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About the 750D 6 Focusing summary 43 ITI IEW
About the 750D 7 O
04 Image processing 44 N
01 Layout changes 8 Why look at image processing 45
About the layout 9 What does image processing do? 46
Top plate 10 How the format you shoot affects these options 47
Rear of camera 11 Understanding picture styles 48
Using the Q button to set the camera’s key functions 12 Setting picture styles 49
Using the Q button to set the playback functions 13 Standard picture style 50
Portrait picture style 51
02 The menu system 14 Landscape picture style 52
The menu - Basic operation 15 Neutral picture style 53
The shoot menus 16 Faithful picture style 54
The playback menus 17 Monochrome picture style 55
The set up menus 18 Customising picture styles 56
The My Menu - menus 20 What can be customised in the picture styles-Sharpening 57
Menus summary 21 What can be customised in the picture styles-Contrast 58
What can be customised in the picture styles-Saturation 59
03 The focusing system 22 What can be customised in the picture styles-Colour tone 60
About the focusing system 23 Using the monochrome picture style options 61
Why focusing sometimes fails 24 Using monochrome picture style options - filter effects 62
The focusing basics 27 Using monochrome picture style options - toning effects 63
One shot AF 28 Downloadable picture styles 64
AI Focus AF 29 Picture style editor 66
AI Servo AF 30 Long exposure noise reduction 67
Focusing point selection 32 High ISO noise reduction 69
19 pt AF 34 High ISO noise reduction - example images 70
Zone AF 35 Multi shot high ISO noise reduction 71
Manual selection 1 point AF 36 Auto lighting optimizer 72
Custom functions affecting autofocus 37 Highlight tone priority 74
AF point display during focus - Custom function 38 Lens aberration correction 76
VF display illumination - Custom function 39 About peripheral illumination correction 77
Focusing and drive selection 40 About chromatic aberration correction 78
Focusing and its connection with metering systems 41 Lens Distortion 79
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Image processing summary 80 Understanding partial metering 121 ITI IEW
Understanding spot metering 123 O
05 Other camera settings 81 Understanding centreweighted metering 124 N
About the other camera settings 82 Drive systems on the EOS 750D 125
About the 750D’s ISO range 83
White balance systems and overrides 85 06 Camera customisations 127
About the K values 86 About the camera customisations 128
How important are these settings 87
Why is white balance needed 88 07 Live view and movie options 131
How to set the white balance options 90 About live view 132
Auto white balance 91 When live view works best 133
White balance presets 92 Basic operation of live view 134
Daylight preset 93 AF modes when using live view 135
Shady preset 94 Movie mode 137
Cloudy preset 95 Movie servo AF 139
Artificial lighting types 96 Sound recording 140
Using live view to assess white balance 97
Tungsten preset 98 08 Basic Wi-Fi usage 141
Fluorescent preset 99 Introduction to Wi-Fi functions 142
Flash preset 100 Basic set up of Wi-Fi functions 144
Custom white balance 101 Transferring images between cameras 145
White balance bracketing 103 Connecting the camera to a smart phone or tablet 147
White balance shift 104 Connecting the camera to a printer 150
Auto exposure and metering overrides 105
Advanced exposure overrides 106 09 Using the built in flash 151
What is a correct exposure 107 Understanding using flash 152
AE Lock 108 Operating the flash 153
Auto exposure bracketing - AEB 110 What subjects to shoot with flash 155
Understanding metering 112 How to use flash light - flash only 156
What we see versus what we get 114 How to use flashlight - fill in flash 157
How focusing and metering interact 116
Tools to help you assess correct exposure 117 Other products and services 158
How to set the metering 118
Understanding evaluative metering 119
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The 750D has a similar layout to the introductory models that have been ITI IEW
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used to.
If you are new to the EOS range then the good news is that this is an easy
model to become familiar with when you are first learning.
