Canon EOS 50D Installation Roadmap Manual Download Page 12

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 Part I 

 

Navigating and Setting Up the EOS 50D

Control counterclockwise to view 
images from last to fi rst, or turn the 
dial clockwise to view images from 
fi rst taken to last. 

✦ 

Erase button.

 Pressing the Erase 

button during image playback dis-
plays options to Cancel or Erase the 
currently displayed image as long 
as it has not had protection applied 
to it. Batches of images can be 
erased together by selecting and 
check marking images. 

✦ 

Info button.

 During shooting, 

pressing the Info button displays 
the Info screen that details the cur-
rent camera settings including the 
shooting mode registered for C1 
and C2, color space, White Balance 
shift and bracketing settings, color 
temperature, auto power off  set-
ting, auto image rotation, Red-eye 
reduction status, image transfer sta-
tus, free space on the CF card, and 
the date and time. When playing 
back images, pressing the Info but-
ton one or more times cycles 
through four diff erent playback dis-
play modes. 

 Chapter 2 covers reviewing and 

erasing images as well as the diff er-
ent playback and display modes.

✦ 

Picture Style button.

 Pressing this 

button displays the Picture Style 
screen where you can choose one 
of six preset Picture Styles or three 
customizable styles that you can 
create and register. A Picture Style 
determines how an image is ren-
dered in terms of color, saturation, 
and contrast. The Picture Style 
screen shows the currently selected 

 

If you set C.Fn III-3 AF-point selec-
tion method to use the Multi-
controller, then you cannot display 
the Quick Control screen.

✦ 

Quick Control dial.

 The Quick 

Control dial selects a variety of set-
tings if the power switch is set to 
the topmost position (the position 
above On). The Quick Control dial 
selects the second named function 
for the buttons above the LCD 
panel. When the camera menus are 
displayed, turning the Quick Control 
dial cycles through the options on 
each menu. When shooting, you can 
use the Quick Control dial to manu-
ally select an AF point after pressing 
the AF-point Selection button. 

✦ 

Setting (Set) button.

 Pressing this 

button confi rms menu selections, 
opens submenu screens, and, on 
the Quick Control screen, it opens 
function screens from which you 
can change settings such as the 
ISO, Exposure Compensation, and 
Exposure Bracketing. 

✦ 

Access lamp.

 This light, located to 

the lower right of the Quick Control 
dial, lights or blinks red when any 
action related to taking, recording, 
reading, erasing, or transferring 
images is in progress. Anytime that 
the light is lit or blinking, do not 
open the CF card slot door, turn off  
the camera, remove the battery, or 
jostle the camera. 

✦ 

Playback button.

 Pressing this but-

ton when images are stored on the 
CF card displays the last captured or 
viewed image. To cycle through 
images on the card, turn the Quick 

Summary of Contents for EOS 50D

Page 1: ...o everyday perspective and o ers a road map to navigating the camera controls and menus Where possible I o er paradigms for using the camera that help you spend less time remembering what control to u...

Page 2: ...Quick Control dial to change the Drive mode This holds true for the respectively the new sensor is engineered to increase each pixel s light sensitive area and to use a larger microlens over each pixe...

Page 3: ...use the Main and Quick Control dials for select ing di erent values on the screen Multi controller This eight way control functions as a button when it s pressed and as a joystick when it s tilted in...

Page 4: ...e Front of the camera While you as the photographer don t often see the front of the camera it includes the nicely sculpted grip that increases control and balance when handling the camera and it incl...

Page 5: ...5 explains how to set up the cus tomizable C1 and C2 modes Mirror As you compose an image the re ex mirror re ects light from the lens to the pentaprism so that you can see in the eyepiece of the view...

Page 6: ...te with ash sync contacts is where you mount an accessory ash unit The 50D hot shoe is compatible with E TTL II auto ash with accessory Canon EX series Speedlites and supports wireless multi ash suppo...

Page 7: ...llows Focal plane mark The mark indi cates the equivalent of the lm plane and is useful in macro pho tography when you need to know the exact distance from the front of the image sensor plane to the s...

Page 8: ...uative 35 zone TTL full aperture metering Partial 9 percent at center frame Spot 3 8 percent at center frame Center weighted Average White Balance Options Auto 3000 7000 K Daylight 5200 K Shade 7000 K...

Page 9: ...t ting Custom Functions C Fn s Chapter 4 for details on setting the White Balance and Chapter 3 for detailed information on the ISO settings Back of the camera The back of the camera includes the 3 in...

Page 10: ...n displays the Direct transfer screen from which you can select which images to transfer to the computer and in what order During image transfer the button blinks a blue light When the transfer is nis...

Page 11: ...etting screen When working with camera menus the Multi controller is used to set White Balance shift settings and to select menu options AF On AF start button Canon also labels this button as the AF s...

Page 12: ...an image is ren dered in terms of color saturation and contrast The Picture Style screen shows the currently selected If you set C Fn III 3 AF point selec tion method to use the Multi controller then...

Page 13: ...he On setting turns on the power but limits the use of the Quick Control dial to make direct adjustments to some LCD panel functions The topmost setting denoted by a hockey stick type sym bol enables...

Page 14: ...the camera houses the bat tery compartment cover tripod socket and the Extension system terminal for connec tion with the Wireless File Transmitter WFT E3 WFT E3A Transferring images is detailed in C...

Page 15: ...the lens that you re using One aspect that all Canon lenses have in common is full time manual focusing You can switch to manual focusing by setting the switch on the side of the lens to MF or Manual...

Page 16: ...he compensation The following diagram shows the view nder information and what each element represents Focusing distance range selection switch This switch limits the range that the lens uses when see...

Page 17: ...ng the Menu button on the back of the camera Focusing screen AE lock AEB in progress Spot metering circle AF points Superimposed display H 2 1 2 ISO WB B W D 1 Flash ready Improper FE lock warning Hig...

Page 18: ...W and any of the JPEG image quality settings Red eye On O O On Beep On O Shoot without a card On O Review time O 2 sec 4 sec 8 sec Hold Peripheral illumin Correct Enable Disable Shooting 2 menu Expo c...

Page 19: ...blink in all image playback displays AF point disp Disabled Enable Superimposes the AF point that achieved focus on the image during playback Histogram Brightness RGB Brightness displays a tonal distr...

Page 20: ...enu Info button Normal disp Camera set Camera Settings Shoot func Shooting function Normal display displays the Camera Settings screen when you press the INFO button once and the Shooting function scr...

Page 21: ...stom Functions related to autofocus and drive operation including lens drive when AF is impossible lens AF stop button function AF point selection method superim posed display AF assist beam ring mirr...

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