Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Camera Quick Reference Guide
- Camera Basic Instruction Manual
- Introduction
- Compatible Memory Cards
- About Supplied Instruction Manuals
- Table of Contents
- Supplied Accessories
- Using This Manual
- Quick Start Guide
- Parts & Controls
- Getting Started
- Attaching the Strap
- Charging the Battery
- Installing and Removing the Battery and Card
- Turning On the Power
- Setting the Date, Time and Time Zone
- Selecting the Interface Language
- Attaching and Detaching a Lens
- Basic Operation
- Quick Control
- Menu Operations
- Formatting the Card
- Switching the LCD Monitor Display
- Feature Guide
- Using the Touch Screen
- Basic Shooting
- Fully Automatic Shooting
- Fully Automatic Techniques
- Disabling Flash
- Creative Auto Shooting
- Shooting Portraits
- Shooting Landscapes
- Shooting Close-ups
- Shooting Moving Subjects
- SCN: Special Scene Mode
- Shooting Children
- Shooting Food
- Shooting Candlelight Portraits
- Shooting Night Portraits
- Shooting Night Scenes
- Shooting Backlit Scenes
- Quick Control
- Shooting with the LCD Monitor (Live View Shooting)
- Shooting Movies
- Image Playback
- Viewing the CD-ROM Instruction Manuals / Downloading Images to Your Computer
- Camera Instruction Manual
- Introduction
- Table of Contents
- Supplied Accessories
- Parts & Controls
- Getting Started
- Attaching Camera Strap
- Charging the Battery
- Installing and Removing the Battery and Card
- Turning On the Power
- Setting the Date, Time, and Zone
- Selecting the Interface Language
- Attaching and Detaching a Lens
- Basic Operation
- Quick Control for Shooting Functions
- Menu Operations
- Formatting the Card
- Switching the LCD Monitor Display
- Feature Guide
- Using the Touch Screen
- Quick Reference Guide
- Basic Shooting and Playback
- Fully Automatic Shooting (Scene Intelligent Auto)
- Full Auto Techniques (Scene Intelligent Auto)
- Disabling Flash
- Creative Auto Shooting
- Shooting Portraits
- Shooting Landscapes
- Shooting Close-ups
- Shooting Moving Subjects
- Special Scene Mode
- Shooting Children
- Shooting Food
- Shooting Candlelight Portraits
- Shooting Night Portraits
- Shooting Night Scenes
- Shooting Backlit Scenes
- Quick Control
- Shoot by Ambience Selection
- Shoot by Lighting or Scene Type
- Image Playback
- Creative Shooting
- Advanced Shooting
- Conveying the Subject’s Movement
- Changing the Depth of Field
- Manual Exposure
- Changing the Metering Mode
- Setting Exposure Compensation
- Auto Exposure Bracketing
- Locking the Exposure
- Locking the Flash Exposure
- Auto Correction of Brightness and Contrast
- Setting Noise Reduction
- Lens Peripheral Illumination / Chromatic Aberration Correction
- Customizing Image Characteristics
- Registering Preferred Image Characteristics
- Matching the Light Source
- Adjusting the Color Tone for the Light Source
- Setting the Color Reproduction Range
- Mirror Lockup to Reduce Camera Shake
- Shooting with the LCD Monitor (Live View Shooting)
- Shooting Movies
- Handy Features
- Disabling the Beeper
- Card Reminder
- Setting the Image Review Time
- Setting the Auto Power-off Time
- Adjusting the LCD Monitor Brightness
- Creating and Selecting a Folder
- File Numbering Methods
- Setting Copyright Information
- Auto Rotation of Vertical Images
- INFO. Checking Camera Settings
- Reverting the Camera to the Default Settings
- Preventing the LCD Monitor from Turning Off Automatically
- Changing the Shooting Settings Screen Color
- Setting the Flash
- Automatic Sensor Cleaning
- Appending Dust Delete Data
- Manual Sensor Cleaning
- Image Playback
- Searching for Images Quickly
- Magnified View
- Playing Back with the Touch Screen
- Rotating the Image
- Setting Ratings
- Quick Control for Playback
- Enjoying Movies
- Playing Movies
- Editing a Movie’s First and Last Scenes
- Slide Show (Auto Playback)
- Viewing the Images on TV
- Protecting Images
- Erasing Images
- INFO. Shooting Information Display
- Post-Processing Images
- Printing Images
- Customizing the Camera
- Reference
- Viewing the CD-ROM Instruction Manuals / Downloading Images to Your Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Error Codes
- Specs
- Index
- EF-S18-55mm Lens Instructions
- Notes On Prolonged Use
- Scans of CD-ROMs
- Lens Warranty
- Camera Warranty
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To blur the background or to make everything near and far look sharp,
set the Mode Dial to <f> (Aperture-priority AE) to adjust the depth of
field (range of acceptable focus).
*<f> stands for Aperture value, which is the size of the diaphragm hole inside
the lens.
1
Set the Mode Dial to <f>.
2
Set the desired aperture.
The higher the f/number, the wider the depth
of field where sharper focus is obtained in
bo h the foreground and background.
Turning the <
6
> dial to the right will set
a higher f/number (smaller aperture
opening), and turning it to the left will set a
lower f/number (larger aperture opening).
3
Take the picture.
Focus and press the shutter button
completely. The picture will be taken
with the selected aperture.
f
:
Changing the Depth of Field
Sharp foreground and background
(With a high aperture f/number: f/32)
Blurred background
(With a low aperture f/number: f/5.6)
Aperture Display
The higher the f/number, the smaller the aperture opening will be. The
apertures displayed will differ depending on the lens. If no lens is attached to
the camera, “00” will be displayed for the aperture.