If you have previously been using a more basic or introductory model
such as the EOS 400D, 450D or earlier, then its layout and some of its
operation is going to be very different and it is the change from these
models that is the hardest to acclimatise to. So the model that you have
used before will change how much of the camera is strange in operation
to you. If you are new to the EOS range then the good news is that the
basic operation is similar on the other models in the range though the
layout does change slightly as you go up the model range. The items that
are outlined in red will be in either a different position or have a new
layout to many photographers.
As you might notice that’s a lot of the camera’s features and functions
covered by those outlines which is why in this first chapter I want to look
at the basic layout and key controls that the camera has on it.
For some of these options many will be familiar with what the feature
does, it’s simply where it has been moved to that is different.
Some of these changes have been caused by the flip screen, others simply
reflect the newer ways of setting the camera. If you have not had a camera
with touch controls on before it is worth getting used to them as it can
make the operation of the camera quicker and simpler.
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by Night Portrait, Kids, Food, Candlelight, Handheld button
Night Scene mode and a HDR backlit modes within
the scene settings.
In addition to the normal P, AV, TV and M shooting
modes, the B or bulb mode is found within the
manual mode option. This allows shutter speeds of
longer than 30 seconds to be used when controlled
and timed manually by the photographer. It has its
own setting for speed of accessing the option.
The top buttons have been very much simplified on
this model, with only the AF, ISO and DISP options
being on the top of the camera. It is worth noting
that the ISO button is marked with a pimple on it
making it easy to find and use to activate the setting
of the ISO whilst looking through the viewfinder.
This makes it the only one of the buttons I now use
on a regular basis.
Mode dial
AF area selection mode button - This button is
set as a default to allow the changing of the focusing
area. The camera offers three focusing areas allowing
the camera’s set up to be changed according to the
type of subject that you are shooting.
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Live view - The live view option on the camera is
switched on by just pressing the button. Pushing the
button will also start and stop the movie recording if
the camera is switched to the movie position on the
On/Off switch.
Cross keys - The cross keys are used to navigate in
the menus and set various functions on the camera.
The cross keys also allow some features to be directly
accessed. This control also works as a navigation
control, moving left, right, up and down to select Q button
things on the quick screen or within the menus. If
you have used the more basic models this will be a
familiar feature.
Cross keys
Q button - This is a button on the rear of the camera
that not all photographers will be familiar with. This
started to appear on models about 2010/2011 and now
features on all the models in the range. However, there
are still photographers who have it on their cameras
who do not truly appreciate how much easier it has
made the cameras use.
A key feature of the Q button is that it has
standardised the way that all EOS models are set,
making it much easier to change between various
models in the range.
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screen. The Q screen only appears like this if the camera is set to one of the
modes. That’s P, TV, AV or M mode on the 750D. If you are in the Auto +, CA Nor the
SCN modes the display will be different as the only options selectable will be the
drive speed, the file format and a few creative option within the PIC/CA modes and
this is all that is displayed.
When you press the Q button on the rear of the camera the screen appears with
a highlighted box. If you want to use the touch controls then touch the Q at the
bottom left of the Q screen to activate the touch contols, there is also a back
arrow appears once the touch controls are active.
To navigate around the screen the cross keys are used. Once the item is highlighted
then you set the feature using the main dial on the top, or for most controls the
cross keys on the rear of the camera also work. To see what options you have
press the set button. Most options then are set using the cross keys.
On some features the main dial may also operate some options. To get out of the
setting screen either wait a few seconds, or touch the
shutter button which will return the camera to
its normal shooting operation.
The cross keys also allows
direct access to some of
Q screen the camera’s other key
functions without the
need to go to the Q
Q button button. These functions
are WB - White balance,
Cross keys AF - Autofocus mode,
Picture Style and the drive
and self timer settings.
