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| * Press the "Actual size window" button to bring up the "Zoom View" window. | * Press the "Actual size window" button to bring up the "Zoom View" window. | ||
| * If necessary, click the buttons to turn OFF auto focus (in the Focus panel) and to turn ON the Depth-of-field preview. | * If necessary, click the buttons to turn OFF auto focus (in the Focus panel) and to turn ON the Depth-of-field preview. | ||
| - | * Press the "< < <", "< <", "<", ">", "> >", and "> > >" buttons to place lens focus at one end of your stack. | + | * Press the "< < <", "< <", "<", ">", "> >", and "> > >" buttons to place lens focus at one end of your stack and to decide how many presses of each button are needed to make an appropriate step size. |
| * Press the capture button in the main window to take a picture. | * Press the capture button in the main window to take a picture. | ||
| * Alternately press focus and capture buttons to take more pictures, until you can see that the capture is done. | * Alternately press focus and capture buttons to take more pictures, until you can see that the capture is done. | ||
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| * Install Canon EOS Utility from the CD that came bundled with your camera. | * Install Canon EOS Utility from the CD that came bundled with your camera. | ||
| - | * Set the camera lens to Automatic focus mode. | + | * Set the camera lens to Automatic Focus mode. |
| * Connect camera to computer with a USB cable and turn it on. | * Connect camera to computer with a USB cable and turn it on. | ||
| * If Windows offers to run other programs, hit Cancel. | * If Windows offers to run other programs, hit Cancel. | ||
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| {{:stacker:docs:tutorials:usingcanoneosutility:preferenceswindowbasicsettings.jpg|}} \\ | {{:stacker:docs:tutorials:usingcanoneosutility:preferenceswindowbasicsettings.jpg|}} \\ | ||
| * Press OK to dismiss the Preferences window. | * Press OK to dismiss the Preferences window. | ||
| + | * If your camera offers a combined Video & Stills mode for Live View, switch it to Still only. Otherwise depth-of-field preview may not work correctly. | ||
| * Press the Live View button on the camera. This causes the camera to go into Live View mode, showing its display on its own screen. | * Press the Live View button on the camera. This causes the camera to go into Live View mode, showing its display on its own screen. | ||
| * Press "Remote Live View Shooting" button in Canon EOS Utility. The current Live View image will be displayed on the computer screen also. \\ | * Press "Remote Live View Shooting" button in Canon EOS Utility. The current Live View image will be displayed on the computer screen also. \\ | ||
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| * If necessary, click the buttons in the Zoom View window to turn OFF auto focus (in the Focus panel) and to turn ON the Depth-of-field preview. \\ | * If necessary, click the buttons in the Zoom View window to turn OFF auto focus (in the Focus panel) and to turn ON the Depth-of-field preview. \\ | ||
| {{:stacker:docs:tutorials:usingcanoneosutility:zoomviewwindow.jpg|}} \\ | {{:stacker:docs:tutorials:usingcanoneosutility:zoomviewwindow.jpg|}} \\ | ||
| - | * Press the focus buttons "< < <", "< <", "<", ">", "> >", and "> > >" to place lens focus at one end of your stack and to decide how many of each button are needed to make an appropriate step size. Typically one or two presses of the "< <" or "> >" buttons will be appropriate. In rare cases you may need to use the "<" and ">" buttons. These make movements that are roughly ten times finer than "< <" and "> >". | + | * Press the focus buttons "< < <", "< <", "<", ">", "> >", and "> > >" to place lens focus at one end of your stack and to decide how many presses of each button are needed to make an appropriate step size. Typically one or two presses of the "< <" or "> >" buttons will be appropriate. In rare cases you may need to use the "<" and ">" buttons. These make movements that are roughly ten times finer than "< <" and "> >". |
| * Press the capture button in the camera controls window to take a picture. | * Press the capture button in the camera controls window to take a picture. | ||
| * Alternately press focus and capture buttons to take more pictures, until you can see that the capture is done. | * Alternately press focus and capture buttons to take more pictures, until you can see that the capture is done. | ||
| {{:stacker:docs:tutorials:usingcanoneosutility:focusandcapture.jpg|}} | {{:stacker:docs:tutorials:usingcanoneosutility:focusandcapture.jpg|}} | ||
| * When finished shooting, turn off Live View to conserve battery power in the camera. | * When finished shooting, turn off Live View to conserve battery power in the camera. | ||