Recommended Settings for Canon EOS 300D

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Recommended Settings for Canon EOS 300D
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Index

• Camera Settings for Intra - Oral Photography
• Camera Settings for Extra - Oral Photography
• Flash Setings for Intra and Extra - Oral
  Photography
• Emergency settings

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For Intra - Oral Photographs

• Exposure settings (Figure 4)
• Speed 125th of a second
• Aperture 32 (for maximum depth of field)
• It is necessary to adjust the settings of the
  Ring - Flash (in order to get enough light) to 2

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Setting the Camera for the Intra - Oral
Photographs

• Set the Mode Dial selector to M (Fig 1)
• Turn the wheel Main Dial on the top of the
  camera to change the exposure time to 125 (th of
  a second) (Fig 2 )
• Press the AV/- button at the back of the camera
  and turn the wheel on the to so the aperture
  changes to 32 (Fig 3)

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Figure 1 Mode Dial
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Figure 2 Main Dial
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Figure 3 AV/- and Main Dial
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Figure 4 Settings for Intra - Oral Photographs
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Setting the Camera for Extra - Oral Photographs
Figure 5 6

• To see the settings press Shutter Button
  lightly
• Set the Mode Dial selector to P, the exposure
  time automatically sets at 60 (th of a second)
• Press the AV/- button at the back of the camera
  and turn the wheel (Main Dial) on the to so the
  aperture changes to 8
• (Buttons as above)

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Figure 5 Shutter Button
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Figure 6 Settings for Extra - Oral Photographs
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Setting the Flash for the Intra - and Extra -
Oral Photographs Figure 7 8

• Turn the flash on
• Press the sel/set button (Figure 7a)
• Press the (Figure 7b) button until you reach 2
  (Figure 8)
• press the sel/set button again (Figure 7a)

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Figure 7 Flash settings
7a
7b
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Figure 8
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If in doubt

• The camera will take pictures when the Mode
  Dial is set to auto (the green square)
• see Figure 9
• The flash should be on normal setting ETTA
• The disadvantage of taking pictures in this mode
  lies in the reduced depth of field

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Figure 9 Mode Dial