Canon EOS 500 User Manual

Precautions .......... .. ....... .. . : ........................ .4 External LCD Panel ............................... 9
Taking Photographs Straight Away
.. .. . ... ... 5 Viewfinder Internal Information Display ... 9
Nomenclature ............. . ................. 7 Command Dial. ........................................ l 0
Attaching the Strap ..
... .. . .. .. .. . ... ..... .. ... .. .. .. 11 How to Attach and Remove Lenses ... .. ... 13 I
Battery Loading and Checking Battery Shutter Button and Autofocus ................. 14
Level. .....
.. ........................ .. . .. .. .. ..... ... . ... .. . 11 Loading and Removing Film . .. .. ... .. .. . .. . ... . 15
Taking Photographs on
the Full Automatic Mode
(0) ............ ~ . .. . 17
The AF Auxiliary Light Emiter .............. 18
Automatic Flash
... . ... . .. .. .. . ... .. .... . .. ... . .. .. 19
Red-eye Reduction
when Using the Flash .
.. .. .. ......... .. .. ... . .. 19
Focussing on Subjects at the Edge
of the Viewfinder. . . ....
... . .. .. .. .. ... 20
Taking Photographs
on
the Program AE Settings ( p ) ............... 25
Program Shift .......................
... . .. ... . .. .. . 26
Six-second Timer. ................. . ....... 26
Shutter-priority
AE Settings ( Tv ) ............ 27
Aperture-priority
AE Settings (Av ) .. . .. . .. .. 29
Manual Exposure Settings ( M ) ..............
31
Depth-of-field AE Settings (A ·DEP ) . .. .... .. . .. 33
Flash Photography (
~ ) .......................... 35
Setting the Red-eye Reduction
Function .............................................
.. 36
Taking Night-time Shots of People .......... 37
Partial Metering.
... .. . ..... . ... . . .... .. . 39
Basic Photographic Terms. . ...............
51
Shutter Speed ................. ... . ... . .. ........... 51
Aperture Value ..................................... 51
Film Speed (ISO Number) .. .......... ... .. .. 52
Depth-of-field . ..
.. . ... .. . .. ............. ... . ... ..... 52
Troubleshooting Tips ...............
.. .............. 53
What
to Do If the Exposure Meter on
the LCD Panel Blinks ............................... 54
List of Functions that
can be Used Together
.. . .. . .. ... . .. ... ............ 55
Taking Photographs in Portrait Mode ('i.' ) .. .21
Taking Photographs
in Landscape Mode ( ~ ) .. .. .. .. .............. 22
Taking Photographs
in Close-up Mode ( .:r. ) ........................... 23
Taking Photographs
in Sports Mode ( ~ ) ....... .. ....................... 24
Taking Photographs
with Date or Time
.. ....... . .... .. .. . .40
Changing the Date and Time ...
... . .. .. .. . .41
Changing the Date Battery .......... ... . ... .41
Exposure Compensation ... .. . ... .. ... .. . .. ..... .42
Bulb (Long Exposure) Photography ....... .44
Multiple-exposure Photography .............. .45
Taking Pictures Using the Self-timer ...... .47
Changing the Film Speed Setting ........... .48
Shutting off the Beeper after Focussing . .49
Removing Film before
the End of the Roll. ............................
... . 50
AF Mode and Film Winding ...............
.. 56
Main Accessories . ..........................
... ... .. 57
Canon Speedlite Flashes ..................
.. 57
Remote Switch RS-60E3 ..............
.. ... .. 57
Eye-piece Extender
EP-EXI5 .............. 57
Grip GR-80TP ...............
... ... ... . .. .. ......... 58
Camera Case .................
.. . ... ... .. ........... 58
Dioptric Adjustment Lenses .
.. .... .. .. ...... 58
Camera Care .
.. ............................ ... ......... 59
Table of Main Specifications ...................
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Canon EOS 500 Specifications

General

Brand	Canon
Model	EOS 500
Category	Film Camera
Language	English