Canon EOS 70D Manual page 44

Info Button, 3
LCD Monitor, 3
Live View & Movie Shooting
Switch, 3
Menu Button, 3
Mode dial, 3
Multi-Controller, 3
Multi-Function Lock Switch, 3
Playback Button, 3
Power Switch, 3
Quick Control Button, 3
Quick Control dial, 3
SD Card Slot, 3
Setting (Set) Button, 3
Viewfinder, 3
camera front
Built-in Flash, 2
Depth-of-Field Preview Button, 2
EF Lens Mount Index, 2
Flash Button, 2
Lens Mount, 2
Lens Release Button, 2
Mode dial, 2
Red-Eye Reduction/Self-Timer
Lamp, 2
Shutter Button, 2
Strap Mount, 2
Terminal Cover, 2
camera modes and exposure, 132–133
camera settings
examples, 90
exposure compensation, 90
Highlight Alert, 90
camera top
AF Area Selection Mode Button, 4
AF Mode Selection Button, 4
Built-in Flash, 4
Drive Mode Selection Button, 4
Flash-Sync Contacts, 4
Focal Plane Mark, 4
Hot Shoe, 4
ISO Speed Setting Button, 4
LCD Panel, 4
LCD Panel Illumination Button, 4
Main dial, 4
Metering Mode Selection Button, 4
Microphone, 4
Mode dial, 4
Mode Dial Lock-Release Button, 4
Shutter Button, 4
Strap Mount, 4
Canon EOS 70D
avoiding overheating, 235
as DSLR (digital single-lens reflex)
camera, 43–44
setting up, 31
cards. See memory cards
catchlights, 109
Close-up mode, 66
close-up portraits, 45–46
CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black),
15
color, considering, 221–222
color histogram, displaying, 27
color space, setting, 15–16
color temperatures
warm vs. cool, 136
and white balance, 15
composing. See also creative
compositions
black-and-white portraits, 115
breaking rules, 114
"Dutch angle," 113
grid display for Live View, 112
people, 111–114
perspective, 113, 120
portraits, 111–114
rule of thirds, 111–112
shooting at eye level, 113
continuous mode, using to capture
expressions, 167
copyright information, setting, 17
creative compositions. See also
composing
angles, 214
backgrounds, 214
color, 221–222
depth of field, 212–213
frames within frames, 225
leading lines, 223
patterns, 219–220
point of view, 218–219
rule of thirds, 224
shapes, 219–220
specialty lenses, 216–217
textures, 219–220
Creative filters
applying to images, 260
Art Bold, 258
Fish-Eye, 258
Grainy B/W, 258
Miniature, 258
playing with, 271
Soft Focus, 258
Toy Camera, 258
Water Painting, 258
creative photography. See also images;
photos
light painting, 267–269
"swirly flash," 266–267
zoom lenses, 269
Creative Zone shooting modes
Av: Aperture Priority mode, 74–78,
98
B: Bulb mode, 83
vs. Basic Zone, 19
M: Manual mode, 80
P: Program AE mode, 68–69
Tv: Shutter Priority mode, 70–74
crop sensor vs. full frame, 43
curtain, first vs. second, 202
D
dark environments, shooting in, 130
Delicate Arch at Moab National Park, 44
depth of field
controlling, 91
in creative compositions, 212–213
making shallow, 133
and motion, 51–53
in portraits, 123
Depth-of-Field Preview button, 2, 140
digital noise and long exposure, 87. See
also noise
digital zoom, setting for videos, 242
dioptric adjustment knob, 3
display modes, scrolling through, 27
Drive Mode Selection button, 4
drive modes
2-sec self-timer, 166
10-sec self-timer, 166
buffer, 166
high-speed continuous shooting,
166, 168
low-speed continuous shooting, 166
silent continuous shooting, 166
silent single shooting, 166
single shooting, 166
DSLR (digital single-lens reflex)
camera, 43–44. See also lenses
E
EF Lens Mount Index, 2
electronic level
setting in LCD monitor, 137
setting in viewfinder, 138
using to balance images, 136
using with videos, 241
environmental portraits, shooting, 99
EOS 70D Wi-Fi Instruction Manual, 25
EOS Remote app, downloading, 21
Erase Button, 3
E-TTL technology, 197
Evaluative metering mode, 104
exposure compensation
changing, 90
setting, 79
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