Portrait and Landscape for their respective modes, and Standard for Full Auto, Close-Up,
Sports, Night Portrait and Flash Off.
Selecting choice [1: Auto] in C.Fn-02, a new
setting also available on the EOS 5D, enables
auto noise reduction. For exposures of 1
second and longer, the EOS 30D then
measures noise levels automatically and
applies noise reduction only if it is determined
that such a process would be beneficial.
Causes of noise include the long exposure
itself or high air temperature. Auto noise
reduction is an excellent method for the management of dark frame subtraction because,
most often, the camera is far better able to evaluate the presence of spurious data than
the user. Unlike the 20D, the EOS 30D does not force the photographer to wait an
amount of time equal to the exposure time while it applies long exposure noise
reduction. This is a great feature of EOS-1 Series cameras, the 5D and now the 30D for
shooting time exposures of events that unfold continuously, such as fireworks.
When [2: On] is selected for C.Fn-02, noise reduction is always performed for images
shot with an exposure time of 1 second or longer. This is effective for the noise that
occasionally occurs in a low-temperature environment because such noise cannot be
detected automatically. In the case of both the “Auto” and “On” settings, noise
reduction is performed regardless of the ISO setting. If the same shutter speed is used
for continuous shooting in the shutter speed-priority AE mode or in the manual
exposure mode, noise reduction will be performed on all the shots based on the first
shot’s noise data. This can be quite effective for Auto Exposure Bracketing sequences
when all of the exposures are between 1 and 30 seconds.
In response to user requests, the number of images that can be saved in one folder has
been increased from 100 on the EOS 20D to 9,999 as in the Canon EOS-1 Series and
EOS 5D. Also, a file numbering manual reset function like the one on the EOS 5D has
been added. The [Manual reset] option is now in the [File numbering] menu. When a
reset is performed, a new folder is created and the image number begins with 0001.
The folder selection function provided on the EOS 5D is not included on the EOS 30D.
Attention paid by Canon engineers to some of the finer details of camera functionality
has made the EOS 30D faster and easier to use. The multicontroller’s operation and
diagonal scrolling have been improved with new firmware and a re-shaped controller.
A Print/Share button has been added to the upper left of the back of the camera. The
button is used for Direct Print, when printing images directly from the camera, and
Direct image transfer, when the camera is connected to a compatible personal computer.
In addition to turning power back on from Auto Power Off by pressing the shutter button
III. CAMERA CONTROLS
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Noise Reduction
Files and Folders
Ease of Operation
