Canon Eos Rebel T3i 600d Instruction Manual

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You can directly select and set the shooting functions displayed on the 
LCD monitor. This is called the Quick Control screen.
1Press the  button.
XThe Quick Control screen will appear 
(7 ).
2Set the desired function.
 Press the < S> key to select the 
function to be set.
X The selected function and Feature 
guide (p.48) will appear.
  Turn the < 6> dial to change the 
setting.
3Take the picture.
  Press the shutter button completely to 
take the picture.
X The captured image will be displayed.
Q...

Q Quick Control for Shooting Functions
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  Select the desired function and press 
. The function’s setting screen 
will appear.
  Press the < U> key or turn the 
< 6 > dial to change the setting. 
There are also functions to be set 
with the < C> button.
  Press < 0> to finalize the setting and 
to return to the Quick Control screen.
Settable Functions on Quick Control Screen
Function Setting Screen
Shutter speed (p.94)
AF mode (p.83)
White balance (p.117)
Shooting mode* (p.22) Highlight tone pr
iority*...

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With menus, you can set various functions such as the image-recording 
quality, date/time, etc. While looking at the LCD monitor, use the 
 button,  cross keys, and <
0> button on the camera back to operate the menus.
In the Basic Zone, Movie shooting m ode, and Creative Zone, the tabs 
and menu options displayed will be different.
3 Menu Operations
Menu Screen
 Cross keysLCD monitor  button
 button
Ta b
Menu items Menu settings
1 Shooting
5 Set-up
9 My Menu
3 Playback
Basic Zone modes
Movie shooting...

3 Menu Operations
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1Display the menu screen.
 Press the < M> button to display 
the menu screen.
2Select a tab.
  Press the < U> key to select a 
menu tab.
3Select the desired item.
  Press the < V> key to select the 
item, then press .
4Select the setting.
 Press the < V> or < U> key to 
select the desired setting. (Some 
settings require you to press either 
the < V> or < U> key to select it.)
  The current setting is indicated in 
blue.
5Set the desired setting.
 Press < 0> to set it.
6Exit the...

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If the card is new or was previously formatted by another camera or 
computer, format the card with the camera. When the card is formatted, all images and data in the card will 
be erased. Even protected  images will be erased, so make 
sure there is nothing you need to keep. If necessary, transfer 
the images to a computer, etc ., before formatting the card.
1Select [Format].
 Under the [ 5] tab, select [ Format], 
then press < 0>.
2Format the card.
  Select [OK ], then press < 0>.
X The card will be...

3 Formatting the Card
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 The card is new.
  The card was formatted by a diff erent camera or a computer.
  The card is full with images or data.
  A card-related error is displayed  (p.287).
Execute [Format] in the following cases:
About Low-level Formatting Do low-level formatting if  the card’s recording or reading speed seems slow 
or if you want to totally er ase all data in the card.
  Since low-level formatting  will erase all recordable sectors in the card, the 
formatting will take slightly...

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The LCD monitor can display the shooting settings screen, menu 
screen, captured images, etc. 
When you turn on the power switch, 
the shooting settings will be displayed.
 When you press the shutter button 
halfway, the display will turn off. 
And when you let go of the shutter 
button, the display will turn on.
  You can also turn off the display by 
pressing the < B> button. 
Press 
the button again to turn on the display.
  Pressing the < C> button toggles 
between the shootin g settings screen...

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The Feature guide is a simple description of the respective function or 
option. It is displayed when you c hange the shooting mode or use the 
Quick Control screen to set a shooti ng function, Live View shooting, 
movie shooting, or playback. When  you select a function or option on 
the Quick Control screen, the Feature guide description is displayed. 
The Feature guide turns off when you further proceed with any 
operation.
  Shooting mode  (Sample)
  Quick Control (Sample)
Select [Feature guide]....

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Basic Shooting andImage Playback
This chapter explains how to  use the Basic Zone modes 
on the Mode Dial for best re sults and how to playback 
images.
With Basic Zone modes, all you do is point and shoot and the 
camera sets everything automatically (p.64, 268). Also, to 
prevent botched pictures due  to mistaken operations, major 
shooting settings cannot be changed in fully-automatic modes.
Basic Zone
About the Auto Lighting OptimizerIn Basic Zone modes, the Auto Lighting Optimizer (p.109) will...

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The camera analyzes the scene and sets the optimum settings 
automatically. It is a fully-automatic mode. Even with moving 
subjects, the camera will automatically continue to focus the subject 
(p.53).
1Set the Mode Dial to < A>.
2Aim any AF point over the 
subject.
 All the AF points will be used to focus, 
and generally the closest object will 
be focused.
  Aiming the center AF point over the 
subject will make focusing easier.
3Focus the subject.
 Press the shutter button halfway, and 
the lens...