Canon EOS 40D Instruction Manual page 20

Nomenclature
Mode Dial
The Mode Dial has the Basic Zone modes and Creative Zone modes.
Camera User Settings
Most camera settings can
be registered under w, x,
or y. (p.165)
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Image Zone
2 : Portrait (p.49)
3: Landscape (p.50)
4 : Close-up (p.51)
5 : Sports (p.52)
6 : Night Portrait (p.53)
7: Flash Off (p.54)
Creative Zone
These modes give you more
control over the result.
: Program AE (p.84)
d
s : Shutter-priority AE (p.86)
f : Aperture-priority AE (p.88)
: Manual exposure (p.90)
a
8 : Automatic depth-of-field
AE (p.91)
Basic Zone
All you do is press the shutter
button. Fully automatic shooting for
specific kinds of subjects.
1: Full Auto (p.46)