Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital Photography

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Monday, September 24, 2012

table of contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
Shooting Your First Canon EOS 40D Picture 1
First Things First
Initial Setup
Battery Included
Final Steps
Selecting a Shooting Mode
Choosing a Metering Mode
Choosing a Focus Mode
Selecting a Focus Point
Other Settings
Adjusting White Balance and ISO
Using the Self-Timer
Reviewing the Images You’ve Taken
Transferring Photos to Your Computer
Chapter 2
Canon EOS 40D Roadmap 21
Canon EOS 40D: Full Frontal
The Canon EOS 40D’s Business End
Going Topside
LCD Panel Readouts
Lens Components
Looking Inside the Viewfinder
Underneath Your EOS 40D
Contents
Chapter 3
Setting Up Your Canon EOS 40D 43
Anatomy of the EOS 40D’s Menus
Shooting Menu 1/2 Options.
Quality Settings
Red-Eye Reduction
Beep
Shoot without a Compact Flash Card Installed
Review Time Out.
Automatic Exposure Bracketing
White Balance
Custom White Balance
White Balance Shift and Bracketing
Color Space
Picture Styles
Dust Delete Data
Playback Menu 1/2 Options
Protect
Rotate
Erase Images
Print Order
Transfer Order
Highlight Alert
Autofocus Points Display
Histogram
Auto Play
-up Menu 1/2/3 Options
Auto Power Off
File Numbering
Auto Rotate
Info. Button
Format
LCD Brightness
Date/Time
Language
Video System
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Sensor Cleaning: Auto
Live View Function Settings
Flash Control
Camera User Setting
Clear All Camera Settings
Firmware Version
Custom Functions I/II/III/IV
Custom Function I (C.Fn. I): Exposure
Custom Function II (C.Fn. II): Image
Custom Function III (C.Fn. III): Autofocus/Drive
Custom Function IV (C.Fn. IV): Operation/Others
Clear All Custom Func (C. Fn) Settings
My Menu
Chapter 4
Getting the Right Exposure 107
Getting a Handle on Exposure
How the EOS 40D Calculates Exposure
Choosing a Metering Method
Choosing a Creative Zone Exposure Method
A-DEP
Aperture Priority
Shutter Priority
Program Mode
Manual Exposure
Selecting an Autofocus/Exposure Zone Manually
Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings
Bracketing
Fine-Tuning Exposure Bracketing
Dealing with Noise
Fixing Exposures with Histograms
Basic Zone Modes
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Chapter 5
Advanced Shooting with Your Canon
EOS 40D 133
More Exposure Options
A Tiny Slice of Time.
Working with Short Exposures
Long Exposures
Three Ways to Take Long Exposures
Working with Long Exposures
Delayed Exposures
Self-Timer
Remote Control
Time-Lapse/Interval Photography
Getting into Focus
Improved Cross-Type Focus Points
Focus Modes
Focus Pocus
Adding Circles of Confusion
Making Sense of Sensors
Your Autofocus Mode Options
Setting AF Point
Continuous Shooting
Setting Image Parameters.
Customizing White Balance
Image Parameters in Picture Styles
Working with Live View
What You Can/Cannot Do with Live View
Enabling Live View
Activating Live View
Manual Focusing
Using Autofocus with Live View
Using Simulated Exposure
Silent Shooting
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Chapter 6
Working with Lenses 175
But First, a Word from Our Sensor
Your First Lens.
Buy Now, Expand Later .
What Lenses Can You Use?
EF vs. EF-S.
Ingredients of Canon’s Alphanumeric Soup
Your Second (and Third…) Lens
What Lenses Can Do for You
Zoom or Prime?
Categories of Lenses
Using Wide-Angle and Wide-Zoom Lenses
Avoiding Potential Wide-Angle Problems
Using Telephoto and Tele-Zoom Lenses
Avoiding Telephoto Lens Problems
Telephotos and Bokeh
Add-ons and Special Features
Lens Hoods
Telephoto Extenders
Macro Focusing
Image Stabilization
Chapter 7
Working with Light 207
Continuous Illumination versus Electronic Flash
Continuous Lighting Basics
Daylight
Incandescent/Tungsten Light
Fluorescent Light/Other Light Sources
Adjusting White Balance
Electronic Flash Basics.
How Electronic Flash Works
Using the Built-In Flash
Basic Zone Flash
Creative Zone Flash
Using FE Lock and Flash Exposure Compensation
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Using External Electronic Flash
Speedlite 580EX II
Speedlite 430EX
Speedlite 220EX
More Advanced Lighting Techniques
Diffusing and Softening the Light
Using Multiple Light Sources
Other Lighting Accessories
Chapter 8
Downloading and Editing Your Images 233
What’s in the Box?
Picture Style Editor
EOS Utility
ZoomBrowser/ImageBrowser
RAW Image Task
PhotoStitch
Digital Photo Professional
Transferring Your Photos
Direct-Direct Transfer/Indirect-Direct Transfer
Using a Card Reader and Software
Dragging and Dropping
Editing Your Photos
Image Editors
RAW Utilities
Photoshop CS3
Chapter 9
Canon EOS 40D: Troubleshooting
and Prevention 257
Update Your Firmware
Official Firmware
Upgrading Your Firmware
Protect Your LCD
Troubleshooting Memory Cards
All Your Eggs in One Basket?
What Can Go Wrong?
What Can You Do?
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Replacing Your Clock Battery
Clean Your Sensor
Dust the FAQs, Ma’am
Identifying and Dealing with Dust
Avoiding Dust
Sensor Cleaning
Appendix A
Upgrading to the Canon EOS 40D 283
Is This Trip Really Necessary
Canon EOS 40D vs. EOS 30D…et al
All-New Features
Physical Improvements
Operational Enhancements

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