Your camera can help you frame your photo so that it fits within the confines of a specific social media crop. Cropping info is seen when framing the photo, here a 4:5 crop was selected to assist with composing an image suitable for instagram. Add cropping info Deep in the custom function menus is the …
Digital Photo Professional is one of the best tools for determining the camera settings you used when a photo was captured. Using DPP in my 1-2-1 sessions often reveals where a photographer can use better camera settings for their photos. Digital Photo Professional (DPP) is the free software that Canon creates for processing EOS camera …
I am still finding photographers who don’t make the best use of their mirrorless cameras by sticking with old-style thinking about which AF operation mode to use, servo or one-shot. Perhaps the biggest change for me and many photographers who shoot with mirrorless is the change to servo AF for most photos. I was pleased …
For a long time all Canon Speedlites would fit all EOS cameras. Now there’s a change in progress from the hotshoe to the multifunction accessory shoe bringing with it new Speedlite compatibility rules. Top left is the familiar hotshoe with a large central pin and four additional pins to the rear that has been on …
You can make the menus on your EOS camera larger, and easier to read. Great if you wear glasses and find the small text at close range is hard to see. UI magnification User Interface (UI) magnification makes the menus easier to read. Switch on UI magnification from the menu and simply double tap with …
Manual focus puts you in control of exactly what is sharp in your shots. But looking at an electronic display or viewfinder makes it quite a challenge to see the point in focus, manual focus peaking makes it much easier. On top of the advantages that come with the mirrorless cameras ability to autofocus accurately, …
Memory cards should always be formatted in the camera you plan to use them with to avoid data loss and card compatibility issues. Your camera is designed to work with memory cards that are formatted with a specific type of format. Some cameras use different formats for different capacities of cards. Using the wrong format …
Whenever you use some form of automatic exposure, there’s the possibility to lock the exposure, but after a few seconds that locked exposure is gone, until you use AE-Lock with hold. Auto exposure lock / AE-lock It doesn’t matter if you’re a new photographer or a seasoned professional, if your camera is set to anything …