September 2008
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
9h 36m
English
Content preview from The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion
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CHAPTER 6
SWITCHING TO PROGRAM MODE
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However, no algorithm can know what’s right for every situation or know what
your particular taste is. Some photographic situations require more complicated
decision making than the camera can perform, and some pictures that you see in
your head simply can’t be captured by the camera. ey require additional image
editing. For all these situations, you’ll need to take some additional control. In this
chapter, we’ll explore all of the manual overrides available in Program mode, as
well as some of the other creative choices you make when shooting.
Switching to Program Mode
In Chapter 1, I showed you the Mode dial, the dial on the right side of the top of
the camera that you use to select a shooting mode. Each mode specifies a differ-
ent set of parameters that the camera will handle automatically. For this chapter,
change the shooting mode to P, Program mode.
Program mode is a lot like Full Auto mode in that your camera will automati-
cally determine shutter speed and aperture for you, as well as white balance and
focus. However, Program mode does not automatically pop up the flash if the
camera determines that your scene is too dark, and it does offer you some im-
portant manual overrides. Here’s a table that shows the basic feature comparison
between the two modes.
Feature Program Mode Full Auto Mode
Program Shift •
Manual ISO selection •
Manual white balance ...
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