Canon EOS 3 - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
Handling Precautions............................. 6
Nomenclature......................................... 9
Before You Start
1. Basic Operation............................. 16
2. Installing the Battery and
Checking the Battery Level........... 21
3. Mounting and Detaching a Lens..23
Quick Start With
Program AE
Program AE..........................................30
Shifting the Program............................ 31
Autofocus (AF)
1. AF Mode Selection........................ 34
AF Modes...................................... 35
2. Area AF Ellipse and
Focusing Points............................. 37
3. Focusing Point Selection...............38
• Automatic Selection.................... 38
Metering Modes
1. Selecting a Metering Mode............54
2. Metering Modes.............................55
Evaluative Metering (C®])............. 55
Shooting Modes
1. Shutter Speed-Priority AE (Tv):
You Set the Shutter Speed............62
2. Aperture-Priority AE (Av):
You Set the Aperture..................... 65
3. Depth-of-field AE (DEP):
You Set the Depth of Field............ 68
Depth-of-field AE with a Manually-
Selected Focusing Point................68
Depth-of-field AE with Eye-Selected
Focusing Points............................. 70
Flash Photography
1. Flash Photography with Speedlite
550EX............................................ 92
Custom Functions
1. Setting and Canceling Custom
Functions.....................................104
Reference Section
1. Troubleshooting Guide................ 128
2. Exposure Warning List................ 130
3. Program Line...............................131