Canon Digital SLR: Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

Go beyond the factory settings and make shooting with your Canon digital SLR faster and more responsive with this collection of settings and customizing tips.

Welcome

• Introduction to Canon performance-tuning tips
• Reviewing some of the Canon camera options

1. Tips and Techniques for Camera Configuration

• Configuring back-button autofocus
• Configuring Live View
• Understanding manual focus in Live View
• Using depth-of-field preview button in Live View
• Using image playback
• Reviewing images using Live View
• Configuring Drive mode
• Working with bracketing settings
• Creating a custom menu in camera
• Customizing the Quick Menu options
• Configuring card slots in a multiformat camera
• Expanding ISO
• Exploring the crop in the Canon 5DS
• Exploring the Bulb mode with specific times
• Working with autofocus through the viewfinder

Conclusion

• Next steps