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Control Button / Dial Positioning / Size
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Function
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Shooting Menu
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Quality
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Sets resolution and format (RAW or JPEG Fine or Normal)
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Red eye
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Red-eye reduction for flash shots
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Beep
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Controls alert sound
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Shoot w/o card
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Allows the user to operate the 30D without a memory card. The default setting prevents shooting without memory.
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AEB
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Bracketing settings
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WB SHIFT/BKT
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White balance fine adjustment and bracketing
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Custom WB
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Set a custom white balance based on a saved image of a white surface
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Color temp.
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Dial in white balance in degrees Kelvin
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Color Space
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Select an RGB color space
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Picture Style
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Choose from groups of settings for image parameters including Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation and Hue
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Playback Menu
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Protect
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Protect an image from deletion
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Rotate
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Display vertical images correctly
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Print Order
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DPOF or PictBridge printing settings
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Auto Play
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Slide show
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Review Time
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Set length of time for display of images as they are shot
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AF Points
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Display AF sites on images in playback
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Histogram
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Choose Luminance or RGB
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Setup Menu
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Auto Power Off
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Set length of time the camera will wait before shutting off
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Auto Rotate
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Save vertical images upright
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LCD Brightness
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Set display brightness
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Date/Time
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Set date and time
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File Numbering
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Control image numbering
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Language
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Choose menu language
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Video system
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Choose PAL or NTSC video output
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Communication
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Set USB for mass storage or printing
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Format
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Format CompactFlash card
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Custom Functions
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Customize interface
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Clear Settings
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Return to factory defaults
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Sensor Clean
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Choose to flip up mirror and open shutter to clean sensor
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Firmware
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Load firmware update from memory card
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Ease of Use
The 30D's major controls and layout create a simple and quick interface for most photographic functions. Its menu-based features are also well executed. They're powerful and clearly designed.
Canon includes ease-of-use features from its more expensive cameras and its entry level models in the 30D. The Picture Style system, an interface for setting multiple image parameters, and save sets of settings, trickled down from the 1D series to the 5D and now the 30D. The 20D didn't have it, and users who customized the 20D – or other DSLRs – will be impressed with how easy it can be.
For beginners, the 30D retains the scene mode function from the 20D and cheaper cameras. These set exposure and metering settings for users who aren't sure of how to handle them.
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