Rear of camera controls
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On the back of the G3 you'll find the flip-out LCD with a variety of buttons surrounding it. It's good to see that exposure compensation and white balance (probably the two most modified settings) have been taken out of the camera's menu and placed so that they can be changed with a single button press.
Record Mode
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Flash Mode |
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Metering![]() Select a metering mode: Evaluative, Center-weighted Average, Spot |
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Macro Focus![]() Switches the cameras autofocus system between normal focus range (50 cm +) and macro focus range (5/15 cm - 50 cm). Available in all exposure modes except Landscape. |
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Manual Focus![]() Press the MF button to enter manual focus mode, roll the control dial to change focus position, click the dial to lock the focus. During manual focus the center area of the frame is magnified to help pick the focus point, at the same time a ruler is shown on the right side of the frame with a distance readout. |
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Exposure Compensation![]() Displays the exposure compensation meter on the screen, use the command dial to modify exposure compensation +/-2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps. Press the command dial to remove the meter. |
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White Balance![]() Displays white balance selection bar: Auto, Sunny, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Fluorescent High, Flash, Manual 1, Manual 2. Use the command dial to change white balance, press to hide selection bar. |
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Auto Exposure Lock (AE-Lock / FE-Lock) |
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FUNC button![]() The FUNC button displays an overlaid menu which provides access to several photographic settings. In Auto exposure mode you can only modify the Image Size / Quality, in Scene exposure modes the available settings vary. All settings are available in the creative record exposure modes (P, Tv, Av, M or C). Settings appear in a column down the left side of the display, use the arrow keys to move up and down each option and the roll the command dial or press left / right arrow keys to change. The meter button is used occasionally to change sub-options. Click here to view an animation of FUNC settings. Note that the icons used below to represent each setting are the default for that setting and that the icon will change once a setting change is made. ![]()
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Display Mode![]() Toggles between three LCD display modes: Image only display, Image and brief frame information, Image and detailed exposure information with histogram. |
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SET / AF Frame selection![]() In record mode pressing this button allows you to move the AF area around the frame to any one of 345 positions (a 23 x 15 grid). Press and hold to reset the AF frame to the center area. |
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Enter / Leave the
Record Menu![]() Pressing this button in record or play mode enters that mode's settings menu (described in detail on the next pages of this review). |
Record review mode (during image review after taking a shot)
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Erase image![]() Erases the image, requires confirmation: Erase / Cancel. |
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Record voice annotation |
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FUNC button![]() Pressing the FUNC button during record review provides you with the option to change the current image to RAW format. This means that you can shoot JPEG and if you realize you have a very important shot you can press FUNC and save it as a RAW instead. Very useful, very clever. |
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SET / Shutter release
button ![]() Freezes the image review until the shutter release is half-pressed. |
Play Mode
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Toggle Thumbnail view![]() Toggles between display of full screen image or 3 x 3 thumbnails on the LCD screen. |
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Jump![]() Enters a special mode which allows you to jump through playback images by 10 frames forward or backward. |
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Record voice annotation![]() Allows you to record a voice annotation which will have the same filename as the recorded image, the review image is overlaid with a record bar, this allows you to record a WAVE file of up to 60 seconds. |
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Erase image![]() Erases the image, requires confirmation: Erase / Cancel. |
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Display Mode![]() Toggles between three LCD display modes: Image only display, Image and brief frame information, Image and detailed exposure information. |
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Setting / Menu confirm![]() Used to confirm changed camera settings or options in the camera menus. |
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Enter / Leave the
Play Menu![]() Pressing this button in record or play mode enters that mode's settings menu (described in detail on the next pages of this review). |
Note that you can use the command dial as well as the more traditional four way controller to browse through images in play mode.
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