Canon EOS 90D For Dummies. Robert Correll

Speed NR to tame noise from high ISO settings; t...FIGURE 4-37: Anti-Flicker Shooting may produce more consistent exposures when y...FIGURE 4-38: Automatic Exposure Bracketing records your image at three exposure...FIGURE 4-39: The top controls adjust Exposure Compensation (left); the bottom c...FIGURE 4-40: The three lines under the exposure meter indicate that bracketing ...FIGURE 4-41: Brackets also appear under the exposure meter on the LCD panel.

      5 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: On the kit lenses, as on many Canon lenses, you set the switch to A...FIGURE 5-2: The viewfinder offers these focusing aids.FIGURE 5-3: In P, Tv, Av, M, B, C1, and C2 exposure modes, the Quick Control di...FIGURE 5-4: Zone AF modes limit the camera to choosing a focus point within a s...FIGURE 5-5: These curiously marked buttons both access the settings screen, but...FIGURE 5-6: In Auto Area, the brackets indicate the current autofocusing area.FIGURE 5-7: In Large Zone (left) and Zone mode (right), the brackets and points...FIGURE 5-8: In 1-Point and Spot AF, the AF point of your choice is highlighted.FIGURE 5-9: You also can access the AF Area Selection mode setting via the Quic...FIGURE 5-10: Pressing the AF button is the fastest path to the AF Operation set...FIGURE 5-11: You also can adjust the setting via the Quick Control screen.FIGURE 5-12: When the Touch Shutter is Off, tapping the touchscreen sets focus ...FIGURE 5-13: In Face+Tracking mode, the camera focuses on a face if one is dete...FIGURE 5-14: In 1-Point and Spot modes, the focus frame gets smaller and smalle...FIGURE 5-15: The fastest way to change the AF Method setting is via the Quick C...FIGURE 5-16: For photography, adjust the AF Operation setting via the Quick Con...FIGURE 5-17: Use Peaking when manually focusing in Live View to highlight edges...FIGURE 5-18: When the magnifying glass is displayed, you can tap it to zoom the...FIGURE 5-19: Use a multi-controller to scroll the zoomed display.FIGURE 5-20: A shallow depth of field blurs the background and draws added atte...FIGURE 5-21: A large depth of field keeps both near and far subjects in sharp f...FIGURE 5-22: Lowering the f-stop value decreases depth of field.FIGURE 5-23: Using a longer focal length also reduces depth of field.FIGURE 5-24: Press this button to see how the aperture setting will affect dept...

      6 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Each light source emits a specific color.FIGURE 6-2: Multiple light sources can result in a color cast in Auto White Bal...FIGURE 6-3: AWB stands for Auto White Balance.FIGURE 6-4: Change White Balance by entering Quick Control mode.FIGURE 6-5: Here’s a guide to the symbols used to represent White Balance setti...FIGURE 6-6: In Live View mode, the preview updates to show how the current Whit...FIGURE 6-7: You also can adjust the White Balance setting from Shooting Menu 3.FIGURE 6-8: Choose this option from Shooting Menu 3 to create a White Balance s...FIGURE 6-9: After putting the camera in Quick Control mode, select the WB Shift...FIGURE 6-10: In Live View or Movie mode, tap the Info icon (left) or press the ...FIGURE 6-11: These symbols remind you that White Balance Shift is being applied...FIGURE 6-12: With White Balance Bracketing, the camera automatically creates th...FIGURE 6-13: To establish bracketing settings, rotate the Quick Control dial or...FIGURE 6-14: The Quick Control and Live View screens display these alerts that ...FIGURE 6-15: Here’s how the Auto Picture Style rendered the example image.FIGURE 6-16: Here are the variations produced by the six other full-color Pictu...FIGURE 6-17: This symbol represents the Picture Style.FIGURE 6-18: You can select a Picture Style via the Quick Control screen.FIGURE 6-19: Change Color Space from Shooting Menu 3; choose between sRGB (univ...

      7 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: The information display shows the most critical picture settings.FIGURE 7-2: To diminish a distracting background and draw more attention to you...FIGURE 7-3: For soft, even lighting, forego flash and instead expose your subje...FIGURE 7-4: To better illuminate faces in outdoor portraits, use flash.FIGURE 7-5: To eliminate harsh lighting and strong shadows (left), use bounce f...FIGURE 7-6: A too-slow shutter speed (1/125 second) causes the skater to appear...FIGURE 7-7: Raising the shutter speed to 1/1000 second freezes the action.FIGURE 7-8: Using a shutter speed slow enough to blur moving objects can be a f...FIGURE 7-9: The bench in the foreground helps provide a sense of the vastness o...FIGURE 7-10: For misty water movement, use a slow shutter speed (and tripod).FIGURE 7-11: A slow shutter also creates neon light trails in city-street scene...FIGURE 7-12: Using a shallow depth-of-field helped the subjects stand apart fro...FIGURE 7-13: To extend the close-focus ability of a lens, add magnifying diopte...

