Canon 550D manuals

Canon 550D User Manual (260 pages)

Brand: Canon | Category: Bridge cameras | Size: 5.44 MB |

English

Table of contents

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

1

Introduction

2

Item Check List

3

Icons in this Manual

4

Basic Assumptions

4

Chapters

5

Contents

6

Creative Shooting 59

7

Advanced Shooting 77

7

Shooting Movies 123

8

Handy Features 137

8

Image Playback 155

8

Printing Images 175

9

Customizing the Camera 189

9

Reference 201

9

Contents at a Glance

10

Focusing

11

Playback

11

Printing

11

Handling Precautions

12

LCD Monitor

13

Cautions During Prolonged Use

13

Quick Start Guide

14

Nomenclature

16

Shooting Settings Display

18

Viewfinder Information

19

Lens without a distance scale

21

Lens with a distance scale

21

Getting Started

23

Charging the Battery

24

Turning on the Power

27

Checking the Battery Level

28

3 Setting the Date and Time

29

Display the menu

30

Under the [6] tab, select

30

[LanguageK]

30

Set the desired language

30

Open the cover

31

Insert the card

31

Close the cover

31

Installing the Card

31

Remove the card

32

Removing the Card

32

Image Conversion Factor

34

Basic Operation

36

Pressing halfway

37

Pressing completely

37

Shutter Button

37

Set the desired setting

38

Function Setting Display

39

3 Menu Operations

40

3 Formatting the Card

42

The card is new

43

About Low-level Formatting

43

Shooting Settings

44

Menu Functions Captured Image

44

Basic Shooting and

45

1 Fully Automatic Shooting

46

1 Full Auto Techniques

48

7 Disabling Flash

49

2 Shooting Portraits

50

3 Shooting Landscapes

51

4 Shooting Close-ups

52

5 Shooting Moving Subjects

53

6 Shooting Portraits at Night

54

C Creative Auto Shooting

55

Shutter speed and aperture

56

Battery check

56

Possible shots

56

Exit the image playback

58

Creative Shooting

59

Shooting Tips

61

Z: Changing the ISO SpeedN

62

3 Using Red-eye Reduction

65

E: Changing the AF ModeN

66

S Selecting the AF PointN

68

Focusing ring

69

YiQ> button

70

Q> button

71

Select [Quality]

72

Paper size

73

About 1+73

74

A Selecting a Picture StyleN

75

Advanced Shooting

77

Action Shots

78

Using the Built-in Flash

79

Changing the Depth of Field

80

Depth of Field PreviewN

82

Manual Exposure

83

Bulb Exposures

84

Select [Metering mode]

86

Set the metering mode

86

3 Auto Exposure BracketingN

89

Canceling AEB

90

Select [Picture Style]

91

Select a Picture Style

91

Select a parameter

91

Set the parameter

91

Monochrome Adjustment

93

Select [User Def.]

94

3 Setting the Color SpaceN

96

A AE LockN

97

A FE LockN

98

B: Setting the White BalanceN

100

2 White Balance CorrectionN

101

White Balance Auto Bracketing

102

3 Auto Lighting OptimizerN

103

Select [Peripheral illumin

104

Set the correction setting

104

Take the picture

104

Preventing Camera ShakeN

106

Shooting with the LCD Monitor

107

(Live View Shooting)

107

Display the Live View image

108

Focus the subject

108

To Enable Live View Shooting

109

About the Information Display

110

Shooting Function Settings

111

3 Menu Function Settings

112

Using AF to Focus

113

Live Mode and

116

Select the AF point. N

118

Quick Mode: f

118

Focusing Manually

120

About the <E> icon

121

Custom Function Notes

122

Notes About Lenses and Flash

122

Shooting Movies

123

Shooting the movie

124

Autoexposure Shooting

124

<6>

127

<O> + <6>

127

Focus and shoot the movie

128

Shooting Still Photos

129

[n] Menu

131

[o] Menu

134

[2 Shooting 2] Menu

135

Notes on Movie Shooting

136

Handy Features

137

0051 0052

140

Card-1 Card-2

140

0051 0001

141

B Checking Camera Settings

143

Select [Clear settings]

