Canon EOS Rebel T5i/700D Digital Field Guide

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Introduction xii QUICK TOUR Getting Started 2 Camera Controls 3 The top of the camera 4 The back of the camera 5 Choosing Image Quality 6 Selecting a Focus Mode 7 Using Flash 8 Reviewing Images or Video 9 Taking Better Photos 9 CHAPTER 1 Exploring the Canon EOS Rebel T5i/700D 11 The Top of the Camera 12 The Bottom of the Camera 15 The Front of the Camera 16 The Back of the Camera 17 The Sides of the Camera 22 Lens Controls 24 The Viewfinder Display 25 The LCD Touchscreen and Live View Mode 27 CHAPTER 2 Setting Up the Canon EOS Rebel T5i/700D 31 The Shooting Menus 32 Shooting menu 1 32 Settings and corrective functions 32 Flash control 33 Shooting menu 2 35 Shooting menu 3 37 The Live View Shooting Menu 37 The Movie Shooting Menus 39 Movie shooting menu 1 39 Movie shooting menu 2 40 The Playback Menus 41 Playback menu 1 41 Playback menu 2 42 The Setup Menus 43 Setup menu 1 43 Setup menu 2 44 Setup menu 3 45 Setup menu 4 46 My Menu Settings 48 CHAPTER 3 Choosing the Right Settings for Your Camera 49 The Basic Zone Modes 50 The Creative Zone Modes 55 Focus Modes 57 Picture Styles 61 Drive Modes 65 White Balance Settings 66 Flash Modes 71 ISO Settings 75 Choosing File Quality and Format 78 Image size and file numbering 78 The RAW file format 79 The JPEG file format 79 Movie Mode 80 Exposing for video 81 Setting the file size and focus 82 CHAPTER 4 Using Lenses with the Canon EOS Rebel T5i/700D 83 Choosing a Good Lens 84 Focal lengths 86 Autofocus 89 Aperture and depth of field 89 Image Stabilization (IS) 90 Vignetting 91 Types of Lenses 92 Prime versus Zoom Lenses 95 Understanding prime lenses 95 Understanding zoom lenses 96 Specialty Lenses 96 CHAPTER 5 Exploring Exposure and Composition 101 Choosing the Right Exposure 102 Setting the shutter speed 105 When to use fast shutter speeds 106 When to use slow shutter speeds 106 Night photography and painting with light 111 Setting the aperture 114 Setting the ISO 116 Using Exposure Compensation 118 High Dynamic Range Photography 119 Exposing for Video 121 Composition 122 The Rule of Thirds 123 Filling the frame 125 Lines and shapes 126 Foreground and background 127 Keeping it simple 127 CHAPTER 6 Working with Lighting and Flash 129 The Importance of Light and Shadow 130 The Direction of Light 131 Frontlighting 131 Sidelighting 131 Overhead lighting 134 Backlighting 134 The Quality of Light 136 Hard lighting 136 Soft lighting 137 Types of Light 138 Natural light 138 Continuous light 139 Flash 139 Shutter speed and flash 140 Aperture and flash 142 Manual mode and flash 142 The Color of Light 144 White balance options 145 Using Picture Styles 145 The Picture Style Editor 146 Ambience Effects 147 Choosing a color space 147 Measuring Light 148 Choosing the proper exposure 148 Metering modes 150 Evaluative metering mode 150 Center-weighted average metering mode 150 Spot metering mode 150 Partial metering mode 151 The Canon Flash System 151 The pop-up flash 152 Using an external flash 153 Using multiple flashes 154 CHAPTER 7 Shooting Photos 157 Portrait Photography 158 Equipment 158 Best practices 160 Tips 162 Family Photography 166 Equipment 166 Best practices 167 Tips 167 Action and Sports Photography 169 Equipment 169 Best practices 170 Tips 172 Event Photography 172 Equipment 173 Best practices 173 Tips 174 Landscape and Nature Photography 176 Equipment 176 Best practices 178 Tips 179 Macro Photography 180 Equipment 180 Best practices 181 Tips 182 Night and Low-Light Photography 183 Equipment 183 Best practices 184 Tips 185 Travel Photography 186 Equipment 186 Best practices 187 Tips 189 CHAPTER 8 Shooting in the Live View and Movie Modes 191 Using the Live View Shooting Mode 192 The Quick Control/Print button 196 Shooting stills 196 Focus modes 197 Live View and video 198 Shooting Video 199 Setting up for a video shoot 201 The frame rate 202 The shutter speed 203 Lighting 205 Sound 206 Choosing a focus mode 208 Recording video 210 Creating video snapshots 211 Equipment 212 Types of video 213 CHAPTER 9 Viewing, Editing, and Sharing Your Content 217 Viewing Content 218 Viewing content on the camera 218 Playback 218 The Quick Control/Print and Info buttons 219 Viewing content on a TV or smart device 220 Downloading and Storing Your Images 221 Storage 221 The 3-2-1 rule 223 Editing and Adjusting Content on the Camera 223 Sharing Photos and Videos 225 E-mailing images 225 Printing images 225 Uploading content to a website 226 Sharing content via social media 227 APPENDIX A Postproduction 233 Photo-Editing Software 234 Digital Photo Professional 236 Image Browser EX 239 Lightroom 241 iPhoto 242 Photoshop 243 Video-Editing Software 245 Image Browser EX 247 iMovie 248 Windows Live Movie Maker 248 Other video-editing software 249 APPENDIX B Accessories 251 Grips and Remotes 251 Video Accessories 253 Microphones 254 Tripods 255 Bags 257 APPENDIX C How to Use the Gray Card and Color Checker 259 The Gray Card 259 The Color Checker 260 Glossary 261 Index 267