Julie Adair King

Canon EOS 70D For Dummies (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Start getting great photos with your Canon EOS 70D right away The Canon EOS 70D features upgraded focusing technology, a 20.2 megapixel sensor, and faster frame-per-second shooting. Whether you're new to dSLR photography or just getting acquainted with the 70D, this handy, full-color guide will have you taking great photos before you know it. You'll learn to use all the on-board controls, shoot in auto mode, use live view, control exposure and lighting, manipulate focus and color, transfer your images to the computer for editing, and share the results in prints or online. Colorful photos throughout illustrate what you can achieve. * Upgraded features in the Canon EOS 70D include a new focusing technology that speeds up autofocus for video and live view shooting, a larger sensor, faster frame-by-frame shooting, and a wider ISO range * This full-color guide explains how to take advantage of all the features; walks you through all the on-board controls, and shows how to shoot in auto mode * Covers dSLR basics such as dialing in exposure and lighting controls, manipulating focus and color, and transferring your images from the camera to the computer * Offers advice for shooting in various common situations and explains how to post your photos online, make prints, or share them in other ways Canon EOS 70D For Dummies makes it easy to get terrific photos with your Canon dSLR camera.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118461877
• Artikelnr.: 40343393

Autorenporträt

Julie Adair King has been covering digital cameras and photography for over a decade. Along with the perennially popular Digital Photography For Dummies, she has written For Dummies guides on a wide variety of Canon and Nikon dSLR cameras. She also teaches at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 A Quick Look at What's Ahead 1 Icons and Other Stuff to Note
2 eCheat Sheet 3 Practice, Be Patient, and Have Fun! 3 Part I: Fast Track
to Super Snaps 5 Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land 7 Looking at Lenses
7 Choosing a lens 8 Attaching and removing a lens 11 Zooming in and out 12
Using an IS (image stabilizer) lens 13 Getting acquainted with focusing 14
Adjusting the Viewfinder 15 Adjusting the Monitor Position 16 Using the
Touchscreen 17 Working with Memory Cards 20 Exploring External Camera
Features 22 Topside controls 22 Back-of-the-body controls 24 Front odds and
ends 27 Connection ports 28 Ordering from Camera Menus 30 Navigating the
Custom Functions Menu 32 Monitoring Critical Camera Settings 34 The Info
button: Choosing what the screen shows 34 Checking the Camera Settings
display 35 Viewing the Shooting Settings display 36 Decoding viewfinder
data 38 Reading the LCD panel 40 Changing Settings via the Quick Control
Screen 40 Getting Help from Your Camera 42 Reviewing Basic Setup Options 42
Cruising the Setup menus 43 Setting up the Lock switch 49 Taking two final
setup steps 50 Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings 51 Choosing an
Exposure Mode 52 Changing the Drive Mode 54 Getting Familiar with the
Built-in Flash 56 Using flash in the fully automatic modes 57 Enabling
flash in advanced exposure modes 59 Using Red-Eye Reduction flash 60
Controlling Picture Quality 60 Diagnosing quality problems 61 Decoding the
Image Quality options 63 Considering Resolution: Large, Medium, or Small?
65 Understanding File Type (JPEG or Raw) 68 JPEG: The imaging (and web)
standard 68 Raw (CR2): The purist's choice 70 My take: Choose Fine or Raw
72 Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically 73 As Easy As It Gets:
Auto and Flash Off 74 Taking Advantage of Scene (SCN) Modes 77 Modifying
scene mode results 88 Gaining More Control with Creative Auto 94 Chapter 4:
Exploring Live View Shooting and Movie Making 99 Getting Started 100
Reviewing Live View and Movie mode cautions 102 Customizing the display 103
Focusing in Live View and Movie Modes 106 Disabling continuous autofocusing
106 Choosing an AF (autofocus) mode 109 Manual focusing 118 Zooming in for
a focus check 118 Exploring Other Live View Options 119 Setting the photo
aspect ratio 120 Adjusting other Live View picture settings 120 Using the
touch shutter 127 Recording Your First Movie 128 Customizing Movie
