Blue Crane Instructional DVD's for your Canon 50D

Take great pictures with your Canon 50D! All you need is this training DVD and about hour, and you’ll have the knowledge and the confidence to create the images you want.

The topics are arranged in chapters, so you can move at your own pace, and return later to individual subjects.

The Canon 50D is a powerful piece of equipment. A solid understanding of its features and controls can really unleash its potential.

Once you learn how the camera’s components work together, you’ll have all the tools you need to capture the best images under all conditions. Topics include:

• Auto modes
• Creative Auto
• Time Value mode
• Aperture Value/depth of field
• Depth of field preview
• Focus options
• Metering
• White balance/colour temperature
• Playback and image review
• Live View shooting
• Exposure compensation
• Flash basics
• Custom Functions introduction
• Programmable buttons
• Info button
• Composition
• Self timer
• Picture Styles
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Take great pictures with your Canon 5D Mark II or 50D! Push your creativity to the limits; create photographic images that up until now have existed only in your imagination! This guide takes you through Canon’s advanced features, and explains what they are, how they work, and how they can perform in real-world situations.

Custom Functions: The 5D and the 50D are endlessly configurable. We go into detail about the settings that can have the most impact on your shooting. We also address the topics of Live View, and the 5D’s video capabilities.

Canon Speedlites and flash photography: We discuss choices and settings you can use to control pop-up Speedlites, external flash units, and natural lighting.

Colour properties and settings: You will learn how to control colour properties, and how to build new Picture Styles for your camera. In our colour management section, we address the issue of maintaining authentic colour throughout the digital image workflow: from choosing a colour space, through post processing on a computer monitor, all the way to the printed output.

The Canon 5D and 50D are known for their limitless flexibility. We take these marvellous cameras into the real world and tie their settings and configurations to the subject, the physical environment, and the equipment you are carrying. By the time you finish watching this presentation, you will have the know-how that allows you to concentrate on the most important task of all: capturing the image you want, the way you see it.

This DVD is not for novice photographers. It assumes you have a working knowledge of digital photography and the controls on your camera. Topics include: