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                PhotogrAPhy




                    DenniS P. Curtin
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preFace



PrefaCe


                            A
                                   great photograph begins when you recognize a great scene or
                                   subject. But recognizing a great opportunity isn’t enough to capture
                                   it; you also have to be prepared. A large part of being prepared in-
                            volves understanding your camera well enough to capture what you see. Get-
                            ting you prepared to see and capture great photographs is what this book is
                            all about. It doesn’t matter if you are taking pictures for business or pleasure,
                            there’s a lot here to help you get better results and more satisfaction from
                            your photography.
The Canon EOS 5D Mark
II is a very high-quality   To get better, and possibly even great photographs, you need to understand
21.1 megapixel camera.      both concepts and procedures; the “whys” and “hows” of photography.
                            • Concepts of photography are the underlying principles that apply regardless
                            of the camera you are using. They include such things as how sharpness and
                            exposure affect your images and the way they are perceived by viewers. Un-
                            derstanding concepts answers the “why” kinds of questions you might have
                            about photography.
                            • Procedures are those things specific to one kind of camera, and explain
                            step-by-step how you set your camera’s controls to capture an image just the
                            way you want to. Understanding procedures gives you the answers to the
                            “how” kinds of questions you might have.
                            This book is organized around the concepts of digital photography because
                            that’s how photographers think. You think about scenes and subjects, high-
The 5D Mark II accepts      lights and shadows, softness and sharpness, color and tone. The procedures
the full line of Canon EF   you use with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II are integrated throughout the con-
and EF-S lenses.
                            cepts, appearing in those places where they apply. This integrated approach
                            lets you first understand the concepts of photography and then see step by
                            step how to use the 5D Mark II in all kinds of photographic situations.
                         To get more effective, interesting, and creative photographs, you only need
                         to understand how and when to use a few simple features on your camera
                         such as focus, exposure controls, and flash. If you’ve previously avoided
                         understanding these features and the profound impact they can have on your
                         images, you’ll be pleased to know that you can learn them on a weekend.
                         You can then spend the rest of your life marveling at how the infinite variety
                         of combinations make it possible to convey your own personal view of the
                         world. You’ll be ready to keep everything in a scene sharp for maximum de-
                         tail or to blur it all for an impressionistic portrayal. You’ll be able to get dra-
The 5D Mark II can print matic close-ups, freeze fast action, create wonderful panoramas, and capture
directly to a printer
without a computer.      the beauty and wonder of rainbows, sunsets, fireworks, and nighttime scenes.
                            As you explore your camera, be sure to have fun. There are no “rules” or
                            “best” way to make a picture. Great photographs come from using what you
                            know to experiment and try new approaches. Digital cameras make this espe-
 phOTOgRAphy                cially easy because there are no film costs or delays. Every experiment is free
 On-linE                    and you see the results immediately so you can learn step by step.
 • To learn more
 about digital pho-
                            This book assumes you’ve mastered the mechanics of your camera. It’s about
 tography, visit our        getting great pictures, not about connecting your camera to computers and
 ShortCourses Web           using your software. That information is well presented in the user guide that
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contents


ContentS

  Cover...i                                            When to Override Automatic Exposure...50
  Short Courses Books and Web Site...ii                   Scenes Lighter than Middle Gray...50
  Preface...iv                                            Scenes Darker than Middle Gray...51
  Contents...v                                            Subject Against a Very Light Background...51
                                                          Subject Against a Very Dark Background...52
                                                          Scenes with High Contrast...52
Chapter 1                                              How Overriding Autoexposure Works...54
Camera Controls and Creativity...7                     How to Override Automatic Exposure...55
                                                          Exposure Compensation...55
  The 5D Mark II Camera...8                               Autoexposure (AE) Lock...55
  Jump Start—Using Full Auto Mode...9                     Autoexposure Bracketing (AEB)...57
  Good Things to Know...10                             Using Histograms...59
  Using the Viewfinder...12                               Displaying Histograms...59
     Focus Screens...12                                   Evaluating Histograms ...59
     Diopter Adjustment...12                              Clipped Pixels...61
     AF Points ...12                                      Sample Histograms...62
     Information Display...12
  Anatomy of the Camera...13
     Top View ...13                                  Chapter 3
     Rear View...14                                  Controlling sharpness...63
  Changing Settings with Buttons and Dials...15
     The Main Dial...15                                Getting Sharper Pictures...64
     The Quick Control Dial...15                          Using the Self-timer/Remote Switch...64
     The INFO Button...15                                 Supporting the Camera...64
  Changing Settings on the Quick Control                  Adjusting the ISO...65
     Screen...16                                       Sharpness Isn’t Everything...67
     The Quick Control Screen...16                     How to Photograph Motion Sharply...68
     Dual Function Button Screens...16                    Speed of Subject...68
  Changing Settings with Menus...17                       Direction of Movement...68
  Playing Back & Managing Your Images...20                Distance to Subject and Focal Length of
     Image Review...20                                    Lens...69
     Image Playback...20                               Focus and Depth of Field...70
     INFO Display...20                                    Focus...70
     Jumping in Playback...21                             Depth of Field...70
  Using the Playback Menu...22                            Checking Depth of Field...71
  Giving Slide Shows...23                              Focusing Techniques...72
  Selecting Image Quality and Size...24                   Autofocus Modes...72
     Number of Pixels...24                                Selectable Focusing Points...73
     How An Image is Captured...26                        Displaying AF Points in Playback...74
     The Exposure...26                                    Using Focus Lock...74
     It’s All Black and White After All...26              Manual Focus...75
     Choosing Image Size and Quality...27              Controlling Depth of Field...76
                                                       Using Deep Depth of Field...77
                                                       Using Shallow Depth of Field...78
Chapter 2                                              Conveying the Feeling of Motion...79
Controlling exposure...30
  Understanding Exposure...31                        Chapter 4
  The Shutter Controls Light and Motion...32         Capturing light & Color...80
  The Aperture Controls Light and Depth of
     Field...34                                        Where Does Color Come From?...81
  Using Shutter Speed and Aperture Together...36       White Balance and Color...82
     Exposure—Faucets & Buckets Analogy...37              Using Preset White Balance Settings...82
     Exposure—Seesaw Analogy...38                         Creating and Using a Custom White Balance
  Retaining Highlight and Shadow Details ...39            Setting...83
  Choosing Shooting Modes...40                            Using a Specific Color Temperature...84
  Using Creative Auto (CA) Mode...41                      Selecting a Color Space...84
  Using Program AE (P) & Program Shift...42            Using White Balance Correction & Bracketing...85
  Using Shutter-Priority (Tv) Mode...43                Color and Time of Day...86
  Using Aperture-Priority (Av) Mode...44               Sunsets and Sunrises...87
  Using Manual (M) Mode...45                           Weather...89
  How Your Exposure System Works...46                  Photographing at Night...91
     Meter Averaging and Middle Gray...46              The Direction of Light...93
     Types of Metering...48                            The Quality of Light...95
  When Automatic Exposure Works Well...49


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contents


Chapter 5                                                 Chapter 7
understanding lenses...96                                 other Features and Commands...136
     Canon Lenses...97                                      Continuous Photography...137
         Electronic Lens Mount...97                         Remote Control Photography...138
         Focusing Technology...97                           Shooting Still Images in Live View...139
         Ultrasonic Motors...98                                Manual Focusing...140
         Image Stabilization...98                              Live View/Movie Function Settings...140
         Information on a Canon Lens...99                      Live View Function Settings...140
     Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction...100             Screen Settings Type...141
     Focal Length...101                                        Grid Display...141
     Zoom Lenses...102                                         Silent Shooting...141
     Normal Lenses...103                                       Metering Timer...142
     Wide-Angle Lenses...104                                   AF Mode...142
     Telephoto Lenses...106                                    General Tips in Live View...143
     Macro Lenses and Accessories...108                        Live View Focusing Tips...143
     Tilt-Shift Lenses...110                                   Magnified View for Focusing...144
     Lens Accessories...111                                    Live View Exposure Tips...144
     Perspective in a Photograph...112                      Shooting Movies in Live View...145
                                                               Basic Movie Tips...145
                                                               Camera settings...146
Chapter 6                                                      Exposure Tips...147
using Flash and studio lighting...113                          Things to Avoid...147
                                                               Using a TV As the Monitor...147
     How Flash Works...114                                  Playing Movies...148
     Using a Canon Speedlite...115                          Using Picture Styles...149
     Controlling Flash Exposures...116                         Selecting Picture Styles...149
        What’s E-TTL II?...116                                 Adjusting Picture Styles...149
        Flash Exposure Compensation...116                      Registering a Picture Style...150
        Flash Exposure (FE) Lock...117                      Registering Your Own Settings...151
     External Speedlite Control...118                       Using Custom Functions...152
        Flash Function Settings...118                          C.Fn I: Exposure...153
        Custom Functions...118                                 C. Fn II: Image...154
        Flash Exposure Bracketing (FEB)...119                  C.Fn III: Auto focus/Drive...155
        High-speed Sync (FP)...119                             C.Fn IV: Operation Others...156
        Wireless Remote Flash...120                         Using My Menu...158
        Stroboscopic Flash...120                            Changing Other Settings...159
     Portraits with Flash...121                                Shooting Without a CF Card...159
        Positioning the Flash and Subjects...121               Setting the Date and Time...159
        Red-eye...122                                          Changing the Review Time...159
     Using Fill Flash...123                                    Reset File Numbers...160
     Using Slow Sync Flash...124                               Turning the Beep On and Off...160
     Using Available Light...126                               Adjusting Monitor Brightness...161
     Using Flash in Close-ups...127                            Traveling Options—Language and Video Set-
     Studio Lighting...128                                     tings...161
        Candidates for Studio Lighting...128                   Setting the Auto Power Off Time...161
        Lighting...128                                         Formatting CF Cards...161
        Backgrounds...130                                      Turning Auto Rotate On and Off...162
        Risers...130                                           Creating and Selecting Folders...162
        Special Bulbs...130                                    Firmware Version...163
     Portrait and Product Photography—                         Battery Info...163
        Introduction...131                                  Resetting Camera Settings...164
     The Main Light...132                                   Caring for Your Camera...165
     The Fill Light...133                                      Cleaning the Image Sensor...165
     The Background Light...134                                Cleaning the Camera and Lens...167
     The Rim Light...135                                       Protecting your Camera from the Ele-
                                                               ments...167
                                                               Protecting when Traveling...168
                                                               Storing a Camera...168
                                                               Caring for Yourself...168




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ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS     and   Creativity



Chapter 1
Camera Controls and Creativity




                         S
                               erious digital cameras give you creative control over your images. They
 COnTEnTS                      do so by allowing you to control the light and motion in photographs
 • The 5D Mark II              as well as what’s sharp and what isn’t. Although most consumer digital
 Camera • Jump           cameras are fully automatic, some allow you to make minor adjustments that
 Start: Using Full       affect your images. The best ones such as the Canon 5D Mark II offer inter-
 Auto Mode • Good
 Things to Know •        changeable lenses, external flash connections, and a wide range of controls—
 Using the Viewfinder    more than you’d find on a 35mm SLR. However, regardless of what controls
 • Anatomy of the        your camera has, the same basic principles are at work “under the hood.”
 Camera • Changing
 Settings with Buttons   Your automatic exposure and focusing systems are having a profound affect
 and Dials • Chang-      on your images. Even with your camera set to Full Auto, you can indirectly
 ing Settings with the   control, or at least take advantage of the effects these systems have on your
 Quick Control Screen
 • Changing Settings     images.
 with Menus • Playing
 Back & Managing         In this chapter, we’ll first explore your camera and how you use it in Full Auto
 Your Images • Using     mode. We’ll also see how you use menus and buttons to operate the camera,
 the Playback Menu •     manage your images and control image quality. In the chapters that follow,
 Giving Slide Shows
 • Selecting Image       we’ll explore in greater depth how you take control of these settings, and oth-
 Quality and Size        ers, to get the effects you want.




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 the 5d mark ii Camera

                           Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera features a full-frame (24 x
                           36mm) image sensor with 21.1 megapixels that can capture still images up
                           to 5616 x 3744 in size–large enough for 28 x 18 inch prints. Its high-speed
                           continuous mode captures up to 78 Large/Fine JPEGs or 13 RAW images at
                           3.9 frames-per-second (on a UDMA Compact Flash card) making it ideal for
                           photographing wildlife, sports and other action subjects.
                           The camera has a large three-inch 920,000-pixel LCD monitor on which you
                           can review your images. Using Live View, you can also use this monitor to
 The Canon 5D Mark         compose them, magnifying parts of the scene up to 10x for the precise man-
 II is a single-lens
 reflex (SLR) camera       ual focus required in macro photography. Live View also has silent modes
 so when you look in       that avoid startling people and wildlife. Using Live View, along with software
 the viewfinder you        and a cable supplied with the camera, you can use a computer screen as the
 are seeing the scene
 through the lens.         viewfinder to compose and focus images, using menu commands displayed
                           on the screen to change camera settings. Using an optional wireless transmit-
                           ter you can even eliminate the cable and work wirelessly over short distances.
                           Live View also makes it possible for the camera to capture full 16:9 HD video
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                           clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution and 30 frames per second. Camera settings
 Click this button to play you make to adjust image sharpness, contrast, color saturation and white
 an animation that shows balance, also apply to movies so you have extensive creative control. You also
 how an SLR works when
 you compose an image
                           have access to more than 60 Canon EF lenses from ultra-wide-angle and fish-
 and press the shutter     eye to macro and supertelephoto.
 button.
                           The camera has a top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec and a 1/200 maximum
                           flash sync shutter speed setting. ISO settings range from 100–6400 but you
                           can expand the ISO up to 25,600.
                           The camera’s 14-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) conversion process captures
                           images with finer and more accurate gradations of tones and colors. High-
                           light Tone Priority is perfect for wedding and nature photographers trying
                           to capture details in wedding dresses, clouds, snow or other white subjects.
                           When you don’t plan on editing your images on a computer, Picture Styles let
                           you adjust them for printing right from the camera as you capture them, or
                           later in playback mode.
                           The camera captures images in the JPEG format but also offers the higher-
                           quality RAW format. You can select either a full-sized RAW image format, or
                           one of two smaller and more manageable sRAW formats that are identical to
                           full-size RAW images except for their pixel dimensions and file sizes.
                           The focusing system uses nine AF points from which you or the camera can
                           select the one used to focus. Its 35-zone metering sensor and evaluative me-
                           tering are linked to all AF points. Also available are centerweighted average
                           metering, partial metering and spot metering—the last two covering approxi-
                           mately 8 percent or 3.5 percent of the viewfinder at center, respectively.
                           The camera has E-TTL II autoflash and 7 shooting modes, plus three custom
 The 5D Mark II camera     modes you can use to store your own settings. As an added convenience, par-
 body comes with an
 eyecup and body cap,      ticularly for wireless flash operations, you can adjust the flash settings of the
 battery pack (LP-E6),     Canon Speedlite 580EX II and 430EX II directly from the camera.
 battery charger (LC-E6
 or LC-E6E, strap (EW-     The camera’s integrated sensor cleaning offers a number of ways to prevent
 EOS5DMKII) interface      dust from affecting your images, or remove it if it does.
 cable (IFC-200U),
 stereo video cable        Finally, the camera has customization features including 25 Custom Func-
 (STV-250N), EOS Digital
 Solutions Disk, and       tions, picture styles you can edit or define from scratch, and the ability to
 manuals.                  create your own menu listing only those settings you use most frequently.

