Canon T3i EOS 600D manual CONTENTS

Canon T3i Experience

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................			4
2. MENUS and CUSTOM FUNCTIONS ...........................................................................			9
2.1	Menu Settings..........................................................................................................		9
2.2 My Menu ................................................................................................................			17
2.3	Movie Shooting Mode Menus................................................................................		18
2.4	Custom Functions Menus......................................................................................		20
3. CAMERA OPERATION ..............................................................................................			24
3.1	Camera Controls ...................................................................................................		24
3.2 JPEG vs. RAW ......................................................................................................			28
3.3	Focusing ................................................................................................................		30
3.3a		Using Autofocus...............................................................................................	30
3.3b Focus Modes ...................................................................................................			32
3.3c Live View and Movie Autofocus Modes ...........................................................			37
3.3d		Back Button Focusing ......................................................................................	38
3.4	Drive Modes...........................................................................................................		39
3.5	Exposure................................................................................................................		40
3.5a		Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO....................................................................	41
3.5b		Aperture Priority Mode (Av) and Shutter Priority Mode (Tv)............................	43
3.5c Full Stops .........................................................................................................			46
3.5d		Manual Exposure Mode (M) ............................................................................	47
3.6	Metering Modes.....................................................................................................		48
3.6a		Evaluative Metering .........................................................................................	48
3.6b		Partial Metering................................................................................................	49
3.6c Spot Metering...................................................................................................			50
3.6d		Center-Weighted Average Metering ................................................................	52
3.6e		Manual Metering ..............................................................................................	53
3.6f Metering Modes and Exposure.........................................................................			55
3.6g		Exposure Lock .................................................................................................	56
3.7	Histograms.............................................................................................................		58
3.8	Exposure Compensation .......................................................................................		59
3.9	Auto Exposure Bracketing.....................................................................................		60
3.10 Highlight Tone Priority and Auto Lighting Optimizer ...........................................			62
3.11 White Balance .....................................................................................................			62
3.12 Picture Styles.......................................................................................................			64
3.13 Flash ....................................................................................................................			65
3.14 Sensor Cleaning ..................................................................................................			66
4. THE IMAGE TAKING PROCESS...............................................................................			67
5. COMPOSITION...........................................................................................................			69
6. LENSES ......................................................................................................................			76
6.1	Lens Notations.......................................................................................................		76
6.2	Which Lens to Buy Next ........................................................................................		79
7. VIDEO - AN INTRODUCTION....................................................................................			80
8. PHOTOGRAPHY ACCESSORIES.............................................................................			82
9. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................			86

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