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Canon Eos Guide: Aperture, Shutter, ISO

This document provides tips for using a Canon EOS camera: 1. Check the latest firmware and understand red-eye reduction. 2. Know the differences between automatic zones and how to turn off image stabilization on a tripod. 3. Optimal ISO is lowest for quality but you may need to increase in low light and understand noise tradeoffs. 4. Learn how to use ISO and long exposure noise reduction menus. 5. Know how to use exposure compensation, flash exposure compensation, and flash exposure lock. 6. Understand shutter sync modes and techniques for selecting autofocus points.

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Canon Eos Guide: Aperture, Shutter, ISO

This document provides tips for using a Canon EOS camera: 1. Check the latest firmware and understand red-eye reduction. 2. Know the differences between automatic zones and how to turn off image stabilization on a tripod. 3. Optimal ISO is lowest for quality but you may need to increase in low light and understand noise tradeoffs. 4. Learn how to use ISO and long exposure noise reduction menus. 5. Know how to use exposure compensation, flash exposure compensation, and flash exposure lock. 6. Understand shutter sync modes and techniques for selecting autofocus points.

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CANON EOS GUIDE

-check canon website for latest firmware


-red eye signal wait till all red bars in viewfinder disappear = time needed for pupils to adjust
-automatic zones: only jpeg
-turn image stabilizer off if TRIPOD (draining battery)
-Ideal ISO is lowest = highest image quality. But in lower light you might have to sacrifice
-Higher ISO you can only have smaller prints, otherwise NOISE. But up to 400 should be OK.
-Long exposure time also causes noise
-You can activate ISO noise reduction and Long exposure noise reduction in menus (custom options)
-For long exposure ON: apply reduction always if shutter>1sec. AUTO: If>1sec and noise detected
-Disadvantages: slight blur is applied to whole pic- in photoshop you can blur only e.g. sky where noise is
prominent. Camera is slower due to filter application. You also lose white balance bracketing and
continuous shooting.
-EV compensation used for Av, Tv, P and A-DEP modes as camera thinks the image is average grey so it
often over/underexposes.
-Turn off the Auto Lighting Optimizer which tries to fix potential light problems maybe you want to
have a silhouette or other effect and this will spoil it. You shoud be good with your metering and not use
ALO.
-Flash during the day will cause a little warming effect due to cameras compensation for bluish flash
light
-Flash determines how much light is needed just like you can compensate for exposure, you can
compensate for flash flash exposure compensation. Use it to find the best lighting.
-To help flash exposure use flash exposure lock (FE lock) in this case only the centre of the picture
will be assessed for the amount of flash light needed rather than the whole picture. Frame so that
subject is centred and half-press shutter. Then you can re-compose. 1) Frame for centre 2) press shutter
half way and release 3) lock exposure with AE 4)take pic when ready : this way subject of portrait
wont be distracted by pre-flash.
-shutter sync (flash) 1st curtain = at the beginning of exposure, 2nd curtain both beginning and end
-to select autofocus point: press the autofocus select button, then select point. Easier: select centre
point, then centre subject and half-press, then reframe as required but care, metering can be off lock
exposure before reframing.
-AI SERVO = continuous adjustment
-AI FOCUS = swaping btw one-shot and AI servo for subject that is steady but might move, child, cat

EXPOSURE TRIO IS: aperture, shutter, ISO


TB METHOD:

1) Set picture quality


2) Set white balance
3) Set ISO ISO100 is ideal unless impossible remember noise
4) Set picture style
5) Set focusing Single or AI
6) Set drive mode continuous or single picture
7) Set metering mode
8) Set raw/fine
9) Think about what you want to achieve shallow or deep field, blur or freeze etc.
10) Go through 6 rules of composition, break them if needed.
11) Set aperture / shutter
12) Panorama vertical or horizontal? shoot vertically if horizontal and vice versa and use manual
focus, manual exposure. White balance manual. Watch out for moving objects. For panorama,
do not shoot wide angle, shoot 1:1 and take more pictures.
13) Select focus point if all not desired
14) Do metering checks expose for midtones check highlights
15) Consider Exposure Compensation and Flash exposure compensation if not manual.
16) Cover the viewfinder if liveview
17) Consider bracketing exposure and white balance.
18) Consider timer
19) Shutter speeds 1/30 1/8 must use mirror lockup
20) Consider flash fill flash day and not only portrait. Diffuse it?
21) Consider image stabiliser don`t use if bluring or if tripod
22) If monochrome, consider filter and tone
23) Take picture
24) Check histogram!

6 RULES OF COMPOSITION

-RULE OF THIRDS

-RULE OF HORIZON horizon must be level, humans use it for natural orientation. Sloping horizon puts
people off balance so use it only if you want to create discord e.g. a turning aeroplane sloping
horizon conveys motion and energy.

-FILL THE FRAME - once you have a subject, fill the frame with it and get as much detail as
possible

-PHOTOGRAPH LIVE SUBJECTS AT EYE LEVEL

-FLOW SHOULD LEAD FROM LEFT TO RIGHT as we read. If the subject is looking to the side, make it
look right rather then left.

-WAIT FOR IDEAL CONDITIONS

CROP FACTOR of 1.6 makes 18-55 lens a 27-82mm lens.

DEPTH OF FIELD : -decreases with larger aperture


-decreases with increased focal length 18-55mm 55mm shallowest field
-decreases with decreased distance btw camera and subject
-SHALLOWEST : Open maximum aperture, ZOOM IN MAX, Come closest to subject
-PREVIEW DEPTH OF FIELD: shutter half way down, then press preview. This darkens the picture
depending on aperture used, that is ok. You can also release the shutter and rotate main dial to
see how depth is affected.
White balance: Human eye always sees white as white, under any lighting. But camera does not. White
balancing makes sure white looks white and thus other colors are also correct. AWB automatic white
balance is pretty good in most circumstances. It shifts the light in the direction opposite to present
lighting. If cool, it shifts towards warm. But it can add unwanted color cast e.g. in reaction to bluish
daylight camera applies too much warmth yellow cast.

For household lightbulb, use tungsten light WB.


If the scene has several light sources, correct for the strongest one.
MANUAL WB: Take grey card, or perfect white. Position it where the subject is. Focus on it with the
centre focus area. Half press and correct the exposure for middle. Take the pic of the card. Go to
settings and use the pic to set manual WB. This will now be saved as CUSTOM WB until changed.

Another MANUAL way is thorugh shooting menu 2 adjust toward blue amber, magenta green. This
is like applying filters. DO NOT FORGET TO CANCEL IT ONCE DONE as this overrides all white balance
settings.

White balance bracketing same as exposure bracketing. No raw you can adjust raw on computers.

SRGB vs AdobeRGB : Adobe uses larger spectrum and more options. Use it. Standard RGB is for shots
and colors that most people like. But careful, color management needs advanced study, software, and
knowledge of the Design rule for camera file system 2.0.

LIVE VIEW: -no AI FOCUS or AI SERVO


-you focus not with shutter half way, but with AE LOCK button which also locks
autoexposure

GOOD PRINTING RESOLUTION: 300PPI pixels per inch, so 5x7 inch prints = 1500x2100 pixels
MIRROR LOCKUP: To prevent mirror movement shaking the camera if long exposure or delicate
stability needed. The mirror will lockup on half press, then let go of shutter, mirror stays up.
Then press fully to take pic.

FOCUS LOCK: Good for backlit subjects: FOCUS WITH SHUTTER HALF WAY, THEN PRESS *
RECOMPOSE AND TAKE PICTURE

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