Book description
- Learn your camera's features and controls
- Build the confidence to apply pro techniques when you shoot
- Take better portraits and action shots
Simple steps to better photos
The Canon EOS 80D is a picture–taking powerhouse. Consider this book your road map to creating the types of images that pro photographers shoot. It gives you the hands-on guidance and expert instruction you need to get quick shots in auto mode, take control of your camera's exposure settings, and bring home photos worth bragging about.
Inside …
- How to use Live View
- When to use flash
- Configure the camera
- Use creative auto modes
- Set focus and exposure
- Explore focus options
- Get super action shots
- Connect via WiFi
Table of contents
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- Cover
- Introduction
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Part 1: Fast Track to Super Snaps
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Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land
- Looking at Lenses
- Adjusting the Viewfinder
- Adjusting the Monitor Position
- Using the Touchscreen
- Working with Memory Cards
- Exploring External Camera Features
- Ordering from Camera Menus
- Navigating the Custom Functions Menu
- Monitoring Critical Camera Settings
- Changing Settings via the Quick Control Screen
- Getting Help from Your Camera
- Reviewing Basic Setup Options
- Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings
- Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically
- Chapter 4: Exploring Live View Shooting and Movie Making
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Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land
- Part 2: Working with Picture Files
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Part 3: Taking Creative Control
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Chapter 7: Getting Creative with Exposure
- Kicking Your Camera into High Gear
- Introducing Exposure Basics: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO
- Monitoring Exposure Settings
- Choosing an Exposure Metering Mode
- Setting ISO, f-stop, and Shutter Speed
- Sorting through Your Camera’s Exposure-Correction Tools
- Locking Autoexposure Settings
- Bracketing Exposures Automatically
- Using Flash in Advanced Exposure Modes
- Chapter 8: Manipulating Focus and Color
- Chapter 9: Putting It All Together
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Chapter 7: Getting Creative with Exposure
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Part 4: The Part of Tens
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Chapter 10: Ten Features to Explore on a Rainy Day
- Enabling Mirror Lockup Shooting
- Adding Cleaning Instructions to Images
- Tagging Files with Your Copyright Claim
- Exploring Wi-Fi Functions
- Experimenting with Creative Filters
- Shooting in Multiple Exposure Mode
- Investigating Two More Printing Options
- Presenting a Slide Show
- Editing Movies
- Creating Video Snapshots and Time Lapse Movies
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Chapter 11: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera
- Creating Your Own Exposure Modes
- Creating Your Very Own Camera Menu
- Creating Custom Folders
- Changing the Color Space from sRGB to Adobe RGB
- Changing the Direction of the Dials
- Changing All the Furniture Around
- Disabling the AF-Assist Beam
- Controlling the Lens Focus Drive
- Making the Flashing Red AF Points Go Away
- Considering a Few Other Autofocusing Tweaks
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Chapter 10: Ten Features to Explore on a Rainy Day
- About the Authors
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Canon EOS 80D For Dummies
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2016
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781119291367
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