Dark G6 photos

--Title should say Bright G6 Photos--

Just received my G6 and was takin some shots in Manual. All the pics are coming out really really bright and after pressing the shutter button halfway it goes to focus and shows a red -2 in the upper left corner. I assumed this is exposure compinsation but the manual says that feature isnt available in manual mode. Anyone know what that red -2 is and how to get it to 0 in manual mode? Thanks.

The -2 means you are underexposing the shot by two stops according to the light meter. In order to get the setting to 0, you have to open up the aperture by two f/stops (if you're at f/4.0, you go to f/2.0) or you use a slower shutter speed (if you're using 1/250 of second, you would have to go to 1/60 of second.)

Please note the difference between your actual setting and what the camera meter says may be more than 2 stops as the camera will indicate -2 or +2 for anything that is 2 or more stops off.

Michael

Thanks, I'll check that out.