Canon EOS REBEL XS 18-55IS, EOS REBEL XS User Manual

CT1-1023-000 © CANON INC. 2008PRINTED IN JAPAN

English Edition

This guide explains how to set digital functions, shoot images, and playback images. You can take this guide with you for shooting. For detailed instructions, refer to the EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/EOS 1000D Instruction Manual.

Insert the battery.

Attach the lens.

When attaching an EF-S lens, align it with the white index on the camera. For other lenses, align it with the red index.

Set the lens focus mode switch to <AF>.

Open the cover and insert a card.

Set the power switch to <

1>.

Quick Start Guide

Set the Mode Dial to <1> (Full Auto).

All the necessary camera settings will be set automatically.

Focus the subject.

Aim the AF point over the subject and press the shutter button halfway to autofocus.

Take the picture.

Press the shutter button completely to take the picture.

View the image.

The captured image will be displayed for about 2 sec. on the LCD monitor.

•

The M on the right of the function indicates that the function is

available only in Creative Zone modes (d,s,f,a,8).

•

Battery Life

Temperature No Flash 50% Flash Use

At 23°C / 73°F Approx. 600 shots Approx. 500 shots

For EF lensFor EF-S lens

<M> button

Menu items Menu settings

3 Playback

LCD monitor

<S> Cross keys

<0> button

1 Shooting 9 My Menu

Tab

5 Set-up

* The [2/7/9] tabs are not displayed in Basic Zone modes

such as Full Auto.

To use a menu, you press the <M> button, <S> cross keys, and <0> button while looking at the LCD monitor on the camera back.

Setting Digital Functions

Menu Operations

Display the menu.

•

Press the <M> button to display the menu.

Select a tab.

•

Press the key to select a menu tab.

•

You can also turn the <6> dial to select a tab.

Select a menu item.

•

Press the <V> key to select the menu item, then press <0>.

Select the setting.

•

Press the <V> or key to select the setting. (Some settings require you to press either the <V> or key to select it.)

Set the desired setting.

•

Press <0> to set it.

Exit the menu.

•

Press the <M> button to return to the shooting settings display.

Shooting 1

Shooting 2

Playback

Set-up 2

Set-up 1

Set-up 3

These screens apply when a Creative Zone mode is set. [

2/7/9] menu screens or the items indicated by the

symbol are not displayed when a Basic Zone mode is set.

Menu Settings

•

Select [1 Quality].

•

For the selected recording quality A, the respective pixel count B and number of possible shots C will be displayed.

Quality

High

quality

High

quality

Low

quality

Medium

quality

Approx. 10.1

megapixels (10M)

Approx. 10.1

megapixels (10M)

Approx. 2.5

megapixels (2.5M)

Approx. 5.3

megapixels (5.3M)

Pixels

File Size

(Approx. MB)

Maximum

Burst

Possible

Shots

A CB

•

In Basic Zone modes, the 1 and 1+73 recording quality

modes are not displayed.

•

The file size, number of possible shots, and maximum burst

during continuous shooting vary depending on the shooting conditions. The figures displayed are only estimates.

•

The maximum burst during continuous shooting is displayed on

the bottom right in the viewfinder.

Image-recording Quality

73 83 74 84 76 86 1 1+73

3.8

2.0

2.3

1.2

1.3

0.7

9.8

9.8 + 3.8

514

982

859

1630

1474

2816

199

143

514

982

859

1630

1474

2816

•

Press the <XA> button.

•

Press the <V> key to select the Picture Style, then press <0>.

Style

Standard

Portrait

Landscape

Neutral

Faithful

Monochrome

Description

Vivid colors and sharp images.

Nice skin tones and slightly sharp images.

Vivid blue skies and greenery and very sharp images.

Natural colors and dull tones.

Accurate subject colors as obtained under a color temperature of 5200K.

Black-and-white images.

Picture StyleN

Setting Digital Functions

•

Press the <Z> button.

•

Turn the <6> dial or press the <

> key to select the ISO speed.

•

When “Auto” is selected, the ISO speed is set automatically. When you press the shutter button halfway, the ISO speed setting will be displayed.

•

Press the button.

•

Press the key to select the white balance, then press <0>.

Q Auto

W Daylight E Shade R Cloudy, twilight, sunset

Y Tungsten light

U White fluorescent light

I Flash

O Custom

Low ISO

ISO100

200

400

800

1600

High ISO

For bright scenes and still subjects (less noise and finer grain).

For low light and moving subjects (more grain).

