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Page 1: ...Canon eos 3008 300Eloo MODED EMPLOI MANUALDE INSTRUCCIONES ...

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Page 4: ...inga non CanonEF lens with an EOScameramay not resultin propercameraor lens operation Notethatthe warrantydoes not coveranycameramalfunctionor damage ccurring withthe use of non Canm products Conventions Used in this Instruction manual The icon indicatesthe Main Dial All oDeration or eduresdescribedin this bookletassumethatthe Mode Dialis setto a modeexcept XD Beforeproceedingwithanyoperation be s...

Page 5: ...wtheShutter Button Works 14 Loading andUnloading Film 15 OsMidroll Rewind 16 SinceeveMhing is automatic altyou do is pressthe shutter button You can set the desiredshutterspeedor aperturevalueto obtainthe exposureyou wanl You take controlof the camera Symbols 1 TheCaution symbol alerts youtoactions toprevent shooting proDtems fl rn ruot vrbol gives supplemenlal information 3 ...

Page 6: ...nSeruiceCentre The shuttercurtainsare extremelythin Useonly a blowerto cleanthem Be caretulnotto blowair tooforcefullyon the shuttercurtains The shuttercurtains can be easilydeformedor damaged Also when loadingandunloadingfilm be carefulnot to louch the shuttercurtains Do nottouchthe electricalcontactswith yourfingers Otherwisecorrosionmay developon the contacts resultingin impropercameraoperation...

Page 7: ...hutterreleases However whenthe battery levelis low film advanceand auto rewindmightstop midwayor not work at all and 0 icon may blinkon the LCD panel Afterthe batteriesare replacddwith new ones film advancewill be possibleandfilm rewindcan resumeby pressing the O button Lens Electrical Contacts Atterdetachingthe lens fromthe camera put on thelenscapsor putdownthelenswiththerearend up to avoidscrat...

Page 8: ... p 32y 23t24 l lode Dial p 10 dA NrainDial Shutterbullon p 14 Bemolecontrol sensor Self timer Remole confol lamp Ip 24 23 24 Grip Banery compafmenl p 11 Skap mount p 7 Remoteconrol terminal HoodEW 60C optional mounl 58 mm filter thread Lensreleasebunon p 13 Depth of lieldpreviewbutton p 42 Lensmountindex Focus mode switch p 13 Zooming ring Focusingring p 31 Body p p 13 DATE fiilodel onlv For Remte...

Page 9: ... 25 26 40 42 43 44 47J O t tvlidroll rewind buton p 16 Guidehole Back cover companmenl vel lever p 11 Balt iy compartment cover Attaching the Strap Passthe end of the strapthroughthe camera sstrap mountfromthe bottom Then pass itthroughthe strap s buckleas showninthe illustration PullthestraDto make sure it does not slipout of the buckle The eyepiececover is alsoattachedto the strap p 24 Filmchek ...

Page 10: ...l rtode E SirEleflm EII Continuous stwltno bSelf tin r Remotemtrol Non DATE Mode lIB Manualfocus he lSOfilmspeed Red ye redrction Beeper Safetyrele6e lck Multiple epsurs AEB CustomFunction Custm Funclim imn Pressingthe buttonilluminates the LCD panel The actualdisplaywillshowonly the applicableitems ...

Page 11: ...grs t Flreh mdv lrproper FE lock wamng H HiqtFseed svrc FFnadh Shuttersped FEl k Fmusingscreen a Focs nlirmation light Aperturevalue Removethe eyecup then slidethe dioptric ad iustment leverleftor rightuntilthe AF pointsin the vieMinder looksharp ithan Ex seris Speedite E tr E 1 E ...

Page 12: ...ntand shoot lmage zone p 20 Fullyautomaticmodesfor a particularsubiect lD Portrait I Landscape Close up t Sports E NightPortrait El Flashoff Creative zone Semi automatic and manual modesenableYouto takecontrol of the cameE to obtainthe desiredresult P ProgramAE P33 Tv ShuttetrPriority AE p 3s Av Aperture Priority AE p 36 M Manualexposure P 37 A DEP AutomaticDepth of field AE P 38 El oFF ...

Page 13: ... CR2 lithiumbatteries l Openthe battery compartrEnt cover S Slide therelease lever inthedirection shown bythearrow inthediagram and oDen thecover a Install the batteries G Make sure thebattery contacts and areproperly oriented asshown Donotmixoldandnewbattenes I Clase the battery compartrnent cover t Press thecover untilitsnaDs shut The date and time ...

