Help me learn to use my new g6

I have had my g6 for about 2 weeks now, Some pics turn out good some turn out poor, I shoot i the higest resolution and on some pics I still get pixelazation, And some shots are blurry, I need to learn how to use other modes besides auto, anyone want to tell me which mode to start with, I do mostly outdoor shots, thanks,
jon

John I recomend you start by reading, and reading more and then the same day get out there or indoors and just shoot snd shoot more, test and keep testing until you think you are getting somewhere...and from there you get back here and ask questions about things that you try but it doesn't work and we will gladly help....from the question above I don't know where to start from....you can learn every day a new thing...I LOVE IT!


For now I can tell you that AV is aperture priority mode ( use it in nature)
TV is Shutter priority mode ( use it in fast actions, like sports)
M is manual ( keep testing )

and then you have your Custom settings that you can save ( 2 of them)

Auto is just Point and Shoot and let the camera do the thinking...

Try reading at theis website, but I suggest you check out the whole manual and reread it again and again so you know the terms and things where they are in your camera...

the link:

http://www.photoxels.c​om …hotography-tutorials.html

learning the histogram is important so check this:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com …standing-histograms.shtml

exposure:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com …/understandexpo​sure.shtml

ok thats enough for now...read, read, read...

Hope this helps a bit...

Regards,
Artan.

Jon, I started out with P mode because it allows me to fiddle with a lot of "extra" settings such as flash, white balance (one of the reasons I got a G3) and manual focus, yet still let the camera determine exposure. Later I moved on to Av and Tv, and then manual. I don't use the portrait and landscape modes much.

One trick I use for action photography is to set the camera for Av, and put it wide open. That gives you the fastest shutter speed possible. It also has the advantage that in Av mode, the camera can always find an exposure time that works. That's not true in Tv; if you set a shutter speed of 1/1000 on a heavily overcast day, you'll probably wind up with underexposed shots.

Blurry shots can come from two causes. If everything is blurry, you're getting camera shake. The camera will warn you with a blinking yellow light if the shutter speed is low enough that camera shake is a problem. If you can't use a tripod, try going to a higher ISO. On the other hand, if your subject is blurry but something else is in focus, then the camera is focusing on the wrong thing. Make sure your subject is in the little center box, press the button halfway, and then recompose the frame while holding the button down.