2 Chapter 7TABLE 7-1 All-Purpose Picture-Taking Settings
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1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Align the mounting index on the lens with the one on the camera bod...FIGURE 1-2: Insert the memory card with the label facing the back of the camera...FIGURE 1-3: Here are just two possible monitor positions.FIGURE 1-4: Rotate the switch to On to power up the camera.FIGURE 1-5: Use this dial to adjust the viewfinder focus to your eyesight.FIGURE 1-6: Here’s a guide to controls found on top of the camera.FIGURE 1-7: Having lots of external buttons makes accessing the camera’s functi...FIGURE 1-8: Other important controls reside on the front and left side of the c...FIGURE 1-9: You can access all menus only when the Mode dial is set to P, Tv, A...FIGURE 1-10: Navigate to the Custom Functions menu to access additional customi...FIGURE 1-11: After you select a setting (left), the menu screen updates to refl...FIGURE 1-12: Control the touch-screen response through this menu item.FIGURE 1-13: The data displayed on the Quick Control screen depends on your exp...FIGURE 1-14: Press the Info button to toggle between the Quick Control display ...FIGURE 1-15: The default viewfinder display (left) can be customized to include...FIGURE 1-16: The top LCD panel is another useful situational awareness tool.FIGURE 1-17: In Live View mode, a live preview of your subject appears on the m...FIGURE 1-18: To use Live View, make sure this menu option is set to Enable.FIGURE 1-19: Here’s a look at the default Live View display for photography (le...FIGURE 1-20: Press the Info button to change the type of data that appears duri...FIGURE 1-21: Through this option, you can add one of three alignment grids to t...FIGURE 1-22: To activate Quick Control mode, tap the Q symbol or press the Q bu...FIGURE 1-23: After highlighting the setting you want to adjust, rotate the Quic...FIGURE 1-24: In Live View mode, tap or use the up/down Multi-controller keys to...FIGURE 1-25: Here are a few features that may be found on your lens.FIGURE 1-26: Avoid touching the gold contacts on the card.FIGURE 1-27: Setup Menu 1 contains the Format Card option with a handful of oth...FIGURE 1-28: Through the first option on this menu, you can adjust the delay ti...FIGURE 1-29: Still more customization features await on Setup Menu 3.FIGURE 1-30: Don’t forget about the Shooting Info Display option on Setup Menu ...FIGURE 1-31: You will only see all menu options if you have set the Mode dial t...FIGURE 1-32: This menu option determines what control is affected by the Lock s...
2 Chapter 2FIGURE 2-1: The exposure mode you choose determines how much control you have o...FIGURE 2-2: The Quick Control screen displays an icon indicating the current Dr...FIGURE 2-3: In Live View mode, press Info to display detailed settings data, in...FIGURE 2-4: For viewfinder photography, you can rotate the Quick Control or Mai...FIGURE 2-5: In Live View mode, rotate the Quick Control or Main dial to change ...FIGURE 2-6: A faster way to get to the Drive mode setting is to press the Drive...FIGURE 2-7: These symbols represent the Image Quality setting.FIGURE 2-8: You can set the Image Quality option via Shooting Menu 1.FIGURE 2-9: In P, Tv, Av, M, B, C1, and C2 exposure modes, you also can shift t...FIGURE 2-10: Pixels are the building blocks of digital photos.FIGURE 2-11: A high-quality print depends on a high-resolution orig...FIGURE 2-12: At 50 ppi, the image has a jagged, pixelated look.FIGURE 2-13: Adding pixels in a photo editor doesn’t rescue a low-r...FIGURE 2-14: When you can’t get close enough to fill the frame with the subject...FIGURE 2-15: The reduced quality of the image on the right is caused by excessi...FIGURE 2-16: The Aspect Ratio setting appears on Shooting Menu 1 for viewfinder...FIGURE 2-17: The “Busy” signal means that the flash is recharging.FIGURE 2-18: When you use a slow shutter speed with flash, backgrounds are brig...FIGURE 2-19: This symbol tells you that the flash is set to Auto mode.FIGURE 2-20: Change the flash setting via the Quick Control screen.FIGURE 2-21: To use the built-in flash, press the Flash button to raise the fla...FIGURE 2-22: In the Av exposure mode, you can limit the range of shutter speeds...FIGURE 2-23: When normal flash output is too strong, lower the Flash Exposure C...FIGURE 2-24: For viewfinder photography, you can change the Flash Exposure Comp...FIGURE 2-25: You can also change flash power by using the menus, but it’s a ted...FIGURE 2-26: When flash compensation is enabled, the value appears in the detai...FIGURE 2-27: You can customize additional flash options through the Shooting me...
