Canon EOS 50D, Installation Roadmap Manual

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 Part I 

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Navigating and Setting Up the EOS 50D

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Flash Exposure Compensation.

You can choose to adjust this 
plus or minus 2 stops (EV) in 
1/3-stop increments. Or you 
can make changes in 1/2-stop 
increments by setting C.Fn I-1 to 
Option 1.

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ISO.

 You can choose from Auto, 

100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 
400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 
1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, and 
with C.Fn I-3 turned on, you can 
also choose H1: 6400, and H2: 
12800.

Table 1.1

Using the Main and Quick Control Dials with 

the LCD Panel Buttons

Main Dial

Quick Control Dial

LCD Panel Button: Metering Mode-WB (White Balance)

Metering Modes:

Evaluative (35-zone TTL full-aperture 
metering)

Partial (9 percent at center frame)

Spot (3.8 percent at center frame)

Center-weighted Average

White Balance Options:

Auto (3000-7000 K)

Daylight (5200 K)

Shade (7000 K)

Cloudy (6000 K)

Tungsten (3200 K)

White Fluorescent (4000 K)

Flash (6000 K)

Custom (2000-10000 K)

K (Kelvin Temperature, 2500-10000 K)

LCD Panel Button: AF-Drive (Autofocus mode/Drive mode)

Autofocus Modes:

One-shot AF (locks focus with a half-press 
of the Shutter button)

AI Focus AF (half-pressing the shutter initi-
ates AF subject movement tracking using 
the center AF point)

AI Servo AF (monitors subject movement 
and switches to AI Servo if the camera 
detects subject movement) 

Drive Modes:

Single-shot

High-speed Continuous (6.3 fps)

Low-speed Continuous (3 fps)

Self-Timer (10- and 2-sec. delays)