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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014938937 ISBN 978-1-118-93362-6 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-118-93363-3 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-93365-7 (ebk) Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents at a Glance Introduction ................................................................ 1 Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps .................................. 5 Chapter 1: Getting Up and Running .................................................................................7 Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings .................................................................35 Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically ........................................................63 Part II: Taking Creative Control .................................. 83 Chapter 4: Taking Charge of Exposure..........................................................................85 Chapter 5: Controlling Focus and Depth of Field .......................................................123 Chapter 6: Mastering Color Controls ..........................................................................141 Chapter 7: Putting It All Together ................................................................................157 Chapter 8: Shooting and Viewing Movies ...................................................................175 Part III: After the Shot ............................................. 189 Chapter 9: Picture Playback .........................................................................................191 Chapter 10: Working with Picture and Movie Files ...................................................211 Part IV: The Part of Tens .......................................... 233 Chapter 11: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera .........................................235 Chapter 12: Ten Features to Explore on a Rainy Day ................................................245 Index ...................................................................... 261 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................. 1 About This Book ..............................................................................................1 Foolish Assumptions .......................................................................................2 Icons Used in This Book .................................................................................3 Beyond the Book .............................................................................................3 Where to Go from Here ...................................................................................4 Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps ................................... 5 Chapter 1: Get ting Up and Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Preparing the Camera for Initial Use .............................................................7 Exploring External Camera Features ...........................................................10 Topside controls ..................................................................................10 Back-of-the-body controls ...................................................................12 Front-left features ................................................................................15 Ordering from Camera Menus .....................................................................16 Using the Monitor as Viewfinder: Live View Shooting ..............................20 Monitoring Critical Picture Settings ............................................................22 Changing Settings via the Quick Control Screen .......................................25 Familiarizing Yourself with the Lens ...........................................................27 Working with Memory Cards .......................................................................29 Reviewing Basic Setup Options ...................................................................31 Setup Menu 1 ........................................................................................31 Setup Menu 2 ........................................................................................33 Setup Menu 3 ........................................................................................34 Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Choosing an Exposure Mode .......................................................................36 Changing the Drive Mode .............................................................................37 Setting Resolution and File Type (the Image Quality Setting) .................40 Adjusting the Image Quality setting ..................................................40 Considering resolution: Large, Medium, or Small? ..........................42 Understanding file type (JPEG or Raw) .............................................46 Adding Flash ...................................................................................................51 Enabling and disabling flash ...............................................................53 Using Red-Eye Reduction flash ...........................................................55 Exploring advanced flash features (P, Tv, Av, and M modes) .......56 vi Canon EOS Rebel T5/1200D For Dummies Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Shooting in Auto and Flash Off Modes ........................................................63 Viewfinder photography in Auto and Flash Off modes ...................64 Live View photography in Auto and Flash Off modes .....................67 Taking Advantage of Scene (Image Zone) Modes ......................................68 Choosing a scene mode ......................................................................68 Modifying scene mode results ...........................................................74 Gaining More Control with Creative Auto ..................................................81 Part II: Taking Creative Control ................................... 83 Chapter 4: Taking Charge of Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Introducing the Exposure Trio: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO .........86 Aperture affects depth of field ...........................................................88 Shutter speed affects motion blur .....................................................89 ISO affects image noise .......................................................................91 Doing the exposure balancing act .....................................................93 Stepping Up to Advanced Exposure Modes ( P, TV, Av, and M ) ..............94 Monitoring Exposure Settings ......................................................................95 Choosing an Exposure Metering Mode .......................................................97 Setting ISO, f-stop, and Shutter Speed ......................................................100 Controlling ISO ...................................................................................100 Adjusting aperture and shutter speed ............................................104 Sorting through Your Camera’s Exposure-Correction Tools .................105 Overriding autoexposure results with Exposure Compensation ...............................................................105 Improving high-contrast shots with Highlight Tone Priority .......109 Experimenting with Auto Lighting Optimizer ................................111 Correcting lens vignetting with Peripheral Illumination Correction .................................................................114 Locking Autoexposure Settings .................................................................116 