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Canon T3i EOS 600D manual

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    Canon T3i Experience 4 1. INTRODUCTION With the introduction of the Rebel T3i (also known as the EOS 600D) Canon has continued its well respected li ne of powerful, affordable, and easy to operate digital SLR cameras. Boasting features such as its 18 megapixel sensor, 63-zone dual-layer exposure metering sys tem, high ISO performance expan dable up[...]

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    Canon T3i Experience 5 Take Control of Your Camera Since the camera is a tool to take the images you want to take, you c an’t always allow the camera to make decisions for y ou. You have to take control of the camera to ensure that you capture exactly the images you intend - by au tofocusing where you want, setting the ape rture or shutter s peed[...]

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    Canon T3i Experience 11 Shooting 2 menu Exposure compensation/AEB You can use the [Av+/-] Button and Main Dial for qui ckly changing exposure compensation rather than usin g this menu item, but you need to access this item for Auto Exposure Bracketi ng (AEB). More about Exposure Compensation and Auto Exposure Bracketing later. Put this in My Menu ([...]

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    Canon T3i Experience 22 Note that when you enabl e this, the camera will disable Auto Lighting Opti mizer and will limit your ISO range to 200- 6400. This will be discussed a little bit more in the Highlight Tone Priority an d Auto Lighting Optimizer section. recommend: 0 - but put in My Menu C.Fn III: Autofocus/ Drive C.Fn III-7 - AF-A ssist Beam [...]

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    Canon T3i Experience 49 some situations the exposure that the cam era determines may not be the exposure you desire. This may happen w hen photographing scenes with very bright and/ or dark areas, or some other type of dramatic lighting. Since dramati c and interesting lighting can make for compelling images, you will need to know how to deal with [...]

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    Canon T3i Experience 50 want the face or the subject to be properly exposed a nd not risk blowing the shot, it is worth it to use Partia l Metering mode. Anot her time to use this is when there is a wide range of light in your scene, from bright sunlight to deep shadows. You will need to determine and lock the exposure settings of a critical area o[...]

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    Canon T3i Experience 51 on a dramatically lit face or subject, where t he proper exposure of that part of the image is critical (see Figure 16 ). Figure 16 - Singer - Use Partial Metering or S pot Metering in high-con trast situations to meter for the area you want properly exposed (such as an area of skin ton e here), then lock exposure, focus, an[...]

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    Canon T3i Experience 52 determine proper exposure of a s ubject or scene before switching the camera to Manual Mode for a controlled studio shot , a critical shot, or a seri es of s hots where the lighting is not going to change. 3.6d Center-Weighted Average Meteri ng This metering mode can be thought of as a combination of Evaluative and Partial M[...]

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