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Canon T3i Experience
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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 F
ocusing ......................................................................................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 N
otations.......................................................................................................76
6.2 Which Lens to Buy Next ........................................................................................ 79
7. VIDEO - AN INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................80
8. PHOTOGRAPHY ACCESSORIES............................................................................. 82
9. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................ 86