Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Shooting Your First Canon EOS 30D Picture -- Getting Ready to Shoot -- 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 -- Reviewing the Images You've Taken -- Transferring Photos to Your Computer -- Chapter 2 Canon EOS 30D Roadmap -- The Canon EOS 30D's Public Face -- The Canon EOS 30D's Business End -- Going Topside -- LCD Panel Readouts -- Lens Components -- Looking Inside the Viewfinder -- Underneath Your EOS 30D -- Chapter 3 Setting Up Your Canon EOS 30D -- Anatomy of the EOS 30D's Menus -- Shooting Menu Options -- Quality Settings -- Red-Eye Reduction -- Beep -- Shoot Without Card -- Automatic Exposure Bracketing -- White Balance Shift and Bracketing -- Custom White Balance -- Color Temperature -- Color Space -- Picture Style -- Playback Menu Options -- Protect -- Rotate -- Print Order -- Transfer Order -- Auto Play -- Review Time -- AF Points -- Histogram -- Set-up Menu Options -- Auto Power Off -- Auto Rotate -- LCD Brightness -- Date/Time -- File Numbering -- Language -- Video System -- Communication -- Format -- Custom Functions -- Clear Settings -- Sensor Cleaning -- Firmware Version -- Chapter 4 Getting the Right Exposure -- Getting a Handle on Exposure -- How the EOS 30D Calculates Exposure -- Choosing a Metering Method -- Choosing a Creative Zone Exposure Method -- A-DEP -- Aperture Priority -- Shutter Priority -- Program Mode -- Manual Exposure -- Selecting an Autofocus/Exposure Zone Manually -- Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings -- Bracketing -- Fine-Tuning Exposure Bracketing -- Dealing with Noise -- Fixing Exposures with Histograms -- Basic Zone Modes -- Chapter 5 Advanced Shooting with Your Canon EOS 30D -- More Exposure Options.

Very Short Exposures -- Working with Short Exposures -- Long Exposures -- Three Ways to Take Long Exposures -- Working with Long Exposures -- Delayed Exposures -- Self-Timer -- Remote Control -- Time-Lapse/Interval Photography -- Getting into Focus -- Focus Pocus -- Adding Circles of Confusion -- Making Sense of Sensors -- Your Autofocus Mode Options -- Setting AF Point -- Continuous Shooting -- Setting Image Parameters -- Customizing White Balance -- Image Parameters in Picture Styles -- Chapter 6 Working with Lenses -- But First, a Word from Our Sensor -- 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 Working with Light -- 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 -- Using FE Lock and Flash Exposure Compensation -- Using External Electronic Flash -- Speedlite 580EX -- Speedlite 430EX -- Speedlite 220EX -- More Advanced Lighting Techniques -- Diffusing and Softening the Light -- Using Multiple Light Sources -- Other Lighting Accessories -- Chapter 8 Downloading and Editing Your Images -- What's in the Box? -- EOS Utility -- ZoomBrowser/ImageBrowser -- RAW Image Task -- PhotoStitch.

Digital Photo Professional -- Transferring Your Photos -- Direct-Direct Transfer/Indirect-Direct Transfer -- Using a Card Reader and Software -- Dragging and Dropping -- Editing Your Photos -- Image Editors -- RAW Utilities -- Photoshop CS 2 -- Chapter 9 Canon EOS 30D: Troubleshooting and Prevention -- Update Your Firmware -- Official Firmware -- Upgrading Your Firmware -- Protect Your LCD -- Troubleshooting Memory Cards -- All Your Eggs in One Basket? -- What Can Go Wrong? -- What Can You Do? -- Replacing Your Clock Battery -- 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 -- Z.