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Название: Canon EOS 80D For Dummies

Автор: King Julie Adair

Издательство: John Wiley & Sons Limited

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      On this particular screen, you also see icons at either end of the scale. You can tap those icons to raise or lower the value represented on the scale. Either way, tap the Set icon to implement the setting and return to the menu.

      ❯❯ Swipe: Drag a finger quickly across the screen. You use this gesture, known in some circles as a flick, to scroll through your pictures in Playback mode, a topic you can explore in Chapter 5.

      ❯❯ Pinch in/pinch out: To pinch in, place your thumb at one edge of the screen and your pointer finger at the other. Then drag both toward the center of the screen. To pinch out, start in the center of the screen and swipe both fingers outward. Pinching is how you zoom in and out on pictures during playback; again, Chapter 5 provides details.

       FIGURE 1-8: Tap a menu icon to display its menu.

       FIGURE 1-9: Tap the LCD Brightness item (left) and then drag left or right across a scale to adjust the setting (right).

      tip You can control two aspects of touchscreen behavior:

❯❯ Touchscreen response: You can choose from three settings, accessed via the Touch Control option, found on Setup Menu 3 and shown in Figure 1-10.

      ● Standard: This setting is the default. The touchscreen is enabled and is set to respond to a “normal” amount of pressure. (Don’t ask us how the Powers That Be decided what that pressure level is – we don’t get invited to those conferences.)

      ● Sensitive: This setting makes the touchscreen more, er, touchy. That is, it responds to lighter pressure. Oddly, though, Canon says that the camera may be slower to respond to a very quick tap at this setting. Your mileage may vary.

      ● Disable: Select this setting to disable the touchscreen function.

      remember To restore the touch function, press the Menu button to bring up the menu screens and then rotate the Main dial – that’s the one just behind the shutter button – to select Setup Menu 3. Then rotate the Quick Control dial (the big wheel on the back of the camera) to highlight Touch Control. Press the Set button, rotate the Quick Control dial to highlight Standard or Sensitive, and press the Set button again.

❯❯ Touchscreen sound effects: By default, the camera emits a little “boop” sound every time you tap a touch-controlled setting. If you’re sick of hearing it, visit Shooting Menu 1 and look for the Beep setting, shown in Figure 1-11. The option that disables the boop is Touch to Silence – silence being indicated by a little speaker with a slash through it. The Disable setting turns off both the touchscreen sound and the normal beep tone that occurs when the camera finds its focus point.

       FIGURE 1-10: Control the touchscreen response through this menu item.

       FIGURE 1-11: Set the Beep option to Touch to Silence to prevent the camera from making a sound when you tap a touch-controlled item.

      One final point about the touchscreen: If you connect the camera to a TV or monitor, the touchscreen has limited functionality when you are playing back photos and movies (scrolling and zooming). Otherwise, it is no longer is available, regardless of the Touch Control option. Don’t fret; you just have to use the old-fashioned button-push method of selecting menu options. See “Ordering from Camera Menus,” later in this chapter, if you need help.

      Working with Memory Cards

Instead of recording images on film, digital cameras store pictures on memory cards. Your camera uses a specific type of memory card – an SD card (for Secure Digital), shown in Figures 1-12 and 1-13.

      tip Most SD cards carry the designation SDHC (for High Capacity) or SDXC (for eXtended Capacity), depending on how many gigabytes (GB) of data they hold. SDHC cards hold from 4GB to 32GB of data; the SDXC moniker indicates a capacity greater than 32GB. Cards are also assigned a speed rating from 2 to 10, with a higher number indicating a faster data-transfer rate. The memory-card industry added a new category of speed rating – Ultra High Speed (UHS). UHS cards are organized into two bus interface classes (I and II) that support different bus speeds and two speed classes (U1 and U3) which have different data writing speeds. The 80D is compatible with UHS-I cards. These cards currently are the fastest the planet has to offer. Of course, a faster card means a more expensive card. But to maximize your camera's performance, we recommend that you make the investment in Class 10 or UHS-I U3 cards. Especially for video recording, a faster card translates to smoother recording and playback. A faster card also can improve performance when you’re shooting a burst of images using the camera's continuous capture feature.

      In addition to using regular SD cards, your camera accepts Eye-Fi memory cards, which are special cards that enable you to transmit images from the camera to the computer over a wireless network. It’s a cool option, but the cards are more expensive than regular cards and require some configuring that we don’t have room to cover in this book. Additionally, Canon doesn’t guarantee that everything will work smoothly with Eye-Fi cards and directs you to the Eye-Fi support team if you have trouble. All that said, if an Eye-Fi card is installed in the camera, Setup Menu 1 offers an Eye-Fi Settings option that offers options related to the card. For more details, visit www.eye.fi. (See Chapters 6 and 10 for details about using the camera’s own wireless connectivity features.)

      Whatever cards you choose, safeguarding them – and the images on them – requires a few precautions:

      ❯❯ Inserting a card: Turn the camera off and then put the card in the card slot with the label facing the back of the camera, as shown in Figure 1-12. Push the card into the slot until it clicks into place.

      ❯❯ Formatting a card: The first time you use a new memory card, format it by choosing the Format Card option on Setup Menu 1. This step ensures that the card is properly prepared to record your pictures. See the upcoming section “Setup Menu 1” for details.

      ❯❯ Removing a card: First, check the status of the memory card access light, labeled in Figure 1-12. After making sure that the light is off, indicating that the camera has finished recording your most recent photo, turn off the camera. Open the memory card door, as shown in Figure 1-12. Depress the memory card slightly until you hear a little click and then let go. The card pops halfway out of the СКАЧАТЬ