Canon EOS A2 - Button & Dial Operation; Primary Controls

Turn to select
the shooting
mode. Setting
the dial to the
“L" position
locks the dial
and turns off
the power. To
unlock, turn the dial while press-
ing the lock release button. Un-
locking the dial turns on the
camera.
Shutter Button
The shutter
button has a
| two step con-
struction. Press
© halfway (to the
first step) to
activate focus-
ing and meter-
ing, and press completely (to the
second step) to release the shut-
ter and make the exposure.
Main Dial
Use in con-
junction with
other buttons
for operations
such as select-
ing the focus-
ing mode, film
winding mode,
metering mode, or AF frame. Use
alone for operations such as set-
ting the shutter speed or shifting
the program curve.
Quick Control Dial
Use for oper-
ations such as
selecting the
aperture value
in manual ex-
posure mode
and setting ex-
posure com-
pensation in AE or flash modes.
Quick control dial operation can
be prohibited or enabled using
the quick control dial switch.
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Flash Button
Press once to
pop up the
flash for flash
shooting. In
A SAY creative zone
Ní modes, press
again to acti-
vate flash ex-
posure compensation mode and
operate the main dial or quick
control dial to set the compensa-
tion amount. When finished using
the flash, press it down manually
to the retracted position.
Self-timer Button
Press to dis-
play the" Ù "
symbol in the
LCD panel and
©
[0] 2 activate the
self-timer. To
‘| cancel the self-
timer, press
again.