Mode Dial - Canon EOS 550D Instruction Manual

Nomenclature
Mode Dial
The Mode Dial includes the Basic Zone modes, Creative Zone modes,
and Movie shooting mode.
Creative Zone
These modes give you more control for
shooting various subjects.
P : Program AE (p.60)
Tv : Shutter-priorityAE (p.78)
Av : Aperture-priority AE (p.80)
M : Manual exposure (p.83)
A-DEP: Automatic depth-of4ield
AE (p.85)
Basic Zone
All you do is press the shutter button.
Fully-automatic shooting suiting the
subject.
[:_: Full Auto (p.46)
_: Creative Auto (p.55)
2O
Image Zone
: Flash Off (p.49)
_'_ : Portrait (p.50)
: Landscape (p.51)
: Close-up (p.52)
_: Sports (p.53)
: Night Portrait (p.54)
_,,. Movie shooting
(p.123)