B: White BalanceN

: ISO SpeedN

Shooting Operation

Viewfinder Information

ISO speed

White balance correction

AF points

Focus confirmation light

Aperture

Max. burst

AE lock

Flash-ready/FE lock

Exposure level indicator

Shutter speed

Flash exposure compensation

Monochrome shooting

AF point display indicator <.>

White balance selection button

Access lamp

<S> AF point selection button

<A> AE lock/ FE lock button

<O> Aperture/Exposure compensation button

Viewfinder eyepiece

Dioptric adjustment knob

LCD monitor

<S> Cross keys

Shutter button

Mode Dial

Depth-of-field preview button

Built-in flash/ AF-assist beam

Red-eye reduction/ Self-timer lamp

<D> Flash button

<6> Main Dial

Power switch

<Z> ISO speed set button

Main Dial pointer

Aperture

ISO speed

Shutter speed

White balance correction

Image-recording quality

Shots remaining

White balance

Picture Style

Flash exposure compensation

Metering mode

Shooting mode

Drive mode

White balance bracketing

Exposure level indicator

AF mode

Battery check

zxcn

OK NG

Shooting Settings Display

Nomenclature

Creative Zone Modes

Basic Zone Modes

Program AE

All the settings necessary for shooting are set automatically. You just press the shutter button, and the camera does the rest.

•

Select the shooting mode to suit your subject.

•

Aim an AF point on the subject.

•

Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

•

Check the display.

•

Compose the shot and press the shutter button completely.

1 Full Auto 2 Portrait 3 Landscape 4 Close-up 5 Sports 6 Night Portrait 7 Flash Off

You can set the shutter speed and/or aperture and change the exposure as desired. By changing the camera settings, you can obtain various effects.

•

Set the Mode Dial to <d>.

The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture in the same way as the <1> mode. The shooting procedure is the same as with Basic Zone modes.

s: Shutter-priority AE

•

Set the Mode Dial to <s>.

•

Turn the <6> dial to set the desired shutter speed, then focus the subject.

The aperture will be set automatically.

•

If the aperture display blinks, turn the <6> dial until it stops blinking.

: Aperture-priority AE

•

Set the Mode Dial to <f>.

•

Turn the <6> dial to set the desired aperture, then focus the subject.

sThe shutter speed will be set

automatically.

•

If the shutter speed display blinks, turn the <

> dial until it stops blinking.

Using the Built-in Flash

In Basic Zone Modes

If necessary, the built-in flash will pop-up automatically in low-light

or backlit conditions. (except in the <3> <5> <7> modes)

Creative Zone Modes

Press the <D>

button to pop up the built-in flash, then shoot.

ISO Speed

Wide-angle: 18 mm Telephoto: 55 mm

100

Approx. 1-3.7m (3.3-12.1ft) Approx. 1-2.3m (3.3-7.5ft)

400

Approx. 1-7.4m (3.3-24.3ft) Approx. 1-4.6m (3.3-15.1ft)

1600

Approx. 1-14.9m (3.3-48.9ft) Approx. 1-9.3m (3.3-30.5ft)

(using EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lS lens)

Built-in Flash Range

E: AF ModeN

•

Press the <ZE> button.

•

Press the key to select the AF mode, then press <0>.

X (One-Shot AF):

For still subjects

9 (AI Focus AF):

Switches the AF mode automatically

Z (AI Servo AF):

For moving subjects

•

Press the <S> button.

•

Press the <S> key to select the AF point.

•

While looking at the viewfinder, you can select the AF point by turning the <6> dial until the desired AF point flashes in red.

•

Pressing <0> toggles the AF point selection between the center AF point and automatic AF point selection.

S AF PointN

•

Press the <Wq> button.

•

Press the <V> key to select the metering mode, then press <0>.

Evaluative metering: Standard metering mode

Partial metering: Approx. 10% at center

Center-weighted average metering:

Metering weighted at the center and averaged for the entire scene

q Metering ModeN

•

Press the <Yij> button.

•

Press the key to select the drive mode, then press <0>.

u: Single shooting i: Continuous shooting

: 10-sec. self-timer * l: 2-sec. self-timer

q: Continuous shots after

self-timer *

* The < > and <q> drive modes

can be selected in all shooting modes.

i Drive ModeN

Playback Operation

Magnify

Select image

Reduce

Protect

Erase

Shooting Information

4- or 9-image Index

Menu [Protect images]

Folder number - File number

Aperture

Shutter speed

Protect

Exposure compensation amount

Flash exposure

compensation amount

Metering mode

Shooting mode

ISO speed

White balance

Date and time

Original decision (image verification) data appended

White balance correction

Histogram (Brightness/RGB)

Color space

Picture Style and settings

File size

Image-recording

quality

Playback number/ Total images recorded