MASTER YOUR CANON MODES

Boost your Canon camera confidence by learning to make the most of all your EOS exposure modes

Whether your Canon camera is a DSLR, mirrorless, bridge or even a creative compact, it will come loaded with a wide arrangement of modes for you to choose from. These modes offer automated assistance to help you out when you’re first getting started with your Canon and go all the way up to fully manual where you take total control of the functions and settings. There’s countless modes in between too, which cover a wide range of scenarios.

In this feature we’ll take a look at all of the important exposure modes you’ll find on your Canon EOS. Not all Canon cameras are built the same, so you’ll often find additional scene modes and creative filters on more entry-level models, like the new Canon EOS R100, which even has some brand new additions, while more advanced features like the Flexible Priority (Fv) mode is currently only exclusively found on more premium full-frame mirrorless Canons like the EOS R and beyond.

Automatic and semi-automatic modes are great for those just starting out in photography as it means you don’t have to worry about a large list of settings or the exposure triangle – the camera takes care of this for you, so you can concentrate on focus and work on the perfect composition. We’ll run through what all of the different modes do, when to use them and build up your confidence so you feel comfortable stepping away from the fully automatic modes, and can take more control and put your own creative stamp on your photographs.

Automatic modes
Auto modes let you shoot safe in the knowledge that your Canon will take a correctly exposed, sharp picture

Scene Intelligent Auto (A+)