8Part I ✦Using the EOS Rebel XS/1000D
frames; or four RAW +Large/Fine
JPEG frames per burst. You can also
use this button to select one of the
Self-timer/remote control modes.
During image playback, press this
button to move to a previous
image.
✦ Picture Style. Press the down cross
key to display the Picture Style
screen where you can choose a
style or “look” that varies the image
contrast, color rendition, saturation,
and sharpness. You can choose
Standard (S), Portrait (P),
Landscape (L), Neutral (N), Faithful
(F), or Monochrome (M) Picture
styles and can customize up to
three User Defined Picture Styles
denoted as 1, 2, and 3.
✦ AF (Autofocus) mode. Press the
right cross key (labeled as AF) to
choose among three autofocus
modes: One-shot for still subjects,
AI Focus for subjects that may start
to move or move unpredictably
such as kids and wildlife, or AI
Servo, which tracks focus of moving
subjects. During image playback,
press this button to move to a next
image.
✦ Metering mode selection. Press
the up cross key to choose a meter-
ing mode that determines how
much of the scene the camera uses
to meter subject brightness. The
default Evaluative metering mode
takes into account the entire scene
as shown in the viewfinder and is
accurate for most scenes, including
backlit subjects. Partial metering
weights the metering at the center
of the viewfinder, and Center-
weighted average weights metering
throughout the scene but gives
more weight to the center.
this button when you want to print
images on the SD/SDHC card
directly to a compatible printer.
When you’re shooting, pressing the
button enables you to set a white
balance to match the type of light
in the scene for accurate, natural-
looking colors.
✦ Playback button. Pressing this but-
ton displays the last captured
image on the LCD. The default sin-
gle-image Playback display includes
a ribbon of shooting information at
the top. During image playback,
you can also press the Index/
Reduce button on the top-right
back of the camera to display a grid
of images that you can scroll
through using the Main dial. You
can also press the AF Point
Selection/Magnify button one or
more times to return to single-
image display.
✦ Erase button. Press this button to
delete the currently displayed
image during image playback.
Within the circle at the back right of the
Rebel XS/1000D are four buttons, collec-
tively referred to as cross keys. The cross key
functions change depending on whether
you’re playing back images, navigating cam-
era menus, or changing exposure settings.
For example, when you play back images,
the left and right cross keys move backward
and forward through the images stored on
the SD/SDHC card; and when you’re navi-
gating through menu options, the cross keys
move among the options.
✦ Drive mode selection. Press the
left cross key to set the drive mode
to shoot in the following ways: one
picture at a time; continuously at 3
frames per second (fps) up to the
card capacity for JPEGs; five RAW