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JumP Start—uSing full auto mode


JumP Start—uSing full auto mode

                          The 5D Mark II’s Full Auto mode sets everything for you. All you have to do
                          is frame the image and push the shutter button. This is a good mode to use
                          in most situations because it lets you focus on the subject rather than on the
                          camera.
                          • Selecting the mode. Turn the Power Switch on the back of the camera to
                          ON and set the Mode Dial to Full Auto (the green rectangle icon).
                          • Framing the image. The viewfinder shows about 98% of the scene you
                          are going to capture. If the image in the viewfinder is fuzzy, turn the diopter
The Mode Dial with the
green Full Auto icon.     adjustment knob at the upper right corner of the viewfinder to adjust it (page
                          12).
                          • Autofocus. The nine small rectangles displayed in the viewfinder are AF
                          points used for focusing. When the focus switch on the lens is set to AF, the
                          camera focuses on the closest part of the scene covered by one or more of
                          these points (page 72). When you press the shutter button halfway down, the
The Power Switch set      AF point(s) being used to set focus momentarily flashes red, the round focus
to the white line above
ON.
                          confirmation light in the lowerright corner of the viewfinder glows green, and
                          the camera beeps. How close you can get to a subject depends on the mini-
                          mum focus distance of the lens you are using.
                          • Autoexposure. Evaluative metering divides the scene in the viewfinder
                          into 35 zones and separately meters each of them to determine the best
                          exposure for the scene (page 46). The shutter speed and aperture that will be
                          used to take the picture are displayed in the viewfinder when the display is
This icon is displayed
                          activated by pressing the shutter button halfway down (page 12).
when you turn the         • Automatic white balance. The color cast in a photograph is affected by
camera on and off to
indicate the sensor is    the color of the light illuminating the scene. The camera adjusts white bal-
being cleaned.            ance so white objects in the scene look white in the photo (page 82).


                                           TAKING A PICTURE IN AUTO MODE
 TIPS
 • If the camera
                            1. With the Power Switch on the back of the camera set to ON or the
 doesn’t work as               white line above it, set the Mode Dial to Full Auto (the green rect-
 described here, you           angle icon). Set the focus mode switch on the lens to AF (page 72).
 may need to clear
 previous settings as       2. Compose the image in the viewfinder, making sure the area that you
 described on page
 164.
                               want sharpest is covered by one of the nine AF points.
 • If you don’t use         3. Press the shutter button halfway down and pause so the camera can
 any controls for 60           automatically set focus and exposure. When it’s done so, it beeps, the
 seconds, the camera
 enters auto power
                               round green focus confirmation light in the viewfinder glows, and the
 off mode (page 161).          AF point(s) being used to set focus briefly flashes red.
 To wake it up, press
 the shutter button         4. Press the shutter button all the way down to take the picture.
 halfway down and
 release it.                   ● The shutter sounds, buSY may be briefly displayed in the viewfind-
 • If you have at-
                               er, and the red access lamp on the back of the camera glows while the
 tached a dedicated            image is being saved. You can take another photo at any time.
 Speedlite flash, its
 AF-assist beam may            ● The image is displayed on the monitor for 2 seconds so you can re-
 light to assist focus         view it, press Erase to delete it, or press INFO to change the display.
 in dim light (page
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good thingS          to     knoW

                            When you first start taking photos with a new camera, it sometimes seems
                            that there is too much to learn all at once. To simplify your getting started,
                            here are some of the things you may want to know right off.
                            • The power switch has two positions, ON and the white line above it. The
                            only difference is that when set to the white line the Quick Control Dial works
                            (page 15).
The battery compart-        • If your camera is right out of the box, you need to mount a lens (page 97)
ment cover is on the
bottom of the camera        and set it to AF (autofocus), insert a charged battery pack, and insert a Com-
and accepts LP-E6           pactFlash (CF) card on which to store your images. No CF card is included
lithium battery packs.      with the camera, and there may be no lens as part of the package.
                            • To insert a CF card, turn off the camera, slide the CF card slot cover on the
                            right side of the camera toward the back, and swing it open. Insert the CF
                            card with its front label facing the rear of the camera and the small holes
                            facing inward. Press the card down until the gray eject button pops out, then
                            close the cover. To remove a card, open the CF card slot cover and press the
                            gray eject button to pop up the card so you can grasp it and pull it out.
                            • The first time you use the camera, select a language (if necessary) and enter
Sections in the battery
icon on the LCD panel
                            the current date and time (page 159) so your images are accurately dated.
and in the viewfinder
are deleted as the
                            • One of the camera’s default settings lets you shoot pictures without a CF
battery charge falls. The   card in the camera. Images are even displayed on the monitor so you think
last two blink to draw      you are capturing them, but they are not saved. To ensure you don’t take
your attention when the
battery is almost dead.
                            unsaved pictures, turn off the Shoot w/o card setting on the Shooting 1 menu
                            tab (page 159).
                            • If you turn off the camera while an image is being saved, the message Re-
                            cording is displayed and the power remains on until all images are saved.
                            • Should you inadvertently open the compact flash card door while the cam-
                            era is writing to the card, a warning is displayed on the monitor and an open
                            door “alarm” sounds, but the image is saved without interruption as long as
                            you don’t remove the card.
                          • To take pictures, hold the camera in your right hand while supporting the
                          lens with your left. Brace the camera against your face as you look through
The CF card slot cover is the viewfinder and brace your elbows against your body. Press the shutter
on the right side of the  button slowly and smoothly as you hold your breath after breathing in deeply
camera as seen from
the shooting position.    and exhaling.
                            • The shutter button has two stages. When you press it halfway down and
                            briefly pause, the camera sets focus and exposure. When the green confirma-
                            tion light comes on in the viewfinder and the camera beeps, you press it the
                            rest of the way to take the picture. If you press the shutter button all of the
Pressing the shutter        way down without pausing halfway, the camera pauses to focus before taking
button halfway down
locks focus and             the picture.
exposure and pressing it
all the way down takes      • If the camera can’t focus, it doesn’t beep when you press the shutter but-
the picture.                ton halfway down, the round green focus confirmation light in the viewfinder
                            blinks, and you can’t take a picture. For help on focusing see page 72.
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                            • In P, Tv, Av, M and B modes pressing the AF-ON button does the same
Click to view a PDF
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                            • When you don’t use controls for a specified period, the camera shuts down
                            in two stages. After 4 seconds metering turns off, as do the viewfinder dis-
                            play and the aperture and/or shutter speed readouts on the LCD panel. After
                            one minute auto power off takes effect and the LCD panel and monitor turn
                            off. At this point dials, and many buttons including the three above the LCD
                            panel, won’t work. To turn on metering, and reactivate the displays and but-
                            tons, press the shutter button halfway down.
                            • You can illuminate the LCD panel by pressing the button marked with the
The Mode Dial with          light bulb icon on top of the camera.
seven shooting modes
and 3 custom modes.         • You can use the camera’s monitor to review images you’ve taken (page 20),
                            and in Live View (page 139) use it to compose, focus and capture them. You
                            can adjust the monitor’s brightness to match the light you’re viewing it in
                            (page 160).
                            • When you take a picture, it is displayed on the monitor for two seconds but
                            you can adjust this review time (page 159). While it’s displayed, you can press
                            the Erase button (page 20) to delete it, or INFO to change the display mode.

If the focus confirmation   • While watching the monitor, press the INFO button to cycle through the
light in the viewfinder     list-like Camera Settings screen, the grid-like Shooting Functions screen
blinks when you press       (page 15), and turning off the monitor. Like the LCD panel, the Shooting
the shutter button
halfway down, the           Functions screen reflects setting changes as you or the camera make them.
camera is having
trouble focusing (page      • You can reset all camera settings to their factory defaults (page 164). This is
72).                        useful if you make changes and can’t remember how to undo them.
                            • When photographing in a studio-like setting, or using the camera to give
                            a slide show, you can use the optional AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6 to power the
                            camera instead of the battery pack. Instructions on how to attach the adapter
                            are included with it.
                            • Routinely check the shots remaining displayed on the LCD panel and Shoot-
Pressing the LCD Panel      ing Functions screen. When the number in brackets gets to zero you can’t
Illumination button
lights the LCD panel        take any more photos unless you delete some or change memory cards.
so it’s readable in the
dark. It turns off after    • When you charge batteries with the LC-E6 or LC-E6E charger the orange
6 seconds of inactivity.    charge lamp blinks more rapidly the more charged the battery is. It blinks
Turning the Mode            once per second up to 50%, twice per second up to 75%, three times per sec-
Dial or pressing any
shooting related button     ond after 75% and glows green when fully charged. Fully charging a depleted
extends it.                 battery takes about 2.5 hours.
                            • A fully charged battery should capture around 800 pictures depending on
                            the temperature and how often you use flash, the monitor, and Live View.
 TIPS
                            • Recharge batteries immediately before using them because they gradually
 • If you press the
 INFO button once           loose their charge over time.
 or twice to display
 the Shooting Func-         • The battery pack cover can be attached in two directions. Align it so the blue
 tions screen on the        seal shows through the battery shaped opening to indicate a battery is fully
 monitor (it’s grid-        charged. Align it in the other direction on a battery that needs charging.
 like) and then turn
 the Mode Dial, you’ll      • If you encounter an error message you can’t resolve, or if the camera con-
 see the settings
 for each shooting          trols “freeze,” you might “reboot” it by turning it off, removing the battery
 mode. Those that are       for a few seconds, reinserting the battery and turning it back on. Sometimes
 grayed out can’t be        ensuring that the lens is locked into place also helps.
 changed in the cur-
 rent shooting mode.
 • See the Battery
 info command on
 page 163.


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uSing     the   vieWfinder

                          When taking photos with the 5D Mark II, you normally compose them in
                          the viewfinder. Since this is your center of interest, the camera also displays
                          focus and exposure information to guide you.


                          foCuS SCreenS
                          The camera accepts three interchangeable focus screens. Should you switch
                          them, you have to set Custom Function IV-5 Focusing screen (page 152) to
                          tell the camera which one you have installed.
                          • The Eg-A focus screen comes with your camera. It displays a bright view of
                          the scene and makes it easy to manually focus.
The Eg-D optional focus
screen.                   • The Eg-D is the same as Eg-A but displays grid lines that are great for
                          studio and architectural photography where accurately aligning vertical and
                          horizontal lines is important.
                          • The Eg-S is a super-precision matte screen designed for lenses with a maxi-
                          mum aperture of f/2.8 or larger. This screen makes manual focusing easier
                          and more precise than the Eg-A, but when used with a lens slower than f/2.8,
                          the viewfinder image is darker.


                          dioPter adJuStment
The diopter adjustment
                          You can adjust the viewfinder display so you can read it without glasses.
knob.                     To do so, remove the lens cap and look through the viewfinder at an evenly
                          lit surface or fairly bright light source (not the sun!). If the viewfinder dis-
                          play isn’t sharp, try to bring the AF points into focus by turning the dioptric
                          adjustment knob at the upperright corner of the viewfinder. If this doesn’t
                          work, the camera also accepts the accessory E-series Dioptric Adjustment
                          Lenses in 10 types ranging from -4 to +3 diopters. These lenses slip into the
                          viewfinder’s eyepiece holder.


                          af PointS
When focus is achieved
the AF point or points    The viewfinder displays nine small rectangles called AF points (AF stands
being used to set focus   for autofocus). When the focus switch on the lens is set to AF (page 72), the
flash red and the green
confirmation light
                          camera focuses on the closest part of the scene covered by one or more of
glows steady in the       these AF points. The one being used to set focus can be selected manually or
viewfinder.               automatically (page 73). When you press the shutter button halfway down,
                          the focusing point or points being used to set focus flash red. The circle in the
                          center of the viewfinder indicates the spot metering area (page 48).
 TIP
 • To turn on meter-
 ing and display expo-
                          information diSPlay
 sure information on      When you press the shutter button halfway down, the viewfinder displays the
 the LCD panel and in
 the viewfinder, press
                          current shutter speed and aperture, the ISO, the shots remaining in continu-
 the shutter button       ous mode, and the focus confirmation indicator. In P, Tv, Av, M and B modes
 halfway down.            it also displays an exposure level indicator that’s used for setting exposure
                          compensation (page 55) and Manual (M) exposure (page 45). A number of
                          other indicators are also displayed during various procedures.
The viewfinder display
stays on for 4 seconds
after you press the
shutter button halfway
down.

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anatomy       of the       Camera

                            The 5D Mark II has a number of buttons and dials that quickly change im-
 TIPS
                            portant settings without the time-consuming need to work your way through
 • You can quickly          menus.
 reset all camera set-
 tings to their original
 factory defaults
 (page 164).
 • You can connect
 the camera to a
 computer and use
 Live View (page 139)
 so you and others
 can immediately see
 photos as you take
 them. This is a great
 way to take portraits
 and close-ups.




The shutter button (top)
and Main Dial (bottom).


 TIP
 • Blue icons indi-
 cate the function of
 buttons in Playback
 mode.                      toP vieW
                            1. Mode Dial selects any of the camera’s shooting modes (page 40).
                            2. Shutter button sets exposure and focus and turns on metering, the view-
                            finder, and LCD panel displays when pressed halfway down, and takes the
                            photo when pressed all the way.
                            3. Main Dial is used by itself and with buttons to change camera settings
                            in shooting modes (page 15). In playback mode, turning the dial jumps you
After pressing a button
that has two functions,
                            through pictures you’ve taken (page 20).
turning the Main Dial
changes the first setting
                            4. LCD Panel Illumination button lights the LCD panel.
and turning the Quick
Control Dial changes the
                            5. Metering/WB button selects the metering mode (page 48) in conjunc-
second.                     tion with the Main Dial and sets white balance (page 82) in conjunction with
                            the Quick Control Dial.
                            6. AF-DRIVE button specifies autofocus modes (page 72) in conjunction
                            with the Main Dial and cycles the camera among the drive modes single-shot,
                            continuous (page 137), and self-timer (page 64) in conjunction with the Quick
                            Control Dial.
                            7. ISO/Flash Exposure Compensation button, in conjunction with the
                            Main Dial changes the ISO (page 65), and sets flash exposure compensation
                            (page 116) in conjunction with the Quick Control Dial.



