Canon The Complete Manual Revised Edition

132 Pages·30.186 MB·English

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The Complete Manual
The independent guide to your Canon camera
For all
Canon
users

Welcome to
Canon
The Complete Manual
Canon is one of the biggest names on the
photography market. Within this bookazine
you will learn about the essential kit, how to
clean your camera and the best lenses to use
for all sorts of photographs. We will also take
you through the best way to compose your
shots, using the fl ash and other useful piece
of equipment. The How to section will assist
you with a variety of shots and the best way
to achieve them. Finally, we’ll help you get to
grips with Canon’s powerful editing and sharing
software. Enjoy the book!

Canon
The Complete Manual
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Contents
What you can fi nd inside the bookazine
Introducing Canon
42 Modes
Learn the different modes
(cid:1)(cid:116) Auto mode (cid:116) Program mode
(cid:1)(cid:116) Scene modes (cid:116) Aperture Value mode
(cid:1)(cid:116) Time Value mode (cid:116) Manual mode
8 I ntroducing Canon
Discover the Canon family
24 Set up your Canon
From box to shot
Using your Canon
74 Control white balance
Discover how the white
28 Pick the right lens
balance affects the colour
A guide to the right lens
60 Composing your shots
34 Essential kit
Discover the best ways to
What do you need?
align and take your shots
36 Cleaning your Canon
66 Focusing your Canon 76 Master ISO
Keep your camera clean
Get up close and personal Understand the essential
38 The Canon buttons with your shots element to exposure
What do they all do?
70 Metering your shots 82 Work with flash
40 The Canon menus Take control over how your Illuminate your subject with
Navigate the menus camera reads light creative light
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For all
Canon
cameras
How to
86 Portraits
Take picture portraits with
these essential tips
90 Landscapes Beyond the shot
Capture the mood of your
stunning surroundings 110 Edit exposure
Edit with Canon’s Digital
Photo Professional suite
112 Experiment with colour
Bring dull colours to life in
your photographs 120 Wireless sharing
Share your photos with
114 Remove imperfections Canon software
Make sure nothing gets in
the way of your best shots 122 Share on Facebook
Show your friends
94 Macro 116 Straighten horizons your photographs
Shoot the finer details of life Even out wonky images
with Macro shots with ease 124 Back up your photos
Secure your shots online
98 Wildlife 118 Printing your images using Dropbox
Follow these rules for Make physical works of art
stunning wildlife shots from your photos 126 Glossary
102 Black & White
Invoke classic elegance with “Attracting enthusiasts through to top
creative monochrome
professionals, a Canon camera can
106 Low light
offer something for everyone”
Master low light photography
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Introducing Canon The Canon family
Introducing
Canon
Newcomer through to seasoned
professional; whatever your level,
Canon offers several cameras to meet
your needs. Come with us as we
highlight a few favourites…
Canon has long been revered as one of the
‘big two’ heavyweight brands in the camera
market, and even with the emergence of strong
rival brands, Canon has always held its place.
The company is still one of the most popular
go-to brands for all walks of photographer; from
complete newbie to lifetime professional.
The thing that sparks customers’ interest, and
what keeps them returning time after time, is
the brand’s complete obsession with perfection.
Whether customers are shooting for pleasure or
profit, Canon has created a wide-ranging remit
of cameras that not only creatively empower
its users, but also extend technology that
immortalises frame after frame in impeccable
detail. Today Canon cameras are universally
regarded as being as reliable as they are high-
performing, as feature-rich as they are well-built,
as capable of award-winning picture quality as
they are user-friendly. There is rarely something
missing from one of its models, and it’s even rarer
to find a bad review of one of its products. Over
the next few pages, we profile some of the top-
selling and much-loved contenders.
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The Canon family Introducing Canon
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Introducing Canon DSLR
DSLR Comfortable design
Canon’s DSLR control layout and
general design hasn’t altered
much over the years, but its
intuitiveness and accessibility are
regularly praised by the media
and the brand’s legions of fans
Attracting enthusiasts through to the
world’s top professionals, a Canon
DSLR offers something for everyone
Canon’s arsenal of DSLR cameras is something
that is ever-growing and ever-improving. Many
of the world’s photography elite are proud to
own one or several models, and even everyday
photography fans can enjoy the product, thanks
to the range of DSLRs on offer. The range is
helpfully split into three groups; Beginners,
Enthusiasts and Professionals.
The beginner models are designed for keen
amateurs who want to upgrade from a compact.
As such, the DSLRs in this category are more
simplistic and offer helpful guides and self-
explanatory controls to aid newcomers.
The EOS range for enthusiasts supports those
looking to challenge themselves and those
who may want to take the next step towards
becoming a semi-professional. The cameras
feature enhanced technology and provide a
wider choice of commands on the camera body.
As well as sporting a steeper price tag, DSLR
models in the pro end of the market range deliver
expert standards, performance and consistency
for creating extreme high-end photography.
Categories
Canon groups its DSLR models
into three families; Beginners,
Enthusiasts and Professionals ISO ranges
The DSLR models sport impressively wide
sensitivity ranges with most scaling beyond
ISO 12,000 making low-light handheld
photography a genuine possibility
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