Canon EOS 500D Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Introduction
Item Check List..................................................................................................3
Conventions Used in this Manual......................................................................4
Chapters............................................................................................................ 5
Contents at a Glance.......................................................................................10
Handling Precautions......................................................................................12
Quick Start Guide............................................................................................14
Nomenclature..................................................................................................16
Getting Started 23
Charging the Battery .......................................................................................24
Installing and Removing the Battery................................................................26
Turning on the Power......................................................................................27
Setting the Date and Time...............................................................................29
Selecting the Interface Language....................................................................30
Installing and Removing the SD Card............................................................. 31
Attaching and Detaching a Lens .....................................................................33
About the Lens Image Stabilizer......................................................................35
Basic Operation...............................................................................................36
3 Menu Operations...................................................................................38
Formatting the Card.........................................................................................40
Switching the LCD Monitor Screen..................................................................42
Basic Shooting and Image Playback 43
1 Fully Automatic Shooting...........................................................................44
1 Full Auto Techniques.................................................................................46
2 Shooting Portraits....................................................................................... 47
3 Shooting Landscapes................................................................................48
4 Shooting Close-ups....................................................................................49
5 Shooting Moving Subjects......................................................................... 50
6 Shooting Portraits at Night .........................................................................51
7 Disabling Flash.......................................................................................... 52
C Creative Auto Shooting.............................................................................53
x Image Playback.........................................................................................56
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