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  • Page 1 Licensed to: CengageBrain User...
  • Page 2 Licensed to: CengageBrain User This is an electronic version of the print textbook. Due to electronic rights restrictions, some third party content may be suppressed. Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. The publisher reserves the right to remove content from this title at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it.
  • Page 3 Further permissions questions can be e-mailed to Executive Editor: permissionrequest@cengage.com. Kevin Harreld Project Editor: Canon is a registered trademark of Canon, Inc. in the United States and Jenny Davidson other countries. Technical Reviewer: All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 4 Started with Your Canon EOS 60D Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s).

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: This Is A "Meet Your 60D" Introduction, Where You'll Find Information

    This first part of the book, consisting of just three short chapters, is designed to famil- iarize you with the basics of your Canon EOS 60D as quickly as possible, even though I have no doubt that you’ve already been out shooting a few hundred (or thousand) photographs with your pride and joy.

  • Page 6: Chapter 3: This Is A Streetsmart Roadmap To The Canon Eos 60D. Confused By

    EOS 60D’s built-in flash and external flash capabilities. I’ll wind up this book with Part IV, which covers image software, printing, and transfer options and includes some troubleshooting that may help you when good cameras (or film cards) go bad.
  • Page 7 That’s where this chapter—and the chap- ters that follow—should come in handy. Like many of you, I am a Canon user of long standing. And, like other members of our club, I had to learn at least some aspects of my newest EOS camera for the very first time at some point.
  • Page 8 Even if you’re a long-time Canon shooter, I hope you won’t be tempted to skip this chap- ter or the next one. I realize that you probably didn’t purchase this book the same day you bought your camera and that, even if you did, the urge to go out and take a few hundred—or thousand—photos with your new camera is enticing.
  • Page 9 You’ll also need a memory card, as one is not included. If you purchased your EOS 60D from a camera shop, as I did, the store personnel probably attached the neck strap for you, ran through some basic operational advice that you’ve already forgotten, tried to sell you another memory card,...
  • Page 10 (but now must have) was never in the box. At a minimum, the box should have the following: Canon EOS 60D digital camera. It almost goes without saying that you should ■ check out the camera immediately, making sure the color LCD on the back isn’t...
  • Page 11 It’s not very adjustable, and, while use- ful for showing off to your friends exactly which nifty new camera you bought, I never attach the Canon strap to my cameras, and instead opt for a more servicea- ble strap from UPstrap (www.upstrap-pro.com) or Op-Tech (www.optechusa.com).
  • Page 12 Add-on Speedlite. One of the best uses for your Canon 60D’s built-in electronic ■ flash is as a remote trigger for an off-camera Speedlite such as the Canon 580EX II, which was designed especially for cameras in this class. Your built-in flash can Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning.
  • Page 13 “Activating Your EOS 60D” in the next section. The initial set-up of your Canon EOS 60D is fast and easy. Basically, you just need to charge the battery, attach a lens, and insert a memory card. I’ll address each of these steps separately, but if you already feel you can manage these set-up tasks without fur- ther instructions, feel free to skip this section entirely.
  • Page 14 David Busch’s Canon EOS 60D Guide to Digital SLR Photography Battery Included Your Canon EOS 60D is a sophisticated hunk of machinery and electronics, but it needs a charged battery to function, so rejuvenating the LP-E6 lithium-ion battery pack fur- nished with the camera should be your first step.

  • Page 15: Power Options

    Power Options Several battery chargers are available for the Canon EOS 60D. The compact LC-E6, shown in Figure 1.2, is furnished with the camera, and so is the charger that most 60D owners end up using. Purchasing one of the optional charging devices offers more than some additional features: You gain a spare that can keep your camera running until you can replace your primary power rejuvenator.

  • Page 16: Charging The Battery

    AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6. As I mentioned earlier, this device allows you to oper- ■ ate your EOS 60D directly from AC power, with no battery required. Studio pho- tographers need this capability because they often snap off hundreds of pictures for hours on end and want constant, reliable power.

  • Page 17: Final Steps

    Final Steps Your Canon EOS 60D is almost ready to fire up and shoot. You’ll need to select and mount a lens, adjust the viewfinder for your vision, and insert a memory card. Each of these steps is easy, and if you’ve used an EOS 7D, 50D, 40D, 30D, or 20D (or one of...
  • Page 18 Licensed to: CengageBrain User David Busch’s Canon EOS 60D Guide to Digital SLR Photography Once the body cap has been removed, remove the rear lens cap from the lens, set it aside, and then mount the lens on the camera by matching the alignment indicator on the lens barrel (red for EF lenses and white for EF-S lenses) with the red or white dot on the camera’s lens mount (see Figure 1.5).
  • Page 19 Your contact lenses or glasses may provide all the correction you need, but if you are a glasses wearer and want to use the EOS 60D without your glasses, you can take advantage of the camera’s built-in diopter adjustment, which can be varied from –3 to +1 correction.

  • Page 20: Formatting A Memory Card

    Licensed to: CengageBrain User David Busch’s Canon EOS 60D Guide to Digital SLR Photography Insert the memory card with the label facing the back of the camera, as shown in Figure 1.8 goes into the slot first. Close the door, and your pre-flight checklist is done! (I’m going to assume you remember to remove the lens cap when you’re ready to take a pic-...
  • Page 21 How Many Shots Left? Guess! If the EOS 60D has a serious flaw, my nomination is the camera’s apparent inability to tell you how many shots you have left. Of course, you know you have a great camera when the counter that keeps track of the number of shots remaining is its most annoy- ing defect.
  • Page 22 Licensed to: CengageBrain User David Busch’s Canon EOS 60D Guide to Digital SLR Photography Standard). If you’re using a “small” sized 4GB card, the counter overflows at 999 expo- sures when you shoot at JPEG Standard (the actual capacity is about 1,232 exposures).
  • Page 23 Canon EOS 60D: Thinking Outside of the Box MANY FORMATS COMPLICATE THE COUNT As I’ll explain in Chapter 2, the EOS 60D is able to shoot in many different file size and resolution formats, including JPEG Fine (best image quality), JPEG Standard (good image quality), and three pixel dimensions for each of the two JPEG choices (Large: 5184 ×...
  • Page 24 30 photographers in two sessions, no fewer than four Canon shooters were having trouble setting the aperture when using the Manual exposure mode I was having them use while working with studio flash units. (Each of them rarely used Manual.) All four had accidentally set the QCD switch to Lock in the...

  • Page 25: Setting The Time And Date

    Canon EOS 60D: Thinking Outside of the Box Setting the Time and Date The first time you use the Canon EOS 60D, it may ask you to enter the time and date. (This information may have been set by someone checking out your camera on your behalf prior to sale.) Just follow these steps:...
  • Page 26 Press SET to confirm your choice. 9. When finished setting the date and time, press the MENU button to exit. Your Canon EOS 60D is ready to go. If you need a quick start for its basic operation, jump ahead to Chapter 2.

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