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                          rear vieW
 TIPS
 • Throughout this
 book when we tell
 you to turn the Quick
 Control Dial, in many
 cases you can also
 turn the Main Dial.

 • You can quickly
 reset camera settings
 to their original fac-
 tory defaults (page
 164).
 • In P, Tv, Av, M and
 B modes (page 40),
 pressing the AF-ON
 button performs the
 same function as
 pressing the shutter
 button halfway down.




                          1. Live View/Print/Share button, when pressed in shooting mode, turns
                          on Live View when it’s enabled. In playback mode, it lets you print or transfer
                          images when connected to a printer or computer.
                          2. MENU button displays and hides the menu on the monitor (page 17).
                          3. Picture Style selection button changes picture styles (page 149).
                          4. INFO button cycles you through information about camera settings in
                          shooting mode (page 15), or images in playback mode (page 20).
                          5. Playback button displays the last image you captured (page 20).
                          6. Erase button deletes the image displayed on the monitor (page 20).
                          7. AF-ON button autofocuses in P, Tv, Av, M and B modes (page 72).
                          8. AE/FE lock/Index/Reduce button (*) locks exposure (page 55) and
                          flash exposure (page 117). In playback mode, it unzooms a zoomed image and
 Tip                      switches to index view (page 20).
 • You can press          9. AF point selection/Magnify button, in conjunction with the Main or
 the Multi-controller     Quick Control Dial, manually selects which AF point is used to set focus (page
 straight down and in
 eight sideways direc-
                          73). In Playback and Live View modes it zooms images up to 10x (page 20).
 tions. You use it to
 select the AF point,
                          10. Multi-controller, a small joy stick, moves in 8 directions plus straight
 correct the white        down. It selects AF points (page 73), makes white balance corrections (page
 balance, scroll the      85) and scrolls around an enlarged image in playback mode (page 20).
 playback image dur-
 ing magnified view,      11. SET button in the middle of the Quick Control Dial confirms settings
 operate the Quick
 Control screen, and
                          and starts and stops movie recording (page 145).
 highlight and select
 menu options except
                          12. Quick Control Dial adjusts exposure by itself, and works in conjunc-
 Erase images on the      tion with buttons to change settings in shooting mode (page 15). In playback
 Playback 1 menu and      mode it scrolls through images, and in menu mode it highlights menu com-
 Format on the Set up
 1 menu where you
                          mands.
 have to press SET
 instead.
                          13. Power switch turns the camera on and off, and when set to the white
                          line, activates the Quick Control Dial in shooting modes.


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Changing SettingS             With   ButtonS       and   dialS

                           Buttons and dials are often used together. Pressing a button initiates a proce-
                           dure by activating metering and the exposure displays, in the viewfinder and
                           on the LCD panel and monitor, and then turning a dial highlights one of the
                           available options. Each time you press a button to initiate a procedure, you
                           only have about 6 seconds to turn the dial or the displays become inactive.
                           • Many buttons, including the three above the LCD panel, won’t work when
                           auto power off is in effect (page 161). To wake up the camera, press the shut-
                           ter button halfway down and release it.
When you press many        • After pressing buttons that have two functions, such as AF-DRIVE, turn-
buttons, their function    ing the Main Dial changes the setting listed first (AF) and turning the Quick
remains active for only
6 seconds. If you are      Control Dial changes the one listed second (DRIVE).
slow, just press the
button again for another
6 seconds.                 the main dial
                           The Main Dial is used to change settings in shooting modes, highlight menu
                           tabs in menu mode (page 17), and jump through pictures in playback mode
                           (page 21).
                           • When changing metering, AF mode, ISO or selecting an AF point, you first
The Quick Control Dial     press and release a button to select a setting before you turn the dial.
only adjusts exposure
settings when the          • When changing shutter speeds and apertures in P, Tv, Av, M and B modes
Power Switch is set to     you turn the dial without first pressing a button (pages 41–45).
the white line above
ON. Setting it to ON       • After pressing MENU, turn the dial to select menu tabs listing commands
prevents inadvertent       (page 17).
shifts in exposure by
turning the dial.
                           the QuiCk Control dial
                           The Quick Control Dial works in shooting modes to change settings, in menu
                           mode to highlight menu commands, and in playback mode to scroll through
                           images.
                           • When changing the white balance, drive mode, flash exposure compensa-
                           tion or AF point selection, you first press and release a button to select a set-
 TipS                      ting before you turn the dial.
 • Many buttons won’t      • When changing exposure compensation (page 55) or selecting an aperture
 work when auto
 power off is in effect    in Manual (M) mode (page 45), you turn the dial by itself. This only works
 so press the shutter      when the Power Switch is set past ON to the white line pointing to the Quick
 button halfway down       Control Dial
 and release it to ac-
 tivate metering and       • After pressing MENU turn the dial to move the highlight up and down the
 the camera’s LCD
 panel displays.           menu.
 • If you turn the
 camera off while the      the info Button
 Shooting Functions
 screen is displayed,      When the camera is ready to shoot, you can press the INFO button to cycle
 the screen will be        through the list-like Camera Settings, the grid-like Shooting Functions
 displayed again the
 next time you turn        screens, and turning off the monitor. You can use the Set up 3 menu’s INFO
 on the camera. To         button setting to specify which screens are displayed.
 avoid this, press
 the INFO button to        When the Shooting Functions screen is displayed, you can use it instead of
 display a different       the LCD panel as a guide when changing settings. It has the advantage of
 screen before turning
 off the camera.           larger type and better illumination. You can also press the Multi-controller
                           straight down to activate it and change it into the Quick Control screen.

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Changing SettingS            on the      QuiCk Control SCreen

                           In addition to using menus to change or confirm settings, you can also use
                           the Quick Control screen and the three dual function buttons above the LCD
                           panel.


                           the QuiCk Control SCreen
                           You can use the Quick Control screen and Multi-controller to change set-
                           tings on the monitor. This is very convenient when you’re shooting from a
                           tripod or monopod, with the camera at eye level, where it’s hard to read the
                           LCD panel on top of the camera. This screen is almost identical to the Shoot-
                           ing Functions screen (page 15). In fact if you display the Shooting Functions
                           screen and then press the Multi-controller straight down, it changes into the
                           Quick Control screen.
The Quick Control
screen (top) and
a settings screen                            USING THE QUICK CONTROL SCREEN
(bottom).
                             1. Press the joystick-like Multi-controller straight down to activate the
                                Quick Control screen displaying the current camera settings on the
                                monitor. The currently selected setting is highlighted in green and
 TipS                           remains highlighted for only 10 seconds if you don’t use any camera
 • You can’t display            controls.
 the Quick Control
 screen when the             2. Press the Multi-controller in any direction to highlight the setting
 camera is in auto              you want to change and its function is indicated at the bottom of the
 power off mode.                screen.
 Press the shutter
 button halfway down         3. Press SET to display a settings screen (this is optional), then turn the
 and release it to
 wake up the camera.            Main or Quick Control Dial to scroll through choices for the selected
                                setting. If you displayed a setting screen, press SET after selecting
 • When Custom
 Function III-3:                your choice to return to the Quick Control screen.
 AF point selection
 method is set to
 1: Multi-control-         dual funCtion Button SCreenS
 ler direct, you can’t
 display the Quick
                           The three buttons above the LCD panel each have two functions. When the
 Control screen.           Shooting Functions or Quick Control screen is displayed, you can press one of
 • Settings remain
                           these buttons to display a two-part setting screen on the monitor.
 selected for 10 sec-
 onds if you don’t use
                           • Turning the Main Dial changes the upper setting.
 any controls. Press
 the Multi-control-
                           • Turning the Quick Control Dial changes the lower setting.
 ler straight down to
 reselect it.




The three buttons above
the LCD panel each
have two settings you
change with the Main
and Quick Control Dials.




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Changing SettingS   With   menuS


Changing SettingS             With   menuS

                           To change many settings, you press the MENU button to display a series of
                           menu tabs coded with colors, icons and dots. To charge settings from these
                           menus you use the Main Dial, the Quick Control Dial and the SET button.
                           • All of the camera’s menu commands and the pages on which they are
                           discussed in this book are listed in tables on pages 18–19. On those tables,
                           shaded menu items are not available in Full or Creative Auto modes (pages 9
                           and 41).
                           • Some menus are spread across two or three tabs. In these cases the tab
                           numbers (1, 2, 3) are indicated on the tabs with dots.
                           • You can use the Multi-controller as well as the Main and Quick Control
Icons, colors and          Dials to change menu settings. To do so, you press it sideways to highlight
dots indicate (from        menu items and press it straight down to select them. (To reduce the pos-
top down) Shooting,        sibility of mistakes, you can’t use the Multi-controller to select Erase images
Playback, Set up,
Custom Functions and       on the Playback 1 menu or Format on the Set up 1 menu.)
My Menu tabs.
                           • When menus are displayed on the monitor, you can press the shutter button
                           halfway down at any time to instantly return to shooting mode.
                           • You can place up to six frequently used menu commands on your own “My
                           Menu” and even have that menu displayed first when you press the MENU
                           button (page 158).
                           • The last menu you viewed is displayed the next time you press MENU.


                                            USING MENUS
                             • To display the menu, press the MENU button.
Once you press MENU,
the Main Dial, the Quick     • To select a tab, turn the Main Dial. Colors, dots, and icons help you
Control Dial (above) and     identify which menu tab is displayed.
the SET button in its
center are all you need      • To move the colored selection frame up and down the menu to high-
to change settings.
                             light settings, turn the Quick Control Dial.
                             • To display the options or settings screen for a highlighted command,
                             press the SET button in the center of the Quick Control Dial.
                             • To select a listed option (not all commands list options), turn the
                             Quick Control Dial to highlight it, then press SET to confirm the change.
                             • To backup without changing a setting, press MENU or the shutter
                             button before pressing SET.
The Shooting 1 menu.
                             • To hide the menu, press the MENU or shutter button.




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In the tables on this       Shooting 1 (red)
page shaded commands
are not available in Full   Command                   Settings                                         Page
Auto and Creative auto      Quality                   Sets image size, compression and format            27
modes.
                            Beep                      Turns camera beep Off/On                          160
                            Shoot w/o card            Specifies if the camera takes pictures without    159
                                                      a card inserted
                            Review time               Specifies how long an image is displayed im-      159
                                                      mediately after capture
                            Peripheral illumin.       Turns on and off for the selected lens.           100
                            correct.



                            Shooting 2 (red)
                            Command                   Settings                                         Page

                            Expo.comp./AEB            Exposure compensation and autoexposure           55, 57
                                                      bracketing
                            White balance             Prevents color casts                              82
                            Custom WB                 Sets white balance in unique lighting situa-      83
                                                      tions
                            WB SHIFT/BKT              Adjusts and brackets white balance                85
                            Color space               Specifies the color space used to capture         84
                                                      images
                            Picture Style             Lets you select predefined image settings, or     149
                                                      create your own
                            Dust Delete Data          Locates dust on the sensor so its effects can     166
                                                      be removed from images using software.



                            PlayBaCk 1 (Blue)
                            Command                   Settings                                         Page

                            Protect images            Protects images from being erased                 22

                            Rotate                    Rotates images shot in portrait mode              22
                            Erase images              Erases images from the memory card                22
Some settings are only      Print order               Specifies images to be printed                     —
displayed when you
are using an optional       Transfer order            Selects images to be sent to PC                    —
WFT-E4/E4A wireless         External media            Used with WFT-E4/E4A wireless transmitter          —
transmitter.                backup                    to save images



                            PlayBaCk 2 (Blue)
                            Command                   Settings                                          Page

                            Highlight alert           Highlights overexposed areas in images             59

                            AF point disp.            Specifies if AF points used to focus are dis-      74
                                                      played in review or playback modes
                            Histogram                 Selects type of histogram displayed                59
                            Slide show                Plays back images automatically                    23
                            Image jump                Specifies how you jump in playback mode.           21




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In the tables on this       Set   uP   1 (yelloW)
page shaded commands
are not available in Full   Command                         Settings                                  Page
Auto and Creative auto      Auto power off                  Specifies when camera turns off           161
modes.
                            Auto rotate                     Rotates images shot in portrait mode      162
                            Format                          Prepares card to store images             161
                            File numbering                  Specifies image file numbers              160
                            Select folder                   Create and select folders for images      162
                            WFT settings                    Used with WFT-E4/E4A wireless                 —
                                                            transmitter
                            Recording function+media        Used with WFT-E4/E4A wireless                 —
                            select                          transmitter

                            Set   uP   2 (yelloW)
                            Command                         Settings                                  Page

                            LCD brightness                  Adjusts monitor brightness                    161

                            Date/Time                       Sets camera date and time                     159
                            Language                        Specifies language used for menus             161
                                                            and messages
                            Video system                    Specifies PAL or NTSC video                   161
                            Sensor cleaning                 Cleans dust from the sensor                   165
                            Live View/Movie func. set.      Customizes the Live View display              139


                            Set   uP   3 (yelloW)
                            Command                         Settings                                  Page

                            Battery info.                   Manage your battery packs                     163

                            INFO. button                    Specifies which INFO screens are              15
                                                            displayed
                            External Speedlite control      Sets an external flash                        118

                            Camera user setting             Stores your own settings to C1, C2            151
                                                            and C3 on the Mode Dial
                            Clear settings                  Resets many camera settings to their          164
                                                            factory defaults
                            Firmware ver.                   Updates the camera’s firmware                 163

                            CuStom funCtionS (orange)
                            Command                          Settings                                 Page

                            C.Fn I: Exposure                 Exposure, ISO, bracketing, flash sync        153

                            C.Fn II: Image                   Noise reduction, highlight tone and          154
                                                             auto lighting optimizer
                            C.Fn III: Autofocus/Drive        Autofocus and mirror lockup                  155
                            C.Fn IV: Operation/Others        Shutter button, AF-ON, SET dials,            156
                                                             focusing screen and Live View
                            Clear all Custom Func. (C.Fn)    Resets Custom Functions to their             152
                                                             defaults

                            my menu (green)
                            Command                         Settings                                  Page

                            My Menu settings                Stores frequently used commands           158




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Playing BaCk  managing your imageS

                           When taking photos, there are many times when you want to review the im-
 TIPS                      ages you’ve taken, ideally before leaving the scene.
 • After zooming an
 image or displaying
 information about         image revieW
 it, you can turn
 the Main or Quick
                           When you take a photo, it’s displayed for 2 seconds (counting from when
 Control Dials to scroll   you release the shutter button) although you can change this with the Re-
 through other im-         view time command (page 159) on the Shooting 1 menu tab. With an image
 ages using the same
 settings.
                           displayed, press the Erase button to delete it, or the INFO button to change
                           the information display. Pressing either button also keeps the image on the
 • To immediately
 return to shooting
                           screen until you press the shutter button halfway down to take another photo
 mode, press the           or auto power off takes effect.
 shutter button half-
 way down.
                           image PlayBaCk
                           To review some or all of the images you have taken, press the Playback but-
                           ton to display the last photo you took. You can then scroll through images,
                           display small thumbnails so you can quickly locate a specific image, erase
                           the image, or zoom in to examine details. In playback mode, you can press
                           the shutter button halfway down at any time to instantly return to shooting
                           mode. You may not be able to playback photos on the card taken with an-
                           other camera.
Pressing INFO in
playback mode displays
information about the
image.                     info diSPlay
                           To display or hide information about images in review or playback modes,
                           repeatedly press the INFO button to cycle through single image display,
                           single image display with recording quality, histogram display, and shoot-
                           ing information display. On two of the screens a small thumbnail and one or
The Playback icon.
                           more histograms are displayed (page 59). Once information is displayed for
                           one image in playback (but not review) mode, you can turn the Quick Control
                           Dial to scroll through other images with the same information displayed.


