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the option turned off as well. (If not, just don’t be concerned when our
instructions don’t mention the screens in the course of showing you
how to work the camera controls.)
Setup Menu 3
Setup Menu 3, shown in Figure 1-23,
contains the following offerings,
which you can access only in the
advanced exposure modes. Again,
those modes are P, Tv, Av, M, and
A-DEP. Chapter 7 introduces you to
each mode.
✓
Custom Functions:
Selecting
this option opens the door
to
Custom Functions,
a set of
customization features that
either relate to advanced expo-
sure options or are otherwise
designed for people with some
photography experience. Check this book’s index to find out where to
locate details about the various functions.
✓
Copyright Information:
Using this menu option, explained in Chapter 11,
you can embed your personal copyright information in the image meta-
data.
Metadata
is invisible text data that doesn’t appear on the photo
itself but can be read in many photo-viewer programs. Chapter 6 shows
you how to view the metadata in the free Canon software that ships with
your camera.
✓
Clear Settings:
Via this menu option, you can restore the default shoot-
ing settings. You also can reset all the Custom Functions settings to their
defaults through this option.
✓
Firmware Ver.:
This screen tells you the version number of the camera
firmware (internal operating software). At the time of publication, the
current firmware version was 1.0.4.
Keeping your camera firmware up-to-date is important, so visit the
Canon website (www.canon.com) regularly to find out whether your
camera sports the latest version. Follow the instructions given on the
website to download and install updated firmware if needed.
Two more customization options
Shooting Menu 1, shown in Figure 1-24, offers two more basic setup options:
Figure 1-23:
To display Setup Menu 3, you must
set the Mode dial to an advanced exposure
mode.
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