3 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Set the Mode dial to Scene Intelligent Auto for point-and-shoot sim...FIGURE 3-2: Even in Scene Intelligent Auto mode, you have control over the Driv...FIGURE 3-3: Set the lens switch to AF to use autofocusing; enable Image Stabili...FIGURE 3-4: Frame your subject so that it falls within the autofocus brackets.FIGURE 3-5: When focus is achieved, you see the focus points the camera used to...FIGURE 3-6: The camera automatically analyzes the scene to detect faces, in whi...FIGURE 3-7: The focus points turn green when focus is achieved.FIGURE 3-8: The camera will tell you when it needs the flash; if you don’t want...FIGURE 3-9: Access Special Scenes through the SCN Mode dial setting.FIGURE 3-10: The Mode Guide gives you a lot of help choosing a scene.FIGURE 3-11: The Quick Control screen is similar to that shown in Scene Intelli...FIGURE 3-12: Portrait mode produces a soft-focus background and warmer, softer ...FIGURE 3-13: Landscape mode keeps both background and foreground as sharply foc...FIGURE 3-14: To freeze the action of moving subjects, try Sports mode.FIGURE 3-15: Close-up mode also produces short depth of field.FIGURE 3-16: Handheld Night Scene captured this handheld shot from a vantage po...FIGURE 3-17: Try shooting high-contrast scenes in HDR Backlight Control mode to...FIGURE 3-18: When the Mode dial is already set to SCN, press the Q button and s...FIGURE 3-19: Press or tap Q to enter Quick Control mode and adjust settings for...FIGURE 3-20: Enter Quick Control mode and select Creative Assist when in Scene ...FIGURE 3-21: Presets make the job of selecting an effect easier.FIGURE 3-22: Here are examples of how the camera renders the same scene using t...FIGURE 3-23: Customize specific effects to have total control over how your ima...FIGURE 3-24: Save your favorite settings as a custom preset.FIGURE 3-25: Creative Assist effects are conveniently shown on the camera monit...
4 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: The aperture size and shutter speed determine how much light strike...FIGURE 4-2: The smaller the f-stop number, the larger the aperture.FIGURE 4-3: Widening the aperture (choosing a lower f-stop number) decreases de...FIGURE 4-4: If both stationary and moving objects are blurry, camera shake is t...FIGURE 4-5: Noise is caused by a very high ISO or long exposure time, and it be...FIGURE 4-6: Raising the ISO allowed a faster shutter speed, which produced a sh...FIGURE 4-7: To fully control exposure and other picture properties, choose one ...FIGURE 4-8: The shutter speed, f-stop, and ISO speed appear in the viewfinder.FIGURE 4-9: You also can view the settings in the Quick Control display (left) ...FIGURE 4-10: The top LCD panel also shows important exposure information.FIGURE 4-11: In manual exposure (M) mode, the meter indicates whether exposure ...FIGURE 4-12: The Live View screen displays circles representing the area measur...FIGURE 4-13: In Evaluative mode, the camera underexposed the statue; switching ...FIGURE 4-14: Press the Metering mode button to display this screen and select y...FIGURE 4-15: You can quickly adjust the Metering mode in Quick Control mode.FIGURE 4-16: You can limit yourself to a minimum and maximum ISO when selecting...FIGURE 4-17: This setting enables you to specify the minimum and maximum ISO se...FIGURE 4-18: The fastest route to the ISO setting screen is to press the ISO bu...FIGURE 4-19: For viewfinder shooting, you also can adjust the ISO setting throu...FIGURE 4-20: In Manual mode, both shutter speed and aperture are immediately ad...FIGURE 4-21: After metering, rotate the Quick Control dial to adjust the amount...FIGURE 4-22: The Exposure Compensation amount is also displayed on the top LCD ...FIGURE 4-23: For a brighter exposure than the autoexposure mechanism chooses, d...FIGURE 4-24: When Live View is not engaged, you also can set the Exposure Compe...FIGURE 4-25: If you go the menu route, adjust Exposure Compensation by rotating...FIGURE 4-26: Highlight Tone Priority can help prevent overexposed highlights.FIGURE 4-27: Enable Highlight Tone Priority from Shooting Menu 2.FIGURE 4-28: These symbols indicate that Highlight Tone Priority is enabled and...FIGURE 4-29: For this image, Auto Lighting Optimizer brought more life to the s...FIGURE 4-30: These symbols tell you the status of the Auto Lighting Optimizer s...FIGURE 4-31: After highlighting the Auto Lighting Optimizer option (left); sele...FIGURE 4-32: In Live View mode, all the options are available from the main Qui...FIGURE 4-33: You can also adjust Auto Lighting Optimizer settings through Shoot...FIGURE 4-34: Peripheral Illumination Correction works to combat vignetting, whi...FIGURE 4-35: This filter attacks noise that can occur when you use a slow shutt...FIGURE 4-36: