Canon EOS 10 – The Custom Functions

Canon’s EOS 10 has 14 custom functions. By pressing the blue and yellow buttons (at the bottom of the camera) at the
same time, you enter the custom feature mode. Use the main dial to navigate through the numbered functions and the round
partial metering button to switch between N (no=off) and Y (yes=on) for each particular custom function.

1. Film rewind mode:

N - Enables automatic rewind at the end of the roll.
Y - Rewinds only after you push the film rewind button.
2. Film leader position:
N - Rewinds the film all the way into the cartridge.
Y - Leaves the film leader outside the cartridge.
3. Film speed setting:
N - Automatic DX code setting.
Y - Manual film-speed setting of DX-coded film.
Note: The camera will briefly display the current ISO setting on the screen after you load the film.
4. AF start:
N - Normal operation (pressing the shutter halfway down will engage AF).
Y - Initiates autofocus by pressing the partial metering button (the button on the right side of the camera).
5. Manual exposure in M mode:
N - Shutter speed set by main dial, aperture set by partial metering button + main dial.
Y - Aperture set by main dial, shutter speed set by partial metering button + main dial.
6. Shake warning beeper. Camera beeps if the shutter speed is at or less than 1/focal length of the lens.
N - Off.
Y - On.
7. Manual focus operation:
N - Manual focus adjustment possible by setting focus mode switch with USM lenses.
Y - Allows manual focus adjustment after autofocus with USM lenses without prior setting (only in one-shot AF
mode).
8. AF assist beam:
N - Enables the body’s AF assist light when there isn’t enough light for the camera to focus. (The EOS 10 will
never use the AF assist light on an external flash unit).
Y - Camera never uses the camera body’s AF assist light.
9. Flash sync shutter speed:
N - Shutter speed set according to ambient light (not higher than 1/125 sec).
Y - Locks AE flash shutter speed at 1/125 sec.
10. Viewfinder focus mark illumination:
N - On – Highlights selected focus point red.
Y - Off. (However superimposed when the command dial is set at Green or PIC modes or when only one focus
mark is selected)
11. Depth-of-field preview:
N - Not enabled.
Y - Set to the partial metering button. (When combined with CF-4, depth of field check does not work in AI
Servo AF mode)
12. AE lock (partial metering button):
N - AE lock with partial metering.
Y - AE lock for evaluative metering.
13. Mirror-lock and self-timer:
N - No mirror pre-fire lock-up.
Y - Mirror locks up prior to the shutter opening, when the shutter release or RC-1 remote control buttons are
pressed.
14. Shutter limitation with anti-shake program:
N - In camera-shake-alert-mode, the speed limit function prevents setting a shutter speed lower than 1/focal
length.
Y - No shutter speed limitation.