Canon® EOS 30D Digital Field Guide

Chapter 2. Canon EOS 30D Setup

In This Chapter

• About the battery and CF card

• When to use the Main and Quick Control dials

• Choosing a media card

• Using a CF card

• Setting the date and time

• Choosing the file format and quality

• Setting file numbering

• Choosing a white balance option

• About Picture Styles

• Choosing a color space

• Setting ISO and extended-range ISO

Setting up the Canon EOS 30D is a quick process. Canon has simplified the menus and offered Custom Functions that allow you to customize the control and operation of the camera to suit your shooting style and preferences. The Quick Tour provided an overview of setup on the camera, but this chapter goes into more detail on the setup options and offers tips for ease of operation.

Chances are good that, if you've already done some of the setup tasks, you can skim through the chapter watching for tips that you may have missed in your initial setup. However, a couple of features that are new to the EOS 30D are covered in this chapter, including Canon's new Picture Styles and the ability to set your own custom styles with three user-defined options. Additionally the ability to expand the ISO settings up to an equivalent of 3200, shown as "H" on the camera, is also covered. All of these options are worth exploring in detail, both for workflow and for unique shooting situations.

About the Battery and CF Card

Before you set up the EOS 30D, be sure that the lithium-ion battery (BP-511A) is fully charged. A charging cycle for a new or fully depleted battery ...