User Guide

CANON
All You Need To Know About
CANON CAMERA
TERMINOLOGIES
Improve your Canon knowledge
by familiarising yourself with these
12 camera terminologies and
their functions
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EOS stands for Electro-
Optical System
and has
been used by Canon for
its digital cameras with
changeable lenses.
The CR2 file extension
refers to
Canon Raw
image files
created by a
Canon digital camera.
It is
uncompressed and
very high-quality.
Vari-angle LCD
technology refers to a
fully articulated screen
that can be tilted and
twisted using a hinge
and/or pivot.
EOS
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CR2 Vari-angle LCD
DSLR Terminologies
Fv
64 5
Tv mode refers to the
shutter speed priority
mode. This means the
user will have
control
over the shutter speed
setting while the camera
works out the best
accompanying aperture
and ISO settings.
Av mode, or Aperture
priority
mode, allows
the photographer to set
a
fixed aperture while
letting the camera decide
the best corresponding
shutter speed and ISO to
achieve a
well-balanced
exposure
for your output.
Av
Tv
Fv
mode refers to
Flexible Value. It sets
the camera to
Flexible
Priority Auto Exposure
mode and allows the
user to
switch exposure
settings between auto
and manual anytime
with a touch of a button
while toggling between
Program mode, Av, Tv,
and manual mode.
One-Shot
Autofocus
7
One-shot Autofocus
works by locking its
focus on a single subject
or area.
AI Servo
Autofocus
8
AI Servo AF tracks your
selected point to ensure
it is
always in focus.
Creative Assist allows
you to adjust brightness,
contrast, saturation,
background blur and
more within the camera’s
parameters to achieve
a certain style or look
before photographing.
Creative Filter allows
you to apply pre-set
filters like Fish Eye,
Grainy B/W, Soft Focus
and more to your shots.
Creative Assist Creative Filter
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10
ALO
Known as Evaluative
Through-The-Lens
autoflash, E-TTL is
a Canon Speedlite
technology where the
camera uses information
obtained through the
lens to calculate how
much light the flash
needs
to emit for the
appropriate brightness.
E-TTL
9
ALO refers to
Automatic Lighting
Optimizer, and is
a feature where
the camera makes
adjustments to the
shadows and highlights
to even out between the
brightest and darkest
point of the image.