Canon EOS 30D Instruction Manual

Nomenclature

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Mode Dial
The Mode Dial is divided into two function zones.

Basic

zo

ne

Image zo

ne

Creative

zon

e

Full Auto

c

All you do is press the shutter 
button.

1 : Full Auto (p.46)
For fully automatic shooting.

Image Zone
Fully automatic shooting for 
specific subjects.
2

: Portrait (p.48)

3 : Landscape (p.48)
4

: Close-up (p.48)

5

: Sports (p.49)

6

: Night Portrait (p.49)

7 : Flash Off (p.49)

d

Set the camera as you wish.

d

: Program AE (p.84)

s

: Shutter-priority AE 

(p.86)

f

: Aperture-priority AE 

(p.88)

a

: Manual exposure (p.90)

8 : Automatic Depth-of-field 

AE (p.92)