Canon Eos 30D Guide To Digital Slr Photography

If you own a digital SLR camera, then you're serious about photography. As an avid photographer, you owe it to yourself to make the most out of your cutting-edge equipment. Somewhere between the tedious user manual full of technical garble and the generic how to digital photography books is the ideal guide to your EOS 30D. Welcome to that guide! Canon EOS 30D Guide to Digital SLR Photography provides you with a concise introduction to the most important features specific to your EOS 30D, explaining not only how to use them but also why and when. Filled with full-color images to illustrate results in various settings, this book also helps you enhance your digital photography skills with techniques specific to the EOS 30D.

Preface

xi

Introduction

xiii

Shooting Your First Canon EOS 30D Picture

1

(16)

Getting Ready to Shoot

2

(4)

Selecting a Shooting Mode

6

(2)

Choosing a Metering Mode

8

(1)

Choosing a Focus Mode

9

(1)

Selecting a Focus Point

10

(2)

Other Settings

12

(1)

Adjusting White Balance and ISO

12

(1)

Using the Self-Timer

12

(1)

Reviewing the Images You've Taken

13

(1)

Transferring Photos to Your Computer

14

(3)

Canon EOS 30D Roadmap

17

(18)

The Canon EOS 30D's Public Face

18

(5)

The Canon EOS 30D's Business End

23

(4)

Going Topside

27

(2)

LCD Panel Readouts

29

(1)

Lens Components

30

(2)

Looking Inside the Viewfinder

32

(2)

Underneath Your EOS 30D

34

(1)

Setting Up Your Canon EOS 30D

35

(50)

Anatomy of the EOS 30D's Menus

36

(2)

Shooting Menu Options

38

(20)

Quality Settings

38

(5)

Red-Eye Reduction

43

(2)

Beep

45

(1)

Shoot Without Card

46

(1)

Automatic Exposure Bracketing

47

(1)

White Balance Shift and Bracketing

48

(1)

Custom White Balance

49

(1)

Color Temperature

49

(2)

Color Space

51

(1)

Picture Style

52

(6)

Playback Menu Options

58

(3)

Protect

58

(1)

Rotate

58

(1)

Print Order

59

(1)

Transfer Order

59

(1)

Auto Play

60

(1)

Review Time

60

(1)

AF Points

61

(1)

Histogram

61

(1)

Set-up Menu Options

61

(24)

Auto Power Off

62

(1)

Auto Rotate

62

(1)

LCD Brightness

62

(2)

Date/Time

64

(1)

File Numbering

64

(1)

Language

65

(1)

Video System

65

(1)

Communication

65

(1)

Format

66

(1)

Custom Functions

66

(17)

Clear Settings

83

(1)

Sensor Cleaning

84

(1)

Firmware Version

84

(1)

Getting the Right Exposure

85

(26)

Getting a Handle on Exposure

85

(4)

How the EOS 30D Calculates Exposure

89

(2)

Choosing a Metering Method

91

(3)

Choosing a Creative Zone Exposure Method

94

(5)

A-DEP

94

(2)

Aperture Priority

96

(1)

Shutter Priority

97

(1)

Program Mode

98

(1)

Manual Exposure

99

(1)

Selecting an Autofocus/Exposure Zone Manually

99

(2)

Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings

101

(1)

Bracketing

101

(3)

Fine-Tuning Exposure Bracketing

103

(1)

Dealing with Noise

104

(2)

Fixing Exposures with Histograms

106

(3)

Basic Zone Modes

109

(2)

Advanced Shooting with Your Canon EOS 30D

111

(32)

More Exposure Options

111

(1)

Very Short Exposures

112

(4)

Working with Short Exposures

114

(2)

Long Exposures

116

(6)

Three Ways to Take Long Exposures

116

(2)

Working with Long Exposures

118

(4)

Delayed Exposures

122

(2)

Self-Timer

122

(1)

Remote Control

123

(1)

Time-Lapse/Interval Photography

123

(1)

Getting into Focus

124

(2)

Focus Pocus

126

(7)

Adding Circles of Confusion

126

(3)

Making Sense of Sensors

129

(1)

Your Autofocus Mode Options

129

(3)

Setting AF Point

132

(1)

Continuous Shooting

133

(3)

Setting Image Parameters

136

(7)

Customizing White Balance

136

(4)

Image Parameters in Picture Styles

140

(3)

Working with Lenses

143

(32)

But First, a Word from Our Sensor

143

(1)

Your First Lens

144

(4)

Buy Now, Expand Later

146

(2)

What Lenses Can You Use?

148

(3)

EF vs. EF-S

150

(1)

Ingredients of Canon's Alphanumeric Soup

151

(3)

Your Second (and Third...) Lens

154

(6)

What Lenses Can Do for You

154

(4)

Zoom or Prime?

158

(2)

Categories of Lenses

160

(1)

Using Wide-Angle and Wide-Zoom Lenses

160

(6)

Avoiding Potential Wide-Angle Problems

163

(3)

Using Telephoto and Tele-Zoom Lenses

166

(5)

Avoiding Telephoto Lens Problems

167

(2)

Telephotos and Bokeh

169

(2)

Add-ons and Special Features

171

(4)

Lens Hoods

171

(1)

Telephoto Extenders

171

(1)

Macro Focusing

172

(1)

Image Stabilization

173

(2)

Working with Light

175

(24)

Continuous Illumination versus Electronic Flash

175

(4)

Continuous Lighting Basics

179

(4)

Daylight

180

(1)

Incandescent/Tungsten Light

181

(1)

Fluorescent Light/Other Light Sources

182

(1)

Adjusting White Balance

183

(1)

Electronic Flash Basics

183

(5)

How Electronic Flash Works

184

(4)

Using the Built-In Flash

188

(2)

Basic Zone Flash

188

(1)

Creative Zone Flash

188

(1)

Using FE Lock and Flash Exposure Compensation

189

(1)

Using External Electronic Flash

190

(1)

Speedlite 580EX

190

(1)

Speedlite 430EX

191

(1)

Speedlite 220EX

191

(1)

More Advanced Lighting Techniques

191

(8)

Diffusing and Softening the Light

191

(1)

Using Multiple Light Sources

192

(4)

Other Lighting Accessories

196

(3)

Downloading and Editing Your Images

199

(22)

What's in the Box?

199

(4)

EOS Utility

199

(1)

ZoomBrowser/ImageBrowser

200

(1)

RAW Image Task

201

(1)

PhotoStitch

201

(1)

Digital Photo Professional

202

(1)

Transferring Your Photos

203

(6)

Direct-Direct Transfer/Indirect-Direct Transfer

203

(3)

Using a Card Reader and Software

206

(3)

Dragging and Dropping

209

(1)

Editing Your Photos

209

(12)

Image Editors

210

(1)

RAW Utilities

211

(5)

Photoshop CS 2

216

(5)

Canon EOS 30D: Troubleshooting and Prevention

221

(28)

Update Your Firmware

222

(7)

Official Firmware

223

(1)

Upgrading Your Firmware

224

(5)

Protect Your LCD

229

(2)

Troubleshooting Memory Cards

231

(5)

All Your Eggs in One Basket?

231

(2)

What Can Go Wrong?

233

(1)

What Can You Do?

234

(2)

Replacing Your Clock Battery

236

(1)

Clean Your Sensor

237

(12)

Dust the FAQs, Ma'am.

237

(2)

Identifying and Dealing with Dust

239

(1)

Avoiding Dust

240

(2)

Sensor Cleaning

242

(7)

Glossary

249

(12)

Index

261

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