Remove the rear lens cap and the camera body cap by turning them as shown by the arrow.

3. Mounting and Detaching a Lens

Mounting a Lens

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2 Align the red dots on the lens and camera and turn the lens as shown by the arrow until it snaps in place.

Red dots

3 On the lens, set the focus mode switch to AF.

• If the focus mode switch is set to MF) or M on older lenses, autofocus will not operate.

4 Remove the front lens cap.

Detaching the Lens

While pressing the lens release button, turn the lens as shown by the arrow until it stops. Then remove the lens.

To avoid getting the lens surface and electrical contacts scratched, attach the rear lens cap to the detached lens or always put down the lens with the rear end up.

AF stands for autofocus.

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Canon EOS-3 manual Mounting and Detaching a Lens, Mounting a Lens, Detaching the Lens, Remove the front lens cap