Page 14: ... the followingbatterylevel mark E BatteryleveloK R The batterylevelis low Keepspare u batterieshindy I R 1 The batterieswillsoonbecompletely E exhausted R Replacethe batteries With24 ex rolls The battery batteries Temperature 0 FlashUse 50 FlashUse I 00 FlashUse Ar20 C 54 rolls 23 rolls 16rolls At 10 c 35 rolls 16 rolls I 1 rolls The batterylifeshown aboveis basedon Canon stestingconditionswith ne...

Page 15: ...the l ns On the lens set the focus mode d switch to AF lf the focusmodeswitchis set to MF autofocuswill not operate i4 Removethe front lenscap Whilepressingthe lens release button turn the lens as sho nby the arrow Turn lhelensuntilitstoDs thendetach it g s 1 3 ...

Page 16: ... halfu ay Pressingthe shutterbuttondown halfway activatesautof using AF and also activatesthe automaticexposure AE mechanismand setsthe shutterspeed and aDerture value The exoosure thecombinationof shutter speedandaperturevalue appearson the LCDpanelandinthevieMinder 04 When it is pressed fully The shutteris releasedto takethe picture and the tilm advancesby one frame ...

Page 17: ...xcept ll Open the back cover Slide down thebackcover release lever andoDen theback I Insertthe film cartridgeat a slight angb Align the film leacJer edge with the A nrark Holddown the lilm cartridgewhile pulling out the film leader lf you pullout the tilm leadertoo much rewindit backintothe film cartridge Close the bac cover I Closethe backcoveruntilit snaosshut FilmDrewindwill startand therewill ...

Page 18: ...rthe film is rewound there will be a shutter release sound Checkthatthe iconis blinkingon the LCDpanel thenopen the backcoverand takeout the film cartridge OsMldrol Rewind To rewindthe film in midroll tollowthe procedurebelow Press the O 9 button Filmrewindwillbegin Makesurethe iconis blinking then take out film cartridoe ...

Page 19: ...ATEModelonly 24 Usingthe EyepieceCover 24 llmprintingtheDateor Time DATEModelonly 25 This sectionexplainshowto usethe camera sBasicZone modes EJ lt Vt q t E El on the ModeDialforquickandeasyshooting Each BasicZone modesuitsa parlicularsubject The film advancemode flash and otherfunctionsafe sel automaticallyYouiust pres the shutterbutton TurntheModeDialto E O l g E or tEl The picture taking proced...

Page 20: ...ct Out of the sevenAF points the one coveringthe closestsubjectis selected automatically to achievetocus Ched the exposure setting The shutterspeedandaperturevaluewill be set automatically and displayedin the vieMinderand on the LCD panel Focusthesubiect J Pressthe shutterbuttonhalfwayto focus Whenfocus is achieved the AF point markandfmus confirmation light a in the viewfinderwillllash Whennecess...

Page 21: ...doress theshutter button fully AF Assist beamwfth the Built in Flash Underlowiight conditions the built inflashfiresa briefburstof flasheswhenyou plessthe shutterbuttonhalfway This isto illuminatethe subiectto enableeasier autofocusing ...

Page 22: ...kgroundblur use a telephoto lensand fill the frame withthe subjector havethe subjectstandfartherawayfrom the background r i l t riii t ii ii i t rri iii i Thisis forwidescenicviews nightscenes etc Usinga wide angle lenswillfurtherenhance the deothand breadthof the picture Usethis modeto take close upshotsof flowers insects etc As muchas possible focusthe subiectat the lens closestfocusing distance...

Page 23: ...tinuefor continuousshooting Usinga telephotolensand ISO400or higherspeed film is recommended This modeis fortaking picturesof peopleat twilightor at night The flashilluminates the subjectwhilea slow sync speedobtainsa natural looking exposureof the background lf you want to photographonly a nightscene withoutpeople usethe I modeinstead Tellthesubjectto keepstillevenaftertheflashfires You can disab...

