Specifications

III. NEW AND IMPROVED DESIGN FEATURES 16
New Superimposition
Display in Viewfinder
New Custom Functions
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appens when one presses the JUMP button (moves to the first item in the next menu
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ategory). The function that prevents shutter release when there is no CF card installed
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s now a menu setting instead of a Custom Function. This will prevent users from
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orgetting to install a CF card, even in a Basic Zone mode.
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WB compensation feature has been added and both
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WB compensation and WB bracketing can be set on
the same screen. In Shooting> Color space, Adobe RGB is
now a separate setting that can be selected along with
sRGB. Adobe RGB can also reflect any image processing
parameter setting such as sharpening, contrast, saturation
or color tone. Two EOS 10D settings, Image review and
Image review time, have been combined. Pressing the
Info button while an image is displayed changes the dis-
play format of single-image playback. In Setup> LCD Brightness, the image and gray
chart are displayed together on the screen. Three new languages have been added.
Finally, and very usefully, if a CF card containing a firmware update is installed in the
camera, the firmware update will start when this item is selected.
There are two significant upgrades in the operation of the 20D with regard to menu
functions. First, after continuous shooting, one can still use the menu even while the data
is being written to the CF card. Second, the 20D becomes ready to shoot instantly when
the shutter button is pressed halfway, even during menu display or image playback.
Newly developed superimposition display optics have been incorporated in the
viewfinder. The light from the superimposition LED positioned on the upper rear of the
pentaprism goes through the SI prism and pentaprism. This light is then projected in the
configuration of the AF points on the fine reflective surface of the acrylic reflective plate
between the pentaprism and the focusing screen. The result is a very bright and crisp
display that is easy to see in all light levels from very bright to quite dark.
The EOS 20D has 18 Custom Functions with 50 possible settings. Compared with the
EOS 10D, there are five new functions: C. Fn-02, long exposure noise reduction, works
with shutter speeds of 1 second or longer. C. Fn-08 is ISO expansion (to ISO 3200), off/on.
C. Fn-13 enables the AF point to be selected with the Multi-controller directly or with the
Quick Control Dial/ Main Dial. C Fn-14 changes E-TTL II from evaluative metering to aver-
aging of the entire image for flash metering. C. Fn-18 adds original image verification data
automatically, for use with the optional accessory Data Verification Kit DVK-E2.
Four Custom Functions have been changed: C. Fn-03, Flash sync speed in Av mode has had
the flash sync speed changed to a fixed 1/250 sec. C.Fn-05 on the EOS 10D, “AF-assist
beam/Flash firing,” has been split in two, C. Fn-05 (AF-assist beam: Emits, Does not
emit, Only ext. flash emits) and C. Fn-07 (Flash firing: 0: Fires and 1: Does not fire- that
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CIE xy color graph
B:
Blue
A: Amber
G:
Green
M: Magenta