Canon Eos 30 D Manual

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You can select a base Picture Style such as [Portrait] or [Landscape ], 
adjust its parameters to suit your  preferences and register it in User 
Defined 1 to 3. You can also select a Picture Style already set with the 
provided software.
1Select [Picture Style].
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ z 
Picture Style ], then press < 0>.
X The Picture Style selection screen will 
appear.
2Select [User Def.]
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ User 
Def. 1/2/3 ], then press < C> 
button.
X The setting screen...

3 Registering the Picture Style N
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5Select the parameter.
 Turn the < 5> dial to select a 
parameter like [ Sharpness], then 
press < 0>.
6Set the desired setting.
  Turn the < 5> dial to set the desired 
setting, then press < 0>.
For details, see “Customizing the 
Picture Style” on pages 58-60.
  Press the < M> button to register 
the new Picture Style. The Picture 
Style selection screen will then 
reappear.
X The base Picture Style will be 
displayed on the right of [ User Def. 1/
2/3 ].
X The name...

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The color space refers to the range of reproducible colors. With this 
camera, you can set the color space for captured images to sRGB or 
Adobe RGB. For normal images, sRGB is recommended. In the Basic 
Zone modes, sRGB will be set automatically.
1Select [Color space].
 Turn the < 5> dial to select [ z 
Color space ], then press < 0>.
2Set the desired color space.
  Turn the < 5> dial to select [ sRGB] 
or [ Adobe RGB ], then press < 0>.
This is mainly used for commercia l printing and other...

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Normally, the  setting will set the optimum white balance 
automatically. If natural-looking colors cannot be obtained with , 
you can set the white balance manually  to suit the respective light source. 
In the Basic Zone modes,  will be set automatically.
1Press the  button. (9 )
2Select the white balance setting.
 While looking at the top LCD panel, 
turn the < 5> dial.
* Set the optimum white balance manually to suit the lighting. (p.65)
The three RGB (red, green, and blue) primary colors exist...

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With custom white balance, you shoot a white object that will serve as 
the basis for the white balance setting. By selecting this image, you 
import its white balance data for the white balance setting.
1Photograph a white object.
  The plain, white object should fill the 
spot metering circle.
  Set the lens focus mode switch to 
, then focus manually. (p.80)
  Set any white balance setting. (p.64)
  Shoot the white object so that a 
standard exposure is obtained.
2Select [Custom WB].
 Turn the <...

3 Custom White Balance N
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 If the exposure obtained in step 1  is underexposed or overexposed, a 
correct white balance might not be obtained.
  If an image was captured while the Picture Style was set to 
[Monochrome ] (p.57), it cannot be selected in step 3.
Instead of a white object, an 18% gray card (commercially available) can 
produce a more accurate white balance.
3 Setting the Color Temperature N
You can numerically set the white balance’s color temperature.
1Press the  button. (9 )
2Select...

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You can correct the standard color temperature for the white balance 
setting. This adjustment will have the same effect as using a color 
temperature conversion or color co mpensating filter. 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.
1Select [WB SHIFT/BKT].
 Turn the < 5> dial to select [ z WB 
SHIFT/BKT ], then press < 0>.
X The WB correction/WB bracketing 
screen will...

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With just one shot, three images having a different color tone can be recorded 
simultaneously. Based on the white balance mode’s standard color temperature, the 
image will be bracketed with a blue/amber bias or magenta/green bias. This is called 
white balance bracketing. It can be set up to ±3 levels in single-level increments.
1Set the image-recording quality to 
any setting except RAW and 
RAW+JPEG. 
(p.52)
2Select [WB SHIFT/BKT].
 Turn the < 5> dial to select [ z WB 
SHIFT/BKT ], then press <...

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3 White Balance Auto Bracketing N
4Take the picture.
XWhen B/A bracketing has been set, the 
three images will be recorded onto the 
CF card in the following sequence: 
Standard WB, B (blue) bias, and A 
(amber) bias. If M/G bracketing has 
been set, the sequence will be 
Standard WB, M (magenta) bias, and 
G (green) bias.
 The current drive mode (p.82) will be 
used for the shooting.
  In step 3, set “ BKT” to “±0” (“       ” to 
“   ” (1 point)).
  White balance bracketing is also 
canceled...

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The file number is like the frame number on a roll of film. It can start 
counting in one of three different ways: [Continuous], [Auto reset ], and 
[ Manual reset ]. The images you take are automatically assigned a file 
number from 0001 to 9999 and saved in a folder that can hold up to 
9999 images. The folders will be aut omatically numbered from 100 to 
999.
1Select [File numbering].
 Turn the < 5> dial to select [ c File 
numbering ], then press < 0>.
2Select the file numbering method.
  Turn...