550D CnF Settings

What are your CnF settings and why. Or, what do you recommend? And Picture Style. I think I chose Neutral or Faithful since I shoot RAW.

GilBean

The CnF settings are to permit you to set up your camera to suit you. There are twelve in total from ISO expansion, Exposure level increments, mirror lock up etc. If you still have your manual, check page 190 on the UK version anyway, or in the section Setting Custom Functions. As for Picture style I prefer Standard.

Take a RAW image, upload to your computer and play with applying different picture styles using Digital Photo Professional. That's easier than doing it in the camera.
Since you shoot RAW, you can always change the picture style after the fact. But the picture style you set will influence what the preview looks like on the camera. Thus you either do as you say yourself, go Faithful, or you select someting that's close to what you expect to apply in post.

Regarding C.Fn (custom functions) only you can tell which functions apply to your way of shooting.

600d here but may apply similarly

Shutter/ AE lock - to swap between BBF and Shutter focus
Exp. Comp / AEB - For HDR (note that this can be done on the main screen though too)
Mirror Lockup - for Long exposure or other
Long exposure noise reduction - for warm nights
Highlight tone priority - for dynamic scenes (rarely used though)
Custom function menu access (for all the other goodies)

For Pic style I run a custom with with 6 sharpness and a 1 bump to contrast and saturation so I can see generally what my final RAW has the potential to look like as I usually apply similar settings in post.

When shooting action jpegs in sunlight I use the highlight priority a lot.

I thank each of you for your suggestions/advice. Going from the G12 to the T21 is a big step. I have never had to deal with any choice over f8 and now I am faced with a whole range of f stops. meThinks it is time to reread "Understanding Exposure" again. Any suggestions on other good books? I have seen David Busch's name mentioned several times. Again, I thank each of you.

Gil

Gil Bean wrote in post #14796530
I thank each of you for your suggestions/advice. Going from the G12 to the T21 is a big step. I have never had to deal with any choice over f8 and now I am faced with a whole range of f stops. meThinks it is time to reread "Understanding Exposure" again. Any suggestions on other good books? I have seen David Busch's name mentioned several times. Again, I thank each of you.

Gil

Not a book but some things that have helped me along my way thus far:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com …eries/u-diffraction.shtml

http://www.cambridgein​colour.com/tutorials/c​amera-exposure.htm