Choose from five levels of skin smoothing. Skin smoothing 

is optimized for the main subject’s face.
To use Touch Shutter, choose [ ].

 

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Areas other than people’s skin may be modified, depending on 
the shooting conditions.

 

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

 

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In [ ] flash mode, background defocusing is set to [

] and 

cannot be changed.

 

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In [

] mode, the time left before shooting is shown on the top of 

the screen when you activate the self-timer by selecting [ ], or 
by selecting [ ] and setting the time to 3 seconds or more.