Page 24: ...ionlamp shinesa lightintothe subject seyes beforethe flash is fired Red eyereduction worksin allshooting modesexcept l gl d Movethe arrowtothe D icon U ontheLCDpanel Look attheLCDpanel andPress the FUNC button tomovetheaftow OG Turnthe d dial to set r on the LcD panel Press theshutter button haltway toreturn tonormal camera operation Tocancel red eye reduction set 0 on theLCDpanel ...

Page 25: ... buttonto select Si Take the picture 4 The picture taking procedureis the same as wilh the E FullAutomodeon page18 Lookthroughtheviewfinderandpresslhe shutterbuttonfullyto startthe self timer The picturewill be taken about10 s later FirstI sec Selitimer lampblinksslowly Final2 sec Selt timerlamp blinks quickly Duringthe selt timeroperation the LCD panelcountsdownthe secondsuntilthe pictureis taken...

Page 26: ...sensorand pressthe transmitbutton Takenabout2 sec later The indicator willbethesameas during the last2 sec of the self timer L J Using the EyepieceCover Duringself timeror remotecontroloperationwhen your eye does not coverthe vieMinder eyepiece stray lightmay enterthe eyepieceand atffft the exposure when the piCtureis taken To preventthis usethe eyepiee coverto coverthe eyepiee p 7 g Removethe eye...

Page 27: ...tohoto The dateor time can be imprintedin any shootingmode 4 More the arrourto l4ED I o Look at the LCD Daneland Dressthe FUK button 46 lf the date and time has not beenset will blinkon the LCD Danel See page26 to set the date andtime Select the date fornat 4 o Turnthe tfft dial The dateformatwill changein the tollowingloop G H Fffi F H Month day year Blank Day hour minute ...

Page 28: ...on Thedigitselection willchange inthe following sequence year month day hour minute Setthe conect number J Tumthe dial Repeat steps 2and3until allthedateand timedigits aresetcorrectly Finalize tl e date and tirne setting o Keep pressing the SET button until no digits areblinking lfyoupress the sET button while is blinking 0sec willbeset ...

Page 29: ...of Field AE 38 AvE ExposureCompensation 39 EbAuto ExposureBracketing AEB 40 l AELock 41 ElMultipleExposures 42 Depth oFFieldpreview 42 fsosetting the ISOFilmSpeed 43 rl Beepersetting 43 sesafety ReleaseLock 44 Usingthe Built in Flash 44 Setting CustomFunctions 47 WithCreativeZonemodes youcansetthe desired shutterspeedor aperturevalueto obtainthe exposureyou want You takecontrolof the camera A next...

Page 30: ...oset Al FOCUS Al Focus AF This modeswitchesthe AF modeautomatically to One ShotAF or Al SeruoAF dependingon whetherthe subjectis still or moving a ldeal formoving subjects whose distance from lhecamera keeps changing Theexoosu issetatthemoment theoicture istaken Al SERVO AlServoAD For movingsubjects Whileyou hold downthe shutterbutton the camera continuesto focusthe subjectapproachingor movingaway...

Page 31: ...henyouwant to be sureto focuson a particularsubject or to composea particularshot t Pressthe button 66 I The currently selected AF pointwill light Select withcrosskeys Aulomalic sleclion s r 4 e P 9 i ts 6 A i 6 Automati sebclion rl select the desired AF point 4 Whilelookingat the AF pointon the LCD panelor in the vieMinder pressthecross keysto selectthe desiredAF point To selecta horizontalAF poi...

Page 32: ...e fmus on a subjectand recomposethe shot This is calledlocus lmk i Select the desired AF point Focusthesubiect AimtheAFpoint onthesubject then press theshutter button haltway Keeppressing the shutter button J halfway and recompose the picture as desired Takethe picture ...

Page 33: ...le Automobilewitha strongreflection Overlappingnear andfar objects Example Animalbehindbars in a cage Subjectshavinga repetitivepattem Example Personalcomputerkeyboard windowson a building etc In suchcases do oneof thefollowing l Focuslockan objectat the same distanceas the subjectand recompose 2 Set the lensfocus modeswitchto MF and focus manually l E ManualF ocusing l Set the lens locus mode swi...

Page 34: ...M l l This is the camera sstandardmeteringmodesuitedfor mGt I Fls eJ i I shootingincludingbacklitconditions Basedon the subject s fi fFfr fr I positionin the viewfinder brightness background front or backlightingconditions etc thecameraalwayscalculatesthe properexposurefor the subject Partial metering This modeis set automatically whenAE lock is used in a CreativeZone mode lt is effectivefor backl...

