Canon EOS 50D, Installation Roadmap Manual

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Part I
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Navigating and Setting Up the EOS 50D
High-Speed or Low-Speed
Continuous drive mode, pressing
and holding the Shutter button
starts burst shooting at either 3
frames per second (fps) or 6.3 fps,
respectively. In Self-timer modes,
pressing the Shutter button com-
pletely initiates the 2- or 10-second
timer, and after the timer delay, the
shutter fi res to make the picture.
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Red-eye Reduction/Self-timer
lamp.
When using the built-in fl ash
with the Red-eye reduction option
turned on, this lamp lights to help
reduce pupil size to reduce the
appearance of red in the subject’s
eyes if the subject looks at the
lamp. In the two Self-timer modes,
this lamp fl ashes to count down
the seconds, either 2 or 10 sec-
onds, to shutter release.
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 includes controls that you use often.
The front-of-the-camera features include,
from left to right side, the following:
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Shutter button. The Shutter button
is a two-step control. When you
press the Shutter button halfway,
the 50D meters the light in the
scene and focuses on the subject
using either the autofocus (AF)
point that you’ve selected or at the
AF point(s) that the camera’s
selected automatically. Completely
pressing the Shutter button fi res
the shutter to make the picture. In
Grip
DC coupler
card hole
Mirror
Contacts
Lens mount
Lens lock pin
EF lens mount index
Red-eye Reduction/
Self-timer lamp
Shutter button
EF-S lens mount index
Flash button
Lens Release
button
Depth of Field
Preview button
1.3 EOS 50D camera front