                                             MANAGING IMAGES—USING BUTTONS
The Index/Reduce
icons.                       1. Press the Playback button and use any of the following procedures:
                                ● To display one image after another, turn the Quick Control Dial.
                                ● To display 4 or 9 small thumbnails in index view, press the Index
                                button once or twice. Turn the Quick Control Dial to scroll the blue
                                frame to select a specific image. To return to single-image view, press
                                the Magnify button.
The Magnify icon.
                                ● To jump by the specified method (page 21), turn the Main Dial.
                                ● To magnify an image up to 10x, display it in single-image view and
                                press or hold down the Magnify button. When an image is magnified,
                                a small square on the screen indicates which part of the image you
                                are viewing as you press the Multi-controller to scroll around. To re-
                                duce the image and return to single-image view, press or hold down
                                the Index/Reduce button or press the Playback button.
The Erase icon.
                                                                    CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ...


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Playing BaCk  managing your imageS



 TIP                                       MANAGING IMAGES—USING BUTTONS, CON’T.
 • One way to delete         ● To erase the image displayed in single-image view or the one high-
 all images on a card        lighted in index view, press the Erase button (marked with a trash
 (and all folders but
 the current one), is        can icon). To confirm the erasure, turn the Quick Control Dial to
 to format the card          highlight Erase and press SET.
 (page 161).
                           ● To change the information displayed, press INFO.
                           2. To resume shooting, press the Playback button or press the shutter
                              button halfway down.

                        JumPing in PlayBaCk
The Playback icon.
                        In playback mode, it takes time to navigate through images when there are
                        many of them on a card. To speed things up you can turn the Main Dial to
                        jump in single-image, magnified, and index modes. The jump methods from
                        which you can choose include the following:
                        • 1 image displays all of the images and movies in the order they were cap-
                        tured.
                        • 10 images (the default) jumps you forward and back 10 images at a time.
                        • 100 images jumps you forward and back 100 images at a time.
                        • Screen, designed for use in index mode, jumps you forward and back a
                        screen, or page of thumbnails, at a time.
                        • Date jumps you forward or back to the first picture taken on the next or
                        previous date.
                        • Folder jumps folder by folder.
                        • Movies jumps you to the first movie and then to other movies.
                        • Stills jumps you to the first still image, then through other stills.
                        In all modes other than 1 image, as you turn the Main Dial to jump, a position
                        bar on the screen indicates where the currently displayed images fall within
                        the total collection of images on the card. Also turning the Quick Control Dial
                        continues to scroll through images one at a time.

                                            SELECTING A JUMP METHOD
                           1. Press MENU and display the Playback 2 menu tab.
                           2. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Image jump, and press SET
                              to display a list jump methods.
                           3. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight your choice, and press SET
                              to select it.
                           4. When finished, press MENU and turn the Main Dial in playback
                              mode to jump by the specified method. The current jump method
                              and location are displayed in the lowerright corner of the monitor.


                          IMAGE RECOVERY SOFTWARE
                          • If you delete images by mistake, don’t despair. There is software that will let
                          you recover them provided you don’t first save other photos on the same card.
                          One such program is PhotoRescue at (http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/)
                          but you can find others by Googling “digital image recovery.”


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uSing     the   PlayBaCk menu

                         The Playback menu tabs list a variety of commands. Although only Protect
 TIPS
                         images, Rotate, and Erase images from the Playback 1 menu tab are dis-
 • When looking for      cussed here, the other playback commands are discussed elsewhere in this
 pictures to erase,
 protect, or rotate,     book (page 18).
 it’s often faster if
 you press the In-
 dex/Reduce button                          MANAGING YOUR IMAGES—USING MENUS
 to switch to index
 display.                   1. Press MENU and display the Playback 1 menu tab.
 • You can rotate im-         ● To protect selected images so they won’t be inadvertently erased,
 ages automatically
 with the Set up 1            or to unprotect previously protected images, turn the Quick Control
 menu’s Auto rotate           Dial to highlight Protect images and press SET. Turn the Quick Con-
 command (page                trol Dial to scroll through images and press SET to protect or unpro-
 162).
                              tect selected images. (When you select a protected image, the protect
 • Print order is used        icon is displayed at the top of the screen.)
 to specify which
 images are to be             ● To rotate selected images, turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight
 printed.
                              Rotate, and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial to scroll through
 • Transfer Order             your images and press SET one or more times to rotate an image.
 is used to select
 which photos are             ● To erase selected images, turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight
 transferred to your
 computer.                    Erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial to high-
                              light Select and erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control
                              Dial to scroll through images and press SET to check those to be
                              deleted. (Press Index and Magnify to toggle between 1 or 3 images.)
                              When finished selecting images, press the Erase button to delete
                              them and select OK when asked to confirm.
The protect icon.
                              ● To erase all images in a folder, turn the Quick Control Dial to
                              highlight Erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial
 Tip                          to highlight All images in folder, and press SET to display a list of
 The best way to de-          folders. Turn the Quick Control Dial again to select a folder and press
 lete images depends          SET, then turn it again to select OK and press SET.
 on how many you
 are deleting.                ● To erase all images on the card, turn the Quick Control Dial to
 • When deleting              highlight Erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial
 100% of the images,          to highlight All images on card, and press SET, then turn it again to
 use the All images on
 card choice.                 select OK and press SET.
 • When deleting less       2. When finished, press MENU.
 than 50%, use the
 Select and erase im-
 ages choice.
 • When deleting
 more than 50%, pro-
 tect the images you
 want to save, and
 then use the All im-
 ages on card choice
 to delete the rest.




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giving Slide ShoWS


giving Slide ShoWS

                           You can display your images as a slide show on the camera’s monitor or on a
                           connected TV.
                           • To show your images on a non-HD TV, turn both the TV and the camera off
                           while you connect the supplied video cable (don’t use any other) to the A/V
                           OUT terminal on the camera. On the TV connect the red plug to the audio
                           right channel, the white to the audio left channel, and the yellow to video in.
                           Turn on the TV and set it for video input.
                           • To show your images on a High Definition HD TV connect the camera and
The optional HDMI
                           TV using the camera’s built-in HDMI OUT terminal and an optional HDMI
Cable HTC-100 used to      Cable HTC-100. Output resolution is automatically set to match the model
display images on HD       of HDTV you are using and photos are displayed in their original 3:2 aspect
TVs.
                           ratio.
                           Once the camera and TV are connected, turn on the camera and set it to Slide
                           show as described below. Shows can include all of the still images and movies
                           on the memory card, just movies or still images, or specific photos selected by
                           their date or folder. For added convenience you can control the playback rate
                           (from one to five seconds per image) and set the show to end or loop when
                           finished. Auto power off does not operate in slide show mode so you have
                           to remember to turn it off. If you are traveling and need to switch between
                           NTSC and PAL video systems see page 161.
The camera’s HDMI
terminal.
                                             GIVING SLIDE SHOWS
 TIPS                        1. Press MENU and select the Playback 2 menu tab.
 • Canon’s optional          2. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Slide show, and press SET
 AC adapter kit (ACK-
 E6) lets you give
                                to display the slide show settings screen.
 slide shows without
 draining your battery
                             3. Do one of the following:
 pack.
                                ● Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight All images and press SET.
 • When giving a slide          Turn it again to select All images, Folder, Date, Movies or Stills and
 show, due to differ-
 ences in the aspect
                                press SET. If you select Folder or Date, before pressing SET press
 ratio of the screen            INFO to display a list of folders or dates from which to choose. Use
 and image, im-                 the Quick Control Dial and SET to select a folder or date and press
 ages may not fill the
 screen, or if they do,
                                MENU to return to the slide show screen.
 parts may be cut off.
                                ● Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Set up and press SET.
 • You can’t use the            Turn it again to select Play time or Repeat and press SET. Use the
 camera’s A/V OUT
 and HDMI OUT ter-
                                Quick Control Dial and SET to select a setting and press MENU to
 minals at the same             return to the slide show screen.
 time.
                             4. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Start and press SET to begin
                                the show.
                                ● To pause and restart the show, press SET. When paused, a pause
                                icon is displayed in the upper left corner of the monitor.
                                ● To manually scroll through images, turn the Main or Quick Control
                                Dial.
When paused, a pause
icon is displayed in the        ● To specify what information is displayed, press INFO.
upper left corner of the
monitor.                     5. To stop the show at any point, press the MENU or shutter button.



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ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS      and   Creativity


 SeleCting image Quality                and   Size

http://www.photocourse.com/itext/dots/
              Digital photographs are made up of millions of tiny squares called picture el-
                            ements—or just pixels. Like the impressionists who painted wonderful scenes
Click to see how dots       with small dabs of paint, your computer and printer can use these tiny pixels
are used in printing.
                            to display or print photographs. To do so, the computer divides the screen or
                            printed page into a grid of pixels. It then uses the values stored in the digital
                            photograph to specify the brightness and color of each pixel in this grid—a
                            form of painting by number.

 Any image that looks
 sharp and has smooth
 transitions in tones
 (top) is actually made
 up of millions of
 individual square pixels
 (bottom). Each pixel is
 a solid, uniform color.




  Tip
  • The term “resolu-
  tion” has two mean-
  ings in photography.
  Originally it referred
  to the ability of a
  camera system to
  resolve pairs of fine
  lines such as those
  found on a test
  chart. In this usage
  it’s an indicator of
  sharpness, not im-
  age size. With the
  introduction of digital
  cameras it began be-
  ing used to indicate
  the number of pixels
  a camera could cap-
  ture.




              numBer of PixelS
 http://www.photocourse.com/itext/resolution/
Click to explore the
                         The quality of a digital image depends in part on the number of pixels used to
original meaning of      create the image (sometimes referred to as resolution). At a given size, more
“resolution”.            pixels add detail and sharpen edges. However, there are always size limits.
                         When you enlarge any digital image enough, the pixels begin to show—an
http://www.photocourse.com/itext/pixelzoom/
                         effect called pixelization. This is not unlike traditional silver-based prints
Click to see the effects where grain begins to show when prints are enlarged past a certain point.
of pixelization as an
image is enlarged.




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SeleCting image Quality   and   Size


When a digital image
is displayed or printed
at the correct size for
the number of pixels it
contains, it looks like
a normal photograph.
When enlarged too
much (as is the eye
here), its square pixels
begin to show. Each
pixel is a small square
made up of a single
color.




http://www.photocourse.com/itext/imagesize/
Click to see how
the output device
determines image sizes.



http://www.photocourse.com/itext/pixelresolution/
 Click to explore how
 more pixels give
 sharper images.



http://www.photocourse.com/itext/excel/math-imagesize.xls in
              The size of a photograph is specified in one of two ways—by its dimensions
                           pixels or by the total number of pixels it contains. For example, the same im-
Click for Excel work
sheet on image sizes.
                           age can be said to have 5616 × 3744 pixels (where “×” is pronounced “by” as
                           in “5616 by 3744”), or to contain a little over 21 million pixels or megapixels
                           (5616 multiplied by 3744).

Image sizes are
expressed as
dimensions in pixels
(5616 × 3744) or by
the total number of
pixels (21 megapixels).




  5D MARk ii
  iMAgE SizES
  • The 5D Mark II
  gives you a choice
  of three image
  sizes: 5616 × 3744
  (large), 4080 x 2720
  (medium), and 2353
  × 1856 (small) plus
  small RAW images.


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                          hoW an image iS CaPtured
                          Digital cameras are very much like the rapidly disappearing 35mm film
                          cameras. Both types contain a lens, an aperture, and a shutter. The lens
                          brings light from the scene into focus inside the camera so it can expose an
                          image. The aperture is a hole that can be made smaller or larger to control
                          the amount of light entering the camera. The shutter is a device that can be
                          opened or closed to control the length of time the light is allowed to enter.
                          The big difference between traditional film cameras and digital cameras
                          is how they capture the image. Instead of film, digital cameras use a solid-
                          state device called an image sensor. In the 5D Mark II, the image sensor is a
                          CMOS chip. On the surface of this full-frame silicon chip is a grid containing
                          over 21 million photosensitive diodes called photosites, photoelements, or
                          pixels. Each photosite captures a single pixel in the photograph to be.


