Canon Powershot G10 IS User Manual

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98The aperture adjusts the amount of light entering through the lens.When you set the aperture value, the camera automatically selects ashutter speed to match the brightness.Selecting a lower aperture value (opening the aperture) allows you toblur the background and create a beautiful portrait.A higher aperture value (closing the aperture) brings the entire rangefrom foreground to background into focus. The larger the aperturevalue, the greater the range of the image brought into clear focus.Setting the ApertureAvailable Shooting Modes p. 3001 Set the mode dial to .2 Configure the aperturesetting.1. Use the control dial to change theaperture value.• When using the control dial, thebar will be displayed and the aperturevalue can be changed.3 Shoot.• If the shutter speed is shown in red when the shutter button ispressed halfway, the image is underexposed (insufficient light)or overexposed (too much light). Use the control dial to adjustthe aperture value until the shutter speed shows in white (youcan also use the Safety Shift (p. 97)).Aperture valuebarCOPY