Activating Your EOS 60D
Chapter 1
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Canon EOS 60D: Thinking Outside of the Box
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MANY FORMATS COMPLICATE THE COUNT
As I’ll explain in Chapter 2, the EOS 60D is able to shoot in many different file size and
resolution formats, including JPEG Fine (best image quality), JPEG Standard (good
image quality), and three pixel dimensions for each of the two JPEG choices (Large: 5184
×
3456—18 megapixels; Medium: 3456
×
2304 pixels—8 megapixels; Small: 2592
×
1728 pixels—4.5 megapixels). To make things more interesting, any of those six
quality/resolution combinations can be combined with one of three different RAW
(“unprocessed,” although you’ll learn that isn’t precisely true) formats. And the three
RAW settings (RAW, MRAW, and SRAW—the RAW formats in full, medium, and small
resolution) can be used alone. There are 27 different formats from which to choose.
Unfortunately, each of those 27 format combinations uses up a slightly different amount
of memory card space, so the format you choose partially determines how many images
you’ll be able to fit on the card. (When using any of the JPEG choices, the compressibil-
ity, or “squeezability” of a particular image also comes into play.) Table 1.1 provides the
basic information.
This section helps you turn on your 60D; set the time and date; and choose shooting,
metering, and autofocus modes.
Powering up your EOS 60D for the first time couldn’t be easier: there’s an Off/On
switch located on the left side of the top panel, below the Mode Dial. Flip it towards
the right and the camera is turned on. Nothing complicated about that.
EARLIER MODEL CONFUSION ELIMINATED
If you’re coming to the 60D from the EOS 50D, 40D, or earlier xxD camera, the simple
Off/On switch is a major improvement. With those previous models, the On switch was
“embedded” in the Quick Control Dial (the large dial located to the right of the LCD),
and it had, seemingly,
two
“On” positions. The rotating lever had an Off setting, one
marked On, and a third setting marked with a symbol that looks like an uppercase L
tipped over on its side. That’s actually a marker “pointing” at the Quick Control Dial.
Both the On and the L positions turn on the 50D and similar cameras.
The first position powered up the camera and disabled the Quick Control Dial (QCD),
and the second position turned on the camera and enabled the QCD. With the 60D, the
power switch and QCD enable/disable switch have been separated. You’ll find a Lock set-
ting in the Set-up 2 menu that you can use to enable the Unlock button located below
the QCD if you absolutely want to prevent the dial from changing settings.
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