                          the exPoSure
                          When you press the shutter button of a digital camera, an exposure system
                          measures the light coming through the lens and sets the aperture and shutter
                          speed for the correct exposure. When the shutter opens briefly, each pixel on
                          the image sensor records the brightness of the light that falls on it by accu-
                          mulating an electrical charge. The more light that hits a pixel, the higher the
                          charge it records. Pixels capturing light from highlights in the scene will have
                          high charges. Those capturing light from shadows will have low charges.
An image sensor           When the shutter closes to end the exposure, the charge from each pixel is
against a background
enlargement of its        measured and converted into a digital number. This series of numbers is then
square pixels, each       used to reconstruct the image by setting the color and brightness of matching
capable of capturing      pixels on the screen or printed page.
one pixel in the final
image.
                          it’S all BlaCk and White after all
                          It may be surprising, but pixels on an image sensor can only capture bright-
                          ness, not color. They record only the gray scale—a series of 256 increasingly
                          darker tones ranging from pure white to pure black. How the camera creates
                          a color image from the brightness recorded by each pixel is an interesting
                          story.
The gray scale contains
a range of tones from
pure white to pure
black.




                          When photography was first invented, it could only record black and white
 TipS
                          images. The search for color was a long and arduous process, and a lot of
 • You can change         hand coloring went on in the interim (causing one photographer to comment
 contrast, sharpness,     “so you have to know how to paint after all!”). One major breakthrough was
 saturation, and color
 tone settings using      James Clerk Maxwell’s 1860 discovery that color photographs could be cre-
 Picture Styles (page     ated using black and white film and red, blue, and green filters. He had the
 149).                    photographer Thomas Sutton photograph a tartan ribbon three times, each
 • When you change        time with a different color filter over the lens. The three black and white im-
 image quality, the       ages were then projected onto a screen with three different projectors, each
 LCD panel always         equipped with the same color filter used to take the image being projected.
 indicates the number
 of new shots that will   When brought into alignment, the three images formed a full-color photo-
 fit on the current CF    graph. Over a century later, image sensors work much the same way.
 card.


