Canon 80d Manual

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Shooting with Ambience Selection
7Brighter
The picture will look brighter.
8Darker
The picture will look darker.
9Monochrome
The picture will be monochrome.  You can select the monochrome 
color to be blue, black and white, or sepia. When [Monochrome] is 
selected, <
z> will appear in the viewfinder. 

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In the  Basic Zone modes, you can shoot with 
the settings matching the lighti ng or scene type. Normally, [e Default 
setting
] is adequate, but if the settings  match the lighting condition or 
scene, the picture will look  more accurate to your eyes.
For Live View shooting, if you set both [
Light/scene-based shots] and 
[
Ambience-based shots] (p.108), you should first set [Light/scene-
based shots
]. This will make it easier to see the resulting effect on the 
LCD monitor.
1Set the Mode Dial to...

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Shooting by Lighting or Scene Type
4With Quick Control, select the 
lighting or scene type.
Press the  button (7).
Press the   keys to select 
[
e Default setting]. [Light/scene-
based shots] will appear on the 
screen.
Press the   keys to select 
the lighting or scene type.
The resulting image with the selected 
lighting or sc ene type will be 
displayed.
5Take the picture.
Press the shutter button completely to 
take the picture.
To return to viewfinder shooting, 
press the <
0> button to...

Shooting by Lighting or Scene Type
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Lighting or Scene Type Settings
eDefault settingDefault setting suited for most subjects.
fDaylight
For subjects under sunlight. Give s more natural-looking blue skies 
and greenery and reproduces li ght-colored flowers better.
gShade
For subjects in the shade. Suitabl e for skin tones, which may look 
too bluish, and for li ght-colored flowers.
SCloudy
For subjects under overcast skies. Makes skin tones and 
landscapes, which may otherwise  look dull on a cloudy...

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3
Setting the AF andDrive Modes
The AF points in the viewfinder are 
arranged to make AF shooting 
suitable for a  wide variety of 
subjects and scenes.
You can also select the AF operation and drive mode 
that best match the shooti ng conditions and subject.
The O icon at the upper right of the page title indicates that 
the function is available only in Creative Zone modes (d/
s/f/a/F).
In Basic Zone modes, the AF operation and AF point (AF 
area selection mode) are set automatically.
< AF >...

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You can select the AF operation characteristics to suit the shooting 
conditions or subject. In Basic Zone modes, the optimum AF operation 
is set automatically for the respective shooting mode.
1Set the lens’s focus mode switch 
to .
2Turn the Mode Dial to a Creative 
Zone mode.
3Press the  button (9).
4Select the AF operation.
While looking at the LCD panel, turn 
the  or  dial.
X: One-Shot AF
9: AI Focus AFZ: AI Servo AF
f: Selecting the AF Operation N
In Creative Zone modes, you can also press...

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f: Selecting the AF OperationN
Suited for still subjects. When you 
press the shutter button halfway, the 
camera will focus only once.

When focus is achieved, the AF point 
that achieved focus will be displayed, 
and the focus indicator <
o> in the 
viewfinder will also light up.
With evaluative metering, the 
exposure setting will be set at the 
same time focus is achieved.
While you hold down the shutter bu tton halfway, the focus will be 
locked. You can then recompose the shot if desired....

f: Selecting the AF OperationN
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This AF operation is suited for moving subjects when the focusing 
distance keeps changing. While you hold down the shutter button 
halfway, the camera will keep focusing on the subject continuously.
The exposure is set at the moment the picture is taken.
When the AF area selection mode (p.120) is set to 45-point 
automatic selection AF, focus tracking will continue as long as the 
Area AF frame covers the subject.
AI Focus AF switches the AF operation from One-Shot...

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f: Selecting the AF OperationN
By default, the AF points light up in red when focus is achieved in low-
light conditions. In Creative Zone modes, you can set whether to have 
the AF points light up in red when focus is achieved (p.424).
Under low-light conditions, when you press the shutter button halfway, 
the built-in flash may fire a brief burst of flashes. This illuminates the 
subject to help autofocusing.
AF Points Lighting Up in Red
AF-Assist Beam with the Built-in Flash
 AF-assist beam will...

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The camera has 45 AF points for autofocusing. You can select the AF 
area selection mode and AF point(s) suiting the scene or subject.
You can select one of four AF area selection modes. See the next page 
for the selection procedure.
E:Single-point AF 
(Manual selection)
Select one AF point to focus.
F :Zone AF 
(Manual selection of zone)
The AF area is divided into nine focusing 
zones for focusing.
G : Large Zone AF 
(Manual selection of zone)
The AF area is divided into three 
focusing zones...