Product Concept - Canon PowerShot G1 Service Manual

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The PowerShot G1 is the top-of-the-line PowerShot camera standing on the five pillars of full features, high image quality,
operation ease, system accessories and application software. It is a high-end, compact digital camera targeting advanced
amateurs and semi-professionals. (The reference pages are in brackets.)
Full Features
-Manual settings (aperture-priority AE, shutter speed-priority AE, manual focus, manual exposure, flash
exposure compensation, exposure compensation) [New! p.G4]
-12 EOS-based picture-taking modes (Auto, Creative Zone, Image Programmed Control Zone)
[New! p.G5]
-Movie recording and playback with sound [New! p.G6]
-Slow shutter speed mode up to 8 sec. (With noise reduction) [New! p.G6]
-Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) [New! p.G6]
-Built-in flash with five control modes [New! p.G6]
-Macro mode allows close-up photography up to 6cm at the wide-angle end, 20cm at telephoto end.
[New! p.G7]
-Wireless controller [New! p.G7]
-AE lock/FE lock
-Center-weighted averaging metering and spot metering
-Digital tele-converter feature (2x/4x)
-Image enlargement during playback (2.5x/5x [New!])
-Continuous shooting (approx. 1.7 images/sec.)
-Self-timer shooting
High Image Quality
-High resolution, 1/1.8-inch CCD with 3.34 million pixels [p.G7]
-High-resolution, 3x zoom lens [New! p.G8]
-Wide range of ISO equivalent settings (Auto/ISO 50/100/200/400 equivalent) [New! p.G8]
-High-precision white balance with five position preset white balance and Custom white
balance function [New! p.G8]
-New RAW mode [p.G9]
-Dedicated digital signal-processing IC for high-precision processing
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