Canon EOS 10D EOS 10D INSTRUCTIONS - Page 4

Contents Introduction Equipment Check List 3 Handling Precautions 10 Quick Start Guide 12 Nomenclature 14 Conventions Used in this Manual 20 1 Before You Start 21 Attaching the Strap 21 Recharging the Battery 22 Installing and Removing the Battery 24 Battery Level Icons 24 Using a Household Power Supply 26 Mounting and Detaching a Lens 27 Installing and Removing the CF Card 28 Basic Operation 30 Main Switch 30 Shutter Button 30 Using the Electronic Dials 31 Menu Operations 32 Menu Screen 32 Setting Procedure 33 Menu Selections and Default Settings ....... 34 LCD Monitor 35 Reverting to the Default Settings 35 Dioptric Adjustment 36 Holding the Camera 36 2 Fully Automatic Shooting 37 Fully Automatic Shooting 38 AF-Assist Beam with the Built-in Flash ...... 39 Programmed Image Control Modes 40 Portrait 40 Landscape 40 Close-up 40 Sports 41 Night Portrait 41 Flash off 41 Reviewing Images 42 Image Review 42 Changing the Review Time 43 3 Settings for Shooting 45 Image-Recording Quality 46 Processing 47 Simultaneous Capture in RAW and JPEG Formats ... 48 4 Setting the ISO Speed 49 ISO Speed in the Basic Zone Modes ......... 49 ISO Speed in the Creative Zone Modes ..... 49 Selecting the White Balance 50 White Balance 50 White Balance Settings 51 Custom White Balance 52 Setting the Color Temperature 53 White Balance Auto Bracketing 54 Setting Processing Parameters 56 Selecting a Color Space 58 Selecting sRGB 58 Selecting Adobe RGB 58 File Numbering Methods 59 Continuous Numbering 59 Auto Reset 59 Setting Auto Rotation 61 Checking Camera Settings 62 4 Focusing 63 Selecting AF Mode 64 One-Shot AF for Still Subjects 65 Focusing an Off-Center Subject 65 AI Servo AF for Moving Subjects 66 AI Focus AF for Automatic AF Mode Switching ... 66 Selecting an AF Point 67 Basic Procedure for AF Point Selection ..... 67 Automatic Selection 68 Manual Selection 68 Registering and Switching an AF Point ... 69 Registering an AF Point 69 Switching to the Registered AF Point ......... 70 When Autofocus Fails (Manual Focusing) ....... 71 5 Selecting the Metering Mode and Drive Mode ... 73 Selecting the Metering Mode 74 Metering Modes 75 Evaluative Metering 75 Partial Metering 75 Center-weighted Average Metering ....... 75 Drive Mode Selection 76 Self-timer Operation 77 Using the Eyepiece Cover 78 6 Advanced Operations 79 Program AE 80