Canon 70D Experience - the Still Photography Guide to Operation and Image Creation With the Canon EOS 70D by Klostermann, Douglas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Take Control of Your Camera 1.2 Using This Guide 1.3 Quick Start for Previous Canon dSLR Users 1.4 Getting Started

2. CAMERA CONTROLS

2.1 EOS 70D Camera Controls 2.2 Quick Control Screen and Touch Screen

3. MENU SETTINGS

3.1 Introduction to Setting up the 70D 3.2 Shooting Menus 3.3 Live View Shooting Menus 3.4 Playback Menus 3.5 Set-up Menus 3.6 My Menu 3.7 Movie Shooting Mode Menus

4. CUSTOM FUNCTIONS MENUS

4.1 C.Fn I: Exposure 4.2 C.Fn II: Autofocus 4.3 C.Fn III: Operation/Others 4.4 C.Fn III-4: Custom Controls - Advanced

5. PLAYBACK and IMAGE FILE FORMATS

5.1 Image Playback 5.2 Image File Formats - JPEG vs. RAW 5.3 File Sizes and Maximum Burst Rate

6. AUTOFOCUSING

6.1 Using Autofocus 6.2 Autofocus - AF Point Selection 6.3 Autofocus - AF Modes 6.4 Autofocus - AF Area Selection Modes 6.5 AF Points and Composition 6.6 Autofocus Custom Function Settings 6.7 Back Button Focusing 6.8 Live View and Movie Autofocusing

7. DRIVE MODES 8. EXPOSURE Part 1

8.1 Intro to Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO 8.2 Aperture-Priority AE Mode (Av) and Shutter-Priority AE Mode (Tv) 8.3 ISO 8.4 Full Stops 8.5 Manual Exposure Mode (M) 8.6 Basic Zone Shooting Modes

9. METERING MODES

9.1 Evaluative Metering 9.2 Partial Metering 9.3 Spot Metering 9.4 Center-Weighted Average Metering 9.5 Manual Metering 9.6 Metering Modes and Exposure

10. EXPOSURE Part 2

10.1 Exposure Lock 10.2 Histograms 10.3 Exposure Compensation 10.4 Auto Exposure Bracketing 10.5 HDR Shooting Mode and Multiple Exposure Mode

11. ADDITIONAL CAMERA FUNCTIONS

11.1 Auto Lighting Optimizer and Highlight Tone Priority 11.2 White Balance 11.3 Picture Styles 11.4 Ambience Selection and Lighting or Scene Type 11.5 Flash 11.6 External Flash 11.7 Wireless Flash 11.8 Sensor Cleaning 11.9 Putting it all into Practice

12. THE IMAGE TAKING PROCESS

12.1 Still Subjects 12.2 Moving Subjects

13. Wi-Fi FUNCTIONS 14. VIDEO - AN INTRODUCTION

14.1 Image Size, Frame Rate, Compression 14.2 Video Settings 14.3 Manual Exposure Settings for Video 14.4 Audio

15. COMPOSITION 16. LENSES

16.1 Lens Notations 16.2 Fixed Maximum Aperture vs. Variable Maximum Aperture Lenses 16.3 Which Lens to Buy Next

17. PHOTOGRAPHY ACCESSORIES

17.1 Canon 70D Accessories 17.2 Digital SLR Photography Accessories 17.3 Digital Photography Books

18. CONCLUSION

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