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- CAMERA FEATURES
- All about Autofocus (AF)
- Aperture and exposure explained
- Auto Lighting Optimizer
- Canon EOS R System ergonomics and customisation
- Depth of Field
- Electronic shutter vs mechanical shutter
- EXIF and metadata: your essential guide
- Exposure Compensation
- File numbering and naming
- Image sensors explained
- Image formats (RAW, JPEG, HEIF) and compression
- In-camera lens corrections
- Shooting in low light
- Multiple exposure shooting
- Neural network technology
- Using Picture Styles
- Using your camera's histograms
- Understanding video formats
- Viewfinder vs LCD Display
- Which Canon cameras have which features
- White Balance
- FLASH
- LENSES
- All about the RF mount
- All about focal length
- Canon lens focusing motor technology
- Close-up lenses
- Fluorite, Aspherical, UD and BR Lenses
- Image Stabilisation
- Lens Extenders
- Lens Extension Tubes
- Multi-layer Diffractive Optical Element
- Power zoom vs manual zoom
- Canon EOS VR System technology explained
- PRINTERS
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