Canon DSLR camera icons explained

A handy visual primer that gives definitions to all the cryptic icons on Canon DSLRs and their software interface

Canon DSLR mode dial icons and acronymns

ADEP Automatic Depth-of-field mode
M Manual exposure mode
AV Aperture priority mode (Aperture Value)
TV Shutter priority/Action shot mode (Time Value)
P Program AE mode - shutterspeed (exposure) and aperture set automatically
Canon Automatic symbol Full Automatic mode
portrait icon Portait mode
landscape icon Landscape mode
CLOSE-UP icon Close-up mode
Sports icon Sports mode
Night portrait icon Night portrait mode
Flash off icon Flash off

 

Canon DSLR - Camera Setting Display

 

  White Balance icons
Auto White Balence symbol Automatic White Balance
Daylight White Balance symbol Daylight
Shade White Balance symbol Shade
Daylight White Balance symbol Cloudy
Tungsten White Balance symbol Tungsten light
White fluorescent White Balance symbol White fluorescent light
Flash White Balance symbol Flash
Ciustom White Balance symbol Custom

 

  Image size and compression quality
Large/Fine symbol Large image/fine compression quality
Large/Normal symbol Large image/normal compression quality
Medium/Fine symbol Medium image/fine compression quality
Medium/Normal symbol Medium image/normal compression quality
Small/fine symbol Small image/fine compression quality
Small/Normal symbol Small image/normal compression quality
RAW/Large/Fine symbol RAW with Large image/fine compression quality
RAW symbol RAW image

 

  Metering mode
Evaluative metering mode symbol Evaluative metering
Partial metering mode symbol Partial metering
Center-weighted metering mode symbol Center-weighted metering

03/03/08

Canon EOS 400D with icons

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