Cover ...i
Short Courses Books and Web Site ...ii
Preface ...iv
The Technique Finder...v
Contents ...vii
Chapter 1
Getting Started with your Canon S100 ...9
The PowerShot S100 — An Overview ...10
Jump Start— Taking Photos in Auto Mode ...11
Good Things to Know ...13
When Things Go Wrong ...15
Using the Monitor ...16
Using Dials and Buttons ...18
- Top of Camera ...18
- Back of Camera ...18
- Control Dial ...19
Using the Control Ring ...20
Using Menus ...21
- Tabbed Menus ...21
- The Function Menu ...23
- Resetting all Settings ...24
Managing Images in Review Mode ...25
Managing Images in Playback Mode ...26
- Using Index View ...26
- Using Scroll Display ...27
- Erasing and Protecting Images ...27
- Tagging Images as Favorites ...28
- Viewing Movies made with Movie Digest ...28
- Viewing Images in a Group ...28
- Auto rotating images ...28
Working with Groups Of Images ...30
- Auto Category ...30
- My Category ...30
- Filtering Images and Jumping ...31
- Specifying a Range of Images ...32
Connecting to a TV Set ...33
- Connecting to a Standard TV ...33
- Connecting to an HD TV ...33
- Slide Show Settings ...33
- Using a TV Remote to Control the Camera ...34
- Smart Shuffle ...34
Selecting Image Quality Settings ...35
- Number of Pixels ...35
- How an Image is Captured ...37
- It’s all Black and White after all ...37
- Choosing Image Quality and Size — Still Images ...38
- Selecting image settings ...40
- Hints & Tips ...41
- Resizing Images ...42
- Trimming Images ....42
Chapter 2
Controlling Exposure ...43
Understanding Exposure ...44
The Shutter Controls Light and Motion ...45
The Aperture Controls Light and Depth of Field ...47
Using Shutter Speed and Aperture Together ...49
- Exposure— Faucets & Buckets Analogy ...50
- Exposure— Seesaw Analogy ...51
Retaining Highlight and Shadow Details ...52
Choosing Shooting Modes ...53
Using Special Scene (SCN) Modes ...54
Using Creative Filters...56
Using Program AE (P) Mode and Program Shift ...58
Using Shutter-Priority (Tv) Mode ...59
Using Aperture-Priority (Av) Mode ...60
Using Manual (M) Mode ...61
How your Exposure System Works ...62
Choosing a Metering Method ...64
When Automatic Exposure Works Well ...65
When to Override Automatic Exposure ...66
- Scenes Lighter than Middle Gray ...66
- Scenes Darker than Middle Gray ...67
- Subject against very Light Background ...67
- Subject against very Dark Background ...68
- Scenes with High Contrast ...68
- Hard to Meter Scenes ...69
How Overriding Autoexposure Works ...70
How to Override Automatic Exposure ...71
- Exposure Compensation ...71
- AE Lock ...72
- Autoexposure Bracketing (AEB) ...73
- Using Safety Shift ...74
- Using the Neutral Density Filter ...74
Using Histograms ...75
- Displaying Histograms ...75
- Evaluating Histograms ...75
- Clipped Pixels ...77
- Sample Histograms ...78
Adjusting Tones in your Images ...79
- High Dynamic Range (HDR) ...79
- i-Contrast in Shooting Mode ...79
- i-Contrast in Playback Mode ...80
Chapter 3
Controlling Sharpness ...81
Getting Sharper Pictures ...82
- Using the Self-timer ...82
- Setting the Image Stabilization (IS) Mode ...83
- Changing the ISO ...84
- Changing ISO Auto Settings ...84
- Noise Reduction—85 ...
Sharpness Isn’t Everything ...86
How to Photograph Motion Sharply ...87
- Speed of Subject ...87
- Direction of Movement ...87
- Distance to Subject and Focal Length of Lens ...88
Focus and Depth of Field ...89
- Focus ...89
- Depth of Field ...89
Focusing Techniques ...91
- Focusing ...91
- Changing the AF Frame Mode ...91
- Changing the AF Frame Size and position ...92
- Using Focus Lock and AF Lock (AFL) ...92
- Using Servo AF ...93
- Following a Subject with Tracking AF ...94
Face AIAF ...95
Manual Focus ...96
Bracketing Focus ...97
Checking Focus ...98
- Checking Focus in Shooting Mode ...98
- Checking Focus in Review and Playback Modes ...99
Controlling Depth of Field ...100
Using Maximum Depth of Field ...101
Using Shallow Depth of Field ...102
Conveying the Feeling of Motion ...103
Chapter 4
Capturing Light & Color ...104
Where Does Color Come From? ...105
White Balance ...106
- Selecting a white balance mode ...107
- Adjusting colors ...107
- Hints & Tips ...108
Color Balance and Time of Day ...109
Sunsets and Sunrises ...110
Photographing at Night ...112
- Fireworks ...112
- The Moon ...112
The Weather ...114
The Direction of Light ...116
The Quality of Light ...118
Chapter 5
Understanding Lenses ...119
The Zoom Lens ...120
Normal Zoom ...121
Wide-Angle Zoom ...122
Telephoto and Digital Zoom ...124
Portraits with a Zoom Lens ...127
Perspective in a Photograph ...128
Using Macro Mode ...129
Focusing and Depth of Field Close Up ...130
Chapter 6
Using Flash and Studio Lighting ...131
How Automatic Flash Works ...132
- Flash Falloff ...132
- Flash and Shutter Speeds ...132
- Flash Modes ...133
- Flash FAQs ...133
- Using a Small External Flash ...134
Using Flash Settings ...135
Portraits with Flash ...136
Reducing and Removing Red-eye ...137
- Reducing or Correcting Red-eye in Shooting Modes ...137
- Removing Red-eye in Playback Mode ...138
Using Flash On— Fill Flash ...139
Using Available Light ...140
Using Slow Synchro Flash ...141
Controlling Flash Exposures ...143
- Flash Modes ...143
- Flash Exposure Lock ...143
- Flash Exposure Compensation ...144
- Adjusting Flash Output Manually ...144
- Safety FE ...144
Studio Lighting ...145
- Candidates for Studio Lighting ...145
- Lighting ...145
- Backgrounds ...147
- Risers ...147
- Special Bulbs ...147
Portrait and Product Photography— Introduction ...148
The Main Light ...149
The Fill Light ...150
The Background Light ...151
The Rim Light ...152
Chapter 7
Special Features ...153
Panoramas—Stitch Assist Mode ...154
- Basic Techniques ...154
- Stitch Assist Mode ...155
Using Color Accent and Color Swap ...156
Using my Colors ...157
- Using my Colors in Shooting Mode ...157
- Using my Colors in Playback Mode ...158
Continuous Photography ...159
Capturing Movies ...160
- Movie Modes ...160
- Movie Recording ...160
- Adjusting exposure ...161
Playing Movies ...162
Editing Movies ...163
Using C Mode ...164
Using the RING FUNC Button ...165
Using my Menu ...166
Using the Set Up Menu ...167
Mapping your Photos with GPS ...170
- Latitude and longitude—a refresher ...170
- All about reception ...170
- Tips on using the GPS function ...170
- Turning GPS on and off ...171
- Recording (logging) a route ...171
- Automatically Updating the Date and Time ...172
- Adding images to a map ...172
- Using the Map Utility ...173