The Canon EOS Digital Rebel is the world's bestselling DSLR, selling millions of units worldwide annually. Current guides for this camera are not hitting the needs of the users. They want a bright, colorful, modern design, inspiration as well as instruction, tips from a pro, and good and bad images side by side to illustrate camera settings. This highly illustrated guide meets those needs and takes readers on a complete guided tour of their Digital Rebel XS/1000D, as seen through the eyes of an experienced professional photographer. The quick-start section gets the reader up and snapping photographs in seconds, and later chapters provide in-depth details on the most popular features and how to get the most out of them. Packed with tips and advice from a seasoned expert, this is both a highly illustrated camera guide, and an extremely practical photography guide. A must-have for anyone shooting with this enormously popular and versatile camera, in an attractive package at a very competi

Chris Grey is an international award winning photographer, instructor, author and owner of Christopher Grey Studios, (Minneapolis, MN, USA) who has specialized in advertising, portrait and fine art photography for over three decades. Current advertising clients include The Home Depot, Midwest Dairy Association (Got Milk?) and ClearChannel Communications. Grey also writes monthly columns on professional lighting tips and techniques for ShootSmarter.com and ProPhotoResource.com, free sites loaded with information for digital photographers. He is the author of numerous photography books, including CANON DSLR: The Ultimate Photographers Guide, also from Focal Press.

Introduction; Visual Tour; Quick Start: Up and Running in Five Minutes; Basic Principles of Good Photography; Part I: The Camera: Making Pictures; Viewing the Images; Menus; Cards, Readers, and Batteries; Part II: The Software: EOS Utility; Downloading Images; Using Your Computer to Set the Camera; Remote Shooting; Digital Photo Professional; The Edit Window; RAW Image Adjustment; Picture Styles; Adjusting Dynamic Range; RGB Image Adjustment; Picture Style Editor; ImageBrowser; Downloading Images; PhotoStitch; Part III: Light: Natural and Ambient; The Color of Light; Reflectors; Part IV: Lenses; Part V: The Subjects: Pro Tips and Tricks for Great Images!; People; Travel; Pets and Wildlife; Humor; Part VI: Accessories: Accessory Flash; Multi Stroboscopic Flash; Speedlites in Studio or Location; Macro Twin Lite; Ring Lite; Camera Accessories; Printers; Other Accessories; Rebel Links; Index