User manual CANON EOS REBEL XSI

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL E INSTRUCTION MANUAL E Thank you for purchasing a Canon product. The EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/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. [. . . ] 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. The Picture Style, drive mode, AF mode, and AF point cannot be changed during Live View shooting. During Live View shooting, the metering mode will be set to evaluative metering regardless of the current metering mode setting. You can check the depth of field by pressing the depth-of-field preview button. During continuous shooting, the exposure set for the first shot will also be applied to subsequent shots. 99 ShootingN Battery Life with Live View Shooting Temperature At 23°C / 73°F At 0°C / 32°F No Flash 200 190 [Approx. number of shots] Shooting Conditions 50% Flash Use 190 180 The figures above are based on a fully-charged LP-E5 battery and CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) testing standards. Autofocusing will decrease the number of possible shots. When you use Live View shooting for a long period, the camera's internal temperature may increase and it can degrade image quality. Before taking a long exposure, stop Live View shooting temporarily and wait several minutes before shooting. High temperatures, high ISO speeds, or long exposures may cause noise or irregular colors in the image captured with Live View shooting. If you take the picture while the image is magnified, the exposure might not come out as desired. During the magnified view, the shutter speed and aperture will be displayed in red. Even if you take the picture during magnified view, the captured image will reflect the full view. FE lock and modeling flash (with an external Speedlite) cannot be used. [. . . ] 163 192 Index I Image Auto playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Highlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Histogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Magnified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 123 Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Review time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Rotate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Shooting information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Transfer to personal computer . . . . 147 Viewing on TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Image quality Auto correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Highlight tone priority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Image-recording quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Noise reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Picture Style. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 82, 85 Image sensor Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 118 Focal plane mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 49 Image Stabilizer (lens) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Image-recording quality selection . . . 64 Index display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 ISO speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Item check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 L Landscape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Long exposures Bulb Low level format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Evaluative / Partial / Spot / Center-weighted average MF (Manual focusing). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 J Jump display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 193 Index Mirror lockup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 157 Mode Dial Monitor Shooting mode LCD monitor PictBridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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