Canon T5i / 700D Experience PREVIEW of: Canon T5i / 700D Experience The Still Photography Guide to Operation and Image Creation with the Canon Rebel T5i / EOS 700D by Douglas J. Klostermann Full Stop.
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Canon T5i / 700D Experience CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 5 1.1 Take Control of Your Camera ................................................................................. 6 1.2 Using This Guide ..................................................................................................... 8 1.3 Getting Started ....................................................................................................
Canon T5i / 700D Experience 9.2 Histograms........................................................................................................... 132 9.3 Exposure Compensation ..................................................................................... 135 9.4 Auto Exposure Bracketing................................................................................... 136 10. ADDITIONAL CAMERA FUNCTIONS ....................................................... 140 10.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience 1. INTRODUCTION With the introduction of the Rebel T5i (also known as the EOS 700D) Canon continues its popular line of versatile, affordable, and easy to operate digital SLR cameras.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience Not to mention the T5i / 700D offers Touch Screen capabilities with its articulating high resolution rear LCD Monitor for easier selection of settings and menu items, multi-touch image review, and touch autofocus initiation in Live View and Movie shooting.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience Figure 2 - Parade, Brooklyn, NY - Autofocus, exposure metering mode, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance all considered in capturing this image. Shutter speed 1/320, aperture f/4.5, ISO 100. One has to think about all this stuff for every photo? Well, yes, that is what digital SLR photography is all about! At least if you wish to consistently create well made, interesting, and compelling images.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience capabilities will more easily help you to capture photographs that you may have been limited in consistently obtaining before. If you are new to dSLR photography, this book will help guide you through the camera’s features, controls, and capabilities. Be sure to take it slowly and patiently and start with the basic features and concepts that I will explain.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience body, as described in this guide in Chapter 2 Camera Controls (and shown on pages 20-24 of the Canon EOS Rebel T5i / EOS 700D Instruction Manual), as well as read through the manual at some point and attempt to understand as much as possible.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience 3. MENUS and CUSTOM FUNCTIONS 3.1 Introduction to Setting Up the T5i / 700D The Menus and Custom Functions of Canon dSLR cameras allow you to have greater, more precise control over how your camera operates. They are part of what makes the T5i a more powerful tool than a digital compact or basic entry-level dSLR, and they enable you to customize the camera to work for you, to work how you work.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience first review the Camera Controls in Chapter 2 if you are not yet familiar with the T5i controls. 3.2 Shooting Menus Shooting 1 Menu Figure 13 - Shooting 1 Menu. Image Quality You are putting a lot of effort into taking your images and the T5i provides an excellent 18 MP sensor on which to record them. You should make sure the files are of the best possible quality. I will discuss JPEG vs.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience Beep The camera will beep when it achieves focus or beep softly when continuing to focus on a moving subject, as well as when using the Touch Screen and the self timer. Disable if you find it annoying or unnecessary, or set for Touch to (mute) if you wish to enable it except for when using the Touch Screen (see Figure 14).
Canon T5i / 700D Experience C.Fn I: Exposure C.Fn 1 - Exposure Level Increments This is to change the increments of shutter speed, aperture, and exposure compensation: 1/2 stop increments or 1/3 stop (see Figure 68). This setting will also apply to Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) and Flash Exposure Compensation. Set this depending on your personal preference and what you are used to using for these increments.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience situations, such as when photographing a wedding dress or something very bright or “high key” where you don't wish to lose the subtle details and variations. However, you typically don't want it on all the time. I suggest putting it in My Menu so you remember it is there to use when you need it. Note that when you enable this, the camera will disable Auto Lighting Optimizer (ALO) and will limit your ISO range to 200-12,800.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience 7. EXPOSURE Part 1 To consistently make successful images you need a basic understanding of what is sometimes called the “exposure triangle,” which is the function of and relationship between the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings. While you may find this subject to be confusing, intimidating, and perhaps sometimes counter-intuitive, it lies at the core of dSLR camera use and image making, so it is essential that photographers understand it.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience two properly exposed yet very different looking portraits of a subject. In one shot the subject and the background behind them are all in focus and in another the subject is in sharp focus but the background behind them is softly out of focus. These differences are not dependent on chance or other circumstances, but can always be determined by the photographer and controlled through the choice of shutter speed and/ or aperture setting in conjunction with the ISO setting.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience sensitivity of the sensor (ISO). A large opening will need less time since more light comes in the large opening at once. You are going to take over control of these choices from the camera because these three settings just happen to do other things as well. Aperture also controls the depth of field, which is the distance range that objects will be rendered acceptably sharp.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience expectations, and image uses. You typically want to use the lowest ISO possible for the situation, but you will need to change it to allow for the aperture setting or shutter speed that you wish to use. You can view additional informal JPEG test images that I took at various ISO settings here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dojoklo/sets/72157633279873599/ Figure 94a - Comparison of ISO 100 vs.
Canon T5i / 700D Experience Figure 95 - Pedestrian and Mural, Cambridge, Mass. - A slow shutter speed was used to express the movement (motion blur) of the pedestrian as she passed in front of the “Crosswinds” mural by Daniel Galvez. Shutter speed 1/40, aperture f/4, ISO 100, Exposure Compensation -1/3. 7.2 Aperture Priority Mode (Av) and Shutter Priority Mode (Tv) Aperture-Priority AE Mode - Av: To control the depth of field (dof) you need to use Aperture-Priority AE mode (Av).
Canon T5i / 700D Experience Figure 96 - When working in Aperture-Priority (Av) Mode, simply turn the Main Dial to adjust the aperture setting. Or you can press the [Q] Button or icon to activate the Quick Control Screen and select the Aperture icon on the Quick Control Screen (left). Again, turn the Main Dial to adjust it (as indicated by the dial icon at the lower-right of the screen), or press SET or touch the icon to access the Aperture setting screen (right).
Canon T5i / 700D Experience What Readers are Saying About Doug’s previous dSLR Camera Guides Canon T4i /650D Experience and Canon T3i / 600D Experience: A Must-Have Accessory - What a great addition to my bag. This is a well written, full body of work that explains, in plain English, how to get the most out of my new camera. Doug provides the knowledge and experience to bring you to the next level. I look forward to learning more every time I open the book.