Table of Contents

Introduction

A Quick Look at What’s Ahead

Icons and Other Stuff to Note

eCheat Sheet

Practice, Be Patient, and Have Fun!

Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps

Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land

Looking at Lenses

Choosing a lens

Attaching and removing a lens

Zooming in and out

Using an IS (image stabilizer) lens

Getting acquainted with focusing

Adjusting the Viewfinder

Adjusting the Monitor Position

Using the Touchscreen

Working with Memory Cards

Exploring External Camera Features

Topside controls

Back-of-the-body controls

Front odds and ends

Connection ports

Ordering from Camera Menus

Navigating the Custom Functions Menu

Monitoring Critical Camera Settings

The Info button: Choosing what the screen shows

Checking the Camera Settings display

Viewing the Shooting Settings display

Decoding viewfinder data

Reading the LCD panel

Changing Settings via the Quick Control Screen

Getting Help from Your Camera

Reviewing Basic Setup Options

Cruising the Setup menus

Setting up the Lock switch

Taking two final setup steps

Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings

Choosing an Exposure Mode

Changing the Drive Mode

Getting Familiar with the Built-in Flash

Using flash in the fully automatic modes

Enabling flash in advanced exposure modes

Using Red-Eye Reduction flash

Controlling Picture Quality

Diagnosing quality problems

Decoding the Image Quality options

Considering Resolution: Large, Medium, or Small?

Understanding File Type (JPEG or Raw)

JPEG: The imaging (and web) standard

Raw (CR2): The purist’s choice

My take: Choose Fine or Raw

Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically

As Easy As It Gets: Auto and Flash Off

Taking Advantage of Scene (SCN) Modes

Modifying scene mode results

Gaining More Control with Creative Auto

Chapter 4: Exploring Live View Shooting and Movie Making

Getting Started

Reviewing Live View and Movie mode cautions

Customizing the display

Focusing in Live View and Movie Modes

Disabling continuous autofocusing

Choosing an AF (autofocus) mode

Manual focusing

Zooming in for a focus check

Exploring Other Live View Options

Setting the photo aspect ratio

Adjusting other Live View picture settings

Using the touch shutter

Recording Your First Movie

Customizing Movie Recording Settings

Movie Menu 1

Movie Menu 2

Using Movie Digital Zoom

Snapping a Photo During Recording

Playing Movies

Part II: Working with Picture Files

Chapter 5: Picture Playback

Disabling and Adjusting Image Review

Exploring Playback Mode

Switching to Index (thumbnails) view

Using the Quick Control screen during playback

Jumping through images

Rotating pictures

Zooming in for a closer view

Viewing Picture Data

Basic Information display data

Shooting Information display mode

Understanding Histogram display mode

Enabling a few display extras

Deleting Photos

Erasing single images

Erasing all images on the memory card

Erasing selected images

Protecting Photos

Protecting (or unprotecting) a single photo

Protecting multiple photos

Rating Photos

Viewing Your Photos on a Television

Chapter 6: Downloading, Printing, and Sharing Your Photos

Installing the Canon Software

Sending Pictures to the Computer

Connecting camera and computer via USB

Connecting to the computer via Wi-Fi

Downloading from the camera

Downloading from a card reader

Processing Raw (CR2) Files

Processing Raw images in the camera

Converting Raw images in Digital Photo Professional

Planning for Perfect Prints

Check the pixel count before you print

Allow for different print proportions

Calibrate your monitor

Preparing Pictures for Online Sharing

Part III: Taking Creative Control

Chapter 7: Getting Creative with Exposure

Kicking Your Camera into High Gear

Introducing Exposure Basics: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO

Understanding exposure-setting side effects

Doing the exposure balancing act

Monitoring Exposure Settings

Choosing an Exposure Metering Mode

Setting ISO, f-stop, and Shutter Speed

Controlling ISO

Adjusting aperture and shutter speed

Sorting through Your Camera’s Exposure-Correction Tools

Overriding autoexposure results with Exposure Compensation

Improving high-contrast shots

Experimenting with Auto Lighting Optimizer

Correcting vignetting with Peripheral Illumination Correction

Dampening noise

Locking Autoexposure Settings

Bracketing Exposures Automatically

Setting up for automatic bracketing

Shooting a bracketed series

Using Flash in Advanced Exposure Modes

Understanding your camera’s approach to flash

Using flash outdoors

Adjusting flash power with Flash Exposure Compensation

Locking the flash exposure

Exploring more flash options

Chapter 8: Manipulating Focus and Color

Reviewing Focus Basics

Introducing the AF-ON button

Adjusting Autofocus Performance

AF Area mode: One focus point or many?

Changing the AF (autofocus) mode

Choosing the right autofocus combo

Manipulating Depth of Field

Controlling Color

Correcting colors with white balance

Changing the White Balance setting

Creating a custom White Balance setting

Fine-tuning White Balance settings

Bracketing shots with white balance

Taking a Quick Look at Picture Styles

Chapter 9: Putting It All Together

Recapping Basic Picture Settings

Setting Up for Specific Scenes

Shooting still portraits

Capturing action

Capturing scenic vistas

Capturing dynamic close-ups

Part IV: The Part of Tens

Chapter 10: Ten Features to Explore on a Rainy Day

Enabling Mirror Lockup Shooting

Adding Cleaning Instructions to Images

Tagging Files with Your Copyright Claim

Exploring Wi-Fi Functions

Experimenting with Creative Filters

Shooting in Multiple Exposure Mode

Investigating Two More Printing Options

Presenting a Slide Show

Editing Movies

Creating Video Snapshots

Chapter 11: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera

Creating Your Own Exposure Mode

Creating Your Very Own Camera Menu

Creating Custom Folders

Changing the Color Space from sRGB to Adobe RGB

Changing the Direction of the Dials

Changing All the Furniture Around

Disabling the AF-Assist Beam

Controlling the Lens Focus Drive

Making the Flashing Red AF Points Go Away

Considering a Few Other Autofocusing Tweaks

Appendix: Glossary of Digital Photography Terms

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