Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D Digital Field Guide

The Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600D is a powerful camera packed with new features. Covering every button, menu, and setting on your new Canon EOS Rebel T3i, the Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600DDigital Field Guide can help you… (More) The Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600D is a powerful camera packed with new features. Covering every button, menu, and setting on your new Canon EOS Rebel T3i, the Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600DDigital Field Guide can help you to achieve the most with your new camera.Chapter 1: Setting Up the EOS Rebel T3i/600D- This chapter identifies every button, dial, and indicator on your camera and walks you through setting up your Canon T3i for immediate use.Chapter 2: Controlling Exposure and Focus: This chapter teaches you how each of your camera’s modes functions, from fully automatic to the daunting manual mode. It also covers how to adjust key exposure settings such as ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.Chapter 3: Getting Great Color and Adding Creative Effects- Within this chapter, you’ll discover how properly adjust white balance, change color space, or apply creative filter effects in camera.Chapter 4: Customizing the EOS Rebel T3i/600D- This section will teach you to personalize your camera by customizing key features such as exposure or autofocus to fit your personal preferences.Chapter 5: Shooting with a Live View on the LCD- This chapter covers how to set up, work, and shoot in live view.Chapter 6: Using Movie Mode- Chapter 6 covers how to get the most of your movie mode by knowing some of the basics like recording and playing back your videos.Chapter 7: Working with Flash- This chapter explores your flash options from shooting with the built-in flash, modifying flash exposure, shooting with a speedlite, or using a wireless flash, and much more.Chapter 8: Exploring Lenses and Accessories- Chapter 8 offers key advice on choosing the best lenses and accessories for your Canon T3i, including recommendations for a variety of budgets and skill-levels.Chapter 9: The Elements of Exposure and Composition- This chapter gives a primer on the fundamentals of exposure and composition to help you take the best possible photos now that you know how to make all necessary adjustments to your camera settings. Appendix- How to Use the Gray Card and Color Checker- A bonus gray card and color checker are provided to help you get the color right on every shot. This appendix teaches you how to make the most of this great add-on.The Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600DDigital Field Guide is a friendly, efficient, clearly-illustrated guide that will enable you to confidently capture beautiful images with your new Canon EOS Rebel T3i. (Less)

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QUICK TOUR
Quick Tour
Setting up the Camera
Setting the date and time
Setting the image quality
Choosing a Shooting Mode
Getting Sharp Focus
Setting Up the EOS Rebel T3i/600D
Roadmap to the Rebel T3i/600D
Front of the camera
Top of the camera
Rear of the camera
Side of the camera
Lens controls
The LCD
Viewﬁnder display
Getting Started with the Rebel T3i/600D
Memory Cards
Choosing the File Format and Quality
JPEG format
RAW format
RAW+JPEG
Resizing JPEG images in the camera
Working with Folders
Choosing File Numbering
Continuous ﬁle numbering
File numbering Continuous
Auto reset
Manual reset
Additional Setup Options
Adding a Copyright to Images
Viewing and Finding Images and Movies
Single-image or movie playback
Index display
Rating images and movies
Image jump
Slide show
Displaying images on a TV
Erasing images and movies
Protecting images and movies
Working with Eye-Fi Cards
Controlling Exposure and Focus
Exploring Exposure on the T3i/600D
Basic Zone shooting modes
Flash Off mode
Creative Auto (CA) mode
Portrait mode
Landscape mode
Close-up mode
Sports mode
Night Portrait mode
Movie mode
Creative Zone shooting modes
Program AE (P) mode
Shutter-priority AE (Tv) mode
Aperture-priority AE (Av) mode
Manual (M) mode
Setting the ISO Sensitivity
About ISO settings
Expanded ISO setting
How the Rebel T3i/600D meters light
Four metering modes
Evaluative metering mode
Partial metering mode
Spot metering mode
Evaluating and Modifying Exposure
Evaluating exposure
Brightness histogram
RGB histogram
Auto Lighting Optimizer
Highlight tone priority
Exposure Compensation
Auto Exposure Bracketing
Auto Exposure Lock
Getting Tack-Sharp Focus
Choosing an autofocus mode
Selecting an autofocus point
Selecting a Drive Mode
Single-shot drive mode
Continuous drive mode
Self-timer drive modes
Using T3i/600D Color Settings
Choosing White Balance Options
Using White Balance options
Setting a Custom White Balance
Correcting the color tone
Choosing a preset Picture Style
Customizing a Picture Style
Creating your personal Picture Styles
Using the Picture Style Editor
Color Spaces
Comparing color spaces
Choosing a color space
Applying Creative Filters
Customizing the EOS Rebel T3i/600D
Setting Custom Functions
Custom Function groupings
Custom Function speciﬁcs
C.Fn I: Exposure
C.Fn II: Image
C.Fn III: Autofocus/Drive
C.Fn IV: Operation/Others
Customizing My Menu
Changing the LCD Screen Color
Shooting with a Live View on the LCD
About Live View Shooting
Live View Features and Functions
Live View focus options
Metering
Using a ﬂash
Setting an aspect ratio
Setting up for Live View Shooting
Working with Live View
Shooting in Live View
Using Movie Mode
About Video
Video standards
Video on the T3i/600D
Recording and Playing Back Videos
Setting up for movie recording
Recording movies
Making an album of video snapshots
Playing back videos
Working with Flash
Flash Technology and the T3i/600D
Shooting with the built-in ﬂash
Working with the built-in ﬂash
Red-eye Reduction
Modifying ﬂash exposure
Flash Exposure Compensation
Flash Exposure Lock
Shooting with a Speedlite
Using Wireless Flash
Using the Easy Wireless options
Exploring ﬂash techniques
Using Bounce ﬂash
Adding catchlights to the eyes
Exploring Lenses and Accessories
Building a lens system
Zoom Versus Prime Lenses
Zoom lenses
Prime lenses
Working with Different Types of Lenses
Wide-angle lenses
Telephoto lenses
Normal lenses
Macro lenses
Tilt-and-shift lenses
Image Stabilized (IS) lenses
Correcting Lens Vignetting
Doing More with Lens Accessories
Lens extenders
Extension tubes and close-up lenses
Learning Lens Lingo and Technology
The Four Elements of Exposure
Light
Sensitivity: The role of ISO
Intensity: The role of aperture
Wide aperture
Narrow aperture
Choosing an aperture
What is depth of ﬁeld?
Time: The role of shutter speed
Equivalent Exposures
Putting It All Together
Approaches to Composition
Subdividing the photographic frame
Balance and symmetry
Tone and color
Lines and direction
Fill the frame
Keep the background clean
Frame the subject
Control the focus and depth of ﬁeld
Deﬁning space and perspective
The Gray Card
The Color Checker
GLOSSARY
Glossary
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