Canon EOS-1V HS manual Interchanging the Focusing Screen, Open the side door and press

Interchanging the Focusing Screen

You can interchange the camera’s focusing screen to suit the picture-taking application. You must also set C.Fn-0 so that the criteria for the correct exposure suits the focusing screen.

Focusing Screen Type			Designation	C.Fn-0 Setting
N : New Laser-matte Screen			Ec-N, Ec-R	0
L : Laser-matte Screen	Ec-series (A, B, C, CII, CIII, D, H, I, L)			1
	1	Open the side door and press the
		<	> button.
		• The Custom Function No. appears.

2Turn the < > dial until “ ” appears.

3Press the < > button for 2 seconds.

•Either “ ” or “ ” will be displayed on the LCD panel.

•Pressing the < > button toggles between and .

Press the shutter button halfway.

4• The LCD panel’s normal display reappears.

C.Fn-0 cannot be registered in a Custom Function group.

• If you do not replace the focusing screen that came with the camera, you need not change C.Fn-0’s setting.

•To change the focusing screen, refer to the Instructions that came with the focusing screen.

•The Ec-A, Ec-B, Ec-I, and Ec-L focusing screens have a prism at the center. A correct exposure reading cannot be obtained with evaluative metering or spot metering based on the prism at the center. Use centerweighted averaging metering or off-center spot metering with these focusing screens.

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