User manual CANON EOS 450D

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTION MANUAL Thank you for purchasing a Canon product. The EOS 450D is a high-performance, digital single-lens reflex camera with a 12. 20-megapixel image sensor. The camera provides many features such as Picture Styles to expand your photographic expression, fast and high-precision 9-point autofocus for moving subjects, and diverse shooting modes for beginners as well as advanced users. It also incorporates the EOS Integrated Cleaning System to eliminate dust spots on images and the Self Cleaning Sensor Unit to shake off dust on the sensor. Take a Few Test Shots to Familiarize Yourself with the Camera With a digital camera, you can immediately view the image you have captured. While reading this manual, take a few test shots and see how they come out. [. . . ] (p. 153) Under low light or bright light conditions, the Live View image might not reflect the brightness of the captured image. If the light source within the image changes, the screen might flicker. If this happens, stop the Live View shooting, then resume Live View shooting under the actual light source to be used. During Live View image display, if you point the camera in a different direction, it might throw off the correct brightness momentarily and the image might not look right. If there is a very bright light source in the picture, such as the sun, the bright area might be blackened on the LCD monitor. However, the actual captured image will correctly show the bright area. If you set the [6 LCD brightness] to bright settings in low light, chrominance noise may appear in the Live View image. However, the chrominance noise will not be recorded to the captured image. When you magnify the image, the image sharpness may look more pronounced than it really is. If the [7 Custom Functions (C. Fn)]'s menu [Auto Lighting Optimizer] (p. 156) is set to [0: Enable], a darkly-exposed (set with exposure compensation) image may be displayed brighter. If the camera is not operated for a prolonged period, the power will turn off automatically as set with [5 Auto power off]. (p. 109) If [5 Auto power off] is set to [Off], the Live View shooting will stop automatically after 30 min. With the video cable (provided) connecting the camera to a TV set, you can view images on the TV. (p. 128) 97 Focusing ManuallyN Although autofocus can be used (p. 102, 104), magnifying the image and focusing manually is recommended for precise focusing. Magnifying the Image for Manual Focusing 1 Set the lens focus mode switch to <MF>. Turn the lens focusing ring to focus roughly. focusing to the 2 Move thewhere youframe to focus. To move to the center focusing frame, press the <L> button. the image. Each time you press the <u> button, the display format will change as follows: 5x 10x Full view Magnification: 10x 4 Focus manually. the magnified image, While looking at AE lock Magnified area Magnification turn the lens focusing ring to focus. After achieving focus, press the <u> button to return to the full view. 98 ShootingN 1 Check the exposure. Press the shutter button halfway. If you set exposure compensation, the image brightness will change accordingly. picture. Press The picture will be taken and the captured image is displayed on the LCD monitor. After the image review ends, the camera will return to Live View shooting automatically. shooting. 3 Exit Live ViewView image displayed, With the Live press <0>. About the Shooting Settings <8> will be the same as using <d>. You can set the ISO speed, white balance, and exposure compensation during Live View shooting. [. . . ] 152 B Basic shooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Battery Power Battery check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Beeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Black-and-white image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Bracketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 93 Bulb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Noise reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 D Date Date/Time Date/Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Direct printing Printing Drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Single / Continuous shooting Self-timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 189 Index Dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 118 Dust Delete Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Flash exposure compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]