Fully Automatic Picture Taking. Canon BP-511

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Fully Automatic Picture Taking

You can easily and confidently take pictures of any subject, with no need to do anything but press the shutter button. The Canon EOS D60 can capture subjects at any of three AF points, so that anybody can take great pictures easily.

1

Set the Mode Dial to < >.

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The AF mode is automatically set to <AI

FOCUS> (

→

56), the metering mode is set to < > and the drive mode to < >

(Single-frame).

AF point

2

Place one of the AF points on the subject.

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The camera determines the subject position and uses the most appropriate AF point.

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To focus on a subject that is not at any of the three AF points, see “Focusing On an

Off-Center Subject” (

→

58).

3

Set the focus.

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Press the shutter button down halfway to set the focus.

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The AF point achieving focus will flash in red and the beeper will sound. The focus confirmation light <

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> at the lower right will also light.

4

Check the display.

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The camera determines the shutter speed and aperture value automatically, and displays them in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel.

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A number to displayed on the left of the focus confirmation light <

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> indicates the maximum number of shots that can be taken in a single burst of continuous shooting.

If a number to is displayed, it indicates the number of remaining shots that can be stored in the almost-full CF card.

5

Take the picture.

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Compose the shot and press the shutter button down fully.

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The image is shown for approximately 2 seconds on the LCD monitor.