I had the Canon G1X for a week to review, but I only had 2 real days of shooting. We were getting low angle sun and lots of shadows caused by tall downtown buildings. I waited around until late afternoon to get more even lighting in the shadows, but the lighting was dark and gray and boring. That’s when I decided to use Canon’s wonderful color accent mode. Most manufacturers have pre-programmed colors (red, blue, green, orange, yellow, etc.). Canon allows you to capture whatever color you see, with the ability to increase or decrease color sensitivity. My favorite is grabbing Coca-Cola red with +5 sensitivity, which picks up almost all reds, oranges, yellows and most skin tones, but everything else becomes monochromatic. Shooting through glass is fun. People often don’t notice me taking pictures through a window. Also, I like seeing the street image behind me sandwiched onto the image via the glass surface. Another window shot. Sword play. Again, nobody noticed me. You can make out
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