Chapter 1
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Exploring and Setting Up the Rebel XSi/450D
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Rear camera controls
The rear camera controls are handy for mak-
ing quick adjustments while you’re shooting.
In particular, you’ll likely use the WB (white
balance), Menu, Playback, and AF-point
selection/Magnify (Autofocus) buttons often.
Your ability to use some of the rear camera
controls depends on the shooting mode
you’re using. In automatic modes such as
Portrait, Landscape, and Sports, pressing the
AV, WB, and Drive mode selection buttons
has no effect because these functions are set
automatically by the camera. But in the
Creative Zone modes such as P, Tv, Av, M,
and A-DEP, these buttons function as
described next.
If you press the WB (White
Balance), AF (AutoFocus), or
other buttons on the camera
and nothing happens, check the
Mode dial first to see if you’re
using an automatic mode such
as Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape,
and so on. If you want to use
these buttons to make changes,
then switch to P, Tv, Av, M, or
A-DEP mode.
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Menu button. Press the Menu
button to display camera menus.
To move among Menu tabs, turn
the Main dial or press the left or
right cross key on the back of the
camera.
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Disp. (Display) button. Press this
button to turn off the LCD display.
If you’re using the camera menus,
you can press this button to dis-
play the current camera settings,
available space on the SD/SDHC
card, and other camera settings.
Then press the button again to
return to the menu. Or if you are in
single-image playback, pressing
this button cycles through the vari-
ous playback display modes to
show shooting information and
one or more histograms with an
image preview. You can also use
this button when you’re printing
directly from the SD/SDHC card to
change the image between hori-
zontal and vertical orientations.
The LCD display is on by default
when you turn the camera on. But
you can set Custom Function
(C.Fn) 12 to change the power sta-
tus when you turn on the camera.
See Chapter 5 for details on
using Custom Functions.
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Av button. Press and hold this but-
ton and turn the Main dial to set
exposure compensation in P, Tv, Av,
and A-DEP. In Manual mode, press
and hold this button and turn the
Main dial to set the aperture.
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Print share/WB (White Balance)
button. Pressing the Print
share/WB button enables you to
transfer all or selected images from
the SD/SDHC card to your com-
puter. Press this button when you
want to print images on the
SD/SDHC card directly to a com-
patible printer. When you’re shoot-
ing, pressing the button enables
you to set a white balance that
matches the light in the scene for
accurate, natural-looking colors.
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Playback button. Press this but-
ton to display the last captured
image on the LCD. The default
single-image Playback display
includes a ribbon of shooting infor-
mation at the top. Pressing the
Index/Reduce button on the top-
right back of the camera during
playback displays a grid of images
you can scroll through using the
Main dial. Press the AF point
selection/Magnify button one or
more times to return to single-
image display.
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