Canon Eos Rebel T6i 750d Instruction Manual

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When you want to continuously focus and shoot children running around, use  (Kids). Skin tones will look healthy.
 Track the subject with the Area AF frame.
Aim the center AF point over the subject, then press the shutter 
button halfway to start autofocusing in Area AF frame. During 
autofocusing, the beeper will continue beeping softly. If focus cannot 
be achieved, the focus indicator < o> will blink.
 Shoot continuously.
The default setting is < i> (Continuous shooting). When you want 
to take...

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When shooting food, use  (Food). The photo will look bright and vivid.
 Change the color tone.
You can change [ Color tone]. Food photos with a reddish tinge 
usually make the food look more  vivid. To increase the food’s 
reddish tinge, set it toward [ Warm tone]. Set it toward [ Cool tone] if 
it looks too red.
 Shoot the subject in close-up.
If you have a zoom lens, use the  telephoto end to shoot the food in 
close-up.
 Avoid using flash.
If you use flash, the light may reflec t off the dish or...

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When shooting a human subject in candlelight, use  (Candlelight). The candlelight color tones will be retained in the photo.
 Use the center AF point to focus.
Aim the center AF point in the viewfinder over the subject, then shoot.
Prevent camera shake if the shutter speed in the viewfinder 
blinks.
Under low light when camera shake is prone to occur, the 
viewfinder’s shutter speed display will blink. Hold the camera steady 
or use a tripod. When using a zoom  lens, use the wide-angle end to...

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To shoot people at night and obtain a natural-looking night scene in the 
background, use the < 6> (Night Portrait) mode. Using a tripod is 
recommended.
 Use a wide-angle lens and a tripod.
When using a zoom lens, use th e wide-angle end to obtain a wide 
night view. Also, use a tripod to prevent camera shake.
 Check the subject’s brightness.
Under low light, the built-in flash wi ll fire automatically to obtain a 
good exposure of the subject.
It is recommended to play back the image after...

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Using a tripod when shooting a night scene gives the best results. 
However, the < F> (Handheld Night Scene) mode enables you to shoot 
night scenes even while handholding the  camera. Four shots are taken 
continuously for each picture, and  the resulting one image with reduced 
camera shake is recorded.
Hold the camera firmly.
While shooting, hold the camera firmly and steadily. In this mode, 
four shots are aligned and merged into a single image. However, if 
there is significant mi salignment in...

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When shooting a scene having both bright and dark areas, use the 
< G > (HDR Backlight Control) mode. When you take one picture in this 
mode, three continuous shots are taken at different exposures. This 
results in one image, with a wide t onal range, that has minimized the 
clipped shadows caused by backlighting.
 Hold the camera firmly.
While shooting, hold the camera firmly and steadily. In this mode, 
three shots are aligned and merged into a single image. However, if 
there is significant...

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Cautions for both  (Night Portrait) and < F> (Handheld Night 
Scene)
 During Live View shooting, it may be difficult to focus on dots of light 
such as in a night scene. In such  a case, set the lens’s focus mode 
switch to  and focus manually.
 The Live View image displayed will not look exactly the same as the 
actual image shot.
Cautions for < F> (Handheld Night Scene)
 When shooting flash photography, if t he subject is too close to the 
camera, the picture may come out extremely bright...

Q Quick Control
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In Basic Zone modes when the shoot ing function settings screen is 
displayed, you can press the < Q> button to display the Quick Control 
screen. The tables on the next page show the functions that can be set 
with the Quick Control screen in each Basic Zone mode.
1Set the Mode Dial to a Basic Zone 
mode.
2Press the  button ( 7 ).
The Quick Control screen will appear.
3Set the functions.
 Press the < S> cross keys to select a 
function. (This step is not necessary 
in the  7 mode.)...

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Q Quick Control
Settable Functions in Basic Zone Modes
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* If you change the shooting mode or set the power switch to < 2>, all the 
functions will revert to the default  settings (except the self-timer).
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Except in the , < 7>, and < G> Basic Zone modes, you can 
select the ambience for shooting.
1Set the Mode Dial to any of the 
following modes: < C>, , 
< 3 >, , , or < 8>.
If the shooting mode is < 8>, set 
one of the following: < C>, < P>, 
< x >, < 6>, or < F>.
2Display the Live View image.
 Press the < A> button to display the 
Live View image (except < x>).
3On the Quick Control screen, 
select the desired ambience.
 Press the < Q> button ( 7).
 Press the < W> < X> keys to select 
[m  Standard...