you can use a handy feature with the C2 button. It normally activates the Focus Settings command.

A potential problem with high-capacity memory cards is that a card failure can result in a greater loss of data. For this reason, many photographers use several smaller-capacity memory cards so that if one goes bad, the loss of pictures and movies is limited to that one card.

For precision macro or scientific work, Peaking is less accurate than MF Assist. Although we like to use Peaking when we shoot movies, we prefer MF Assist or Focus Magnifier for still photography.

Slow Sync. Use this Flash Mode option with slow shutter speeds. The flash fires, and the camera shutter is kept open so the sensor can capture light from the background. Typically in flash photography, this area is illuminated by ambient light and the flash illuminates subjects that are close to the camera. This

you can also record a panorama with the camera in portrait (vertical) orientation. Set the Panorama: Direction command to [Up] or [Down], rotate the camera 90 degrees so the directional arrow is horizontal, then sweep the camera right or left according to the direction of the sweep panorama arrow. The picture will be taller and narrower than if you

The camera can sense when an APS-C lens is mounted on it, and it generates the image only from the center of the sensor (figure 9-2a). When viewed through the viewfinder or monitor, the camera appears to magnify the focal length of the lens by 1.5× because only the fully illuminated portion of the sensor is projected to the screens (figure 9-2b).

From our perspective as users, there’s a pragmatic reason to have two such modes: the speed with which you can capture a follow-up shot. When the camera uses the multishot strategy in Superior Auto, the camera can spend up to 10 seconds processing the images and saving them to the memory card, during which time the camera is inoperable. That makes

Before we close this section, we will describe the Smart Zoom feature. You can use this feature only when you set the JPEG size to either [M] or [S].

You can choose a focus mode by either pressing the Fn button or using the Quick Navi screen. Of the two, we prefer the Fn button because it overlays the focusing area on the Live View screen. This makes it easy to adjust the size and position of the focus area. There