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  • 1. aa30470c Cover A Short CourSe in CAnon eoS 5D MArk ii PhotogrAPhy DenniS P. Curtin ShortCourSeS.CoM h t t P :// w w w . S h o r t C o u r S e S . C o M For more on digital photography, visit http://www.shortcourses.com
  • 2. short courses publishing company Short CourSeS BookS and WeB Site S hort Courses is the leading publisher of digital photography books, textbooks, and guides to specific cameras from Canon, Sony, Nikon, Olympus and others. All of these books are available on-line from the Short Courses bookstore at: http://www.shortcourses.com/store/ All recent books are available in both black & white printed, and full-color eBook (PDF) versions available on CDs or as instant downloads. The list of books we’ve published is always expanding so be sure to visit the store to see if there is a book on your camera, or on another topic that interests you. http://www.photocourse.com/itext/pdf/PDFguide.pdf book, would like to make suggestions for im- If you find any errors in this Click to view a PDF provements, or just want to let me know what you think I welcome your document describing feedback. how to use this eBook. ShortCourses.com 16 Preston Beach Road Marblehead, Massachusetts 01945 E-mail: denny@shortcourses.com Web site: http://www.shortcourses.com To learn more about digital photography, visit our two Web sites: • http://www.shortcourses.com is our consumer site. • http://www.photocourse.com is our instructor/student site. © Copyright 2009 by Dennis P. Curtin. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copy- right Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distrib- uted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Note oN the ShortCourSeS.Com Web Site This book is designed to work with the many free on-line books available at the author’s Web site at www.shortcourses.com. Of special interest may be http://www.photocourse.com/itext/copyright/circ01.pdf your digital photos, digital photography the books on displaying & sharing Click to view a PDF workflow, image sensors and digital desktop lighting. document on how copyright law protects • Bookstore is the home of printed copies, ebooks on CDs, and instant down- photographers and loads of the digital photography books published by Short Courses. Click to other artists. visit • Curtin’s Guide to Digital Cameras and Other Photographic Equipment is a guide to choosing a digital camera and understanding its features. Includes coverage of camera bags, tripods, lighting equipment and much more. Click to visit • Using Your Digital Camera clearly explains everything you need to know about using your camera’s controls to capture great photos. Click to visit • Displaying & Sharing Your Digital Photos discusses what digital photogra- phy is all about including printing your images as prints or books, displaying them on-screen, and moving beyond the still image into exciting new areas. Click to visit ISBN 1-928873-91-X ii For more on digital photography, visit http://www.shortcourses.com
  • 3. shortcourses books and web site • Digital Photography Workflow covers everything from getting ready to take photos to storing, organizing, managing and editing your images. Click to visit • Image Sensors, Pixels and Image Sizes describes key concepts such as resolutions, aspect ratios and color depths that have a huge impact on your photographs. Click to visit • Digital Desktop Lighting is a guide to low-cost tabletop photography equipment and the techniques used to photograph products and other small objects for eBay, Web sites, catalogs, ads and the like. Click to visit • Hot Topics/About Us points you to some of the newer or more interesting parts of the site, explains how to navigate the site, recommends other sites, and tells you a little about who we are and how to contact us. Click to visit This is the home page of the ShortCourses Web site at www. shortcourses.com Tip • When you visit our site be sure to sign up for our newsletter. It’s only used by us, and only occasional- ly. It’s also very easy to unsubscribe. EDUCATORS Short Courses books have always been popular as textbooks in digital photogra- phy courses. If you are an instructor, you should know that special pricing is available for class- room use. For details on using this and other texts in the classroom, please call us at 781- 631-8520, Boston, Massachusetts USA time. For more on digital photography, visit http://www.shortcourses.com iii
  • 4. preFace PrefaCe A great photograph begins when you recognize a great scene or subject. But recognizing a great opportunity isn’t enough to capture it; you also have to be prepared. A large part of being prepared in- volves understanding your camera well enough to capture what you see. Get- ting you prepared to see and capture great photographs is what this book is all about. It doesn’t matter if you are taking pictures for business or pleasure, there’s a lot here to help you get better results and more satisfaction from your photography. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is a very high-quality To get better, and possibly even great photographs, you need to understand 21.1 megapixel camera. both concepts and procedures; the “whys” and “hows” of photography. • Concepts of photography are the underlying principles that apply regardless of the camera you are using. They include such things as how sharpness and exposure affect your images and the way they are perceived by viewers. Un- derstanding concepts answers the “why” kinds of questions you might have about photography. • Procedures are those things specific to one kind of camera, and explain step-by-step how you set your camera’s controls to capture an image just the way you want to. Understanding procedures gives you the answers to the “how” kinds of questions you might have. This book is organized around the concepts of digital photography because that’s how photographers think. You think about scenes and subjects, high- The 5D Mark II accepts lights and shadows, softness and sharpness, color and tone. The procedures the full line of Canon EF you use with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II are integrated throughout the con- and EF-S lenses. cepts, appearing in those places where they apply. This integrated approach lets you first understand the concepts of photography and then see step by step how to use the 5D Mark II in all kinds of photographic situations. To get more effective, interesting, and creative photographs, you only need to understand how and when to use a few simple features on your camera such as focus, exposure controls, and flash. If you’ve previously avoided understanding these features and the profound impact they can have on your images, you’ll be pleased to know that you can learn them on a weekend. You can then spend the rest of your life marveling at how the infinite variety of combinations make it possible to convey your own personal view of the world. You’ll be ready to keep everything in a scene sharp for maximum de- tail or to blur it all for an impressionistic portrayal. You’ll be able to get dra- The 5D Mark II can print matic close-ups, freeze fast action, create wonderful panoramas, and capture directly to a printer without a computer. the beauty and wonder of rainbows, sunsets, fireworks, and nighttime scenes. As you explore your camera, be sure to have fun. There are no “rules” or “best” way to make a picture. Great photographs come from using what you know to experiment and try new approaches. Digital cameras make this espe- phOTOgRAphy cially easy because there are no film costs or delays. Every experiment is free On-linE and you see the results immediately so you can learn step by step. • To learn more about digital pho- This book assumes you’ve mastered the mechanics of your camera. It’s about tography, visit our getting great pictures, not about connecting your camera to computers and ShortCourses Web using your software. That information is well presented in the user guide that site at www. shortcourses.com. came with your camera. Be sure to visit our Web site at www.shortcourses. com for even more digital photography information. iv For more on digital photography, visit http://www.shortcourses.com
  • 5. contents ContentS Cover...i When to Override Automatic Exposure...50 Short Courses Books and Web Site...ii Scenes Lighter than Middle Gray...50 Preface...iv Scenes Darker than Middle Gray...51 Contents...v Subject Against a Very Light Background...51 Subject Against a Very Dark Background...52 Scenes with High Contrast...52 Chapter 1 How Overriding Autoexposure Works...54 Camera Controls and Creativity...7 How to Override Automatic Exposure...55 Exposure Compensation...55 The 5D Mark II Camera...8 Autoexposure (AE) Lock...55 Jump Start—Using Full Auto Mode...9 Autoexposure Bracketing (AEB)...57 Good Things to Know...10 Using Histograms...59 Using the Viewfinder...12 Displaying Histograms...59 Focus Screens...12 Evaluating Histograms ...59 Diopter Adjustment...12 Clipped Pixels...61 AF Points ...12 Sample Histograms...62 Information Display...12 Anatomy of the Camera...13 Top View ...13 Chapter 3 Rear View...14 Controlling sharpness...63 Changing Settings with Buttons and Dials...15 The Main Dial...15 Getting Sharper Pictures...64 The Quick Control Dial...15 Using the Self-timer/Remote Switch...64 The INFO Button...15 Supporting the Camera...64 Changing Settings on the Quick Control Adjusting the ISO...65 Screen...16 Sharpness Isn’t Everything...67 The Quick Control Screen...16 How to Photograph Motion Sharply...68 Dual Function Button Screens...16 Speed of Subject...68 Changing Settings with Menus...17 Direction of Movement...68 Playing Back & Managing Your Images...20 Distance to Subject and Focal Length of Image Review...20 Lens...69 Image Playback...20 Focus and Depth of Field...70 INFO Display...20 Focus...70 Jumping in Playback...21 Depth of Field...70 Using the Playback Menu...22 Checking Depth of Field...71 Giving Slide Shows...23 Focusing Techniques...72 Selecting Image Quality and Size...24 Autofocus Modes...72 Number of Pixels...24 Selectable Focusing Points...73 How An Image is Captured...26 Displaying AF Points in Playback...74 The Exposure...26 Using Focus Lock...74 It’s All Black and White After All...26 Manual Focus...75 Choosing Image Size and Quality...27 Controlling Depth of Field...76 Using Deep Depth of Field...77 Using Shallow Depth of Field...78 Chapter 2 Conveying the Feeling of Motion...79 Controlling exposure...30 Understanding Exposure...31 Chapter 4 The Shutter Controls Light and Motion...32 Capturing light & Color...80 The Aperture Controls Light and Depth of Field...34 Where Does Color Come From?...81 Using Shutter Speed and Aperture Together...36 White Balance and Color...82 Exposure—Faucets & Buckets Analogy...37 Using Preset White Balance Settings...82 Exposure—Seesaw Analogy...38 Creating and Using a Custom White Balance Retaining Highlight and Shadow Details ...39 Setting...83 Choosing Shooting Modes...40 Using a Specific Color Temperature...84 Using Creative Auto (CA) Mode...41 Selecting a Color Space...84 Using Program AE (P) & Program Shift...42 Using White Balance Correction & Bracketing...85 Using Shutter-Priority (Tv) Mode...43 Color and Time of Day...86 Using Aperture-Priority (Av) Mode...44 Sunsets and Sunrises...87 Using Manual (M) Mode...45 Weather...89 How Your Exposure System Works...46 Photographing at Night...91 Meter Averaging and Middle Gray...46 The Direction of Light...93 Types of Metering...48 The Quality of Light...95 When Automatic Exposure Works Well...49 For more on digital photography, visit http://www.shortcourses.com v
  • 6. contents Chapter 5 Chapter 7 understanding lenses...96 other Features and Commands...136 Canon Lenses...97 Continuous Photography...137 Electronic Lens Mount...97 Remote Control Photography...138 Focusing Technology...97 Shooting Still Images in Live View...139 Ultrasonic Motors...98 Manual Focusing...140 Image Stabilization...98 Live View/Movie Function Settings...140 Information on a Canon Lens...99 Live View Function Settings...140 Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction...100 Screen Settings Type...141 Focal Length...101 Grid Display...141 Zoom Lenses...102 Silent Shooting...141 Normal Lenses...103 Metering Timer...142 Wide-Angle Lenses...104 AF Mode...142 Telephoto Lenses...106 General Tips in Live View...143 Macro Lenses and Accessories...108 Live View Focusing Tips...143 Tilt-Shift Lenses...110 Magnified View for Focusing...144 Lens Accessories...111 Live View Exposure Tips...144 Perspective in a Photograph...112 Shooting Movies in Live View...145 Basic Movie Tips...145 Camera settings...146 Chapter 6 Exposure Tips...147 using Flash and studio lighting...113 Things to Avoid...147 Using a TV As the Monitor...147 How Flash Works...114 Playing Movies...148 Using a Canon Speedlite...115 Using Picture Styles...149 Controlling Flash Exposures...116 Selecting Picture Styles...149 What’s E-TTL II?...116 Adjusting Picture Styles...149 Flash Exposure Compensation...116 Registering a Picture Style...150 Flash Exposure (FE) Lock...117 Registering Your Own Settings...151 External Speedlite Control...118 Using Custom Functions...152 Flash Function Settings...118 C.Fn I: Exposure...153 Custom Functions...118 C. Fn II: Image...154 Flash Exposure Bracketing (FEB)...119 C.Fn III: Auto focus/Drive...155 High-speed Sync (FP)...119 C.Fn IV: Operation Others...156 Wireless Remote Flash...120 Using My Menu...158 Stroboscopic Flash...120 Changing Other Settings...159 Portraits with Flash...121 Shooting Without a CF Card...159 Positioning the Flash and Subjects...121 Setting the Date and Time...159 Red-eye...122 Changing the Review Time...159 Using Fill Flash...123 Reset File Numbers...160 Using Slow Sync Flash...124 Turning the Beep On and Off...160 Using Available Light...126 Adjusting Monitor Brightness...161 Using Flash in Close-ups...127 Traveling Options—Language and Video Set- Studio Lighting...128 tings...161 Candidates for Studio Lighting...128 Setting the Auto Power Off Time...161 Lighting...128 Formatting CF Cards...161 Backgrounds...130 Turning Auto Rotate On and Off...162 Risers...130 Creating and Selecting Folders...162 Special Bulbs...130 Firmware Version...163 Portrait and Product Photography— Battery Info...163 Introduction...131 Resetting Camera Settings...164 The Main Light...132 Caring for Your Camera...165 The Fill Light...133 Cleaning the Image Sensor...165 The Background Light...134 Cleaning the Camera and Lens...167 The Rim Light...135 Protecting your Camera from the Ele- ments...167 Protecting when Traveling...168 Storing a Camera...168 Caring for Yourself...168 vi For more on digital photography, visit http://www.shortcourses.com
  • 7. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity Chapter 1 Camera Controls and Creativity S erious digital cameras give you creative control over your images. They COnTEnTS do so by allowing you to control the light and motion in photographs • The 5D Mark II as well as what’s sharp and what isn’t. Although most consumer digital Camera • Jump cameras are fully automatic, some allow you to make minor adjustments that Start: Using Full affect your images. The best ones such as the Canon 5D Mark II offer inter- Auto Mode • Good Things to Know • changeable lenses, external flash connections, and a wide range of controls— Using the Viewfinder more than you’d find on a 35mm SLR. However, regardless of what controls • Anatomy of the your camera has, the same basic principles are at work “under the hood.” Camera • Changing Settings with Buttons Your automatic exposure and focusing systems are having a profound affect and Dials • Chang- on your images. Even with your camera set to Full Auto, you can indirectly ing Settings with the control, or at least take advantage of the effects these systems have on your Quick Control Screen • Changing Settings images. with Menus • Playing Back & Managing In this chapter, we’ll first explore your camera and how you use it in Full Auto Your Images • Using mode. We’ll also see how you use menus and buttons to operate the camera, the Playback Menu • manage your images and control image quality. In the chapters that follow, Giving Slide Shows • Selecting Image we’ll explore in greater depth how you take control of these settings, and oth- Quality and Size ers, to get the effects you want. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 8. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity the 5d mark ii Camera Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera features a full-frame (24 x 36mm) image sensor with 21.1 megapixels that can capture still images up to 5616 x 3744 in size–large enough for 28 x 18 inch prints. Its high-speed continuous mode captures up to 78 Large/Fine JPEGs or 13 RAW images at 3.9 frames-per-second (on a UDMA Compact Flash card) making it ideal for photographing wildlife, sports and other action subjects. The camera has a large three-inch 920,000-pixel LCD monitor on which you can review your images. Using Live View, you can also use this monitor to The Canon 5D Mark compose them, magnifying parts of the scene up to 10x for the precise man- II is a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera ual focus required in macro photography. Live View also has silent modes so when you look in that avoid startling people and wildlife. Using Live View, along with software the viewfinder you and a cable supplied with the camera, you can use a computer screen as the are seeing the scene through the lens. viewfinder to compose and focus images, using menu commands displayed on the screen to change camera settings. Using an optional wireless transmit- ter you can even eliminate the cable and work wirelessly over short distances. Live View also makes it possible for the camera to capture full 16:9 HD video http://www.photocourse.com/itext/SLR/ clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution and 30 frames per second. Camera settings Click this button to play you make to adjust image sharpness, contrast, color saturation and white an animation that shows balance, also apply to movies so you have extensive creative control. You also how an SLR works when you compose an image have access to more than 60 Canon EF lenses from ultra-wide-angle and fish- and press the shutter eye to macro and supertelephoto. button. The camera has a top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec and a 1/200 maximum flash sync shutter speed setting. ISO settings range from 100–6400 but you can expand the ISO up to 25,600. The camera’s 14-bit Analog-to-Digital (A/D) conversion process captures images with finer and more accurate gradations of tones and colors. High- light Tone Priority is perfect for wedding and nature photographers trying to capture details in wedding dresses, clouds, snow or other white subjects. When you don’t plan on editing your images on a computer, Picture Styles let you adjust them for printing right from the camera as you capture them, or later in playback mode. The camera captures images in the JPEG format but also offers the higher- quality RAW format. You can select either a full-sized RAW image format, or one of two smaller and more manageable sRAW formats that are identical to full-size RAW images except for their pixel dimensions and file sizes. The focusing system uses nine AF points from which you or the camera can select the one used to focus. Its 35-zone metering sensor and evaluative me- tering are linked to all AF points. Also available are centerweighted average metering, partial metering and spot metering—the last two covering approxi- mately 8 percent or 3.5 percent of the viewfinder at center, respectively. The camera has E-TTL II autoflash and 7 shooting modes, plus three custom The 5D Mark II camera modes you can use to store your own settings. As an added convenience, par- body comes with an eyecup and body cap, ticularly for wireless flash operations, you can adjust the flash settings of the battery pack (LP-E6), Canon Speedlite 580EX II and 430EX II directly from the camera. battery charger (LC-E6 or LC-E6E, strap (EW- The camera’s integrated sensor cleaning offers a number of ways to prevent EOS5DMKII) interface dust from affecting your images, or remove it if it does. cable (IFC-200U), stereo video cable Finally, the camera has customization features including 25 Custom Func- (STV-250N), EOS Digital Solutions Disk, and tions, picture styles you can edit or define from scratch, and the ability to manuals. create your own menu listing only those settings you use most frequently. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 9. JumP Start—uSing full auto mode JumP Start—uSing full auto mode The 5D Mark II’s Full Auto mode sets everything for you. All you have to do is frame the image and push the shutter button. This is a good mode to use in most situations because it lets you focus on the subject rather than on the camera. • Selecting the mode. Turn the Power Switch on the back of the camera to ON and set the Mode Dial to Full Auto (the green rectangle icon). • Framing the image. The viewfinder shows about 98% of the scene you are going to capture. If the image in the viewfinder is fuzzy, turn the diopter The Mode Dial with the green Full Auto icon. adjustment knob at the upper right corner of the viewfinder to adjust it (page 12). • Autofocus. The nine small rectangles displayed in the viewfinder are AF points used for focusing. When the focus switch on the lens is set to AF, the camera focuses on the closest part of the scene covered by one or more of these points (page 72). When you press the shutter button halfway down, the The Power Switch set AF point(s) being used to set focus momentarily flashes red, the round focus to the white line above ON. confirmation light in the lowerright corner of the viewfinder glows green, and the camera beeps. How close you can get to a subject depends on the mini- mum focus distance of the lens you are using. • Autoexposure. Evaluative metering divides the scene in the viewfinder into 35 zones and separately meters each of them to determine the best exposure for the scene (page 46). The shutter speed and aperture that will be used to take the picture are displayed in the viewfinder when the display is This icon is displayed activated by pressing the shutter button halfway down (page 12). when you turn the • Automatic white balance. The color cast in a photograph is affected by camera on and off to indicate the sensor is the color of the light illuminating the scene. The camera adjusts white bal- being cleaned. ance so white objects in the scene look white in the photo (page 82). TAKING A PICTURE IN AUTO MODE TIPS • If the camera 1. With the Power Switch on the back of the camera set to ON or the doesn’t work as white line above it, set the Mode Dial to Full Auto (the green rect- described here, you angle icon). Set the focus mode switch on the lens to AF (page 72). may need to clear previous settings as 2. Compose the image in the viewfinder, making sure the area that you described on page 164. want sharpest is covered by one of the nine AF points. • If you don’t use 3. Press the shutter button halfway down and pause so the camera can any controls for 60 automatically set focus and exposure. When it’s done so, it beeps, the seconds, the camera enters auto power round green focus confirmation light in the viewfinder glows, and the off mode (page 161). AF point(s) being used to set focus briefly flashes red. To wake it up, press the shutter button 4. Press the shutter button all the way down to take the picture. halfway down and release it. ● The shutter sounds, buSY may be briefly displayed in the viewfind- • If you have at- er, and the red access lamp on the back of the camera glows while the tached a dedicated image is being saved. You can take another photo at any time. Speedlite flash, its AF-assist beam may ● The image is displayed on the monitor for 2 seconds so you can re- light to assist focus view it, press Erase to delete it, or press INFO to change the display. in dim light (page 118). 