400d custom functions (C.Fn) tutorial help needed

does anyone know of any good sites that has a good tutorial on the custom functions on a canon 400d or whatever its called in the US

I don't know of any such tutorial but the manual, camera and some time to experiment is all that you really need. Is there anything specific that you are having trouble with?

POTN is your best tutorial!
Ask a specific question and it will be answered.

But, to get to the specific questions, you'll have to read the Instruction Manual first.

Hermeto wrote in post #4090749
POTN is your best tutorial!
Ask a specific question and it will be answered.

But, to get to the specific questions, you'll have to read the Instruction Manual first.

Actually, I already read it set the CF but had some confusion, so I cleared all the settings. I was thinking maybe we should select a CF discussion and tear it appart, any comments?

nqjudo wrote in post #4090213
I don't know of any such tutorial but the manual, camera and some time to experiment is all that you really need. Is there anything specific that you are having trouble with?

all of it, i mean, whats it all about?

You could say that custom functions make the camera behave differently than it normally would.

For example when enabled C.Fn-7, mirror lockup, causes shooting modes to behave differently. When in one shot or continuous mode, first full press of shutter causes mirror to flip up and stay up. The next press takes the picture. In timer mode full press activates 2 second timer and then automatically flips mirror, locks it and then takes the picture.

The purpose of mirror lockup is that at long exposures movement of the mirror can cause camera shake and locking mirror before exposure eliminates this. Also, 2 second timer is invaluable as it let´s you get your hands of the camera before long exposure (Oh yeah, use tripod ). Otherwise you´ll most likely would cause some camera shake while letting go during the exposure.

Hiekkamies wrote in post #4092229
You could say that custom functions make the camera behave differently than it normally would.

For example when enabled C.Fn-7, mirror lockup, causes shooting modes to behave differently. When in one shot or continuous mode, first full press of shutter causes mirror to flip up and stay up. The next press takes the picture. In timer mode full press activates 2 second timer and then automatically flips mirror, locks it and then takes the picture.

The purpose of mirror lockup is that at long exposures movement of the mirror can cause camera shake and locking mirror before exposure eliminates this. Also, 2 second timer is invaluable as it let´s you get your hands of the camera before long exposure (Oh yeah, use tripod ). Otherwise you´ll most likely would cause some camera shake while letting go during the exposure.

thanks for that tit bit