Canon EOS A2E - Manual (Page 15)

I Button & Dial Operation
Command Dial
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.
ShuHer 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.
Flash Button
Press once to
pop up the
flash for flash
shooting. In
creative zone
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
O s
Press to dis;
play the “ (i) "
symbol in the
LCD panel and
activate the
self-timer. To
cancel the self-
timer, press
again.