CF 01:
SET button func. when shooting
Works: Yes
Preferred: 2:Change parameters
Specifies how the SET button functions:
0: Makes choices when you highlight commands on the menu.
1: Changes image size and quality when you hold down SET and turn the Quick
Control Dial.
2: Toggles parameters setting when you press SET, then turn the Quick
Control Dial to adjust parameters.
3: Displays the menu.
4: Switches to playback mode.
What is FEC?
BigMike from DPReview's Forum explains:
Easy to install, and works as advertized. The FEC is a really nice function
to have. For new users that don't know what FEC is, it stands for Flash
Exposure Compensation. In short, it allows you to adjust the strength of the
flash higher, or lower. This is very helpful for many shots. The FEC can be
turned on or off in the menu. You can have your "set" button work the FEC,
or have it bring up the normal "quality setting" menu. Nothing is disabled,
everything works fine. Just thought I would mention it for those who were
interested.
Many 300D users have been waiting for this feature.
Shutter release w/o CF card
Works: Yes
Default: 0:Possible without CF card
Preferred: 0:Possible without CF card
Specifies if the shutter works when there is no CF card in the camera.
Flash Sync speed in Av mode
Works: Yes
Preferred: 1:1/200sec. (fixed)
Sets the shutter speed to automatic, or fixed at 1/200 when using flash
in Av mode
Setting it to fixed prevents a slow shutter speed when photographing in
dim light. Set to 1/200, no more walking inside at weddings and getting half
second exposures! Could actually be useful as it lets you force 1/200s with
flash in Av instead of automatic slow synch.
Shutter button / AE lock button
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
Has four settings that control how the shutter and AE-FE Lock button
marked with the asterisk (*) work. These combinations determine how and when
focus (AF) and exposure (AE) are locked:
0: Pressing the shutter button halfway down locks exposure and focus.
Pressing AE-FE Lock locks exposure.
1: AE lock/AF—Pressing the shutter button halfway down locks exposure.
Pressing AE-FE Lock locks focus.
2: AE/AF lock, no AE lock—In AI Servo AF mode, pressing AE-FE Lock
temporarily locks focus when an object passes in front of the camera so
focus isn’t affected. Exposure is set when the exposure is made.
3: AE/AF, no AE lock—In AI Servo AF mode, pressing AE-FE Lock starts or
stops focusing. Exposure is set when the exposure is made. This option is
useful when photographing a subject that repeatedly stops and starts.
This is probably one of the most wished for settings, but it didn't seem to work.
CF 05:AF-Assist Beam / Flash firing
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
Specifies how the flash’s AF assist beam and flash fired during the
exposure
work together:
0: Enables both the AF-assist beam and the flash.
1: Disables the AF-assist beam and enables the flash.
2: Enables the AF-assist beam on external Speedlite and enables the flash.
3: Enables the AF-assist beam and disables the flash.
This one does not appear to work.
When choosing from the menu, there are two settings separated by a slash.
The AF assist beam is listed first by whether it emits or not, and the flash
is listed by whether it fires or not.
Exposure level increments:
Works: Yes
Preferred: 1:1/3-stop
Seems to work. At least the steps between aperture change on the display.
Remains to be seen if it has consequences on the hardware.
Seems to be about exposure compensation. Seems to work, but the LCD on the
back doesn't seem to have the right amount of "ticks" to display this
correctly.
AF point registration
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
By registering the AF point you often use, you can switch to it instantly.
You can register an offcenter AF point which suits your preferred framing or
automatic selection for the shooting moment priority. Any of the seven AF
points can be registered. Only one AF point can be registered.
RAW+JPEG rec.
Works: Yes
Preferred: 0:RAW+Small Normal
The jpeg is embedded on the RAW. You can use Canon's FVU to extract it.
Bracket. sequence/Auto cancel.
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
Has four settings that specify the order in which the three images are
captured when using exposure or white balance bracketing. When making your
selection, the choices are given with three settings separated by commas. 0
stands for the camera’s suggested exposure/white balance, - is underexposure/bluer,
and + is overexposure/redder. The command also specifies if bracketing is
enabled (left on) or disabled (turned off) after a series has been finished.
Superimposed display
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
This is to have the focus points (red leds in the viewfinder) either to
turn off after focus is locked or to stay on.
It is not to have more displayed informations.
Menu button display position
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
Has three settings that determine which menu item is highlighted when you
press the MENU button. The first choice returns you to the most recently
selected command or to the top menu choice if you have turned the camera off
since last using the menu. The other two choices return you to the most
recently used menu choice or to the top menu choice. With it at "previous",
when you visit a menu in which you had previously set the selector to some
item down the list, the selector will initially be there when you next visit
it.
Mirror lockup
Works: Yes
Preferred: N/A
When enabled, you can lock the mirror up so it doesn’t add any vibrations
when you take a photo. This is a very useful feature when taking macro
close-ups, or using very long lenses. When on, pressing the shutter button
all the way down raises the mirror and pressing it all again fires the
shutter and lowers the mirror. If you turn on both mirror lockup and the
self-timer, pressing the shutter button all the way down raises the mirror
and then fires the shutter some seconds later. This delay time can be set at
1.5, 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, or 10 Sec. using CF.17, in this new firmware release. (When
you release the shutter button you’ll hear a shutter-like sound, but it
isn’t the shutter.) If you don’t have a remote control, this is a great way
to avoid camera shake from pressing the shutter button.
WARNING: When using mirror lockup, don’t point the camera at the sun with
the shutter button pressed halfway down. Doing so can damage the shutter
curtains.
NOTE: Your camera must be set in single shot mode, not in continuous
mode.
TIP: You may leave MLU enabled in the CF menu, and switch with the drive
mode button between continuous drive mode and single-shot mode, in order to
select or deselect MLU. This is a lot quicker!
Assist button function
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
Doesn't seem to have any function, since the 300D AFAIK doesn't even have
the assist button.
But another button may eventually be defined for this later.
Auto reduction of fill flash
Works: Yes?
Preferred: ?
Disabling it prevents the underexposure of a subject against a bright
background.
Shutter curtain sync
Works: No
Preferred: N/A
0: Fires the flash as soon as the shutter is fully open.
1: Fires the flash just before the second curtain closes.
Possibly tonight's greatest disappointment. It didn't work. I even tried
it with an external manual flash. Still doesn't work. It has been tried with
a 420EX too, without success so far.
Doesn't seem to do anything, at least with built-in flash. Tried a 2sec
exposure in M mode, but flash fired at the beginning. AF Lock didn't help
either. Tried the 2nd curtain but it doesn't work, presumably the hardware
doesn't support it.
Safety shift in Av or Tv
Works: No?
Preferred: ?
When enabled, exposure corrections will be made at the last possible
moment if lighting changes. When enabled, the following can happen:
In the shutter-priority (Tv) mode, if a correct exposure cannot be
obtained with any aperture set by the camera, a faster or slower shutter
speed is used.
In aperture-priority (Av) mode, if a correct exposure cannot be obtained
with any shutter speed set by the camera, a larger or smaller aperture is
used.
Mirror lockup pause time
Works: Yes
Preferred: Any choice
MLU (Mirror Lock Up) prevents mirror-caused vibrations which may blur the
image during close-ups or when a super telephoto lens is used. It can be
enabled in the Custom Functions menu, CF 12. This function controls the time
that expires between mirror lock up and actual exposure. When you press the
shutter Button fully, you can hear the mirror flapping up. The camera
vibrates at this time because of the mass of the mirror that slapped up.
After for example 3 seconds, the vibration is gone, the shutter is released
and a picture will be taken that is (much) more sharp.
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