5. When finished, turn the Power Switch to OFF. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 10. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity good thingS to knoW When you first start taking photos with a new camera, it sometimes seems that there is too much to learn all at once. To simplify your getting started, here are some of the things you may want to know right off. • The power switch has two positions, ON and the white line above it. The only difference is that when set to the white line the Quick Control Dial works (page 15). The battery compart- • If your camera is right out of the box, you need to mount a lens (page 97) ment cover is on the bottom of the camera and set it to AF (autofocus), insert a charged battery pack, and insert a Com- and accepts LP-E6 pactFlash (CF) card on which to store your images. No CF card is included lithium battery packs. with the camera, and there may be no lens as part of the package. • To insert a CF card, turn off the camera, slide the CF card slot cover on the right side of the camera toward the back, and swing it open. Insert the CF card with its front label facing the rear of the camera and the small holes facing inward. Press the card down until the gray eject button pops out, then close the cover. To remove a card, open the CF card slot cover and press the gray eject button to pop up the card so you can grasp it and pull it out. • The first time you use the camera, select a language (if necessary) and enter Sections in the battery icon on the LCD panel the current date and time (page 159) so your images are accurately dated. and in the viewfinder are deleted as the • One of the camera’s default settings lets you shoot pictures without a CF battery charge falls. The card in the camera. Images are even displayed on the monitor so you think last two blink to draw you are capturing them, but they are not saved. To ensure you don’t take your attention when the battery is almost dead. unsaved pictures, turn off the Shoot w/o card setting on the Shooting 1 menu tab (page 159). • If you turn off the camera while an image is being saved, the message Re- cording is displayed and the power remains on until all images are saved. • Should you inadvertently open the compact flash card door while the cam- era is writing to the card, a warning is displayed on the monitor and an open door “alarm” sounds, but the image is saved without interruption as long as you don’t remove the card. • To take pictures, hold the camera in your right hand while supporting the lens with your left. Brace the camera against your face as you look through The CF card slot cover is the viewfinder and brace your elbows against your body. Press the shutter on the right side of the button slowly and smoothly as you hold your breath after breathing in deeply camera as seen from the shooting position. and exhaling. • The shutter button has two stages. When you press it halfway down and briefly pause, the camera sets focus and exposure. When the green confirma- tion light comes on in the viewfinder and the camera beeps, you press it the rest of the way to take the picture. If you press the shutter button all of the Pressing the shutter way down without pausing halfway, the camera pauses to focus before taking button halfway down locks focus and the picture. exposure and pressing it all the way down takes • If the camera can’t focus, it doesn’t beep when you press the shutter but- the picture. ton halfway down, the round green focus confirmation light in the viewfinder blinks, and you can’t take a picture. For help on focusing see page 72. http://www.photocourse.com/itext/cases/cases.pdf • In P, Tv, Av, M and B modes pressing the AF-ON button does the same Click to view a PDF document on camera thing as pressing the shutter button halfway down. straps and cases. 10 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 11. good thingS to knoW • When you don’t use controls for a specified period, the camera shuts down in two stages. After 4 seconds metering turns off, as do the viewfinder dis- play and the aperture and/or shutter speed readouts on the LCD panel. After one minute auto power off takes effect and the LCD panel and monitor turn off. At this point dials, and many buttons including the three above the LCD panel, won’t work. To turn on metering, and reactivate the displays and but- tons, press the shutter button halfway down. • You can illuminate the LCD panel by pressing the button marked with the The Mode Dial with light bulb icon on top of the camera. seven shooting modes and 3 custom modes. • You can use the camera’s monitor to review images you’ve taken (page 20), and in Live View (page 139) use it to compose, focus and capture them. You can adjust the monitor’s brightness to match the light you’re viewing it in (page 160). • When you take a picture, it is displayed on the monitor for two seconds but you can adjust this review time (page 159). While it’s displayed, you can press the Erase button (page 20) to delete it, or INFO to change the display mode. If the focus confirmation • While watching the monitor, press the INFO button to cycle through the light in the viewfinder list-like Camera Settings screen, the grid-like Shooting Functions screen blinks when you press (page 15), and turning off the monitor. Like the LCD panel, the Shooting the shutter button halfway down, the Functions screen reflects setting changes as you or the camera make them. camera is having trouble focusing (page • You can reset all camera settings to their factory defaults (page 164). This is 72). useful if you make changes and can’t remember how to undo them. • When photographing in a studio-like setting, or using the camera to give a slide show, you can use the optional AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6 to power the camera instead of the battery pack. Instructions on how to attach the adapter are included with it. • Routinely check the shots remaining displayed on the LCD panel and Shoot- Pressing the LCD Panel ing Functions screen. When the number in brackets gets to zero you can’t Illumination button lights the LCD panel take any more photos unless you delete some or change memory cards. so it’s readable in the dark. It turns off after • When you charge batteries with the LC-E6 or LC-E6E charger the orange 6 seconds of inactivity. charge lamp blinks more rapidly the more charged the battery is. It blinks Turning the Mode once per second up to 50%, twice per second up to 75%, three times per sec- Dial or pressing any shooting related button ond after 75% and glows green when fully charged. Fully charging a depleted extends it. battery takes about 2.5 hours. • A fully charged battery should capture around 800 pictures depending on the temperature and how often you use flash, the monitor, and Live View. TIPS • Recharge batteries immediately before using them because they gradually • If you press the INFO button once loose their charge over time. or twice to display the Shooting Func- • The battery pack cover can be attached in two directions. Align it so the blue tions screen on the seal shows through the battery shaped opening to indicate a battery is fully monitor (it’s grid- charged. Align it in the other direction on a battery that needs charging. like) and then turn the Mode Dial, you’ll • If you encounter an error message you can’t resolve, or if the camera con- see the settings for each shooting trols “freeze,” you might “reboot” it by turning it off, removing the battery mode. Those that are for a few seconds, reinserting the battery and turning it back on. Sometimes grayed out can’t be ensuring that the lens is locked into place also helps. changed in the cur- rent shooting mode. • See the Battery info command on page 163. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 11
  • 12. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity uSing the vieWfinder When taking photos with the 5D Mark II, you normally compose them in the viewfinder. Since this is your center of interest, the camera also displays focus and exposure information to guide you. foCuS SCreenS The camera accepts three interchangeable focus screens. Should you switch them, you have to set Custom Function IV-5 Focusing screen (page 152) to tell the camera which one you have installed. • The Eg-A focus screen comes with your camera. It displays a bright view of the scene and makes it easy to manually focus. The Eg-D optional focus screen. • The Eg-D is the same as Eg-A but displays grid lines that are great for studio and architectural photography where accurately aligning vertical and horizontal lines is important. • The Eg-S is a super-precision matte screen designed for lenses with a maxi- mum aperture of f/2.8 or larger. This screen makes manual focusing easier and more precise than the Eg-A, but when used with a lens slower than f/2.8, the viewfinder image is darker. dioPter adJuStment The diopter adjustment You can adjust the viewfinder display so you can read it without glasses. knob. To do so, remove the lens cap and look through the viewfinder at an evenly lit surface or fairly bright light source (not the sun!). If the viewfinder dis- play isn’t sharp, try to bring the AF points into focus by turning the dioptric adjustment knob at the upperright corner of the viewfinder. If this doesn’t work, the camera also accepts the accessory E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lenses in 10 types ranging from -4 to +3 diopters. These lenses slip into the viewfinder’s eyepiece holder. af PointS When focus is achieved the AF point or points The viewfinder displays nine small rectangles called AF points (AF stands being used to set focus for autofocus). When the focus switch on the lens is set to AF (page 72), the flash red and the green confirmation light camera focuses on the closest part of the scene covered by one or more of glows steady in the these AF points. The one being used to set focus can be selected manually or viewfinder. automatically (page 73). When you press the shutter button halfway down, the focusing point or points being used to set focus flash red. The circle in the center of the viewfinder indicates the spot metering area (page 48). TIP • To turn on meter- ing and display expo- information diSPlay sure information on When you press the shutter button halfway down, the viewfinder displays the the LCD panel and in the viewfinder, press current shutter speed and aperture, the ISO, the shots remaining in continu- the shutter button ous mode, and the focus confirmation indicator. In P, Tv, Av, M and B modes halfway down. it also displays an exposure level indicator that’s used for setting exposure compensation (page 55) and Manual (M) exposure (page 45). A number of other indicators are also displayed during various procedures. The viewfinder display stays on for 4 seconds after you press the shutter button halfway down. 12 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 13. anatomy of the Camera anatomy of the Camera The 5D Mark II has a number of buttons and dials that quickly change im- TIPS portant settings without the time-consuming need to work your way through • You can quickly menus. reset all camera set- tings to their original factory defaults (page 164). • You can connect the camera to a computer and use Live View (page 139) so you and others can immediately see photos as you take them. This is a great way to take portraits and close-ups. The shutter button (top) and Main Dial (bottom). TIP • Blue icons indi- cate the function of buttons in Playback mode. toP vieW 1. Mode Dial selects any of the camera’s shooting modes (page 40). 2. Shutter button sets exposure and focus and turns on metering, the view- finder, and LCD panel displays when pressed halfway down, and takes the photo when pressed all the way. 3. Main Dial is used by itself and with buttons to change camera settings in shooting modes (page 15). In playback mode, turning the dial jumps you After pressing a button that has two functions, through pictures you’ve taken (page 20). turning the Main Dial changes the first setting 4. LCD Panel Illumination button lights the LCD panel. and turning the Quick Control Dial changes the 5. Metering/WB button selects the metering mode (page 48) in conjunc- second. tion with the Main Dial and sets white balance (page 82) in conjunction with the Quick Control Dial. 6. AF-DRIVE button specifies autofocus modes (page 72) in conjunction with the Main Dial and cycles the camera among the drive modes single-shot, continuous (page 137), and self-timer (page 64) in conjunction with the Quick Control Dial. 7. ISO/Flash Exposure Compensation button, in conjunction with the Main Dial changes the ISO (page 65), and sets flash exposure compensation (page 116) in conjunction with the Quick Control Dial. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 13
  • 14. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity rear vieW TIPS • Throughout this book when we tell you to turn the Quick Control Dial, in many cases you can also turn the Main Dial. • You can quickly reset camera settings to their original fac- tory defaults (page 164). • In P, Tv, Av, M and B modes (page 40), pressing the AF-ON button performs the same function as pressing the shutter button halfway down. 1. Live View/Print/Share button, when pressed in shooting mode, turns on Live View when it’s enabled. In playback mode, it lets you print or transfer images when connected to a printer or computer. 2. MENU button displays and hides the menu on the monitor (page 17). 3. Picture Style selection button changes picture styles (page 149). 4. INFO button cycles you through information about camera settings in shooting mode (page 15), or images in playback mode (page 20). 5. Playback button displays the last image you captured (page 20). 6. Erase button deletes the image displayed on the monitor (page 20). 7. AF-ON button autofocuses in P, Tv, Av, M and B modes (page 72). 8. AE/FE lock/Index/Reduce button (*) locks exposure (page 55) and flash exposure (page 117). In playback mode, it unzooms a zoomed image and Tip switches to index view (page 20). • You can press 9. AF point selection/Magnify button, in conjunction with the Main or the Multi-controller Quick Control Dial, manually selects which AF point is used to set focus (page straight down and in eight sideways direc- 73). In Playback and Live View modes it zooms images up to 10x (page 20). tions. You use it to select the AF point, 10. Multi-controller, a small joy stick, moves in 8 directions plus straight correct the white down. It selects AF points (page 73), makes white balance corrections (page balance, scroll the 85) and scrolls around an enlarged image in playback mode (page 20). playback image dur- ing magnified view, 11. SET button in the middle of the Quick Control Dial confirms settings operate the Quick Control screen, and and starts and stops movie recording (page 145). highlight and select menu options except 12. Quick Control Dial adjusts exposure by itself, and works in conjunc- Erase images on the tion with buttons to change settings in shooting mode (page 15). In playback Playback 1 menu and mode it scrolls through images, and in menu mode it highlights menu com- Format on the Set up 1 menu where you mands. have to press SET instead. 13. Power switch turns the camera on and off, and when set to the white line, activates the Quick Control Dial in shooting modes. 14 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 15. Changing SettingS With ButtonS and dialS Changing SettingS With ButtonS and dialS Buttons and dials are often used together. Pressing a button initiates a proce- dure by activating metering and the exposure displays, in the viewfinder and on the LCD panel and monitor, and then turning a dial highlights one of the available options. Each time you press a button to initiate a procedure, you only have about 6 seconds to turn the dial or the displays become inactive. • Many buttons, including the three above the LCD panel, won’t work when auto power off is in effect (page 161). To wake up the camera, press the shut- ter button halfway down and release it. When you press many • After pressing buttons that have two functions, such as AF-DRIVE, turn- buttons, their function ing the Main Dial changes the setting listed first (AF) and turning the Quick remains active for only 6 seconds. If you are Control Dial changes the one listed second (DRIVE). slow, just press the button again for another 6 seconds. the main dial The Main Dial is used to change settings in shooting modes, highlight menu tabs in menu mode (page 17), and jump through pictures in playback mode (page 21). • When changing metering, AF mode, ISO or selecting an AF point, you first The Quick Control Dial press and release a button to select a setting before you turn the dial. only adjusts exposure settings when the • When changing shutter speeds and apertures in P, Tv, Av, M and B modes Power Switch is set to you turn the dial without first pressing a button (pages 41–45). the white line above ON. Setting it to ON • After pressing MENU, turn the dial to select menu tabs listing commands prevents inadvertent (page 17). shifts in exposure by turning the dial. the QuiCk Control dial The Quick Control Dial works in shooting modes to change settings, in menu mode to highlight menu commands, and in playback mode to scroll through images. • When changing the white balance, drive mode, flash exposure compensa- tion or AF point selection, you first press and release a button to select a set- TipS ting before you turn the dial. • Many buttons won’t • When changing exposure compensation (page 55) or selecting an aperture work when auto power off is in effect in Manual (M) mode (page 45), you turn the dial by itself. This only works so press the shutter when the Power Switch is set past ON to the white line pointing to the Quick button halfway down Control Dial and release it to ac- tivate metering and • After pressing MENU turn the dial to move the highlight up and down the the camera’s LCD panel displays. menu. • If you turn the camera off while the the info Button Shooting Functions screen is displayed, When the camera is ready to shoot, you can press the INFO button to cycle the screen will be through the list-like Camera Settings, the grid-like Shooting Functions displayed again the next time you turn screens, and turning off the monitor. You can use the Set up 3 menu’s INFO on the camera. To button setting to specify which screens are displayed. avoid this, press the INFO button to When the Shooting Functions screen is displayed, you can use it instead of display a different the LCD panel as a guide when changing settings. It has the advantage of screen before turning off the camera. larger type and better illumination. You can also press the Multi-controller straight down to activate it and change it into the Quick Control screen. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 15
  • 16. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity Changing SettingS on the QuiCk Control SCreen In addition to using menus to change or confirm settings, you can also use the Quick Control screen and the three dual function buttons above the LCD panel. the QuiCk Control SCreen You can use the Quick Control screen and Multi-controller to change set- tings on the monitor. This is very convenient when you’re shooting from a tripod or monopod, with the camera at eye level, where it’s hard to read the LCD panel on top of the camera. This screen is almost identical to the Shoot- ing Functions screen (page 15). In fact if you display the Shooting Functions screen and then press the Multi-controller straight down, it changes into the Quick Control screen. The Quick Control screen (top) and a settings screen USING THE QUICK CONTROL SCREEN (bottom). 1. Press the joystick-like Multi-controller straight down to activate the Quick Control screen displaying the current camera settings on the monitor. The currently selected setting is highlighted in green and TipS remains highlighted for only 10 seconds if you don’t use any camera • You can’t display controls. the Quick Control screen when the 2. Press the Multi-controller in any direction to highlight the setting camera is in auto you want to change and its function is indicated at the bottom of the power off mode. screen. Press the shutter button halfway down 3. Press SET to display a settings screen (this is optional), then turn the and release it to wake up the camera. Main or Quick Control Dial to scroll through choices for the selected setting. If you displayed a setting screen, press SET after selecting • When Custom Function III-3: your choice to return to the Quick Control screen. AF point selection method is set to 1: Multi-control- dual funCtion Button SCreenS ler direct, you can’t display the Quick The three buttons above the LCD panel each have two functions. When the Control screen. Shooting Functions or Quick Control screen is displayed, you can press one of • Settings remain these buttons to display a two-part setting screen on the monitor. selected for 10 sec- onds if you don’t use • Turning the Main Dial changes the upper setting. any controls. Press the Multi-control- • Turning the Quick Control Dial changes the lower setting. ler straight down to reselect it. The three buttons above the LCD panel each have two settings you change with the Main and Quick Control Dials. 16 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 17. Changing SettingS With menuS Changing SettingS With menuS To change many settings, you press the MENU button to display a series of menu tabs coded with colors, icons and dots. To charge settings from these menus you use the Main Dial, the Quick Control Dial and the SET button. • All of the camera’s menu commands and the pages on which they are discussed in this book are listed in tables on pages 18–19. On those tables, shaded menu items are not available in Full or Creative Auto modes (pages 9 and 41). • Some menus are spread across two or three tabs. In these cases the tab numbers (1, 2, 3) are indicated on the tabs with dots. • You can use the Multi-controller as well as the Main and Quick Control Icons, colors and Dials to change menu settings. To do so, you press it sideways to highlight dots indicate (from menu items and press it straight down to select them. (To reduce the pos- top down) Shooting, sibility of mistakes, you can’t use the Multi-controller to select Erase images Playback, Set up, Custom Functions and on the Playback 1 menu or Format on the Set up 1 menu.) My Menu tabs. • When menus are displayed on the monitor, you can press the shutter button halfway down at any time to instantly return to shooting mode. • You can place up to six frequently used menu commands on your own “My Menu” and even have that menu displayed first when you press the MENU button (page 158). • The last menu you viewed is displayed the next time you press MENU. USING MENUS • To display the menu, press the MENU button. Once you press MENU, the Main Dial, the Quick • To select a tab, turn the Main Dial. Colors, dots, and icons help you Control Dial (above) and identify which menu tab is displayed. the SET button in its center are all you need • To move the colored selection frame up and down the menu to high- to change settings. light settings, turn the Quick Control Dial. • To display the options or settings screen for a highlighted command, press the SET button in the center of the Quick Control Dial. • To select a listed option (not all commands list options), turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight it, then press SET to confirm the change. • To backup without changing a setting, press MENU or the shutter button before pressing SET. The Shooting 1 menu. • To hide the menu, press the MENU or shutter button. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 1