Page 35: ...andstor ProgEm x AB standsftr autoexDcure f Turn the Mode Dial to P il 5 Focusthesubiect Move theAFpoint overthesubject and press lheshutter button halfway Check the display I The shutterspeedand aperturevalueare set automaticallyand displayedin the vieMinderand on the LCD panel lf theshutterspeedandaperturevaluedo not blink a correctexposurewill be obtained AF point Shuttersped 33 ...

Page 36: ...PProgramAE Takethe picture Compose theshotandpress theshutter buttonfully ...

Page 37: ...eedcan blurthe subjectto give the impressionol motion Tv standsforllre valuewhichEl lg luttg p9gg_ p v ci 4 TurntheModeDialto Tv rtf H _Ril tv tU Xq 2 H H Hiredshutterspeed Ft The shutterspeedcan be set in half stop I r H l rncremenrs I i 0 0 0 fl b Focusthesubiect Fq fl The aperture varue issetautomaricary Eru S fr ffif inder dispray and take lftheaperture valuedisplay isnolblinking a correctexpo...

Page 38: ...blefocus will be Vice versa the smallerthe aperturevalue largeraperture the natrowerthe depthot fieldwill be Av standsfor Turnthe ModeDialto Av b Select the desircd aperture value d o Turnthe J t dial Theaperture value canbesetinhalf stop increments Focusthesubiect Theshutter speed issetautomatically ld Ched the vieufinderdisplayandtake a the picture lftheshutterspeed display does notblink a corre...

Page 39: ...nlhe M mode the centre weighted averagemeteringwill be sel automatically M standsfor fulanual Standardexposureindex 1 Focus the subiect 6 The exposuresettlngwill be displayed ffi f Ti jffjb5 Jij X Exposurelevelmark correctexposure TurntheMode Dialto M Determinethe exposure J Tosettheshutter soeed turn the dial To setthe aperturevalue hold downthe AvE buttonandturnthe 4 dial r Take the picture ffi ...

Page 40: ... ettectivetor groupphotosand landscapes The camerausesthe7 AF Dointsto detectthe nearestandfarthestsubjectsto be in locus A DEbstandsforAnedepth offield tr TurntheMode Dialto A DEb q Focus the subject o Nlove theAFpoint overthesubject and press theshutter button halfway Focus isachieved atalltheAFpoint marks thatlight t Takethe picture ...

Page 41: ...sed exposure The exposurecompensationamountcan be set up lo 3 stopsin half stopincrements Turn the Mode Dial to a Creative Zone I mode except M 3 i li iltritfrffTlH checkthedisolav Set the exposure compensation t amount Holddownthe AvE buttonandturnthe l diat To cancelthe exposurecompensation settheexposurecomDensation amountto i Take the picture 9 S tildard exoosureindex ...

Page 42: ...e desiredAEBamount Turn the dial Press theshutter button halfway toreturn to normal camera operatlon Take the picture P Thethreebracketedshotswillbeexposed in the followingsequence standard exposure decreasedexposure and Increasedexposure As shownon the left the respective bracketingamountwill be displayedas each bracketedshotis taken TheDicture willbelakeninthecurrentfilm advancemode Afterthe thr...

Page 43: ... I The exposuresettingwiltbe disptayed 1 Press the f bunon 64 Aim the centreof the viewtinderover the subjectwherethe exposureis to be locked then pressthe lg button The rt iconwilllightintheviewfinderto indicatethat the exposuresettinghas been locked AE lock Eachtime you pressthe l button it locksthe currentexposuresetting Compose the shot and take the v picture lf you want to maintainthe AE lock...

Page 44: ...sit d number of multiple exposures if o Turnthe S r dial Pressthe shutterbuttonhalfwayto returnto normalcameraoperation Take the picture J Afteryou take all the multipleexposures the tilm advancesto the next lrame automaticallyand the multiple exposure settingis canceled Depth of Field preview Whenyou pressthe depth of Iield preview button the camerawill stop downthe diaphragmto the currentapertur...

Page 45: ... bunon tomove theanow 66 Thecurrent filmspeed isdisplayed Setthe desired film speed Turn the l dialtosetthefilmsDeed l Movethe arrov rtothe rD icon Look attheLCDpanel andpress the FUNC button O6 Sefectthe setting Bl ll Tumthe ffi dialtoselect thesettino BeeDersilent Beepersoundswhenlocus is achievedand duringself timeroperation Beepersoundswhentocusis achieved duringself timeroperation and durings...

