G6 Fstop at 8 is that the max

I may be wrong but I went to manual and tried to set my f to 11 so i could get a water fall but my F stops at 8 is this accurate or did i do something worng?

Let me explain what I'm trying to do......
I'd lik eto take landscape scense of flowing water and th ebook I read says to set the 'shutter' to 1/15 which i did but th efstop was not mentioned while talking to another person with a non digital camera he said set the fstop to 11 I told him I dont have 11 he said sounds like you'll have to wait for it to get dark help!!!

F8 is the "max" on the G6, but you really don't need (or want) it to be more. What you want to do is use your built-in neutral density filter for flowing water shots. That will give you 3 extra stops.

THANK YOU!!!!!
Now let me understand this (I'm a newbie & reading plenty of books ) The neautral filter you are refering too I assume is where the vivid, b/w etc are located. So I just select that feature and that is the equivelant of adding the three stops then point and shoot (well use a tripod and shoot). thank you very much. things books don't mention!!!

PS your website of favorites is BEAUTIFUL.....I aspire!!!

it's not there... it's on it's own.... go to menu and you'll see..."ND Filter" on / off. turn it to on, then go take your pic with Tv setting.

Thanks found it!! What's the differance between the two??

A Neutral density filter (real one) is just a dark tinted glass that blocks some of the light from hitting your lens.

As you have less light, your shutter speed will get longer.

Best regards,
Andy

I might add that shooting at the minimum aperture can be detrimental to your images due to diffraction; I try to use f/5 or so for all my shooting with the G6, unless I need to go wider, rarely stopped down beyond that, though.

Could you expand on that if you have a chance?

http://www.bobatkins.c​om …echnical/diffra​ction.html

I dont know for sure, but i think the G series of cameras have a built in neutral density filter. use that

That's right. Civis' excellent link gives a very good explanation.

This is exactly the reason why the minimum aperture of the G series is f/8 ... not f/22 or something like on a SLR.

Canon (and most other manufacturers) have deliberately limited the minimum aperture to avoid the negative effects of diffraction ... so f/8 should be safe (you won't notice refraction very much - take a look at the examples in the link)

The result of all this is that the picture does not get any sharper between f/5.0 (the 'sweet spot' of the G series according to many opinions) and f/8 ... it actually would get more blurry by stopping down more.

Best regards,
Andy

The main reason that nothing exists beyond f/8 (as well as on all other compacts) is due to the small sensor size; it just isn't needed as the format gives tremendous inherent DoF, already, since you are taking a small section out of a wide-angle lens fied of view, in terms of the 35mm film format equivalent perspective.

I wish there were apertures smaller than f/8, even if the G6 has a ND filter. When I have used this feature, I am still forced down to f/8 and the images are not as crisp as they could be due to diffraction.

Middle apertures are ideal for just about everything.