Canon EOS 60D Instruction Manual page 15

Appending Dust Delete Data _
Photograph a solid=white object.
®_ At a distance of 20 cm - 30 cm (0.7 ft.
- 1.0 ft.), fill the viewfinder with a
patternless, solid-white object and
take a picture.
_y,, T he picture will be taken in the
aperture-priority AE mode with an
aperture of f/22.
®_ Since the image will not be saved, the
data can still be obtained even if there
is no card in the camera.
_y,, W hen the picture is taken, the camera
will start obtaining the Dust Delete
Data. When the Dust Delete Data is
obtained, a message will appear. Select
[OK], and the menu will reappear.
_ If the data was not obtained
successfully, a message to that effect
will appear. Follow the "Preparation"
procedure on the preceding page, then
select [OK]. Take the picture again.
About the Dust Delete Data
After the Dust Delete Data is obtained, it is appended to all the JPEG
and RAW images captured thereafter. Before an important shoot, you
should update the Dust Delete Data by obtaining it again.
To erase dust spots automatically with the provided software, see the
Software Instruction Manual in the CD-ROM.
The Dust Delete Data appended to the image is so small that it hardly
affects the image file size.
Be sure tOuse a seiid_whiteObject such as a new Sheet OfWhite paper if the
paper has any pattern or design, it maybe recognized as dust data and
affect the accuracy of ttle dust deletionwith the software_
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