Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D
Digital Field Guide
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Setting Up the Rebel T2i/550D
You may have already set up basic settings such as the date and time. But be sure to
check through this section of the book for settings that you may have missed or want
to revise. The settings that I recommend are designed to get the highest resolution
images that you can print at full size to take advantage of all the high resolution that
the T2i/550D offers.
Many people are afraid that changing camera settings will “mess up” the pictures that
they’re getting, and that they won’t know how to reset the camera if they don’t like
the changes they’ve made. Canon provides a reset option, which means that you can
always revert to the original settings on the Rebel T2i/550D so that you can start fresh.
To reset the camera to the original settings, follow these steps.
1.
Press the Menu button, and then press the right cross key to select the
Setup 3 menu.
2.
Press the down cross key to select Clear settings, and then press the Set
button.
3.
To reset the camera to factory settings, press the up or down cross key to
select Clear all camera settings, and then press the Set button.
The Clear all
camera settings confi rmation screen appears.
4.
Press the right cross key to select OK.
About Media Cards
The Rebel T2i/550D accepts SD and SDHC, or Secure Digital High Capacity, SDXC,
and Eye-Fi SD media cards. Not all media cards are created equal, and the type and
speed of media that you use affects the Rebel T2i/550D’s response and performance
times including how quickly images are written to the media card, and your ability to
continue shooting during the image-writing process. Memory card speed also affects
the speed at which images display on the LCD, and how quickly you can enlarge
images on the LCD. And with the high-defi nition video capability of the Rebel, Canon
recommends using a Class 6 or higher media card.
In addition, the T2i/550D accepts SDXC memory cards that offer the potential for
increased storage capacity over previous SD cards. Eye-Fi SD cards have a built-in Wi-Fi
transmitter and internal antenna for wireless, high-speed transfer of images and video
from the camera to the computer or to online Web sites from Wi-Fi-enabled locations
or from your network. Eye-Fi also supports geotagging and uploading RAW fi les.
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