Canon 50d Owners Manual

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Image Playback
This chapter explains how to playback and erase 
images, how to display images on a TV screen, and 
other playback-related functions.
About images taken with another camera:The camera might not be able to properly display images captured 
with a different camera or edited with a personal computer or whose 
file name was changed.
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1Playback the image.
 Press the < x> button.
X The last captured image or last image 
viewed will appear.
2Select the image.
  To playback images  starting with the 
last image, turn the < 5> dial 
counterclockwise. To playback 
images starting with the first captured 
image, turn the dial clockwise.
  Press the < B> button to change 
the display format.
3Exit the image playback.
  Press the < x> button to exit the 
image playback and return the 
camera to shooting ready.
x  Image Playback
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x Image Playback
 About the Highlight Alert
When the [ 4 Highlight alert ] menu is set to [ Enable], overexposed 
highlight areas will blink. To  obtain more image detail in the 
overexposed areas, set the exposure compensation to a negative 
amount and shoot again.
  About the AF Point Display
When the [ 4 AF point disp.] menu is set to [ Enable], the AF point 
which achieved focus will be display ed in red. If automatic AF point 
selection was used, multiple AF points might be displayed in red.
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x Image Playback
 About the Histogram
The brightness histogram display shows the exposure level 
distribution and overall brightness. And the RGB histogram display 
is for checking the color saturation and gradation. The display can 
be switched with the [ 4 Histogram] menu.
[Brightness] Display
This histogram is a graph showing the 
distribution of the image’s brightness level. The 
horizontal axis indicates the brightness level 
(darker on the left and brighter on the right), 
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Search for images quickly with the index display showing four or nine 
images on one screen.
1Turn on the index display.
 During image playback, press the 
 button.
X The 4-image index display will 
appear. The currently-selected image 
will be highlighted in a blue frame.
  Press the < I> button again to 
switch to the 9-image index display.
2Select the image.
  Turn the < 5> dial to move the blue 
frame to select the image.
  Press the < u> button to display the 
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x Searching for Images Quickly
With the single image display, index  display, and magnified view, you can turn the  dial to jump through the images.
1Select the jump method.
 With the [ 4 Image jump w/ 6] 
menu’s [ 1 image/10 images/100 
images/Screen/Date/Folder ] option, 
you can set the desired jump method.
  With the index display, you can jump 
by a single screen by selecting 
[Screen ].
  If you want to jump by date, select 
[Date ]. To jump by folder, select 
[Folder ].
2Browse by jumping....

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You can magnify the image by 1.5x to 10x on the LCD monitor.
1Magnify the image.
 During image playback, press the 
 button.
X The image will be magnified.
  To increase the magnification, hold 
down the < u> button. The image will 
continue to be magnified until it 
reaches the maximum magnification.
  Press the < I> button to reduce 
the magnification. If you hold down 
the button, the image will continue to 
reduce to the single image display.
2Scroll around the image.
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You can rotate the image to the desired orientation.
1Select [Rotate].
 Under the [3] tab, select [Rotate ], 
then press < 0>.
2Select the image.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the 
image to be rotated.
  You can also select an image on the 
index display.
3Rotate the image.
 Each time you press , the 
image will rotate clockwise as follows: 
90°  → 270°  → 0°
  To rotate another image, repeat steps 
2 and 3.
  To exit and return to the menu, press 
the < M > button.
b Rotating the Image
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You can playback the images in the card as an automatic slide show.
1Select [Slide show].
 Under the [4] tab, select [ Slide 
show ], then press < 0>.
X The slide show setting screen 
appears.
2Select the images to be played 
back.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the item, 
then press < 0>.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the 
desired playback images, then press 
< 0 >.
Selecting the [Folder] and [Date]
  Turn the < 5> dial to select the 
[n Folder ] or [iDate ].
  When < z > is displayed 
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3 Auto Playback (Slide Show)
 3Set the Play time and Repeat 
options.
 Turn the < 5> dial to select [ Set up], 
then press < 0>.
  Set the [ Play time ] and [Repeat ] 
options, then press the < M> 
button.
4Start the slide show.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ Start], 
then press < 0>
X After [ Loading image... ] is displayed 
for a few seconds, the slide show will 
start.
  To pause the slide show, press < 0>.
  During pause, [ ]  will be displayed 
on the upper left of the image. Press 
< 0 >...