David Busch's Canon EOS R7 Guide to Digital Photography

David Busch's Canon EOS R7 Guide to Digital Photography

by David D. Busch
Released October 2022
Publisher(s): Rocky Nook
ISBN: 9781681989518

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Book description

David Busch's Canon EOS R7 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the exciting new APS-C format Canon EOS R7. Enthusiasts will appreciate this 33-megapixel camera’s superior low-light performance and action-friendly 30 frames-per second continuous shooting capabilities. Image stabilization built into the R7’s body integrates with lens-based stabilization found in many lenses. Three available adapters make it easy to supplement your RF-mount lenses with a broad selection of legacy Canon EF and EF-S optics. The R7 also has two memory card slots, wireless connectivity to computers and smart devices, and high-definition 4K and Full HD movie-making capabilities. With this book in hand, you can quickly apply all these advanced features to your digital photography, while boosting your creativity to take great photographs with your Canon EOS R7.

Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Canon EOS R7 Guide to Digital Photography covers all this upscale camera's features in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy "roadmap" chapter, an easy-to-use visual guide to the cameras' features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Canon EOS R7.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. About the Author
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1. Thinking Outside the Box
    1. First Things First
    2. Initial Setup
      1. Power Options
      2. Mounting a Lens
      3. Adjusting Diopter Correction
      4. Inserting a Memory Card
      5. Learning Basic Navigation
      6. Formatting a Memory Card
      7. Setting the Time and Date
    3. Selecting a Shooting Mode
    4. Choosing a Metering Mode
    5. Mastering the Quick Control Screen
    6. Choosing a Focus Mode
    7. Selecting AF Area
    8. Other Settings
      1. Using Drive Modes and Self-Timer/Remote
    9. Taking a Picture
    10. Reviewing the Images You’ve Taken
      1. Cruising through Index Views
    11. Transferring Photos to Your Computer
    12. Quick Control: Playback
  11. Chapter 2. Your Visual Roadmap
    1. Front View
    2. The Business End
      1. Right Side Controls
    3. Mastering the Touch Screen
      1. Flexible View
      2. Touch Operation
    4. Underneath Your Camera
  12. Chapter 3. Recommended Settings
    1. Changing Default Settings
      1. Resetting to Factory Defaults
    2. Recommended Default Changes
  13. Chapter 4. Nailing the Right Exposure
    1. Getting a Handle on Exposure
      1. Correctly Exposed
      2. Overexposed
      3. Underexposed
    2. Choosing a Metering Mode
    3. Choosing a Shooting Mode
      1. Aperture-Priority Mode
      2. Shutter-Priority Mode
      3. Program AE Mode
      4. Flexible-Priority Mode
      5. Manual Exposure Mode
    4. Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings
      1. Dealing with Visual Noise
    5. Making EV Changes
    6. Bracketing Parameters
      1. Number of Exposures
      2. Bracketing Sequence
      3. Bracketing Auto Cancel
      4. Increment Between Exposures
    7. Creating a Bracketed Set
    8. Working with HDR
      1. Using HDR Mode
    9. Bracketing and Merge to HDR
    10. Fixing Exposures with Histograms
      1. Tonal Range
      2. Histogram Basics
      3. Understanding Histograms
    11. Discovering Basic Zone Modes
      1. Scene Intelligent Auto Mode
      2. Special Scene Mode
      3. Creative Filters
  14. Chapter 5. Mastering the Mysteries of Focus
    1. Auto or Manual Focus?
    2. How Focus Works
      1. Contrast Detection
      2. Phase Detection
      3. AF Pixel Layout
      4. Dual Pixel CMOS AF
      5. Dual Pixel RAW Focus Adjustments
      6. Circles of Confusion and Focus
    3. Working with the AF System
      1. AF Operation
    4. AF Area
      1. Spot AF
      2. 1-Point AF
      3. Expand AF Area
      4. Expand AF Area: Around
      5. Flexible Zone AF 1
      6. Flexible Zone AF 2 (Vertical)/Flexible Zone AF 3 (Horizontal)
      7. Whole Area AF
    5. Orientation Linked AF Point
    6. Subject Tracking
      1. Magnified View
    7. Fine-Tuning Your Autofocus
    8. Back-Button Focus
      1. Activating Back-Button Focus
  15. Chapter 6. Advanced Techniques
    1. Continuous Shooting
    2. More Exposure Options
    3. A Tiny Slice of Time
      1. Working with Short Exposures
    4. Long Exposures
      1. Three Ways to Take Long Exposures
