User manual CANON EOS 400D

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL E INSTRUCTION MANUAL E Thank you for purchasing a Canon product. The EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi/EOS 400D DIGITAL is a highperformance, digital single-lens reflex camera with a 10. 10-megapixel imaging sensor. The camera provides many features such as Picture Styles to enhance your photographic expression, fast autofocus for moving subjects, shooting modes for beginners as well as advanced users, and direct printing. Also, the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit removes dust adhering to the sensor. Get to know your camera while shooting This manual explains how to shoot various subjects and scenes for both beginners and advanced users. With a digital camera, you can immediately view the image you have captured. [. . . ] It is effective for backlit subjects. 1 Focus the subject. Press the shutter button halfway. (0) 2 Press the <A>lights in the viewfinder The <A> icon to indicate that the exposure setting is locked (AE lock). Each time you press the <A> button, it locks the current auto exposure setting. AE lock indicator and take picture. 3 Recompose to maintain the AE lock If you want the while taking more shots, hold down the <A> button and press the shutter button to take another shot. The AE lock effect will differ depending on the AF point and metering mode. For details, see "AE Lock" (p. 159). 84 A FE LockN FE lock locks the flash exposure setting over the desired area of the subject. This feature also works with external EX-series Speedlites. * FE stands for Flash Exposure. 1 Press the <D> button to pop-up the built-in flash. Press the shutter button halfway and look in the viewfinder to check that the <D> icon is lit. 2 Focus the subject. (8)subject Aim center over the where you want to lock the flash exposure, then press the <A> button. The flash will fire a preflash and the required flash output is calculated and retained in memory. In the viewfinder, "FEL" is displayed for a moment and <d> will light. Each time you press the <A> button, a preflash is fired and the required flash output is calculated and retained in memory. picture. The flash is fired to take the picture. If the subject is too far away and beyond the effective range of the flash, the <D> icon will blink. Get closer to the subject and repeat steps 2 to 4. 85 B: Setting the White BalanceN White balance (WB) is for making the white areas look white instead of having a color cast. Normally, the <Q> (Auto) setting will set the correct white balance automatically. If natural-looking colors cannot be obtained with <Q>, you can set the white balance manually to suit the respective light source. In the Basic Zone modes, <Q> will be set automatically. <XB> 1 Press thebalance] will button. 2 Press the <U> key to select the desired white balance setting, then press the shutter button halfway. ****K" (K: Kelvin) displayed for the selected white balance <W> <E> <R> <Y> <U> is the respective color temperature. O Custom White Balance Custom white balance enables you to manually set the white balance for a specific light source for better accuracy. Do this procedure under the actual light source to be used. 1 Photograph a white object. The plain, white object should fill the viewfinder center. You can set any white balance. 86 B: Setting the White BalanceN 2 Select [Custom WB]. select [Custom Under the [m] tab, WB], then press <0>. 3 Import the white balancecaptured in Select the image that was step 1, then press <0>. The data will be imported and the message screen and menu will reappear. 4 Select the custom white balance. Press the <XB> button. Press the <U> key to select <O>, then press the shutter button halfway. If the exposure obtained in step 1 is way off, a correct white balance might not be obtained. [. . . ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Flash exposure compensation . . . . . . . . 75 1/2-stop increments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Focus lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Focus mode switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 58 H Highlight alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Brightness / RGB I Image Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 177 Index Image transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Image Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Index display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 ISO speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Mirror lockup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Number File number J Jump display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 L Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 63 Language selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 LCD monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 34, 162 Auto off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Brightness adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Camera setting screen . . . . . . . . . 18, 34 Image playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 115 Menu screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 156 Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 30 Level adjustment (printing) . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Long exposures Bulb exposures O One-Shot AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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