Table Of Contents - Canon EOS 550D Instruction Manual

Contents
Item Check List .................................................................................................. 3
Conventions Used in this Manual ...................................................................... 4
Chapters ............................................................................................................ 5
Contents at a Gtance ....................................................................................... 10
Handling Precautions ...................................................................................... 12
Quick Start Guide ............................................................................................ 14
Nomenclature .................................................................................................. 16
Charging the Battery ....................................................................................... 24
Installing and Removing the Battery ................................................................ 26
Turning on the Power ...................................................................................... 27
Setting the Date and Time ............................................................................... 29
Selecting the Interface Language .................................................................... 30
Installing and Removing the SD Card ............................................................. 3I
Attaching and Detaching a Lens ..................................................................... 33
About the Lens Image Stabilizer ...................................................................... 35
Basic Operation ............................................................................................... 36
_} Using the Quick Control Screen ................................................................ 38
Menu Operations .................................................................................. 40
Formatting the Card ......................................................................................... 42
Switching the LCD Monitor Display ................................................................. 44
[:::::]Fully Automatic Shooting ........................................................................... 46
[:::::]Full Auto Techniques ................................................................................. 48
_:_ Disabling Flash .......................................................................................... 49
_'_ Shooting Portraits ....................................................................................... 50
Shooting Landscapes ................................................................................ 5I
_ Shooting Close-ups .................................................................................... 52
_.. Shooting Moving Subjects ......................................................................... 53
Shooting Portraits at Night ......................................................................... 54
_} Creative Auto Shooting ............................................................................. 55
Image Playback ......................................................................................... 58