Recording Settings 131 Movie Menu 1 133 Movie Menu 2 134 Using Movie
Digital Zoom 139 Snapping a Photo During Recording 140 Playing Movies 141
Part II: Working with Picture Files 145 Chapter 5: Picture Playback 147
Disabling and Adjusting Image Review 147 Exploring Playback Mode 148
Switching to Index (thumbnails) view 149 Using the Quick Control screen
during playback 150 Jumping through images 151 Rotating pictures 154
Zooming in for a closer view 156 Viewing Picture Data 157 Basic Information
display data 159 Shooting Information display mode 160 Understanding
Histogram display mode 162 Enabling a few display extras 165 Deleting
Photos 166 Erasing single images 166 Erasing all images on the memory card
167 Erasing selected images 167 Protecting Photos 169 Protecting (or
unprotecting) a single photo 169 Protecting multiple photos 170 Rating
Photos 172 Viewing Your Photos on a Television 174 Chapter 6: Downloading,
Printing, and Sharing Your Photos 177 Installing the Canon Software 178
Sending Pictures to the Computer 180 Connecting camera and computer via USB
180 Connecting to the computer via Wi-Fi 181 Downloading from the camera
185 Downloading from a card reader 187 Processing Raw (CR2) Files 189
Processing Raw images in the camera 189 Converting Raw images in Digital
Photo Professional 192 Planning for Perfect Prints 196 Check the pixel
count before you print 196 Allow for different print proportions 198
Calibrate your monitor 200 Preparing Pictures for Online Sharing 201 Part
III: Taking Creative Control 205 Chapter 7: Getting Creative with Exposure
207 Kicking Your Camera into High Gear 207 Introducing Exposure Basics:
Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO 209 Understanding exposure-setting side
effects 211 Doing the exposure balancing act 215 Monitoring Exposure
Settings 216 Choosing an Exposure Metering Mode 219 Setting ISO, f-stop,
and Shutter Speed 222 Controlling ISO 222 Adjusting aperture and shutter
speed 225 Sorting through Your Camera's Exposure-Correction Tools 227
Overriding autoexposure results with Exposure Compensation 227 Improving
high-contrast shots 231 Experimenting with Auto Lighting Optimizer 236
Correcting vignetting with Peripheral Illumination Correction 239 Dampening
noise 242 Locking Autoexposure Settings 244 Bracketing Exposures
Automatically 246 Setting up for automatic bracketing 247 Shooting a
bracketed series 250 Using Flash in Advanced Exposure Modes 250
Understanding your camera's approach to flash 251 Using flash outdoors 255
Exposure Compensation 256 Locking the flash exposure 259 Exploring more
flash options 260 Chapter 8: Manipulating Focus and Color 265 Reviewing
Focus Basics 265 Introducing the AF-ON button 267 Adjusting Autofocus
Performance 268 AF Area mode: One focus point or many? 269 Changing the AF
(autofocus) mode 271 Choosing the right autofocus combo 273 Manipulating
Depth of Field 274 Controlling Color 279 Correcting colors with white
balance 279 Changing the White Balance setting 281 Creating a custom White
Balance setting 283 Fine-tuning White Balance settings 285 Bracketing shots
with white balance 288 Taking a Quick Look at Picture Styles 293 Chapter 9:
Putting It All Together 299 Recapping Basic Picture Settings 299 Setting Up
for Specific Scenes 302 Shooting still portraits 302 Capturing action 307
Capturing scenic vistas 311 Capturing dynamic close-ups 314 Part IV: The
Part of Tens 317 Chapter 10: Ten Features to Explore on a Rainy Day 319
Enabling Mirror Lockup Shooting 320 Adding Cleaning Instructions to Images
320 Tagging Files with Your Copyright Claim 321 Exploring Wi-Fi Functions
322 Experimenting with Creative Filters 324 Shooting in Multiple Exposure
Mode 328 Investigating Two More Printing Options 329 Presenting a Slide
Show 329 Editing Movies 330 Creating Video Snapshots 331 Chapter 11: Ten
More Ways to Customize Your Camera 333 Creating Your Own Exposure Mode 333
Creating Your Very Own Camera Menu 335 Creating Custom Folders 337 Changing
the Color Space from sRGB to Adobe RGB 338 Changing the Direction of the
Dials 339 Changing All the Furniture Around 339 Disabling the AF-Assist
Beam 341 Controlling the Lens Focus Drive 342 Making the Flashing Red AF
Points Go Away 343 Considering a Few Other Autofocusing Tweaks 343
Appendix: Glossary of Digital Photography Terms 347 Index 359