Short description
A guide to your camera's essential controls and functions, such as Live View, built-in dust reduction, and the 6.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting. It helps you learn about the camera's automatic focus, flash synchronization tricks, how to choose lenses that will provide the perspective and effects you want.
Long description
As the new owner of Canon's most advanced intermediate digital SLR, you want to get started taking professional-looking photographs using all of the exciting features at your fingertips. Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital SLR Photography is a concise introduction and guide to your camera's essential controls and functions, such as Live View, built-in dust reduction, and the blistering 6.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting mode that is an action photographers dream. The book provides detailed instructions showing you how, when, and why to make optimized settings with the Canon EOS 40Ds enhanced menus, which include a half-dozen versatile new custom functions. You'll learn about the camera's improved automatic focus, flash synchronization tricks, how to choose lenses that will provide the perspective and effects you want, and which exposure modes are ideal for each picture-taking opportunity. Packed with full-color images and examples that illustrate the recommended techniques and settings for your Canon EOS 40D, this book helps photographers of any skill level begin maximizing their equipment as soon as you open the cover