Canon T2I/EOS 550D COPY, Basic Zone Modes, DUsing the Built-inFlash, Z: ISO SpeedN, A Live View Shooting, Creative Zone Modes, kShooting Movies, SAF PointN, iDrive ModeN

Shooting Operation

Nomenclature

Power switch	Mode Dial
<Z> ISO speed
setting button
<6>	<D>
	Flash button
Main Dial
Shutter
button
	Focus mode switch
<A> Live View shooting/	<A> AE lock button
Movie shooting button
	<S> AF point
	selection button
Display-off
sensor
	<S>
	Cross keys
	Access lamp
<O> Aperture/Exposure
compensation button	<0> Setting button

E: AF ModeN

￿Set the lens focus mode switch to <f>.

￿Press the <ZE> button.

￿Press the <U> key to select the AF mode, then press <0>.

X(One-Shot AF): For still subjects

9(AI Focus AF): Switches the AF mode automatically

Shooting Settings Display				Basic Zone Modes
	Aperture				All the settings necessary for
Shutter speed
			ISO speed		shooting are set automatically. You
			Exposure level		just press the shutter button, and
Shooting mode					the camera does the rest.
			indicator	B
				a
Picture Style			White balance	sic Zone
			Auto Lighting	1Full Auto
Image-recording
			Optimizer	CCreative Auto
quality
			Drive mode
Quick Control				7 Flash Off
	AF mode
icon			Possible shots	2 Portrait
Battery check			Metering mode	3Landscape		(Displayed only when <C> is set.)
zxcn				4 Close-up
					￿Press the <Q> button, then press
OK	NG
				5Sports
						the <S> key to select the function.
				6 Night Portrait
Viewfinder Information					￿Turn the <6> dial to set the
		AF point activation indicator <•>				function.
			Spot metering	DUsing the Built-in Flash
			circle
AF points				Basic Zone Modes
				If necessary, the built-in flash will pop-up automatically in low-light
			Focus	or backlit conditions (except in the <7> <3> <5> modes).
				Creative Zone Modes
AE lock			confirmation light
						￿Press the <D> button to pop up
Flash-ready			Max. burst
						the built-in flash, then shoot.
			COPY
Flash exposure			Monochrome shooting
compensation
Shutter speed			ISO speed
Aperture		Exposure level indicator
Z: ISO SpeedN				A Live View Shooting
	￿ Press the <Z> button.					￿ Press the <A> button to
	￿ Turn the <6> dial or press the					display the Live View image.
		<U> key to select the ISO
		speed.
	￿ When “AUTO” is selected, the
		ISO speed is set automatically.
		When you press the shutter				￿ Press the shutter button halfway
		button halfway, the ISO speed				to focus.
		setting will be displayed.

Creative Zone Modes

on	You can change the camera
e

				Z
				e	settings as desired to shoot in
			v
		i
e	a	t			various ways.
r
C

d: Program AE

The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture in the same way as the <1> mode.

￿Set the Mode Dial to <d>.

s: Shutter-priority AE

￿Set the Mode Dial to <s>.

￿Turn the <6> dial to set the desired shutter speed, then focus the subject.

￿The aperture will be set automatically.

￿If the aperture display blinks, turn the <6> dial until it stops blinking.

f: Aperture-priority AE

￿Set the Mode Dial to <f>.

￿Turn the <6> dial to set the desired

aperture, then focus the subject.

￿The shutter speed will be set automatically.

￿If the shutter speed display blinks, turn the <6> dial until it stops blinking.

kShooting Movies

￿Set the Mode Dial to <k>.￿Press the shutter button halfway to focus. ￿ Press the <A> button to startshooting a movie. To stop movie shooting, press <A> again.￿To shoot still photos, press the shutter button.

Z(AI Servo AF):For moving subjects

SAF PointN

￿Press the <S> button.

iDrive ModeN

￿ Press the <YiQ> button. ￿ Press the <U> key to select

￿ Press the shutter button completely to take the picture.

Custom FunctionsN

￿Press the <S> key to select the AF point.

￿While looking at the viewfinder, you can select the AF point by turning the <6> dial until the desired AF point flashes in red.

￿Pressing <0> toggles the AFpoint selection between the center AF point and automatic AF point selection.

the drive mode, then press <0>.u: Single shootingi: Continuous shootingQ: Self-timer/Remote control*l: Self-timer:2 secq: Self-timer:Continuous*

*The <Q> and <q> drive modes can be selected in all shooting modes.

￿To change the Live View settings, use the [6Live View function settings] menu.

￿Battery Life with Live View Shooting

Temperature	No Flash	50% Flash Use
At 23°C / 73°F Approx. 200 shots		Approx. 180 shots

1Exposure level increments

2ISO expansion

3Flash sync. speed in Av mode

4Long exposure noise reduction

5High ISO speed noise reduction

6Highlight tone priority

7AF-assist beam firing8Mirror lockup9Shutter/AE lock button10 Assign SET button

11LCD display when power ON

12Add image verification data