Quick Tour

If you just got your Rebel T3i/600D, then becoming familiar with the camera and setting it up to suit your needs are important first steps. This Quick Tour gives you a brief walkthrough of key camera controls and provides a quik look at setting up and using the camera. Many of the topics here are discussed in more in more detail later at teh blog, but this tour gets you off to good start.

     

Some people worry about chagging camera setting for fear that they will "mess up" the camera. You don't need to worry about that because you can easily reset the camera to the factory default settings. The Canon EOS T3i/600D is versatile, fun to us, and offers a full set of creative controls. You can begin making pictures at your current skill level and get excellent images. Then as your gain experince, yuo have all the power you need to take full creative control.

For this image of the Seattle, Washington, skyline with Lake Washington in the foreground. For this image, used Av shooting mode and the Neutral Picture Style with the Daylight White Balance setting. Exposure: ISO 100, f/8, 1/160 second.