Camera Menus

Very similar to the EOS 400D the 450D's menus are divided across seven pages accessed by pressing the left or right arrow buttons. The last menu option is the new 'My Menu' feature first seen on the EOS 40D which provides a fully customizable menu which can have any option assigned to its lines.

Shooting menu 1

Option Values / Actions Notes
Quality  • Large / Fine
 • Large / Normal
 • Medium / Fine
 • Medium / Normal
 • Small / Fine
 • Small / Normal
 • RAW + Large / Fine
 • RAW

- 3888 x 2592 JPEG
- 3888 x 2592 JPEG
- 2816 x 1880 JPEG
- 2816 x 1880 JPEG
- 1936 x 1288 JPEG
- 1936 x 1288 JPEG
- 1x .CR2, 1x .JPG
- 1x .CR2

Red-eye on/off  • Off
 • On		 Enables the use of the AF / red-eye lamp just before a flash shot.
Beep  • On
 • Off		  
Shoot w/o card  • On
 • Off		  
Review time  • Off
 • 2 sec
 • 4 sec
 • 8 sec
 • Hold		 If this option is set to Hold then the image is displayed until the shutter release is half-pressed.

Shooting menu 2

This menu is displayed only in the P, TV, Av, M or A-DEP modes, not in any of the 'Basic Zone' modes (such as full Auto or the Scene modes).

Option Values / Actions Notes
Auto Exposure Bracket  • 0 EV
 • Up to +/-2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps		 Configures auto exposure bracketing steps
Flash exposure compensation  • +/-2.0 EV in 0.3 EV steps  
Custom WB  • Set custom WB Select image for custom WB
WB Shift / BKT  • Shift: B9-A9, M9-G9
 • Bracket: BA+/-3, MG+/-3 		Configures WB shift and WB bracketing.
Color space  • sRGB
 • Adobe RGB 		 
Picture Style  • Standard (3, 0, 0, 0)
Parameters
 • Portrait (2, 0, 0, 0)
Parameters
 • Landscape (4, 0, 0, 0)
Parameters
 • Neutral (0, 0, 0, 0)
Parameters
 • Faithful (0, 0, 0, 0)
Parameters
 • Monochrome (3, 0, N, N)
Parameters
 • User Def. 1
Picture Style (any of the above)
Parameters
 • User Def. 2
Picture Style (any of the above)
Parameters
 • User Def. 3
Picture Style (any of the above)
Parameters

Values shown in brackets represent the default setting for each picture style (Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation, Color tone), for Monochrome (Sharpness, Contrast, Filter effect, Toning effect).

For Parameter options see table below.

Dust delete data  • Cancel
 • OK 		Allows you to capture an image for dust subtraction later.

Picture Style parameters

Parameter Values Notes
Sharpness  • 0 to 7
  
Contrast  • -4 to +4  
Saturation  • -4 to +4 Not monochrome
Color tone  • -4 to +4 Not monochrome
Filter effect  • None
 • Yellow
 • Orange
 • Red
 • Green 		Monochrome only
Toning effect  • None
 • Sepia
 • Blue
 • Purple
 • Green 		Monochrome only

Play menu

Option Values / Actions Notes
Protect Enter protect mode, allows you to browse images either in a single image or thumbnail view and mark each image as protected (or un-protect). This simply sets the read-only flag on the SD card file system.  
Rotate Enter rotate mode, again, this can be performed in either single image or thumbnail index view. This option allows you to rotate an image on-screen by 90 or 270 degrees. Doesn't actually rotate the JPEG file, but marks its orientation.  
Erase images  • Select and erase images
 • All images on card		  
Print Order Allows you to create a DPOF print order file, this defines which images will be printed, how many copies of each, what format etc. For use with compatible printers or photo finishers.
 • Select images
 • All images
 • Setup		  
Transfer Order Allows you this select which images will be transferred using compatible computer based transfer software.
 • Select images
 • All images		  
Histogram

 • Brightness
 • RGB

 
Auto Play Start an automated slideshow of images on the SD card, delay between each image is preset at four seconds.