144

Select the desired setting

144

Select [OK]

144

Movie Shooting Settings

145

3 Setting the FlashN

147

Display the Custom Function

149

Set the Custom Function

149

Select [Sensor cleaning]

150

Select [Clean nowf]

150

Cleaning the Sensor Now

150

3 Appending Dust Delete DataN

151

About the Dust Delete Data

152

3 Manual Sensor CleaningN

153

Image Playback

155

Image location

157

Jump method

157

Magnified area position

158

Select [Rotate]

159

Select the image

159

Rotate the image

159

Playback on a TV set

160

Playback the image

162

Select a movie

162

Press <0>

162

Playback the movie

162

Editing the Movie

164

3 Slide Show (Auto Playback)

165

Start the slide show

166

Quit the slide show

166

Viewing the Images on TV

167

For HDMI CEC TV sets

168

Select [Ctrl over HDMI]

168

/q C> terminal

169

K Protecting Images

170

L Erasing Images

171

Erase the images

172

Dark image

174

Normal brightness

174

Bright image

174

Printing Images

175

Preparing to Print

176

Print setting screen

178

QSetting the Paper Size

179

YSetting the Paper Type

179

USetting the Page Layout

179

Set the printing effects

180

Start printing

181

Set the date and file number

181

Set the number of copies

181

0> to exit the trimming

183

Handling Printer Errors

184

Error Messages

184

Select [Print order]

185

Select [Set up]

185

Set the option as desired

185

Setting the Printing Options

185

Press the <7> button

186

Print Ordering

187

1 Prepare to print

188

3 Select [Print]

188

5 Select [OK]

188

Customizing the

189

3 Setting Custom FunctionsN

190

Custom Functions

191

3 Custom Function SettingsN

192

C.Fn II: Image

193

C.Fn III: Autofocus/Drive

194

C.Fn IV: Operation/Others

195

C.Fn-10 Assign SET button

196

3 Registering My MenuN

198

Select the desired option

199

Enter text

199

Exit the setting

199

Text Entry Procedure

200

Reference

201

When Autofocus Fails

202

Connect the power cord

203

Connect the DC Coupler

203

Insert the DC Coupler

203

Push in the DC cord

203

Remote Control Shooting

204

Remove the eyecup

205

Attach the eyepiece cover

205

Using the Eyepiece Cover

205

External Speedlites

206

Using Non-Canon Flash Units

207

Using Eye-Fi Cards

208

Long exposure noise

210

Peripheral illumination

210

*1: For manual exposure only

211

*4: For autoexposure only

211

Menu Settings

212

3 Playback 1 (Blue)

213

4 Playback 2 (Blue)

213

5 Set-up 1 (Yellow)

213

6 Set-up 2 (Yellow) Page

214

7 Set-up 3 (Yellow)

214

9 My Menu (Green)

214

Movie Shooting Mode Menu

215

AC Adapter Kit

216

System Map

217

Troubleshooting Guide

218

Shooting-Related Problems

219

The image cannot be erased

222

Printing-Related Problems

223

Error Codes

224

Specifications

225

• Viewfinder

226

• Autofocus

226

• Exposure Control

226

•Shutter

227

• Drive System

227

• Live View Shooting

227

• Movie Shooting

228

• LCD Monitor

228

• Image Playback

229

• Direct Printing

229

• Custom Functions

229

• Interface

229

• Power Source

229

• Dimensions and Weight

230

• Operation Environment

230

• Battery Pack LP-E8

230

• Battery Charger LC-E8

230

• Battery Charger LC-E8E

230

• EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

231

• EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

231

Trademarks

232

About MPEG-4 Licensing

232

Safety Warnings

233

Quick Reference Guide

243

Software Start Guide

243

Menu Operations

244

Quick Control Screen

245

Image-recording Quality

246

A Picture StyleN

246

Basic Zone Modes

249

D Using the Built-in Flash

249

Creative Zone Modes

250

S AF PointN

251

E: AF ModeN

251

: ISO SpeedN

252

Drive ModeN

252

Live View Shooting

253

Custom FunctionsN

254

Installer]

257

Windows Macintosh

258

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