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eyepiece cushions your eye when you press it against the viewfinder
and creates a seal that prevents ambient light from having an adverse
effect on the exposure.
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Dioptric adjustment knob:
Use this control to fine-tune the viewfinder
to your eyesight (see Chapter 2).
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Live View/Movie Start/Stop button:
Use this switch to engage Live View
mode. When you press the Power switch to video shooting mode, this
button starts and stops recording a movie (see Chapter 5).
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AF Point Selection/Magnify button:
Change from multiple autofocus
points to a single autofocus point (see Chapter 6). You can also magnify
an image when you’re reviewing images.
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AE Lock/FE Lock button/Index/Reduce:
Locks exposure to a specific
part of the scene you compose in the viewfinder, or on the LCD monitor
(see Chapter 6). When used with a dedicated Canon flash, this button is
used to lock flash exposure to a specific part of the scene you compose
in the viewfinder. When reviewing images, use this button to display
multiple images after you press the preview button and also to reduce
magnification of an image you’ve previously magnified.
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Aperture/Exposure Compensation button:
This button is also used
in conjunction with the Main dial to set the aperture when shooting in
Manual (M) mode. You also use this button with the Main dial to increase
or decrease the exposure (Exposure Compensation).
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Cross keys:
These keys are directional (up, down, left and right) and are
used to navigate between menu settings. I mention these keys through-
out the book as needed in conjunction with specific tasks. Read more
about these in the following section.
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Set/Quick Control button:
Press this button to confirm a task, such as
erasing an image or setting a menu option. I show you how to use this
button in conjunction with specific tasks throughout this book. When
you’re in shooting mode, this button is also used to access the Quick
Control menu on the LCD monitor. (I show you how to use the Quick
Control menu in Chapter 4.) You can also use the Quick Control button
in conjunction with the SCN modes, Scene Intelligent Auto, and the CA
(Creative Auto) mode.
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Playback button:
This button displays the last image captured or the
last image viewed.
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Erase button:
Use this to delete a single image or multiple images. (I
show you how to delete images in Chapter 4.)
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Access lamp:
This indicator flashes when the camera writes data to a
memory card.
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