User manual CANON EOS 550D

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL The "Quick Reference Guide" and "Software Start Guide" are provided at end of this manual. ENGLISH INSTRUCTION MANUAL Introduction The EOS 550D is a high-performance, digital single-lens reflex camera featuring a fine-detail CMOS sensor with 18. 0 effective megapixels, DIGIC 4, high-precision and high-speed 9-point AF, approx. 3. 7 fps continuous shooting, Live View shooting, and Full HD (Full HighDefinition) movie shooting. The camera is highly responsive for shooting at anytime, provides many functions fitted for advanced shooting, and offers many other features. Take Test Shots to Familiarize Yourself with the Camera With a digital camera, you can immediately view the image you have captured. While reading this manual, take a few test shots and see how they come out. [. . . ] Before taking a long exposure, stop Live View shooting temporarily and wait several minutes before shooting. Live View shooting in high temperatures and at high ISO speeds may cause noise or irregular colors. When you shoot at high ISO speeds, noise (banding, dots of light, etc. ) may appear. If you take the picture during magnified view, the exposure might not come out as desired. During the magnified view, the shutter speed and aperture will be displayed in red. Even if you take the picture during magnified view, the image will be captured in the normal view. If the [2 Auto Lighting Optimizer] (p. 103) menu is set to anything other than [Disable], the image may look bright even if a decreased exposure compensation or flash exposure compensation has been set. Custom Function Notes During Live View shooting, certain Custom Function settings will be disabled (p. 191). Notes About Lenses and Flash The focus preset feature on super telephoto lenses cannot be used. FE lock is not possible when the built-in flash or an external Speedlite is used. Modeling flash and test flash will not fire if an external Speedlite is used. 122 Shooting Movies Set the Mode Dial to <k> to shoot movies. The movie recording format will be MOV. 6 Cards which can record movies When shooting movies, use a large-capacity SD card rated SD Speed Class 6 " " or higher. If you use a slow-writing card when shooting movies, the movie might not be recorded properly. And if you playback a movie on a card having a slow reading speed, the movie might not playback properly. To check the card's read/write speed, refer to the card manufacturer's Web site. About Full HD 1080 Full HD 1080 indicates compatibility with HighDefinition featuring 1080 vertical pixels (scanning lines). 123 k Shooting Movies Connecting the camera to a TV set is recommended to playback movies (p. 167, 169). Autoexposure Shooting 1 Set the Mode Dial to <k>. The reflex mirror will make a sound, then the image will appear on the LCD monitor. 2 Focus the subject. movie, autofocus Before shooting a or manual focus (p. 113-120). When you press the shutter button halfway, the camera will focus with the current AF mode. 3 Shooting the movie. While the movie is being shot, the "o" mark will be displayed on the upper right of the screen. During movie shooting, do not point the lens toward the sun. If necessary, also read the Live View shooting cautions on pages 121 and 122. 124 k Shooting Movies One continuous movie will be recorded as one file. During movie shooting, the top, bottom, left, and right parts of the screen will have a semi-transparent mask. The area enclosed by the semitransparent mask will be the movie image that is recorded. The semitransparent mask size will change depending on the [n Movie rec. If you use Movie crop, the unrecorded image areas will be displayed in black mask. By holding down the <O> button and turning the <6> dial, you can set the exposure compensation. Pressing the shutter button halfway displays the shutter speed and aperture (p. 126) on the screen's bottom left. [. . . ] B When installation ends, the window for Step 4 appears. 4 Click [Restart]. 5 Once your computer has restarted, remove the CD. To download images from the cameras, refer to the EOS Utility Instruction Manual (PDF electronic manual). "WFT Utility" and "Original Data Security Tools" software for the accessories (sold separately) will also be installed. If not necessary, uninstall the software. 257 Installing the Software Compatible OS MAC OS X 10. 4 - 10. 6 1 Check that the camera is not connected to your computer. 2 Insert the EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk (CD). 3 Click [Install] to start installation. On your computer's desktop, double-click and open the CD-ROM icon, and then double-click [Canon EOS Digital Installer]. Follow the windows displayed for the rest of the installation procedure. [. . . ]