Canon EOS manual Picture Style

Picture Style

Picture Style, which Canon is implementing across its full

EOS Digital range, is new to the sub-$1000 category. It can be selected directly with the SET button, or through

Shooting menu 2. For the first 5 choices, Standard, Portrait,

Landscape, Neutral and Faithful, the variables are sharpness, contrast, saturation and color tone. Each Style has preset values for these image characteristics that can be changed by the user in the menu. The process of selecting or refining a Picture Style can be likened to deciding on a film: something a little more saturated and sharper, or perhaps something less forward with a subtle palette and a less-scientific representation of skin textures. The sixth Picture Style is Monochrome, whose variables are Sharpness, Contrast, Filter effect and Toning effect. Last, there are 3 open slots for User Defined styles.

Custom Functions

The Digital Rebel XTi has 11 Custom Functions with 29 settings to choose from. Four func- tions were added or changed on the XTi relative to the XT: C.Fn 1: SET button functions (0: Picture Style, 1: Quality, 2: Flash exposure compensation adjustment, 3: Flash exp comp,

4:Cross keys: AF frame selec.), C.Fn 2: Long exposure noise reduction (Off/Auto/On), C.Fn 10: Magnified view (0: Image playback only, 1: Image review and playback), and C.Fn.11: LCD display when power ON (0: Display, 1: Retain power OFF status).

Note that with C.Fn-7-1 (mirror lockup) set, one should not point the camera toward the sun or any bright light source. Doing so can damage the shutter curtains, cause stray light to enter, or damage the imaging sensor.

Camera Direct Printing Several useful improvements have been added to the Direct Print feature on the Digital Rebel XTi:

•Contact sheet style 35 image index printing

•Printing with shooting information

•20 image index printing with shooting information

20-image print with EXIF information

35-image contact sheet Single image print with EXIF information

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