Michael Corsentino - Canon EOS 6D Digital Field Guide

Canon EOS 6D Digital FieldGuideTable of ContentsCanon EOS 6D Digital Field Guide Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-1-118-51670-6 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 201-748-6011, fax 201-748-6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. LIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:THE PUBLISHER AND THE AUTHOR MAKE NOREPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITHRESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESSOF THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK ANDSPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES,INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIESOF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NOWARRANTY MAY BE CREATED OR EXTENDED BYSALES OR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. THEADVICE AND STRATEGIES CONTAINED HEREINMAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR EVERY SITUATION.THIS WORK IS SOLD WITH THE UNDERSTANDINGTHAT THE PUBLISHER IS NOT ENGAGED INRENDERING LEGAL, ACCOUNTING, OR OTHERPROFESSIONAL SERVICES. IF PROFESSIONALASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED, THE SERVICES OF ACOMPETENT PROFESSIONAL PERSON SHOULD BESOUGHT.

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All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. CreditsAcquisitions Editor Carol Kessel Project Editor Amanda Gambill Technical Editor George Maginnis Copy Editor Lauren Kennedy Special Help Katharine Dvorak Editorial Director Robyn Siesky Business Manager Amy Knies Senior Marketing Manager Sandy Smith Vice President and Executive Group Publisher Richard Swadley Vice President and Executive Publisher Barry Pruett Project Coordinator Sheree Montgomery Graphics and Production Specialists Jennifer Goldsmith Jennifer Mayberry Quality Control Technician Jessica Kramer Proofreading and Indexing Lindsay Amones Melissa Cossell Jessica Kramer Potomac Indexing, LLC About the AuthorMichael Corsentino is an award-winning, contemporary wedding and portrait photographer, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom expert, Capture One Pro Certified Professional, author, contributing writer for Photoshop User magazine, and columnist for Shutter Magazine and Resource Magazine. Based in Northern California and shooting digitally since 1999, Michael shot his first image when he was 12-years-old and hasnt put his camera down since. Michael is equally passionate about educating photographers, and loves to share his lighting and posing secrets, post processing techniques, timesaving workflow strategies, and shooting philosophy at his workshops and speaking engagements. To my dear mother, Stephanie. To my dear mother, Stephanie.

Without yourbeautiful love, caring, and lifelong support ofmy artistic dreams I wouldnt be who I amtoday. Thank you so much!To my father, Joseph. Thank you for ignitingthe spark that turned into a wonderful lifelonglove affair with the art, science, and magic ofphotography.Acknowledgments To my fine editing team at Wiley Publishing: Thanks so much for your insight, skillful editing, and continuous support and encouragement. I owe a huge debit of gratitude to Carol Kessel, my awesome acquisitions editor, for her always-calming demeanor, handholding during the process, and gentle, yet firm guidance. She kept me on track, told me everything would be okay when I was stressed, organized all the details involved in producing this book, and was always quick to reply to my many, many questions. Equally important in the production of this project is Amanda Gambill, my project editor.

Thank you, Amanda, for your attention to detail, for helping to organize my scattered brain, and for your patience while explaining the various processes to me at least twice. Your contributions definitely made this a better book and made me look better! Big thanks to the awesome team at www.borrowlenses.com for putting a 6D in my hands for the length of this project. This was above and beyond, and much appreciated. A special shout out goes to my buddy, Dennis Urbiztondo. Thank you so much for your contributions to this book, for your amazing friendship, and for your endless patience and support. You are one of a kind and Im honored to call you my friend.

Everyone should be lucky enough to have a friend like you. Finally, eternal thanks to my mother Stephanie for her boundless love and support, and for infusing me with her love of the arts at an early age. Throughout my life, your encouragement, endless laughter, work ethic, class, and belief in my dreams, have been my guiding light! Introduction Welcome to the Canon EOS 6D Digital Field Guide. This book was written and designed to help you get the most from Canons newest (and lightest) full-frame dSLR. This 20.2-megapixel camera delivers the excellent image quality youve come to expect from Canon, and speedy performance at 4.5 frames per second. Under the hood of the 6D, is the latest iteration of Canons venerable DIGIC processor, DIGIC 5+, which is 17 times faster than the DIGIC 4 processor.