Canon EOS 500D Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Specifications
Magnification: Approx. 0.87x (-1 m
-1
with 50mm lens at infinity)
Eye point: Approx. 19 mm (From eyepiece lens center at -1 m
-1
)
Built-in dioptric adjustment:
-3.0 - +1.0 m
-1
(dpt)
Focusing screen: Fixed, Precision Matte
Mirror: Quick-return type
Depth-of-field preview: Provided
• Autofocus
Type: TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
AF points: 9 AF points
Metering range: EV -0.5 - 18 (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
Focus modes:
One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)
AF-assist beam: Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
• Exposure Control
Metering modes: 35-zone TTL full-aperture metering
• Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)
• Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)
• Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center)
• Center-weighted average metering
Metering range:
EV 1 - 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
Exposure control:
Program AE (Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports,
Night Portrait, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Program), shutter-priority
AE, aperture-priority AE, depth-of-field AE, manual exposure
ISO speed: Basic Zone modes: ISO 100 - 1600 set automatically
(Recommended Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 - 3200 (in 1/3-stop
exposure index) increments), Auto, or ISO speed
can be expanded to ISO 6400 or
ISO 12800
Exposure compensation:
Manual and AEB (Settable in combination with manual
exposure compensation)
Settable amount: ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AE lock: Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative
metering when focus is achieved
Manual: By AE lock button
•Shutter
Type: Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
Shutter speeds:
1/4000 sec. to 1/60 sec. (Full Auto mode), X-sync at 1/200 sec.
1/4000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range.
Available range varies by shooting mode.)
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