Recent content by Jenthelibrarian

Oooh! Thanks! I had a similar idiot-guide for the old camera, will order today and get my act together before we go anywhere else. I'd had the dear old G1 for 9+ years and have all my fave settings saved or easily found and the new one is both unfamiliar and slightly scary :)

Thanks very much to everyone who has so kindly replied. It was indeed the exposure compensation, about which I was a bit clueless. My excuses for the Auto mode: brand new camera, trip away with my dear husband, thought I'd just pop off a load of quick 'Look! We went to Venice!' shots without...

I had an original G1 camera, always got on fine with it from the word go. Recently replaced it with a lovely new G7. For reasons I cannot fathom the viewfinder and screen look very 'bright' and photos are coming out very over-exposed in Intelligent Auto mode. Am I being incredibly silly and...