Canon technology is popular and loved all over the world. The American company inspires hope in aspiring photographers with the slogan: Canon - You Can. The Canon 550d can help you get stunning pictures if you set it up correctly, of course.
General settings
Custom settings are not directly related to the shooting process, but they make it much easier by adjusting the camera menu to suit your convenience. By pressing the Menu button above the device screen, you will be taken to the general settings.
Go through all the items in each tab. After you set up the Russian language, and this can be done in the second tab, it will be easy to understand everything else, and you can easily cope with this task. It is much more interesting to learn how to make some of the settings directly from the shooting itself.
Selecting a shooting mode
The Canon 550d has several automatic and creative shooting modes. Automatic: portrait, night portrait, landscape, sports and macro, for that and automatic, to independently adjust the aperture, shutter speed, photosensitivity, etc.
The rest, the creative ones, need the intervention of the photographer. For example, the A-DEP mode performs an auto exposure function to control the sharpness of the image.
Tv mode is used when you need to take a photo with the slowest or slowest shutter speed possible. Av, on the other hand, is set to aperture priority - it controls the amount of incoming light. Mode P, programmed, allows the photographer to control ISO and other parameters besides aperture and shutter speed.
Exposure compensation
Exposure compensation for photography acts as an exposure compensator. Press and hold the "+/-" button to adjust the exposure compensation on the Canon 550d. In the line that appears, you will see a scale from -2v to + 2v. If the subject is dark and you want to lighten the frame, turn the iris wheel to the right towards the “+” side. If the frame is light, then, on the contrary, to the left.
After the value you need is set, release the "+/-" button and the changes will take effect.
White balance
The Canon 550d, like most cameras, has the ability to adjust the white balance. This parameter should be selected according to the main color source. If you are photographing in nature, then the balance can be left on the automatic mode, because the sun will be the main source of light.
To even out the color and adjust the balance, go to the WB menu by pressing the corresponding button on the camera body. The WB button is next to the navigation buttons.
ISO
The ISO button is located at the top of the camera next to the power button.
By clicking on it, you can select the value you need from 100 to 6400. This value determines how much the camera's matrix will feel the light falling on it. The darker the area where you shoot, the higher the ISO value should be.
