Canon Media Loan 360.867.6253, Rebel XT Operating Manual

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PROFICIENCY REQUIRED

Operating Guide for

CANON REBEL XT

Media Loan Operating Guides are also available online at www.evergreen.edu/media/ml/

CARING FOR MEDIA LOAN EQUIPMENT

Media Loan has a limited number of Canon Rebel
XTs. We appreciate your help in caring for this item
to insure it's long-term use at Evergreen.

GENERAL CAMERA CARE

Do NOT:

Drop this camera

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Submerge this camera in water

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Leave this camera near a strong

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magnetic eld!

Leave this camera in excessive heat,

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such as a car

Store this camera in excessive cold

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Use a blow dryer to blow dust from

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the camera

Store this camera in a location where

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there may be corrosive chemicals

Use excessive physical force

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Please be gentle with this camera; it looks hardy, but

it's delicate!

INCLUDED WITH THE REBELS:

Battery, Battery Charger, USB Cable, Video Cable,
Wired Remote, 18-55mm Lens, Built-In Flash, Using
the Canon Rebel XT.

INSTALLING & REMOVING BATTERY

To open the battery
compartment, slide
the compartment lever
in the direction of the
back of the camera
as shown by the arrow.
Insert the battery with
the power contacts
pointed downward until
the battery locks into
place. Close the cover
and slide the lever back
in place as indicated by
the arrow until it snaps
shut.

Do not charge the

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battery for 24 hours or
more!

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ABOUT THE BATTERY'S LIFE

When the camera is ON, the battery level will be
indicated in 1 of 3 levels:

Battery level is OK

Battery level is low

Battery must be recharged

Tip: To save battery power, you may set the Auto-

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off function of the menu to turn the camera off
automatically.

ATTACHING & DETACHING LENS

To attach the lens
align the EF-S lens
with the camera's
white EF-S lens mount
index and turn the
lens in a clockwise
direction as shown

by the arrow until the
lens clicks into place. When attaching a lens other
than an EF-S lens, align the lens with the red EF lens
index mark.
To detach the lens, while pressing the lens release
button, turn the lens in a counter-clockwise
direction. Turn the lens until it stops, then detach it.
When attaching or detaching the lens, take care to
prevent dust from entering the camer through the
lens mount.

Currently, Media Loan carries a limited number of
55-200mm telephoto lenses. Please do not remove

the current lens provided with the Canon Rebel XT,
unless you are changing for this lens. Removing

the lens can cause debris to get inside the camera
making the camera highly susceptible to serious
damage. If the lens is removed, avoid putting your

ngers inside the camera. If the mirror, or any other

part of the inside of this camera gets dirty, please

bring it back to Media Loan so that a qualied staff

member can service the camera.

INSTALLING & REMOVING CF CARD

To insert the CF Card open the compartment cover.
Insert the CF Card until the CF Card's eject button
pops up. Close the cover and slide it back in place
as indicated by the arrow until the cover snaps shut.

Unless you plan to put the CF card into a

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card reader, please do not remove it. Do
not bend the card or put the card into
the card slot backwards.

DIOPTRIC ADJUSTMENT

Turn the dioptric adjustment
knob left or right until the

AF points in the viewnder

look sharp. By adjusting the
diopter to suit your eyesight,

you can see a sharp viewnder image even without

eyeglasses.

MANUAL FOCUSING

Set the lens focus mode
switch to MF and focus
the subject by turning the
lens focusing ring.

If you press the shutter
button halfway during
manual focusing, the AF point(s) achieving focus

and the conrmation light in the viewnder will light

when focus is achieved.

AUTO-FOCUSING

Tip: If you are only planning

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to use the Full Auto mode, we
recommend that you check out
our Canon Powershot digital
cameras or a similar item.

On the lens, set the focus mode to AF If the lens is set
to MF, auto-focus will not be possible.

Setting the mode dial to Full Auto will set the
following:

- The AF mode will set to AI Focus AF*.

- The drive mode will set to Single Shooting.

- The Metering Mode will set to Evaluate Metering.

*AI Focus AF wil automatically change to AI Servo
AF to track a subject that's moving.

Auto-Focus can fail to achieve focus (the focus

conrmation light blinks) with certain subjects such

as the following:

- Low-contrast subjects.

- Solid-color walls.

- Subject in low light.

- Extremely backlit and reective subjects, e.g.
reection from car window.

- Overlapping near and far objects, e.g. animal in a
cage.

- Repetitive patterns, e.g. skyscraper windows.

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