Chapter 1
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Exploring and Setting Up the EOS Rebel XS/1000D
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6.
Press the Set button.
7.
Turn the Mode dial to a Creative
Zone mode.
8.
Repeat Steps 2 to 6 to set the
quality for Creative Zone modes.
Changing fi le numbering
With the Rebel XS/1000D, you can set the
camera to number images using one of
three options: Continuous, Auto reset, and
Manual reset. These options allow you to
number your images sequentially, to restart
numbering each time you change the media
card, or to choose to manually reset num-
bering. Here is how the options work.
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Continuous.
This is the default
option for fi le numbering on the
XS/1000D, where the camera
stores the last, highest image num-
ber internally to continue a sequen-
tial numbering system. Images are
numbered sequentially with a
unique, four-digit number from
0001 to 9999. The camera auto-
matically creates a folder on the
SD/SDHC card named 101. It
stores images in the folder until
you shoot image number 9999. At
that point, the camera creates a
new folder named 102, and the
next image that you shoot restarts
with the number 0001.
Continuous numbering works great
until you insert an SD/SDHC card
that has images on it. When you
take another picture, the new image
fi le number continues from the
highest numbered image that’s
stored on the card if it is higher than
the highest image number stored in
the camera’s memory. In other
words, the camera uses the highest
number whether that high number
is stored in internal memory or on
The image-quality settings depend on the
shooting mode you choose. In Basic Zone
shooting modes such as Portrait, Landscape,
and so on, the camera automatically sets
the fi le format to JPEG, but you can set the
image quality and compression level. In
Basic Zone modes, you do not have the
option to select the RAW format.
In Creative Zone modes — P, Tv, Av, M, and
A-DEP — you can select any of the JPEG
options as well as RAW or RAW+JPEG.
To set the image quality in both Basic and
Creative Zone modes, follow these steps:
1.
Turn the Mode dial to a Basic
Zone mode.
Basic Zone modes are
indicated by icons such as a per-
son’s head for Portrait mode,
mountains for Landscape mode,
and so on.
2.
Press the Menu button, and then
turn the Main dial to select the
Shooting 1 (red) menu.
3.
Press the down cross key to
select Quality if it isn’t already
selected.
4.
Press the Set button.
The Quality
screen appears with the currently
selected quality setting displayed,
along with the image dimensions
in pixels.
5.
Press the down cross key to
select the size and quality that
you want.
In Basic Zone modes,
you can choose only JPEG options
at diff erent levels of compression. A
solid quarter-circle icon indicates a
low compression level. A jagged
quarter-circle icon indicates a
higher compression level. In
Creative Zone modes such as P, Tv,
Av, M, and A-DEP, you can select
RAW+JPEG or RAW.
