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Can the battery of my Digital Camera explode? Make sure the batteries of your Digital Camera do not get too hot, in that case there is a very small chance that the battery will explode. This manual is available in English. Each color can be corrected to one of nine levels. Users familiar with using color temperature conversion or color compensating filters will find this feature handy. This is called white balance bracketing.

When pressing the shutter button, do it carefully without shaking the camera. Preventing camera shake while you press the shutter button on a tripod-mounted camera is explained below. Page Mirror Lockup Mirror Lockup Although remote control shooting can prevent camera shake, using mirror lockup to prevent camera vibrations can also help when you use a super telephoto lens or shoot close ups.

Mirror lockup is enabled by accessing [b Custom Function C. Fn ] and setting [Mirror lockup] p. Page Handy Features Handy Features This chapter introduces convenient everyday features such as silencing the beeper and preventing shooting without a CF card installed.

It also teaches how to customize camera functions to suit your preferences, transfer images directly to a personal computer, and prevent dust from appearing on your images. Page Handy Features Handy Features 3 Silencing the Beeper You can prevent the beeper from sounding when focus is achieved or during self-timer operation.

You can set this auto power-off time. The captured images are assigned a sequential file number from to and saved in one folder. You can also change how the file number is assigned. Page 97 [Auto reset]: Resets the file numbering to whenever the CF card is replaced.

Each time the CF card is replaced, the file numbering starts from This is convenient if you want to organize images according to CF cards. If the replacement CF card contains images recorded previously, the file numbering of the new images might continue from the file numbering of the existing images in the card. The setting of this feature can be changed. Setting Custom FunctionsN You can customize various camera features to suit your picture-taking preferences.

You can assign often-used functions to the SET button and cross keys. Fn-3 Flash sync. Page C. Effective when you prefer to control the exposure in less fine increments. The exposure level will be displayed in the viewfinder and on the LCD monitor as shown below. Fn-9 Shutter curtain sync. The flash fires immediately after the shot is exposed.

The flash fires immediately before the exposure ends. This creates a light trail following the moving subject such as a car at night. When 2nd-curtain sync is set, a flash is fired twice: First when you press the shutter button completely, and again immediately before the exposure ends.

This is called direct image transfer. Page 3 Transferring Images to a Personal Computer Transferring Images to a Personal Computer The images sent to the personal computer will be saved in the [My Pictures] folder Windows or [Pictures] folder Macintosh in subfolders organized according to shooting date. Options other than [All images] are explained below. The image will then appear as wallpaper on the computer desktop screen.

Page 3 Transferring Images to a Personal Computer About [All] Do not insert into the camera a CF card whose transfer order was set by a different camera and then try to specify another transfer order.

The selected images might all be overwritten. Also, depending on the image type, the transfer order may not be possible. You normally need not pay attention to this feature. However, if you want to activate this self-cleaning manually or disable it, follow the instructions below. However, in case visible dust still remains, you can append Dust Delete Data to the image to later erase the dust spots. The data will also be appended to images taken in the Basic Zone modes.

Before an important shoot, you should update the Dust Delete Data by obtaining it again. The surface of the imaging sensor is extremely delicate. If the sensor needs to be cleaned directly, have it done by a Canon Service Center. However, if you want to clean the sensor yourself, follow the procedure below: While cleaning the sensor, never do any of the following.

Page Image Management Image Management This chapter explains features related to viewing images. You can also erase images. For images taken with another camera: The camera might not be able to display images captured with a different camera or edited with a personal computer or whose file name has been changed.

Quick Image Search with the Index Display With the index display, you can view nine images at a time. Enable the index display. Page C: Jump through Images When the CF card contains many images, you can browse through them by 10 or images at a time.

Also, if the images were shot on different days, you can browse through them by date. This browsing technique is called Jump. Magnified area Magnified View Tips The magnified view can be maintained when you see the next or previous image. Page Rotating The Image Rotating the Image After taking the picture, you can rotate the image so it is displayed in the correct orientation.

To display the rotated images as rotated for playback When [Auto rotate] on page 98 is set to [OnPD], the image will be rotated for playback. Each image will be displayed for about 4 sec. During auto play, auto power off will not work. Always turn off the camera and the television before connecting or disconnecting them. Video IN terminal If the proper video system format is not set, the image will not be displayed properly. Page Protecting Images Protecting Images This prevents the image from being erased accidentally.

To erase a protected image, you must first cancel the erase protection. If you erase all the images p. Page Erasing Images L Erasing Images You can either select and erase images one by one or erase them in one batch. Protected images p. Once an image is erased, it cannot be recovered. Make sure you no longer need the image before erasing it.

To prevent important images from being erased accidentally, protect them. The shooting information display shows the following. Page Histogram The brightness histogram display shows the exposure level distribution, overall brightness and gradation. And the RGB histogram display is suited for checking the color saturation and gradation. The display can be switched with the [x Histogram] menu. Being able to analyze the histogram and using it to improve the next shot requires advanced knowledge and experience.