Page 46: ...etitto lr UsingtheBuilt inFlash sOSafety Release Lock With E TTLll autoflash high precision and consistentflashexposurescan be obtained ln a lla icZ Qhe n ode Inlowlight or backlitconditions the built inflashwillpopup andfireautomatically exceptin I El modes InaCreativ6Zone Mode Pressthe t buttonto pop up the built inflash P r Usethis modefor automaticllash photographyThe llash syncspeed 1 60 1 12...

Page 47: ...useautomaticslow syncshootinguses a slow shutterspeed alwaysuse a tripod lf you do not want long exposures set C Fn 06 p 48 M Youcan manuallyset boththe flashsyncspeed withinBulb 1 125 sec andaperturevalue The subjectis properlyexposedwiththeflashandthe backgroundis exposedwiththeflashsyncspeedand aperturevalueyou have set A DEP The resultwill be the same as usingthe P mode FlashDstareRange WthEF2...

Page 48: ...part of the subject Firstpop upthe built inllash t Focusthesubiect I o Keep pressing theshutter button until step 3 q Am the viewfinder centre over the target subiect then press the tf button A Drellash isfired andthe e icon will be displayed in the viewlinder Compose the shot and take the d picture ...

Page 49: ...No Turnthe i dial Change the setting J r Pressthe SET button The button togglesthe settingbetween 0 and 1 0 is thedefault setting o The Gld iconremainsdisplayed on the LCD paneland the CustomFunction settingis set Settingl lo Custom Function Settings The 2 sec delayis ettectivefor preventingcamerashake wh jn you pressthe shutterbutton duringclose upsand othercriticalwork 0 lGsec delay 1 2 sec dela...

Page 50: ...winga movingsubject The flashlires rightbeforethe shutter closes Second curtain synccan be set even with Eos dedicated Speedliteswhichcannotswitchthe shunercurtainsynchronizationThe Speedlitewith a shuttercurtainsynchronization settingwill overridethe camera ssetting xwtEn yfl pffi theshutterbuttonompletely a preflashwill befiredfor llsh exposu ntrcl 0 Auto 1 1 125sec fixed Whenyouuseflashinthe ap...

Page 51: ...es Installthe bafteris mnstly p 11 The picture looks blurred Thelensfocusmodeswitchis setto MF Setthe lensfocusrnodewitch to AF p 13 Therewascamsa shakewhenthe Dicturewastaken Fktdthe mE st dy or usea tastershutterspeed p 1a The shutter does not work OntheLCDpanel theframecountis notdisplayed andthe O iconblinks TakeoutttE film andloadit rrectlv p 15 Thefocuscontirmation light a inttievieMinderbti...

Page 52: ...ashWo ing distance Approx 4 rV13 1ft at centre Approx 3 5 rV1 1 5 ft at ouler edge TTL tull aperturemeteringwith3s zoneSPC Evaluativemetering linkableto any AF point Padialmetedng approx 9 5 of vielvtinder at cente Cente weightedaveragemetedng automat llysel in manual exposu mooe Metedngrange EV 1 20 normaltemperature 50mmVl 4 ISO 100 Exposurecontrol ProgramAE FullAuto Portrait Landscape Close up ...

Page 53: ...t use harmlulinterlerence and 2 thisdevicemusta epl any interference received includinginterference that may use undesiredope tion Do not makeany changesor modifi tions to the equipmenlunlessotheMisespecifiedin the instruction manual ll suchchangesor moditications shouldbe made you couldbe requiredto stopopeation ot theequipment Thisequipmenthas beentestedandtoundto complywiththe limitsfor acla B ...

Page 54: ...tance Filter size Hood Max diameter x length Weighl Case tO NlrBl Diagonalextent 75 27 Horizonlalextenf 65 22 40 Vedical extenl 46 15 10 10elementsin 8 groups il22 32 28 mm 0 1x 245x 367mrv9 6x 14 4in 90 mm 0 3x 81x 121mm 3 2 x 4 8in 0 38 m 1 25 ft 58 mm EW 60C 6 7x 7 1 2 m m l 2 6 x 2 8 i n 190 9 6 7 oz LP814 ...

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