Newbie Here and to Canon G6

What software came with the camera? Is it to be included with the purchase? WofflesThe pictures are wonderful, I hope I can get to that point. I will look into the book next time I go to town. I am just stumped on this raw thing..I am going to read your post fully in a little bit as making supper now.

The software is included with the camera. There should be two discs in the box your camera came in. One contains the utilities for your camera and the other has some photo editing software. The manual has instructions for installing the software.

I got neither . I bought it from a local camera shop which has a great reputation , wonder what happened.I am going to call them now. Thanks for the information. Neb

did it at least come in the original box? make sure they didn't sell you a used one.

dlmj do you know the name of the other software program other than the utilities CD? Neb

canon sending utilities software. Camera shows something like a histogram on lcd, has 5 pics on it,says auto,1/60, f2.2 and some icon's I am unfamiliar with.I do not see the word raw anywhere. Can you tell what is going on please?

There should be two discs. Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM & ArcSoft Camera Suite CD-ROM. There should also be a manual for installing and using the Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM. The Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM will have the utilities you will need. The ArcSoft Camera Suite CD-ROM has some photo editing software on it.

Here is a link to Canon's site that list what you should have gotten with your camera.

What's in the box:

http://consumer.usa.ca​non.com …egoryid=144&mod​elid=10463

nactos, yes it did come in the original box . I bought the camera at a really reputable camera store locally. I did get a software program called Photo Finale. The store gave that to me the day I bought it, I forgot about that as I have photoshop CS2 and did not need to put the one they gave me on my computer.

There was not a Utilities CD in the box! I am sure about that, but Canon will send it to me. The camera salesman told me people hardly ever need it though,but I wanted it just the same. I did get the camera card reformatted and the pictures off the card. It was not in Raw thank goodness. I did get a very nice picture in the auto mode outside of boy in a tree. I am going to have to take a class. Thanks everyone for the nice welcome and help. NEB

This is what came in the box...
PowerShot G6 Body
Lens Cap
Battery Charger CG-580
Neck Strap NS-DC3
CompactFlash Card FC-32M
Wireless Controller WL-DC100
Battery Pack BP-511A
Interface Cable IFC-400PCU
AV Cable AVC-DC300

That's definitely a problem that you didn't receive the manual or software in the box. If I were you, I would raise a stink with the store you bought it at, and frankly, since I think you might be better off with a more point and shoot camera, maybe use this as an opportunity to get them to swap it out for you.

I love using my G6, but my wife just doesn't get it or want to get it. She loves our Canon S410 Elph though, and has no problem using it and getting great pictures. I set it up for her once, turned AIAF off, set ISO to 50, used large superfine, automatic flash, and off she went. Seriously, I don't mean any offense by this, but the G6 does have a learning curve, and I think you'd be better off with an SD450 or SD550, or even the older models without all of the manual controls of the G6.

By the way, it sounds like you are not shooting in Raw, so I wouldn't worry about that. The icons you see that you are unfamiliar with are probably the icons for "large" and "fine" or "superfine", etc. I don't have my camera with me, but I believe these show up in the function menu (press the function button) when you are in the shooting mode.

Good luck.