Canon's new EOS 60D has been making the rounds on photography blogs and camera review sites. Enthusiasts love the new functions and abilities of this newest EOS model, which includes vari-angle LCD screen, full manual control HD video capture and in-camera effects.
Creative Filters for your machine
Historically, one disadvantage of shooting original JPEG image files is that the creative options in post-processing at the computer are far fewer than is possible with RAW images. The EOS 60D's new in-camera processing gives you more options with Creative Filters option.
Canon's Creative Filters lets you take a RAW image file or an ordinary JPEG image file, play it back on the camera's LCD monitor, and then using the Playback Menu, create a new JPEG copy of that original with specialised variations applied to it. You can even call up that copy, once it's been created, and apply a new Creative Filter on top, in essence applying more than one adjustment to the original image.
There are four options that users can apply. Within each, there are adjustments that can be made right on the LCD monitor, using the new large Multi-Controller, to modify the "look" of the Creative Filter in question. Available choices are:
" Grainy Black & White - creates a B&W copy of an original colour JPEG file, and digitally adds noise for a grainy effect; the photographer can adjust contrast over a 3-step range.
" Soft Focus - potentially the most useful of the Creative Filter Effects; provides a nice soft look for portraits, certain types of landscapes, and so on; adjustable in a 3-step range)
" Toy Camera - an unusual effect, designed to mimic the "look" of images created by some toy film cameras; provides heavy vignetting, and user's choice of natural color, or a bluish-green or yellow-amber tint.
" Miniature Effect - mimics the effect of using a tilt-shift lens with "reverse" or "negative" tilt, for extremely narrow depth-of-field; users can choose to have the zone of sharpness be horizontal or vertical [regardless of picture orientation], and can move this zone of sharpness across the photograph.
To apply your creative filters to your images:
1. Go to the playback menu on your EOS 60D.
2. Select Creative Filters.
3. Turn the dial to select the image to apply the creative filter to.
4. Press the Button to see your creative filter options for the image.
5. Adjust the filter settings with the arrow buttons.
6. Select to save the new image.
7. You can apply multiple effects to an image by applying a new filter on top of your processed image and vary the resolution on-screen. This makes uploading and sharing photos easy and you can instantly optimise your images for photo printing or on-screen display.
These new features make it easier for you to take your photography anywhere and reduce the need to carry computers and cables for on-location shoots. Discover the many other abilities of the Canon EOS 60D - broaden your image world with the World of EOS and your Canon camera.