Fully Automatic Picture Taking

You can easily and confidently take pictures of any subject, with no need to do anything but press the shutter button. The Canon EOS D30 can capture subjects at any of three focusing points, so that anybody can take great pictures easily.

1

Set the Mode Dial to

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The AF mode is automatically set to AI

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus(60), the metering mode is set to

 

 

 

〈 〉 and the drive mode to

 

 

(Single

 

 

 

shot).

The Quality setting is automatically set to

Large/Fine (2160 1440).

Place one of the focusing points

2 on the subject.

The camera determines the subject position and uses the most appropriate focusing point.

To focus on a subject that is not at any of

Focusing point

the three focusing points, see “Focusing On an Off-Center Subject” (62).

3 Set the focus.

Press the shutter button down halfway to set the focus.

The camera beeps when the shot is in focus, and the in-focus indicator lights in the viewfinder at the focusing point the camera is using.

4 Check the display.

The camera determines the shutter speed and aperture value automatically, and displays them in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel.

5 Take the picture.

Compose the shot and press the shutter button down fully.

The image is shown for approximately 2 seconds on the LCD monitor.

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Canon 30D28135, 30D1785, 9337B001 manual Fully Automatic Picture Taking