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The first of the shoot menus contains the commands The controls in the rest of the menus have been on
that are used the most. the cameras for some time and I went through them
in the Getting started with your 750D book for those
Release shutter without card replaces the older new to EOS models.
shoot without card option. It stops you taking
images without a capture card fitted. By default this The live view menu is straightforward, with controls
is set to on and so one of the jobs when setting the that have been in use on the cameras for some time.
camera up is to turn this to off; that way if there is no The main difference that will be noticed by someone
card fitted, the camera will refuse to shoot. who has used an older EOS model that featured
live view is how much faster and more efficient the
The lens aberration correction is a new option. focusing is in the live view mode.
Those changing from an earlier camera may already
be familiar with peripheral illumination correction If the camera is switched onto the movie setting
which is contained in this menu along with the then you will get two movie menus that give you
chromatic aberration correction option. I will look all the controls you are likely to need for shooting
at these in more depth in the chapter about image movies on this EOS.
processing.
I am only briefly going to look at the movie shooting
The flash control option has been on cameras for options towards the end of this book as it is a
some years, though it has moved around within the function that is not used by many users of these
menus from model to model. This allows either the built models.
in flash or an external flash to be controlled from the
camera’s menus.
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This menu contains all of the playback options. Rating AF point display
However, as we saw in chapter 1, many of these
features can be accessed from the playback of The rating option allows the photographer to grade The Af point display allows the AF points that were
the images by pressing the Q button options and the images whilst still on the camera. This allows a active when taking the image to be shown on the
so there is now relatively little need to enter the star rating of between 1 and 5 starts to be applied. image when played back.
playback menu. However this process is quicker and easier when the
images have been downloaded onto the computer. The option is normally turned off, but can be enabled.
Many photographers do find it irritating to have the
Resize These ratings can then be used to display images red boxes always displaying when playing back an
This allows JPEG images to have a version saved as a within the slideshow options or when the images image. This works well when all the AF points are
smaller file. There are 4 size options available: M, S1, are downloaded, the software supplied free with the switched on and working as it will show you exactly
S2 and S3. This can be useful if you have to send an camera will be able to see the ratings. The quickest where the camera has focused within the image.
image to someone, or upload to the web and need a way to rate images will be using the touch controls
as once you are in the setting screen you just tap the However, if there is only a single AF point selected,
much smaller file than what is normally taken by the
rating you want. the photographer is generally going to be using the
camera. The resized file is always saved as new image
focus lock to lock the AF point on a subject of their
and so the original cannot be overwritten when
These ratings will show up in Digital Photo choice. They then reframe the image before taking
resizing in this way.
Professional and images can be selected by individual the image. The camera can only indicate where that
M produces an 11 mega pixel file ratings, for example all 5 star images can be displayed. focusing point was active within the frame when
S1 produces a 5.0 mega pixel file. the focusing was locked not where in the frame the
They can also be viewed in most Windows and Mac photographer choose to lock the focusing, which is
S2 produces a file 1920 x 1280 pixels, similar to the
OS systems, and the ratings are recognised in Adobe an impossible thing to be able to record. So if using
movie file produced by the camera.
Bridge. Where the information is located can be a a single AF point it really only tells you that it was
S3 produces a file 720 x 480 pixels.
little obscure, generally you are looking for the IPTC active at the time of taking the image.
data.
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This menu has changed name from the tools menu Feature guide
on earlier models to now being called the set up
menu. It basically contains many of the settings and This is enabled as standard and will bring up a useful
features that EOS users will be very familiar with and guide as to what each feature does when using the
there are very few things that have changed within it. Q screen.
So once again I am only going to look at the features An example is shown below, although useful at first,
that will either be new to a lot of you or have more it quickly becomes irritating as you become more
options on the higher level models. familiar with the camera and so this command
allows it to be turned off.
Select folder Even if this is turned off, some of the more complex
Select folder will be new to many of the photographers functions, show extra information about that
who have upgraded to the EOS 750D as it has only If you want different names for the folders that you function within the menu.
recently started to appear on all the models in the range. are using it is possible to do this with a PC/MAC.