      2. Working with Long Exposures
    5. Delayed Exposures
      1. Self-Timer
      2. Time-Lapse and Interval Photography
      3. Star Trails
    6. Shooting Panoramas
      1. Left/Right vs. Up/Down Panning
  16. Chapter 7. Choosing Your Lens Arsenal
    1. Your First Lenses
      1. Canon RF-Mount Lenses
    2. Using Adapted Lenses
      1. Canon RF-Mount Adapters
    3. Image Stabilization and You
      1. How It Works
  17. Chapter 8. Mastering Light
    1. Light That’s Available
    2. Continuous Lighting Basics
      1. Living with Color Temperature
      2. Daylight
      3. Incandescent/Tungsten/Halogen Light
      4. Fluorescent Light/LEDs
  18. Chapter 9. Electronic Flash Basics
    1. How Electronic Flash Works
      1. Ghost Images
      2. Avoiding Sync-Speed Problems
    2. Determining Exposure
      1. Guide Numbers
    3. Getting Started with Electronic Flash
      1. Flash Exposure Compensation and FE Lock
      2. Flash Range
    4. External Speedlite Control
      1. Flash Firing
      2. E-TTL Balance
      3. E-TTL II Metering
      4. Continuous Flash Control
      5. Slow Synchro
      6. Flash Function Settings
      7. Flash C.Fn Settings
      8. Clear Settings
    5. Using Flash Settings
      1. When to Disable Flash Firing
      2. More on Flash Modes
    6. Using External Electronic Flash
      1. Speedlite EL-1
      2. Speedlite 600EX-RT/600EX II-RT
      3. Speedlite 580EX II
      4. Speedlite 470EX-AI
      5. Speedlite 430EX III-RT
      6. Speedlite 320EX
      7. Speedlite EL-100
      8. Speedlite 270EX II
      9. Close-Up Lites
  19. Chapter 10. Working with Wireless Flash
    1. Wireless Evolution
    2. Elements of Wireless Flash
      1. Flash Combinations
      2. Controlling Flash Units
      3. Why Use Wireless Flash?
      4. Key Wireless Concepts
      5. Which Flashes Can Be Operated Wirelessly?
    3. Setting Up a Sender/Controller Flash
      1. Using a Speedlite as an Optical Sender
      2. Using the ST-E2 Transmitter as Sender
      3. Using the Speedlite EL-1 as Radio Sender
      4. Using the Speedlite 600EX-RT/600EX II-RT as Radio Sender
      5. Using the Speedlite 430EX III-RT as Radio Sender
      6. Using the ST-E3-RT as Radio Sender
    4. Setting Up a Receiver Flash
    5. Choosing a Channel
    6. Working with Groups
      1. Ratio Control
      2. Remote Release Function/Linked Shooting
  20. Chapter 11. Customizing with the Shooting Menu
    1. Anatomy of the Menus
    2. Shooting Menu Options
      1. Image Quality
      2. Dual Pixel RAW
      3. Still Image Aspect Ratio
      4. Exposure Compensation/Automatic Exposure Bracketing
      5. ISO Speed Settings
      6. HDR Shooting [HDR PQ]
      7. HDR Mode
      8. Auto Lighting Optimizer
      9. Highlight Tone Priority
      10. Anti-Flicker Shooting
      11. External Speedlite Control
      12. Metering Mode
      13. White Balance
      14. Custom White Balance
      15. White Balance Shift/Bracketing
      16. Color Space
      17. Picture Style
      18. Clarity
      19. Shooting Creative Filters
      20. Lens Aberration Correction
      21. Long Exposure Noise Reduction
      22. High ISO Speed Noise Reduction
      23. Dust Delete Data
      24. Multiple Exposure
      25. RAW Burst Mode
      26. Focus Bracketing
      27. Drive Mode
      28. Interval Timer
      29. Bulb Timer
      30. Silent Shutter Function
      31. Shutter Mode
      32. Release Shutter without Card
      33. IS (Image Stabilizer) Mode
      34. Auto Level
      35. Customize Quick Controls
      36. Touch Shutter
      37. Image Review
      38. High-Speed Display
      39. Metering Timer
      40. Display Simulation
      41. OVF Sim View Assist
      42. Shooting Information Display
      43. Reverse Display
      44. Viewfinder Display Format
      45. Display Performance
  21. Chapter 12. Customizing with the Autofocus Menu
    1. AF Menu Options
      1. AF Operation
      2. AF Area
      3. Subject Tracking
      4. Subject to Detect
      5. Eye Detection
      6. Switching Tracked Subjects
      7. Servo AF Characteristics
      8. One-Shot AF Release-Priority
      9. Preview AF
      10. Lens Drive when AF Impossible
      11. AF-Assist Beam Firing
      12. Touch & Drag AF Settings
      13. Limit AF Areas
      14. Multi-Controller Sensitivity/AF Point Select
      15. Orientation Linked AF Point
      16. MF Peaking Settings
      17. Focus Guide
      18. Movie Servo AF
      19. Electronic Full-Time MF
      20. Lens Electronic MF
      21. Focus/Control Ring
      22. Focus Ring Rotation