  • 18. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity In the tables on this Shooting 1 (red) page shaded commands are not available in Full Command Settings Page Auto and Creative auto Quality Sets image size, compression and format 27 modes. Beep Turns camera beep Off/On 160 Shoot w/o card Specifies if the camera takes pictures without 159 a card inserted Review time Specifies how long an image is displayed im- 159 mediately after capture Peripheral illumin. Turns on and off for the selected lens. 100 correct. Shooting 2 (red) Command Settings Page Expo.comp./AEB Exposure compensation and autoexposure 55, 57 bracketing White balance Prevents color casts 82 Custom WB Sets white balance in unique lighting situa- 83 tions WB SHIFT/BKT Adjusts and brackets white balance 85 Color space Specifies the color space used to capture 84 images Picture Style Lets you select predefined image settings, or 149 create your own Dust Delete Data Locates dust on the sensor so its effects can 166 be removed from images using software. PlayBaCk 1 (Blue) Command Settings Page Protect images Protects images from being erased 22 Rotate Rotates images shot in portrait mode 22 Erase images Erases images from the memory card 22 Some settings are only Print order Specifies images to be printed — displayed when you are using an optional Transfer order Selects images to be sent to PC — WFT-E4/E4A wireless External media Used with WFT-E4/E4A wireless transmitter — transmitter. backup to save images PlayBaCk 2 (Blue) Command Settings Page Highlight alert Highlights overexposed areas in images 59 AF point disp. Specifies if AF points used to focus are dis- 74 played in review or playback modes Histogram Selects type of histogram displayed 59 Slide show Plays back images automatically 23 Image jump Specifies how you jump in playback mode. 21 1 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 19. Changing SettingS With menuS In the tables on this Set uP 1 (yelloW) page shaded commands are not available in Full Command Settings Page Auto and Creative auto Auto power off Specifies when camera turns off 161 modes. Auto rotate Rotates images shot in portrait mode 162 Format Prepares card to store images 161 File numbering Specifies image file numbers 160 Select folder Create and select folders for images 162 WFT settings Used with WFT-E4/E4A wireless — transmitter Recording function+media Used with WFT-E4/E4A wireless — select transmitter Set uP 2 (yelloW) Command Settings Page LCD brightness Adjusts monitor brightness 161 Date/Time Sets camera date and time 159 Language Specifies language used for menus 161 and messages Video system Specifies PAL or NTSC video 161 Sensor cleaning Cleans dust from the sensor 165 Live View/Movie func. set. Customizes the Live View display 139 Set uP 3 (yelloW) Command Settings Page Battery info. Manage your battery packs 163 INFO. button Specifies which INFO screens are 15 displayed External Speedlite control Sets an external flash 118 Camera user setting Stores your own settings to C1, C2 151 and C3 on the Mode Dial Clear settings Resets many camera settings to their 164 factory defaults Firmware ver. Updates the camera’s firmware 163 CuStom funCtionS (orange) Command Settings Page C.Fn I: Exposure Exposure, ISO, bracketing, flash sync 153 C.Fn II: Image Noise reduction, highlight tone and 154 auto lighting optimizer C.Fn III: Autofocus/Drive Autofocus and mirror lockup 155 C.Fn IV: Operation/Others Shutter button, AF-ON, SET dials, 156 focusing screen and Live View Clear all Custom Func. (C.Fn) Resets Custom Functions to their 152 defaults my menu (green) Command Settings Page My Menu settings Stores frequently used commands 158 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 1
  • 20. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity Playing BaCk managing your imageS When taking photos, there are many times when you want to review the im- TIPS ages you’ve taken, ideally before leaving the scene. • After zooming an image or displaying information about image revieW it, you can turn the Main or Quick When you take a photo, it’s displayed for 2 seconds (counting from when Control Dials to scroll you release the shutter button) although you can change this with the Re- through other im- view time command (page 159) on the Shooting 1 menu tab. With an image ages using the same settings. displayed, press the Erase button to delete it, or the INFO button to change the information display. Pressing either button also keeps the image on the • To immediately return to shooting screen until you press the shutter button halfway down to take another photo mode, press the or auto power off takes effect. shutter button half- way down. image PlayBaCk To review some or all of the images you have taken, press the Playback but- ton to display the last photo you took. You can then scroll through images, display small thumbnails so you can quickly locate a specific image, erase the image, or zoom in to examine details. In playback mode, you can press the shutter button halfway down at any time to instantly return to shooting mode. You may not be able to playback photos on the card taken with an- other camera. Pressing INFO in playback mode displays information about the image. info diSPlay To display or hide information about images in review or playback modes, repeatedly press the INFO button to cycle through single image display, single image display with recording quality, histogram display, and shoot- ing information display. On two of the screens a small thumbnail and one or The Playback icon. more histograms are displayed (page 59). Once information is displayed for one image in playback (but not review) mode, you can turn the Quick Control Dial to scroll through other images with the same information displayed. MANAGING IMAGES—USING BUTTONS The Index/Reduce icons. 1. Press the Playback button and use any of the following procedures: ● To display one image after another, turn the Quick Control Dial. ● To display 4 or 9 small thumbnails in index view, press the Index button once or twice. Turn the Quick Control Dial to scroll the blue frame to select a specific image. To return to single-image view, press the Magnify button. The Magnify icon. ● To jump by the specified method (page 21), turn the Main Dial. ● To magnify an image up to 10x, display it in single-image view and press or hold down the Magnify button. When an image is magnified, a small square on the screen indicates which part of the image you are viewing as you press the Multi-controller to scroll around. To re- duce the image and return to single-image view, press or hold down the Index/Reduce button or press the Playback button. The Erase icon. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ... 20 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 21. Playing BaCk managing your imageS TIP MANAGING IMAGES—USING BUTTONS, CON’T. • One way to delete ● To erase the image displayed in single-image view or the one high- all images on a card lighted in index view, press the Erase button (marked with a trash (and all folders but the current one), is can icon). To confirm the erasure, turn the Quick Control Dial to to format the card highlight Erase and press SET. (page 161). ● To change the information displayed, press INFO. 2. To resume shooting, press the Playback button or press the shutter button halfway down. JumPing in PlayBaCk The Playback icon. In playback mode, it takes time to navigate through images when there are many of them on a card. To speed things up you can turn the Main Dial to jump in single-image, magnified, and index modes. The jump methods from which you can choose include the following: • 1 image displays all of the images and movies in the order they were cap- tured. • 10 images (the default) jumps you forward and back 10 images at a time. • 100 images jumps you forward and back 100 images at a time. • Screen, designed for use in index mode, jumps you forward and back a screen, or page of thumbnails, at a time. • Date jumps you forward or back to the first picture taken on the next or previous date. • Folder jumps folder by folder. • Movies jumps you to the first movie and then to other movies. • Stills jumps you to the first still image, then through other stills. In all modes other than 1 image, as you turn the Main Dial to jump, a position bar on the screen indicates where the currently displayed images fall within the total collection of images on the card. Also turning the Quick Control Dial continues to scroll through images one at a time. SELECTING A JUMP METHOD 1. Press MENU and display the Playback 2 menu tab. 2. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Image jump, and press SET to display a list jump methods. 3. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight your choice, and press SET to select it. 4. When finished, press MENU and turn the Main Dial in playback mode to jump by the specified method. The current jump method and location are displayed in the lowerright corner of the monitor. IMAGE RECOVERY SOFTWARE • If you delete images by mistake, don’t despair. There is software that will let you recover them provided you don’t first save other photos on the same card. One such program is PhotoRescue at (http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/) but you can find others by Googling “digital image recovery.” for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 21
  • 22. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity uSing the PlayBaCk menu The Playback menu tabs list a variety of commands. Although only Protect TIPS images, Rotate, and Erase images from the Playback 1 menu tab are dis- • When looking for cussed here, the other playback commands are discussed elsewhere in this pictures to erase, protect, or rotate, book (page 18). it’s often faster if you press the In- dex/Reduce button MANAGING YOUR IMAGES—USING MENUS to switch to index display. 1. Press MENU and display the Playback 1 menu tab. • You can rotate im- ● To protect selected images so they won’t be inadvertently erased, ages automatically with the Set up 1 or to unprotect previously protected images, turn the Quick Control menu’s Auto rotate Dial to highlight Protect images and press SET. Turn the Quick Con- command (page trol Dial to scroll through images and press SET to protect or unpro- 162). tect selected images. (When you select a protected image, the protect • Print order is used icon is displayed at the top of the screen.) to specify which images are to be ● To rotate selected images, turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight printed. Rotate, and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial to scroll through • Transfer Order your images and press SET one or more times to rotate an image. is used to select which photos are ● To erase selected images, turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight transferred to your computer. Erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial to high- light Select and erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial to scroll through images and press SET to check those to be deleted. (Press Index and Magnify to toggle between 1 or 3 images.) When finished selecting images, press the Erase button to delete them and select OK when asked to confirm. The protect icon. ● To erase all images in a folder, turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial Tip to highlight All images in folder, and press SET to display a list of The best way to de- folders. Turn the Quick Control Dial again to select a folder and press lete images depends SET, then turn it again to select OK and press SET. on how many you are deleting. ● To erase all images on the card, turn the Quick Control Dial to • When deleting highlight Erase images and press SET. Turn the Quick Control Dial 100% of the images, to highlight All images on card, and press SET, then turn it again to use the All images on card choice. select OK and press SET. • When deleting less 2. When finished, press MENU. than 50%, use the Select and erase im- ages choice. • When deleting more than 50%, pro- tect the images you want to save, and then use the All im- ages on card choice to delete the rest. 22 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 23. giving Slide ShoWS giving Slide ShoWS You can display your images as a slide show on the camera’s monitor or on a connected TV. • To show your images on a non-HD TV, turn both the TV and the camera off while you connect the supplied video cable (don’t use any other) to the A/V OUT terminal on the camera. On the TV connect the red plug to the audio right channel, the white to the audio left channel, and the yellow to video in. Turn on the TV and set it for video input. • To show your images on a High Definition HD TV connect the camera and The optional HDMI TV using the camera’s built-in HDMI OUT terminal and an optional HDMI Cable HTC-100 used to Cable HTC-100. Output resolution is automatically set to match the model display images on HD of HDTV you are using and photos are displayed in their original 3:2 aspect TVs. ratio. Once the camera and TV are connected, turn on the camera and set it to Slide show as described below. Shows can include all of the still images and movies on the memory card, just movies or still images, or specific photos selected by their date or folder. For added convenience you can control the playback rate (from one to five seconds per image) and set the show to end or loop when finished. Auto power off does not operate in slide show mode so you have to remember to turn it off. If you are traveling and need to switch between NTSC and PAL video systems see page 161. The camera’s HDMI terminal. GIVING SLIDE SHOWS TIPS 1. Press MENU and select the Playback 2 menu tab. • Canon’s optional 2. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Slide show, and press SET AC adapter kit (ACK- E6) lets you give to display the slide show settings screen. slide shows without draining your battery 3. Do one of the following: pack. ● Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight All images and press SET. • When giving a slide Turn it again to select All images, Folder, Date, Movies or Stills and show, due to differ- ences in the aspect press SET. If you select Folder or Date, before pressing SET press ratio of the screen INFO to display a list of folders or dates from which to choose. Use and image, im- the Quick Control Dial and SET to select a folder or date and press ages may not fill the screen, or if they do, MENU to return to the slide show screen. parts may be cut off. ● Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Set up and press SET. • You can’t use the Turn it again to select Play time or Repeat and press SET. Use the camera’s A/V OUT and HDMI OUT ter- Quick Control Dial and SET to select a setting and press MENU to minals at the same return to the slide show screen. time. 4. Turn the Quick Control Dial to highlight Start and press SET to begin the show. ● To pause and restart the show, press SET. When paused, a pause icon is displayed in the upper left corner of the monitor. ● To manually scroll through images, turn the Main or Quick Control Dial. When paused, a pause icon is displayed in the ● To specify what information is displayed, press INFO. upper left corner of the monitor. 5. To stop the show at any point, press the MENU or shutter button. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 23
  • 24. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity SeleCting image Quality and Size http://www.photocourse.com/itext/dots/ Digital photographs are made up of millions of tiny squares called picture el- ements—or just pixels. Like the impressionists who painted wonderful scenes Click to see how dots with small dabs of paint, your computer and printer can use these tiny pixels are used in printing. to display or print photographs. To do so, the computer divides the screen or printed page into a grid of pixels. It then uses the values stored in the digital photograph to specify the brightness and color of each pixel in this grid—a form of painting by number. Any image that looks sharp and has smooth transitions in tones (top) is actually made up of millions of individual square pixels (bottom). Each pixel is a solid, uniform color. Tip • The term “resolu- tion” has two mean- ings in photography. Originally it referred to the ability of a camera system to resolve pairs of fine lines such as those found on a test chart. In this usage it’s an indicator of sharpness, not im- age size. With the introduction of digital cameras it began be- ing used to indicate the number of pixels a camera could cap- ture. numBer of PixelS http://www.photocourse.com/itext/resolution/ Click to explore the The quality of a digital image depends in part on the number of pixels used to original meaning of create the image (sometimes referred to as resolution). At a given size, more “resolution”. pixels add detail and sharpen edges. However, there are always size limits. When you enlarge any digital image enough, the pixels begin to show—an http://www.photocourse.com/itext/pixelzoom/ effect called pixelization. This is not unlike traditional silver-based prints Click to see the effects where grain begins to show when prints are enlarged past a certain point. of pixelization as an image is enlarged. 24 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com
  • 25. SeleCting image Quality and Size When a digital image is displayed or printed at the correct size for the number of pixels it contains, it looks like a normal photograph. When enlarged too much (as is the eye here), its square pixels begin to show. Each pixel is a small square made up of a single color. http://www.photocourse.com/itext/imagesize/ Click to see how the output device determines image sizes. http://www.photocourse.com/itext/pixelresolution/ Click to explore how more pixels give sharper images. http://www.photocourse.com/itext/excel/math-imagesize.xls in The size of a photograph is specified in one of two ways—by its dimensions pixels or by the total number of pixels it contains. For example, the same im- Click for Excel work sheet on image sizes. age can be said to have 5616 × 3744 pixels (where “×” is pronounced “by” as in “5616 by 3744”), or to contain a little over 21 million pixels or megapixels (5616 multiplied by 3744). Image sizes are expressed as dimensions in pixels (5616 × 3744) or by the total number of pixels (21 megapixels). 5D MARk ii iMAgE SizES • The 5D Mark II gives you a choice of three image sizes: 5616 × 3744 (large), 4080 x 2720 (medium), and 2353 × 1856 (small) plus small RAW images. for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com 25
  • 26. ChaPter 1. Camera ControlS and Creativity hoW an image iS CaPtured Digital cameras are very much like the rapidly disappearing 35mm film cameras. Both types contain a lens, an aperture, and a shutter. The lens brings light from the scene into focus inside the camera so it can expose an image. The aperture is a hole that can be made smaller or larger to control the amount of light entering the camera. The shutter is a device that can be opened or closed to control the length of time the light is allowed to enter. The big difference between traditional film cameras and digital cameras is how they capture the image. Instead of film, digital cameras use a solid- state device called an image sensor. In the 5D Mark II, the image sensor is a CMOS chip. On the surface of this full-frame silicon chip is a grid containing over 21 million photosensitive diodes called photosites, photoelements, or pixels. Each photosite captures a single pixel in the photograph to be. the exPoSure When you press the shutter button of a digital camera, an exposure system measures the light coming through the lens and sets the aperture and shutter speed for the correct exposure. When the shutter opens briefly, each pixel on the image sensor records the brightness of the light that falls on it by accu- mulating an electrical charge. The more light that hits a pixel, the higher the charge it records. Pixels capturing light from highlights in the scene will have high charges. Those capturing light from shadows will have low charges. An image sensor When the shutter closes to end the exposure, the charge from each pixel is against a background enlargement of its measured and converted into a digital number. This series of numbers is then square pixels, each used to reconstruct the image by setting the color and brightness of matching capable of capturing pixels on the screen or printed page. one pixel in the final image. it’S all BlaCk and White after all It may be surprising, but pixels on an image sensor can only capture bright- ness, not color. They record only the gray scale—a series of 256 increasingly darker tones ranging from pure white to pure black. How the camera creates a color image from the brightness recorded by each pixel is an interesting story. The gray scale contains a range of tones from pure white to pure black. When photography was first invented, it could only record black and white TipS images. The search for color was a long and arduous process, and a lot of • You can change hand coloring went on in the interim (causing one photographer to comment contrast, sharpness, “so you have to know how to paint after all!”). One major breakthrough was saturation, and color tone settings using James Clerk Maxwell’s 1860 discovery that color photographs could be cre- Picture Styles (page ated using black and white film and red, blue, and green filters. He had the 149). photographer Thomas Sutton photograph a tartan ribbon three times, each • When you change time with a different color filter over the lens. The three black and white im- image quality, the ages were then projected onto a screen with three different projectors, each LCD panel always equipped with the same color filter used to take the image being projected. indicates the number of new shots that will When brought into alignment, the three images formed a full-color photo- fit on the current CF graph. Over a century later, image sensors work much the same way. card. 26 for more on digital PhotograPhy, viSit httP://WWW.ShortCourSeS.Com