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Auto/Manual

Focus switch

Stabliser switch

(Helpful when on)

Shutter button

To focus: half press

To take photo: full press

LCD touch screen

Shows photo mode 

settings, and used for live 

view and tap to focus.

Dial to change

photo/video mode

Shutter Speed

and ISO

adjuster wheel

ISO change

button

Aperture 

setting

wheel

Review images

Menu button

Delete button

Zoom ring

Mode dial

‘M’ - Manual

‘Av’ - Aperture priority

‘Tv’ - Shutter priority

       - Auto mode

OFF/ON switch

Manual focus ring

(not used in auto 

focus mode)

Using the Canon 80D

Summary of Contents for 80D Experience

Page 1: ...UIDE Use this help guide to refresh what you have learned in one of our workshops Buttons Modes Aperture Introduction Shutter Speed Introduction ISO Introduction Previewing Exposure Depth of field blu...

Page 2: ...photo mode settings and used for live view and tap to focus Dial to change photo video mode Shutter Speed and ISO adjuster wheel ISO change button Aperture setting wheel Review images Menu button Del...

Page 3: ...the preview image and the LCD light meter as a guide for a good exposure Light meter This moves 3 3 2 2 1 1 Previewing exposure Two methods Method 1 Method 2 Light Meter Look through the view finder P...

Page 4: ...utter button half pressed while you move your camera Make your subject off centre When you are ready press the shutter button 1 Review play button 2 images videos will appear on the LCD screen 3 Use w...

Page 5: ...is created by balancing three factors Finding a combination of all three will give a well exposed image ISO Shutter Speed Aperture The amount of light the lens allows in The amount of time the shutter...

Page 6: ...aves block the light Dark photo Bright photo 3 Aperture numbers relate to how much light is STOPPED from entering Aperture 3 stops a small amount of light Aperture 22 stops a large amount of light Ape...

Page 7: ...setting also changes the depth of field resulting in more background blurriness Aperture 20 stops a lot of light and it makes more of the subject in focus and less blurring Aperture 3 lets in alot of...

Page 8: ...When in M manual settings mode use the spinning dial on the back of the camera Manual mode Av mode When in M manual settings mode use the wheel on the top of the camera In any mode the top lcd screen...

Page 9: ...long the aperture light is allowed into the camera It can be a long amount of time or a very short amount of time Shutter speed is measured in parts or multiples of a second The longer the shutter spe...

Page 10: ...nds 1 5 second Invisible fraction 1 25 second 1 60 second AUTO ISO 3 3 2 2 1 1 AUTO ISO 3 3 2 2 1 1 AUTO ISO 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 second 2 5 seconds 30 seconds AUTO ISO 3 3 2 2 1 1 AUTO ISO 3 3 2 2 1 1 AUT...

Page 11: ...s 1 1000th of a second so it freezes the action This shutter speed is 1 10th of a second so it partially freezes the action with some blur This shutter speed is more than just seconds it s 45 minutes...

Page 12: ...s important at night or in low light Low ISO produces a clean image ISO can also be represented by sound volume where a normal level is clean When you raise ISO you gain light sensitivity But like tur...

Page 13: ...rture AUTO ISO 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 Set your mode Press the ISO button Spin the adjuster wheel ISO number will appear here as it changes If you set the ISO setting to AUTO then the camera will adjust the ISO...

Page 14: ...ve any issues you are having 1 If the LCD screen is on the viewfinder is disabled 2 Make sure the function dial is clicked to the white camera icon not the red video icon 3 Press the start stop button...

Page 15: ...ing Move the camera position so the light falls onto the subject background light can cause the subject to be dark Make the shutter speed slower spin top dial to the left Change the aperture to be wid...

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