Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D -- Contents of the Table -- Initial Set-up -- Battery Included -- Final Steps -- Selecting a Shooting Mode -- Choosing a Metering Mode -- Choosing a Focus Mode -- Selecting a Focus Point -- Other Settings -- Adjusting White Balance and ISO -- Using the Self-Timer -- Using the Built-in Flash -- Taking a Picture -- Reviewing the Images You've Taken -- Cruising Through Index Views -- Transferring Photos to Your Computer -- Chapter 2 Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Roadmap -- Front View -- The Canon EOS Rebel T2i's Business End -- Jumping Around -- Going Topside -- Underneath Your Rebel T2i -- Lens Components -- LCD Panel Readouts -- Looking Inside the Viewfinder -- Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D -- Anatomy of the Rebel T2i's Menus -- Shooting 1, 2, and 3 Menu Options -- Quality Settings -- Beep -- Release Shutter without Card -- Image Review -- Peripheral Illumination Correction -- Red-Eye Reduction -- Flash Control -- Exposure Compensation/Automatic Exposure Bracketing -- Auto Lighting Optimizer -- Metering Mode -- Custom White Balance -- White Balance Shift and Bracketing -- Color Space -- Picture Style -- Dust Delete Data -- ISO Auto -- Playback Menu Options -- Protect -- Rotate -- Erase Images -- Print Order -- Slide Show -- Histogram -- Image Jump with Main Dial -- Ctrl over HDMI -- Set-up 1, 2, and 3 Menu Options -- Auto Power Off -- Auto Rotate -- Format -- File Numbering -- LCD Auto Off -- Screen Color -- Eye-Fi Settings -- LCD Brightness -- Date/Time -- Language -- Video System -- Sensor Cleaning -- Live View Function Settings -- Custom Functions I/II/III/IV -- Copyright Information -- Clear Settings -- Firmware Version -- My Menu -- Movie Settings -- Chapter 4 Fine-Tuning Exposure -- Understanding Exposure.

How the Rebel T2i Calculates Exposure -- Choosing a Metering Method -- Choosing a Creative Zone Exposure Method -- A-DEP -- Aperture-Priority -- Shutter-Priority -- Program Mode -- Making EV Changes -- Manual Exposure -- Basic Zone Modes -- Creative Auto -- Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings -- Bracketing -- Bracketing and Merge to HDR -- Dealing with Noise -- Fixing Exposures with Histograms -- Chapter 5 Advanced Shooting and Movie Shooting with Your Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D -- How Focus Works -- Phase Detection -- Contrast Detection -- Getting into Focus -- Focus Modes -- Adding Circles of Confusion -- Making Sense of Sensors -- Your Autofocus Mode Options -- Setting AF Point -- Introducing Live View -- What You Can/Cannot Do with Live View -- Enabling Live View -- Activating Live View -- Working with Live View -- Previewing and Making Settings -- Focusing in Live View -- Shooting Movies -- Movie Settings -- Capturing Video/Sound -- Continuous Shooting -- More Exposure Options -- A Tiny Slice of Time -- Working with Short Exposures -- Long Exposures -- Three Ways to Take Long Exposures -- Working with Long Exposures -- Delayed Exposures -- Self-Timer -- Time-Lapse/Interval Photography -- Eye-Fi Upload -- Chapter 6 Working with Lenses -- But Don't Forget the Crop Factor -- Your First Lens -- Buy Now, Expand Later -- What Lenses Can You Use? -- EF vs. EF-S -- Ingredients of Canon's Alphanumeric Soup -- Your Second (and Third…) Lens -- What Lenses Can Do for You -- Zoom or Prime? -- Categories of Lenses -- Using Wide-Angle and Wide-Zoom Lenses -- Avoiding Potential Wide-Angle Problems -- Using Telephoto and Tele-Zoom Lenses -- Avoiding Telephoto Lens Problems -- Telephotos and Bokeh -- Add-ons and Special Features -- Lens Hoods -- Telephoto Extenders -- Macro Focusing -- Image Stabilization -- Chapter 7 Making Light Work for You.

Continuous Illumination versus Electronic Flash -- Continuous Lighting Basics -- Daylight -- Incandescent/Tungsten Light -- Fluorescent Light/Other Light Sources -- Adjusting White Balance -- Electronic Flash Basics -- How Electronic Flash Works -- Using the Built-In Flash -- Basic Zone Flash -- Creative Zone Flash -- Flash Range -- Flash Control Menus -- Using FE Lock and Flash Exposure Compensation -- Using External Electronic Flash -- Speedlite 580EX II -- Speedlite 430EX II -- Speedlite 270EX -- Speedlite 220EX -- More Advanced Lighting Techniques -- Diffusing and Softening the Light -- Using Multiple Light Sources -- Other Lighting Accessories -- Chapter 8 Editing Your Images -- What's in the Box? -- Picture Style Editor -- EOS Utility -- ZoomBrowser/ImageBrowser -- PhotoStitch -- Digital Photo Professional -- Editing Your Photos -- Image Editors -- RAW Utilities -- Adobe Photoshop -- Chapter 9 Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D: Troubleshooting and Prevention -- Update Your Firmware -- Upgrading Your Firmware -- Protect Your LCD -- Troubleshooting Memory Cards -- All Your Eggs in One Basket? -- What Can Go Wrong? -- What Can You Do? -- Clean Your Sensor -- Dust the FAQs, Ma'am -- Identifying and Dealing with Dust -- Avoiding Dust -- Sensor Cleaning -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.