      23. RF Lens MF Focus Ring Sensitivity
  22. Chapter 13. The Playback and Wireless Menus
    1. Playback Menu Options
      1. Protect Images
      2. Erase Images
      3. Rotate Stills
      4. Change Movie Rotate Information
      5. Rating
      6. Image Copy
      7. Print Order
      8. Photobook Set-up
      9. RAW Image Processing
      10. Creative Assist
      11. Quick Control RAW Processing
      12. Cloud RAW Image Processing
      13. Playback Creative Filters
      14. Resize
      15. Cropping
      16. HEIF→JPEG Conversion
      17. Slide Show
      18. Set Image Search Conditions
      19. View From Last Seen
      20. Magnification
      21. Image Jump with Main Dial
      22. Playback Information Display
      23. Highlight Alert
      24. AF Point Disp
      25. Playback Grid
      26. Movie Play Count
      27. HDMI HDR Output
    2. Wireless Menu
    3. Connecting to a Smartphone via Bluetooth
    4. Connecting to a Smartphone Using Wi-Fi
    5. Connecting to a Computer Using Wi-Fi
    6. Wi-Fi Connection Using an Access Point
    7. Connecting to Wireless Remote Control
    8. Ready to Go
  23. Chapter 14. Set-up Menu
    1. Set-up Menu Options
      1. Record Functions+Card/Folder Sel
      2. File Numbering
      3. File Name
      4. Format Card
      5. Auto Rotate
      6. Add Movie Rotate Information
      7. Date/Time/Zone
      8. Language
      9. Video System
      10. Help Text Size
      11. Mode Guide
      12. Beep
      13. Volume
      14. Headphones
      15. Power Saving
      16. Screen/Viewfinder Display
      17. Screen Brightness/Viewfinder Brightness
      18. Screen/Viewfinder Color Tone
      19. Fine-Tune Viewfinder Color Tone
      20. UI Magnification
      21. HDMI Resolution
      22. Touch Control
      23. Multi-Function Lock
      24. Focus Mode Switch (AF/MF)
      25. Shutter at Shutdown
      26. Sensor Cleaning
      27. Choose USB Connection App
      28. Reset Camera
      29. Custom Shooting Mode (C1–C3)
      30. Battery Information
      31. Copyright Information
      32. Manual/Software URL
      33. Certification Logo Display
      34. Firmware
  24. Chapter 15. The Custom Functions and My Menus
    1. Custom Functions Settings
      1. Exposure Level Increments
      2. ISO Speed Setting Increments
      3. Speed From Metering/ISO Auto
      4. Bracketing Auto Cancel
      5. Bracketing Sequence
      6. Number of Bracketed Shots
      7. Safety Shift
      8. Same Exposure for New Aperture
      9. AE Lock Metering Mode After Focus
      10. Set Shutter Speed Range
      11. Set Aperture Range
      12. Dial Direction to Set Tv/Av
      13. Control Ring Direction to Set Tv/Av
      14. Switch Main Dial/Quick Control Dial When Shooting
      15. Customize Buttons
      16. Customize Dials
      17. Clear Customized Settings
      18. Add Cropping Information
      19. Audio Compression
      20. Default Erase Option
      21. Release Shutter without Lens
      22. Retract Lens on Power Off
      23. Clear All Custom Func. (C.Fn)
    2. My Menu
  25. Chapter 16. Capturing Video
    1. Getting Started
    2. Movie Shooting Menus
      1. Movie Recording Size
      2. High Frame Rate
      3. Digital Zoom
      4. Sound Recording
      5. Movie ISO Speed Settings
      6. HDR Shooting
      7. Av 1/8-stop Increments
      8. Movie Auto Slow Shutter
      9. Canon Log Settings
      10. Time-lapse Movie
      11. Movie Self-timer
      12. Remote Control
      13. IS (Image Stabilizer Mode)
      14. Shutter Button Function for Movies
      15. Zebra Settings
      16. Shooting Information Display/Viewfinder Display Format
      17. Reverse Display
      18. Standby: Low Resolution
      19. HDMI Display
      20. Time Code
    3. Movie Autofocus Menus
      1. Movie Servo AF
      2. Movie Servo AF Speed
      3. Movie AF Tracking Sensitivity
    4. Compression, Resolution, and Frame Rates
      1. Compression
      2. Resolution
      3. Frame Rate
    5. High Frame Rate Video
    6. HDR Movies
    7. Exposure Options
      1. More on Shutter Speeds
    8. Playback and Editing
  26. Chapter 17. Tips for Shooting Better Video
    1. Using an External Recorder/Monitor
      1. Lens Craft
      2. Keep Things Stable and on the Level
      3. Shooting Script
      4. Storyboards
      5. Storytelling in Video
      6. Composition
      7. Lighting for Video
      8. Audio
      9. Stills from Movies

Product information

  • Title: David Busch's Canon EOS R7 Guide to Digital Photography
  • Author(s): David D. Busch
  • Release date: October 2022
  • Publisher(s): Rocky Nook
  • ISBN: 9781681989518