Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D For Dummies

Moving up to a T3i/600D?

Learn to use all its features and capture top–quality photos!

If this is your first SLR camera, you may be just a bit intimidated by all the menus, buttons, and other controls. Fear not you′ve come to the right book! Get the scoop on each and every camerafeature, plus tips on exposure, focus, color, flash, printing, photo sharing, and more.

Explore your options get acquainted with all the camera settings, work with different lenses, and experiment with manual focus

Learn the lingo understand f–stops, shutter speed, ISO, and other techie terms

Shoot movies, too work with Live View mode and record, play back, and edit movies and video snapshots

Manage your photos transfer them from camera to computer, explore different software options, and prepare for printing

Get creative master exposure, manipulate focus and color, and work with flash options

Open the book and find:

The best settings for landscapes, portraits, and close–ups

Pro techniques for better action photos

Secrets for nighttime and low–light shots

When to use JPEG and when to use Raw

Tips for fine–tuning color

How to avoid noise and other picture defects in your photos

What you can learn from picture data

Speedy editing tricks for quick improvements

Learn to:

Make the leap from point–and–shoot to digital SLR

Get amazing results regardless of the light

Easily download, organize,and share your photos

IN FULL COLOR!

Introduction 1

Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps 5

Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land 7

Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings 43

Chapter 3: Taking Great Pictures, Automatically 69

Chapter 4: Exploring Live View Shooting and Movie Making 97

Part II: Working with Picture Files 143

Chapter 5: Picture Playback 145

Chapter 6: Downloading, Printing, and Sharing Your Photos 177

Part III: Taking Creative Control 209

Chapter 7: Getting Creative with Exposure and Lighting 211

Chapter 8: Manipulating Focus and Color 267

Chapter 9: Putting It All Together 303

Part IV: The Part of Tens 323

Chapter 10: Ten Fast Photo–Editing Tricks 325

Chapter 11: Ten Special–Purpose Features to Explore on a Rainy Day 351

Index 373

Julie Adair King has been writing about digital cameras and photography for more than a decade. She has written For Dummies guides on various Nikon and Canon cameras and is also author of the bestselling Digital Photography For Dummies and other imaging books.