Canon EOS A2E - Button and Dial Operations; Primary Controls

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Button & Dial Operation
Command Dial
Turn to select
the shooting
mode. Setting
t
he dial to the
"L" position
locks the dial
and turns off
the power. To
unlock, tu
rn the di al while press-
ing the lock
re lease button. Un-
locking the dial turns on t
he
ca mera.
Shutter Button
The sh utter
button has a
~
~ two step con-
~ o
~ " ," 0"" p""
~ ha lfway (to the
first step) to
act
iv ate focus-
ing and
me ter-
ing, a
nd press completely (to the
second step) to release the shut-
ter and make the exposure.
Main Di al
~
Use in con-
junction
wi th
other buttons
for operations
such
as select-
ing the focus-
ing mode,
fi lm
windi
ng mode,
metering mode, or AF frame. Use
alone for operations such
as set-
ting the shutter speed or shifting
the prog r
am curve.
Quick Control Dial
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I ~ Q
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 di
al operation can
be prohibited or enab
le d using
the quick control dial swit
ch.
Flash Button
Pr ess on ce to
pop up the
flash for flash
shootin
g. In
creative zone
modes, press
again to
ac ti-
vate fl
as h ex-
posure compensation mode and
operate the main dial or quick
control dial to set the compensa-
tion amou
nt. When fi ni sh ed using
the flash, press it down manua
ll y
to the
re tracted position.
Self-timer Button
o~
(,
again.
Press to dis-
play the "
~
symbol in the
LCD panel a
nd
activate the
self-timer. To
cancel the
se lf-
timer, press