      8 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: You can attach an external microphone or rely on the built-in mic.FIGURE 8-2: Set the Live View/Movie Shooting switch to Movie and then press the...FIGURE 8-3: The initial movie display shows how many hours and minutes of video...FIGURE 8-4: Set the Video System option to the television broadcast standard us...FIGURE 8-5: These symbols represent the major recording options.FIGURE 8-6: You can set the frame size, rate, and compression amount via the Qu...FIGURE 8-7: The Movie Recording Size setting is also adjustable through Shootin...FIGURE 8-8: In Scene Intelligent Auto and other Basic Zone exposure modes, your...FIGURE 8-9: In P, Tv, Av, M, B, C1, and C2 exposure modes, you have a few more ...FIGURE 8-10: Select Rec. Level (left) to open the screen where you can adjust t...FIGURE 8-11: You may have control over these additional options, depending on y...FIGURE 8-12: Movie Digital IS may help reduce the impact of camera shake in a m...FIGURE 8-13: The camera forces you to use Auto ISO in the P, Tv, Av, and B expo...FIGURE 8-14: Recording cropped 4K movies is a bit easier on the camera and memo...FIGURE 8-15: Shoot in “slow mo” with the High Frame Rate option.FIGURE 8-16: Tap the arrow to begin playback or tap Set to display playback con...

      9 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: Control the timing of instant-picture review.FIGURE 9-2: The default Playback mode displays one picture at a time, with no p...FIGURE 9-3: Press the Quick Control button for fast access to these playback fe...FIGURE 9-4: Pinch in or press the Index/Reduce button to switch to display mult...FIGURE 9-5: You can specify a Jump method by using the Quick Control screen.FIGURE 9-6: You can also select the Jump method via Playback Menu 3.FIGURE 9-7: Display vertically oriented pictures upright (left) or sideways (ri...FIGURE 9-8: Go to Setup Menu 1 to disable or adjust automatic image rotation.FIGURE 9-9: During playback, the fastest way to rotate an image is to use the Q...FIGURE 9-10: You can also rotate photos from Playback Menu 1.FIGURE 9-11: After displaying your photo in single-image view (left), you can m...FIGURE 9-12: You can display the focus point(s) the camera used to establish fo...FIGURE 9-13: You can turn the feature on and off via Playback Menu 4 (right).FIGURE 9-14: Press the Info button to change the amount of data displayed with ...FIGURE 9-15: You can view basic exposure and file data in this display mode.FIGURE 9-16: The first screen of the Detailed Information display offers this f...FIGURE 9-17: Here’s a map to the data that appears on the bottom half of the fi...FIGURE 9-18: The second page has lens details and an RGB histogram (left); the ...FIGURE 9-19: Keep scrolling to see these additional settings, which are spread ...FIGURE 9-20: A Brightness histogram indicates the tonal range of an image.FIGURE 9-21: The RGB histogram can indicate problems with color saturation.FIGURE 9-22: You can set up a search from Playback Menu 3 (left) or, during pla...FIGURE 9-23: You can turn on as many as five search criteria; be sure to press ...FIGURE 9-24: The yellow frame reminds you that you’re viewing photos turned up ...FIGURE 9-25: Plug the small end of the cable into the HDMI-out port.

      10 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: During picture playback, press the Erase button to delete the disp...FIGURE 10-2: Choose these Playback Menu 1 options to quickly delete all unprote...FIGURE 10-3: Tag a file as ready for the trash by tapping the Set symbol or pre...FIGURE 10-4: Use Select Range to quickly select and delete a consecutive series...FIGURE 10-5: When the Image Search function is active, choose All Found Images ...FIGURE 10-6: During playback, use the Quick Control screen to protect the curre...FIGURE 10-7: You can access a few additional options for selecting files to pro...FIGURE 10-8: You can rate photos via the Quick Control screen.FIGURE 10-9: The Rating feature on Playback Menu 2 offers a few more options fo...FIGURE 10-10: After choosing Select Images, tap Set (left), tap the up or down ...FIGURE 10-11: You can get to the cropping tool through the Quick Control screen...FIGURE 10-12: Use these controls to set the size, angle, orientation, and aspec...FIGURE 10-13: Hidden among the cropping features is an option that enables you ...FIGURE 10-14: You see these symbols during playback when you display a cropped ...FIGURE 10-15: Connect the USB cable to this port.FIGURE 10-16: You must use EOS Utility to transfer files via Wi-Fi or USB cable...FIGURE 10-17: Select the thumbnails of the files you want to transfer.FIGURE 10-18: You can specify where you want to store the photos.FIGURE 10-19: You can drag and drop files from your memory card to a drive on y...FIGURE 10-20: You can view image metadata by choosing Info from the View menu i...FIGURE 10-21: Creative Assist has a lot of fun options to customize your