You open the card on the computer and then in the
When you enter this option you will have a display of DCIM folder create the folders or rename existing
the folders that are currently on the card. The folder folders as you want.
that is active is indicated by being highlighted, the
camera will allocate the next folder in sequence. To The file names must be eight characters long. The
select the folder just press set when the folder you first three digital must be numbers from 100 up to
require is highlighted. 999. The rest can be characters A to Z, any numbers
1-9 or an underscore can be used. Both upper and
The camera follows a standard folder format starting lower case letters can be used. The space cannot be
off with folder 100CANON, this can contain up to used within the name.
9999 images. The next folder will be 101CANON and
so on.
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The only feature that I am going to look at in set Select the menu you want to set up and
up menu 4 is that of setting the camera’s copyright the set button or just tap that item. This will you
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into the menu. If you select the author or copyright
menu itself, a window with two boxes appears.
I will take a look at the custom functions in the
customisation chapter later in this ebook. To enter details in the top box it is necessary to
press the Q button and this allows the entering of
Copyright information characters from the bottom box. The characters are
This is a feature that originally was on the professional easiest to set using the touch controls but it is also
and high end models but since about 2012 it has possible to select them using the cross keys and the
gradually crept onto the whole range. set button.
This allows the photographer to enter information Once you have entered what you want to be recorded,
that will be recorded as part of the files EXIF and pressing the menu button, or tapping where it says
metadata. The authors name and the copyright data menu on the screen applies the characters.
can both be entered in this menu item. Setting is The erase button enables the letter to be deleted
very straightforward for both options. one at a time but the top box has to be selected for
Select the copyright information details on the menu this to be enabled. Pressing the Q button toggles
and press the set button to enter the menu. Select between the two boxes. The info button cancels the
the option that you want, there are four options. setting.
Display copyright information, which shows what This is a menu that takes just a fraction of the time
the camera has set up on it if something has been to set using the touch controls than it does using the
entered. normal navigation on the camera. A nice revision is
the addition of the QWERTY layout which is much
Enter author’s name, which allows the photographers easier to use if you type a lot.
details to be entered.
Enter copyright details, which allow the copyright
details to be added. This is often the company that
the photographer works for, which is why there are
two options.
The final option is for deleting copyright information,
which then will allow new copyright information to
be set.
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frequently used settings can go missing within all the
commands. To move an item simply move the cursor until the
item is highlighted then press set and move it to
The My Menu option allows the photographer to where you want and press set again.
create their own personal menu comprised of their
6 favourite commands from the total menu system. If you find that you have an item that is in the My
Menu and you simply do not use it then it is possible
This is an option that has been on the EOS models to delete a single item.
for some time and so many photographers will be
familiar with it and so I am only going to go through To do this, simply navigate to the item that you
the options briefly. want to delete and press the set button. It will ask
for confirmation that you want to do it. Select OK
To set the menu up, you simply go to the My Menu and then press the set button.
tab and select the My Menu setting. When you press
the set button you will get a number of options. The The next menu item is delete all items. This allows
touch controls can also be used. you to wipe all items out of the menu and start again.
When you select the register option you are The final item is display from my menu. If this is set
presented with a long list of commands from which to disable then when the menu button is pressed the
you can pick just 6. last menu item that was selected will be displayed. If
this is set to enable then the My Menu will always be
To scroll down the list, use the up and down cross the first menu that is displayed.
keys and to set an option press the set button.
This is a very useful menu item allowing frequently
If you try to register more than 6 items it will tell you used commands to be more accessible.
that the menu is full and that you will need to delete
an item before another is added.
To go back to the setting menu press the menu
button.
The next command on the setting menu allows you
to sort the items that you have chosen. There will
be items that you use all the time and these will be
easier to use if they are at the top.
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