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Portrait and Landscape for their respective modes, and Standard for Full Auto, Close-Up,

Sports, Night Portrait and Flash Off.

Noise Reduction

Selecting choice [1: Auto] in C.Fn-02, a new

setting also available on the EOS 5D, enables

auto noise reduction. For exposures of 1

second and longer, the EOS 30D then

measures noise levels automatically and

applies noise reduction only if it is determined

that such a process would be beneficial.

Causes of noise include the long exposure

itself or high air temperature. Auto noise

reduction is an excellent method for the management of dark frame subtraction because,

most often, the camera is far better able to evaluate the presence of spurious data than

the user. Unlike the 20D, the EOS 30D does not force the photographer to wait an

amount of time equal to the exposure time while it applies long exposure noise

reduction. This is a great feature of EOS-1 Series cameras, the 5D and now the 30D for

shooting time exposures of events that unfold continuously, such as fireworks.

When [2: On] is selected for C.Fn-02, noise reduction is always performed for images

shot with an exposure time of 1 second or longer. This is effective for the noise that

occasionally occurs in a low-temperature environment because such noise cannot be

detected automatically. In the case of both the "Auto" and "On" settings, noise

reduction is performed regardless of the ISO setting. If the same shutter speed is used

for continuous shooting in the shutter speed-priority AE mode or in the manual

exposure mode, noise reduction will be performed on all the shots based on the first

shot's noise data. This can be quite effective for Auto Exposure Bracketing sequences

when all of the exposures are between 1 and 30 seconds.

Files and Folders

In response to user requests, the number of images that can be saved in one folder has

been increased from 100 on the EOS 20D to 9,999 as in the Canon EOS-1 Series and

EOS 5D. Also, a file numbering manual reset function like the one on the EOS 5D has

been added. The [Manual reset] option is now in the [File numbering] menu. When a

reset is performed, a new folder is created and the image number begins with 0001.

The folder selection function provided on the EOS 5D is not included on the EOS 30D.

Ease of Operation

Attention paid by Canon engineers to some of the finer details of camera functionality

has made the EOS 30D faster and easier to use. The multicontroller's operation and

diagonal scrolling have been improved with new firmware and a re-shaped controller.

A Print/Share button has been added to the upper left of the back of the camera. The

button is used for Direct Print, when printing images directly from the camera, and

Direct image transfer, when the camera is connected to a compatible personal computer.

In addition to turning power back on from Auto Power Off by pressing the shutter button

III. CAMERA CONTROLS