User manual CANON EOS 500D

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTION MANUAL Thank you for purchasing a Canon product. The EOS 500D is a high-performance, digital single-lens reflex camera featuring fine-detail CMOS sensor with 15. 10 effective megapixels, DIGIC 4, high-precision and high-speed 9-point AF, approx. 3. 4 fps continuous shooting, Live View shooting, and Full HD (Full HighDefinition) movie shooting. The camera is highly responsive for shooting at anytime, provides many features for demanding shots, and has many other features. 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. [. . . ] If the lens enables manual focusing even while the lens focus switch is set to <f>, turn the focusing ring to attain rough focus. Face detection will not work if the face is very small or large in the picture, too bright or too dark, titled horizontally or diagonally, or partially hidden. When you press the <L> button, the AF mode will switch to the Live mode (p. 111). Press the <L> button again to return to the u (face detection) Live mode. Since AF is not possible with a face detected near the edge of the picture, the <p> will be grayed out. Then if you press the <A> button, the center AF point < > will be used to focus. 113 Using AF to FocusN Live Mode and u (Face Detection) Live Mode Notes AF operation Focusing will take slightly longer. Even when focus has been achieved, pressing the <A> button will focus again. If the light source changes while the Live View image is displayed, the screen might flicker and focusing can be difficult. If this happens, stop the Live View shooting and autofocus under the actual light source first. If you press the <u> button in the Live mode, the AF point area will be magnified. If it is difficult to focus in the magnified view, return to the normal view and autofocus. Note that the AF speed may differ between the normal and magnified views. If you autofocus in the Live mode's normal view and then magnify the image, the focus might be off. In the u Live mode, pressing the <u> button will not magnify the image. In the Live mode or u (face detection) Live mode, if you shoot a peripheral subject and the target subject is slightly out of focus, aim the center AF point over the subject to focus, then take the picture. AF is not possible with Remote Switch RS-60E3 (sold separately). 114 Using AF to FocusN Shooting conditions which can make focusing difficult: Low-contrast subjects such as the blue sky and solid-color, flat surfaces. Stripes and other patterns where there is contrast only in the horizontal direction. Under a light source whose brightness, color, or pattern keeps changing. The AF point covers both a near and faraway subject (such as an animal in a cage). Subjects which keep moving within the AF point and cannot keep still due to camera shake or subject blur. A special effects filter is used. 115 Using AF to FocusN Quick Mode: f The dedicated AF sensor is used to focus in the One-Shot AF mode (p. 64), using the same AF method as with viewfinder shooting. Although you can focus the target area quickly, the Live View image will be interrupted momentarily during the AF operation. AF point 1 Display the Live View image. Press the <A> button. The small boxes on the screen are the AF points, and the larger box is the magnifying frame. Magnifying frame 2 Select the AF point. [. . . ] self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 4- or 9-image index display. . . . . . . . . . . 148 BULB (Bulb exposure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Clock Date/Time Close-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 A A/V OUT terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 AC Adapter Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Access lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 A-DEP (Automatic depth-of-field AE). . . . . . . . . . 82 Adobe RGB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 AE lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 124 AEB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 AF Focusing AI FOCUS (AI Focus AF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 AI SERVO (AI Servo AF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Aperture-priority AE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Audio/video OUT terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Auto Lighting Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . 43, 186 Auto playback Slide show Auto power off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 131 Autofocus Focusing Av (Aperture-priority AE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 B B/W (Monochrome). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Basic Zone modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Battery Power Battery check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Battery Grip BG-E5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Beeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Black-and-white image . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 90 Built-in flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 77, 80 Bulb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 D Date/Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 222 Index Depth-of-field preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Digital terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164, 177 Dioptric adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Direct printing Printing DPOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Drive mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Dust Delete Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 E Erase (image) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Evaluative metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Exposure compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 External Speedlite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 196 Eyepiece cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 195 Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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