Bracketing Exposures Automatically ........................................................118 Turning auto bracketing on and off .................................................119 Shooting a bracketed series .............................................................121 Chapter 5: Controlling Focus and Depth of Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Setting the Lens Focus Mode .....................................................................124 Exploring Viewfinder Focusing Options ...................................................124 Adjusting autofocus performance ...................................................125 AF Point Selection: One focus point or many? ...............................126 Changing the AF (autofocus) mode .................................................128 Choosing the right autofocus combo ..............................................129 Focusing During Live View and Movie Shooting .....................................130 Choosing an AF (autofocus) mode ..................................................130 Manual focusing in Live View and Movie modes ...........................135 Zooming in for a focus check ...........................................................135 Manipulating Depth of Field .......................................................................137 vii Table of Contents Chapter 6: Mastering Color Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Understanding the White Balance Setting ................................................141 Checking and changing the White Balance setting........................143 Creating a custom White Balance setting .......................................145 Using White Balance Correction to fine-tune settings ..................146 Bracketing shots with White Balance..............................................148 Taking a Quick Look at Picture Styles ......................................................151 Chapter 7: Putting It All Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Recapping Basic Picture Settings ..............................................................157 Shooting Still Portraits ................................................................................159 Capturing Action ..........................................................................................163 Capturing Scenic Vistas ..............................................................................167 Capturing Dynamic Close-Ups ...................................................................170 Coping with Special Situations ..................................................................172 Chapter 8: Shooting and Viewing Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Recording Your First Movie Using the Default Settings .........................176 Customizing Movie Recording Settings ....................................................178 Movie Menu 1 .....................................................................................179 Movie Menu 2 .....................................................................................180 Movie Menu 3 .....................................................................................185 Playing Movies .............................................................................................187 Part III: After the Shot .............................................. 189 Chapter 9: Picture Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Disabling and Adjusting Image Review .....................................................191 Viewing Pictures in Playback Mode ..........................................................192 Viewing multiple images at a time ...................................................192 Using the Quick Control screen during playback ..........................194 Jumping through images ...................................................................195 Rotating pictures ...............................................................................198 Zooming in for a closer view ............................................................200 Viewing Picture Data ...................................................................................201 Basic Information display data ........................................................202 Basic Information plus Image Quality/Playback Number display mode ..................................................................................203 Shooting Information display mode ................................................204 Understanding Histogram display mode ........................................206 Chapter 10: Working with Picture and Movie Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Deleting Files ................................................................................................212 Protecting Photos and Movies ...................................................................213 Rating Photos and Movies ..........................................................................216 Installing the Canon Software ....................................................................217 viii Canon EOS Rebel T5/1200D For Dummies Sending Pictures to the Computer ............................................................220 Downloading via USB.........................................................................220 Downloading from a card reader .....................................................223 Converting Raw Images in Digital Photo Professional ............................225 Preparing Pictures for Online Sharing ......................................................230 Part IV: The Part of Tens ........................................... 233 Chapter 11: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Changing the Function of the Set Button ..................................................235 Customizing the AE Lock and Shutter Button .........................................236 Disabling the AF-Assist Beam .....................................................................237 Silencing the Camera ...................................................................................238 Preventing Shutter Release without a Memory Card ..............................238 Reducing the Number of Exposure Stops .................................................239 Creating Your Own Camera Menu .............................................................239 Creating Custom Folders ............................................................................241 Turning Off the Shooting Settings Screen ................................................242 Changing the Color Space from sRGB to Adobe RGB .............................243 Chapter 12: Ten Features to Explore on a Rainy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Adding Cleaning Instructions to Images ...................................................245 Tagging Files with Your Copyright Claim .................................................247 Exploring Two Special Printing Options ...................................................248 Adding Special Effects to Your Photos .....................................................249 Tagging Pictures for a Photo Book ............................................................252 Presenting a Slide Show ..............................................................................252 Creating Video Snapshots ..........................................................................255 Trimming Movies .........................................................................................257 Viewing Your Photos and Movies on an HDTV ........................................258 Getting Free Help and Creative Ideas ........................................................259 Index 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