Canon EOS 40D: Accessing Images

Series Summary

Introduced in 1987, the Canon EOS (Electro-Optical-System) is a popular system of interchangeable camera bodies, lenses and flashes. By 2007, more than 40 EOS camera models had been released. The main competition for this series is the Nikon F series, though the EOS models are more affordable, as well as more popular in most countries. The 40D is a midrange digital SLR camera with professional features, perfect for the advanced photographer who can't quite afford or justify spending the money for a pro model. The digital camera presents photographers with new tools, and new challenges for taking great photos. And part of becoming a great photographer is mastering the features and capabilities of your camera of choice.

Learn how to customize your photo review process for the Canon EOS 40D in this free photography lesson. Ryan Vaughn will demonstrate how to search your memory card to find the photos you are looking for. You will learn how to skip past several images at a time as well as how to magnify and rotate the image you were searching for.

Video Transcript

"Okay, image playback on the 40D is something that you will want to do maybe at the end of the day, maybe right after you've took a shot. But it's basically going to an image to see what it looks like after you've taken it. It will be stored on your memory card, and the best way to get to these images is by pressing the playback button on the bottom of you LCD screen. There's a blue arrow pointing to the right with a blue square around it, and there's a button, it the furthest button to the right on the bottom of the back or your camera. Go ahead and push that button, and this will be, if I scroll to the right, let's see, if I scroll to the right I'm going to start with the very first image that I've taken. If I scroll to the left, I'm going to be shown the last image that was taken on my camera. So what I can do is scroll through these to see all the different images that I've taken all throughout the day. And there are various kinds of views and displays that you can scroll through with this info button on the bottom of your screen, if you keep pressing it you can get information about levels and the settings that were present when the shot was took. Such as aperture and shutter speed, and all that, you can get color level readings and histogram information. All that information is available in the playback settings. You can also zoom in and out to see multiple pictures at the same time or zoom in to a picture to get a better look at focus. And those zoom and zoom out buttons are up here on the right side of the body. It's a magnifying glass with a plus in it and a magnifying glass with a minus in it. Those can be used as well. So this is your playback option, we're going to go through and see what other options are available in the playback settings."