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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 1 PREVIEW of: Canon 5D Mark III Experience The Still Photography Guide to Operation and Image Creation With the Canon EOS 5D Mark III by Douglas J. Klostermann Full Stop. good writing for better photography[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 2 All rights reserved. This e-book is licensed fo r your personal enjoyment only and may not be re- sold, file-shared, or given away. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or in print, without expressed permission from the autho r. Every effort has been made to[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 3 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 5 1.1 Take Control of Your Camera ................................................................................. 6 1.2 Using Th is Gui de .........................................................[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 4 8. EXPOSURE Part 2 ....................................................................................... 135 8.1 Exposu re Lock ..................................................................................................... 135 8.2 His tograms ...................................................................[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 5 1. INTRODUCTION With the introduction of the long awaited and highly anticipated EOS 5D Mark III, Canon has improved upon the revo lutionary and highly p opular 5D Mark II, itself a versatile and rugged digital SLR admired and relied upon by photographers rangi ng from enthusiasts to professionals. Now with a 22.3 meg[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 6 to confidently use the ones tha t turn your Canon 5D Mk III into an image capturing tool that works best for you and the photograp hic situations you work in. 1.1 Take Control of Your Camera Since the camera is a to ol to take the images you want to take, you obviously can’t always allow the camera to make decisions[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 7 Taking control of all of thes e func tions will enable you to consistently create the dramatic and comp elling images y ou envision. Learning to use and get the mos t out of a highly advanced di gital SLR (dSLR) camera like the 5D Mk III takes time, pr actice, patience, mistakes, and experiment ation. If yo u have upg[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 13 2. M EN US and CUSTOM FU NCTIONS Setting up the 5D Mk III The Menus and Custom Func tions of the Canon EO S dSLR cameras allow you to have greater, more precise control over how your camera function s. They are an important part of what makes the 5D Mk III a more powerful tool than a camera such as the Canon 60D, and[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 34 Release - This option will prioritize shutter release, or imme diately capturing the shot at the possible expense of exact foc us. AF Priority - This option will prioritize focus for the shot, ensuring that the subject is in focus before the picture is taken. This may cause a brief, perhaps micro-sec onds delay while[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 35 61 Points - All 61 AF points are av ailable to manually selec t. This is obviously a lot of AF Points to c lick across to reach your desired AF Poi nt, but it can be relatively quickly done and will potentially a llow you to find a point at or near your subject, thus minimizing any required recomposing of the frame b[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 36 With certain lenses (listed in the Canon manual as groups F to H on pages 83-84) the number of available AF points from which to manually select will be fewer. Also note that with the settings that limit the number of points to less than 61 Points, the AF Point Expansion and Zone AF Autofocus Area Modes will st ill f[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 60 2.5 Custom Functions Menu C.Fn I: Exposure Figure 43 - Custom Func tion 1: Ex posure menu. Exposure Level Increments This is to change the increments of shutter speed, apert ure, and exposure compensation - 1/2 stop increments or 1/3 stop. This setting will also apply to Aut o Exposure Bracketing (AEB) and Flash Expo[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 61 Bracketing Sequence This setting determines the sequence of exposures when using Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) or White Balance Bracketing . (Remember that the 5D Mk III can bracket either 2, 3, 5, or 7 shot s, not just the traditional 3 shots - number to be set with the next menu item). T he bracketing s equence se[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 76 Power Switch - Located at the M ode Dial and is used to tu rn the camera on and off. Figure 55 - View of the rear contro ls of the Canon EOS 5D Mk III. On the rear of th e camera (see Fi gure 55 ) you will find, starting at the upp er right: AF Point Selection Button - This is pressed before pressing the M-Fn Button [...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 77 Shutter Button in P, Tv, Av, M, or B Shooti ng Mode, or else for “back button focusing” where it can be used to start, stop, or lock focus. This is discussed in the Back Butto n Focusing section of this text. It is also press ed to autofocus while in Live View or when shooting video. Live View / Movie Shooting Sw[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 95 Figures 67 - Llama Fig urines - Combine precis e autofocusing with s hallow depth of field to call attention to the desired subject - above (Figure 66) the front figurine, and here the middle figurine. Bo th images: Shutter speed 1/ 50, aperture f/2.8, ISO 2000. Remember that you activated a ll the available AF Area [...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 96 used and selected and whether or not they will act as cross-type AF Points. Also, the AF Points that you see blinking in the vi ewfinder indicate the non-cross -type, less accurate AF Points that are sensitive only to horizontal lines. 4.3a Single-Point AF (Manual Selecti on) Although Spot AF is listed first in the c[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 97 4.3b Spot AF (Manual Selection) If you need to focus on a precis e area that is s maller than the Single-Point AF area, you can make use of Spot AF . This will not necessarily ma ke your focusing more accurate in general situations just because it is small er, but rather it is used to address specifi c autofocusing c[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 146 Figure 102 - Multiple Expos ure Mode menu to set up the parameters and processing options of in-camera Mul tiple Exposure s hooting and image results. The multiple exposures can be processed i n several different ways to ac hieve the final single-image result, using Multi-expos ctrl. Additive setting is most simil a[...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 147 Set the number of ex posures that will be combined together with the No. of exposures menu item, between 2 and 9. Under the Save source imgs setting decide if you woul d like to save each of the source images that ar e stacked to create the final multiple exposure by selecting All images , or just the final combine [...]

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    Canon 5D Mark III Experience 196 What Readers are Saying About Doug ’s dSLR Camera Guides : This book, together with the manual that came with your camera, is all you need to start discovering the full potential of the camera. -Max M. A Pro Right There With You - If you want to get the camera up and running with the feeling of a pro right there w[...]