Informationen zum Autor Julie Adair King has written numerous books on Nikon and Canon cameras as well as digital photography. She also conducts digital photography classes at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. Robert Correll is a creative professional and the author of High Dynamic Range Digital Photography For Dummies. Klappentext Expand your creativity ? learn to use all your 60D's professional features Are you new to dSLR photography? Or are you accustomed to changing lenses, but still a little overwhelmed by your 60D's many options? Relax ? this book is for you! You'll get a guided tour of every control, learn to use the automatic modes, and download and share your images. Then get really creative as you learn to control exposure, focus, color, and more! So many buttons ? get familiar with all the controls on the top, front, and back of your camera and learn to use the menus Use the safety net ? exercise some creative control while maintaining automatic features with Creative Auto mode See what you've got ? use the Playback function to review photos in the camera and view data about each shot Print perfection ? transfer images to the computer, sync up print and monitor colors, and check pixel counts before you print Take off the training wheels ? manually control exposure, lighting, focus, and white balance Open the book and find: A guided tour of your Canon EOS 60D's controls Tips for getting better shots in auto mode Advice on shooting movies How to work with aperture, shutter speed, and ISO Insight for deciphering the camera's menu options A guide to setting your camera for portraits and action shots What white balance is and how to manage it Ten ways to customize your Canon EOS 60D Learn to: Get started in auto mode, then move to manual mode for greater control Fine-tune exposure, lighting, focus, and color Set your camera for high-quality portraits and landscape photos Zusammenfassung A full-color guide to all the bells and whistles in your new Canon 60D If you own a Canon 60D! you?ve got a camera for advanced amateurs and one that?s very close to professional-level equipment. Now it?s time to make sure you get the very most out of all that power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps 7 Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land 9 Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings 51 Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically 77 Chapter 4: Exploring Live View Shooting and Movie Making 99 Part II: Working with Picture Files 133 Chapter 5: Picture Playback 135 Chapter 6: Downloading, Printing, and Sharing Your Photos 165 Part III: Taking Creative Control 199 Chapter 7: Getting Creative with Exposure and Lighting 201 Chapter 8: Manipulating Focus and Color 257 Chapter 9: Putting It All Together 289 Part IV: The Part of Tens 309 Chapter 10: Ten Creative (and Practical) Features 311 Chapter 11: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera 335 Index 355 ...

Klappentext

Expand your creativity ? learn to use all your 60D's professional features

Are you new to dSLR photography? Or are you accustomed to changing lenses, but still a little overwhelmed by your 60D's many options? Relax ? this book is for you! You'll get a guided tour of every control, learn to use the automatic modes, and download and share your images. Then get really creative as you learn to control exposure, focus, color, and more!

• So many buttons ? get familiar with all the controls on the top, front, and back of your camera and learn to use the menus

• Use the safety net ? exercise some creative control while maintaining automatic features with Creative Auto mode

• See what you've got ? use the Playback function to review photos in the camera and view data about each shot

• Print perfection ? transfer images to the computer, sync up print and monitor colors, and check pixel counts before you print

• Take off the training wheels ? manually control exposure, lighting, focus, and white balance

  Open the book and find:

• A guided tour of your Canon EOS 60D's controls

• Tips for getting better shots in auto mode

• Advice on shooting movies

• How to work with aperture, shutter speed, and ISO

• Insight for deciphering the camera's menu options

• A guide to setting your camera for portraits and action shots

• What white balance is and how to manage it

• Ten ways to customize your Canon EOS 60D

  Learn to:

• Get started in auto mode, then move to manual mode for greater control

• Fine-tune exposure, lighting, focus, and color

• Set your camera for high-quality portraits and landscape photos

  Zusammenfassung
  A full-color guide to all the bells and whistles in your new Canon 60D If you own a Canon 60D, you?ve got a camera for advanced amateurs and one that?s very close to professional-level equipment. Now it?s time to make sure you get the very most out of all that power.

  Inhalt

  Introduction 1

  Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps 7

  Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land 9

  Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings 51

  Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically 77

  Chapter 4: Exploring Live View Shooting and Movie Making 99

  Part II: Working with Picture Files 133

  Chapter 5: Picture Playback 135

  Chapter 6: Downloading, Printing, and Sharing Your Photos 165

  Part III: Taking Creative Control 199

  Chapter 7: Getting Creative with Exposure and Lighting 201

  Chapter 8: Manipulating Focus and Color 257

  Chapter 9: Putting It All Together 289

  Part IV: The Part of Tens 309

  Chapter 10: Ten Creative (and Practical) Features 311

  Chapter 11: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera 335

  Index 355