Viewfi Nder Display - Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Setting Up

Depending on the lens, additional controls may include the following:
Focusing distance range selection switch. This switch determines and limits
the range that the lens uses when seeking focus to speed up autofocusing. The
focusing distance range options vary by lens.
Image Stabilizer switch. This switch turns Optical Image Stabilization on or off.
Optical Image Stabilization (IS) corrects vibrations at any angle when handhold-
ing the camera and lens. IS lenses typically allow sharp handheld images of two
or more f-stops over the lens's maximum aperture.
Stabilizer mode switch. Offered on some telephoto lenses, this switch has
two modes: one mode for standard shooting and one mode for vibration correc-
tion when panning at right angles to the camera's panning movement.
Zoom ring. The zoom ring adjusts the lens in or out to the focal lengths marked
on the ring.
Focusing ring. For lenses that have a focusing mode switch, the lens focusing
ring can be used at any time regardless of focusing mode by switching to MF on
the side of the lens, and then turning this ring to focus.
Distance scale and infi nity compensation mark. This shows the lens's mini-
mum focusing distance to infi nity. The infi nity compensation mark compensates
for shifting the infi nity focus point resulting from changes in temperature. You
can set the distance scale slightly past the infi nity mark to compensate.
The LCD
With the T2i/550D, the 3-inch LCD not only displays captured images and current cam-
era settings, but it also provides a live view and focusing screen with Live View and
Movie mode shooting. The LCD displays 100 percent coverage of the scene.
Viewfi nder display
On the Rebel T2i/550D, the optical, eye-level pentamirror viewfi nder displays approxi-
mately 95 percent of the scene that the sensor captures. In addition, the viewfi nder
displays the AF points, a 4-percent Spot metering circle that is displayed at the center
of the viewfi nder, as well as information at the bottom that displays the current shoot-
ing settings, a focus confi rmation light, and other settings.
Chapter 1 Setting Up the EOS Rebel T2i/550D
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