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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Getting to Know the Rebel XSi: Shooting Snapshots Using Full Auto Mode | |
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| Resetting the Camera's Defaults | |
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| Snapshot Shooting in Full Auto Mode | |
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| Framing Your Shot | |
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| Autofocus, or "How to Press the Shutter Button" | |
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| Take the Shot | |
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| The Viewfinder Status Display | |
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| The LCD Status Display | |
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| Viewing Your Images | |
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| Using Scene Modes | |
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| Watch that Headroom: Fill the Frame | |
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| Don't Be Afraid to Get in Close | |
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| Lead Your Subject | |
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| Remember That Your Knees Can Bend | |
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| Watch the Background | |
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| Watch Out for Backlighting | |
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| Understand Flash Range | |
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| Cover Your Shot, or "One Shot Is Rarely Enough" | |
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| Anatomy of the Rebel XSi: Learning to Hold and Control Your Camera | |
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| What Is an SLR Anyway? | |
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| Cleaning and Maintenance | |
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| The XSi Battery | |
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| The Media Card | |
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| Body Parts | |
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| Camera Top | |
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| Camera Front | |
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| Camera Sides | |
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| Camera Back | |
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| Camera Bottom | |
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| The Rebel XSi Menu System | |
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| Holding the Camera | |
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| The Grip | |
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| Feet, Elbows, and Neck | |
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| The Lens | |
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| Understanding Focal Length | |
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| Types of Lenses | |
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| Lens Controls | |
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| Lens Care | |
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| Sensor Cleaning | |
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| More Full Auto Practice | |
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| Work with Fixed Focal Length | |
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| Playing Back Images: Reviewing and Analyzing Images on Your Rebel XSi | |
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| Image Review | |
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| Image Playback | |
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| Navigating Images with the Main Dial | |
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| Playback Zoom | |
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| Exiting Playback | |
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| Viewing Image Thumbnails | |
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| Viewing Image Info | |
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| Image Rotation | |
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| Manual Image Rotation | |
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| Slideshows in the Field | |
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| Erasing Images | |
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| Deleting an Image During Image Review | |
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| Deleting an Image During Image Playback | |
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| Deleting All of the Images on the Card | |
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| Protecting Images | |
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| Image Transfer: Copying Images to Your Computer | |
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| Media Cards | |
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| One Big Card? Or Lots of Small Ones? | |
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| Card Management | |
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| Transferring from Your Camera | |
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| Installing the Canon Software | |
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| Transferring Images to a Windows Computer | |
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| Using Adobe Photoshop Elements for Windows | |
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| Using Adobe Photoshop | |
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| Transferring Images to a Macintosh Computer | |
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| Configuring Your Mac for Image Transfer | |
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| Transferring Images Using Canon ImageBrowser | |
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| Transferring Images Manually Using Windows or the Mac | |
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| Using the Camera to Select Images for Transfer | |
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| Organizing Your Images | |
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| After You've Transferred Your Images | |
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| Photography 101: The Fundamental Theory of Exposure | |
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| Over- and Underexposure | |
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| Exposure Mechanisms | |
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| ISO: The Third Exposure Parameter | |
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| Shutter Speed | |
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| Aperture | |
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| Why There Are Two Ways to Control Light | |
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| How Shutter Speed Choice Affects Your Image | |
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| How Aperture Choice Affects Your Image | |
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| Shutter Speed/Aperture Balance | |
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| Reciprocity | |
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| Fractional Stops | |
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| Thinking Again About Full Auto Mode | |
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| Summing Up | |
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| Program Mode: Taking Control and Understanding More about Exposure | |
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| Switching to Program Mode | |
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| Focusing Revisited | |
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| Understanding Focus Points | |
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| Focus Modes | |
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| Al Servo | |
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| Al Focus | |
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| What To Do When Autofocus Doesn't | |
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| Manual Focus | |
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| Getting Creative with Program Shift | |
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| Handheld Shooting and Shutter Speed | |
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| Image Stabilization | |
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| Changing ISO | |
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| Setting ISO | |
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| A Real-World ISO Change | |
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| White Balance | |
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| Custom White Balance | |
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| White Balance Shift | |
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| White Balance Bracketing | |
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| Drive Mode and the Self-timer | |
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| Using the Self-Timer | |
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| Choosing an Image Size and Format | |
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| Summing Up Program Mode | |
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| Some Things to Try | |
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| Advanced Exposure: Learning More about the XSi Light Meter and Exposure Controls | |
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| The Light Meter Revisited | |
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| Metering Modes | |
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| What Your Light Meter Actually Meters | |
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| Exposing So That Black Looks Black | |
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| Using Exposure Compensation to Over- or Underexpose | |
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| Exposure Compensation and Program Shift | |
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| Controlling Color Tone with Exposure Compensation | |
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| Using The Histogram | |
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| Recognizing Over- and Underexposure in the Histogram | |
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| Recognizing Contrast in the Histogram | |
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| The Three-Channel Histogram | |
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| Using Priority Modes to Control Exposure | |
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| Aperture Priority | |
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| Shutter Priority | |
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| Manual Mode | |
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| Exposure Bracketing | |
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| Auto Bracketing | |
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| Scene Modes Revisited | |
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| Picture Styles | |
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| Selecting a Picture Style | |
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| Adjusting Predefined Picture Styles | |
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| Creating a Better Exposure with Fill Flash | |
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| A Word About Dynamic Range | |
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| Finding and Composing a Photo: Exploring the Art of Photography | |
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| Learning to See Again | |
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| Seeing Exercises | |
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| How to Make a Photo | |
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| Recognizing a Potential Photo | |
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| Working Your Subject | |
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| Choosing a Camera Position and Focal Length | |
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| Composing Your Shot | |
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| Art and Craft | |
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| Practice | |
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| Specialty Shooting: Using Special Features for Shooting in Specific Conditions | |
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| Live View | |
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| Enabling Live View | |
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| Activating Live View | |
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| Focusing in Live View | |
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| What You Don't See in Live View | |
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| Shooting Panoramas | |
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| Choosing a Focal Length for Panoramas | |
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| Panoramic Exposure | |
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| Shooting Panoramic Frames | |
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| Stitching a Panorama | |
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| Low-Light Shooting | |
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| When to Use Flash in Low Light | |
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| Shooting in Low Light at High ISO | |
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| Low-Light Techniques | |
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| Shooting Sports or Stage Performances | |
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| Low-Light White Balance | |
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| Flash Shooting: Using a Flash and Other Tools for Better Control of the Lighting in Your Scene | |
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| Controlling Existing Light | |
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| Using the XSi's On-Camera Flash | |
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| Flash Exposure | |
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| Red-Eye Reduction | |
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| Using an External Flash | |
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| Bouncing a Flash | |
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| Raw Shooting: Using Raw Format to Gain More Control and Better Image Quality | |
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| What Is Raw? | |
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| Why Use Raw? | |
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| Changing White Balance | |
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| Highlight Recovery | |
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| More Editing Latitude | |
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| A True Digital Negative | |
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| Easy Batch Processing | |
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| Raw Hassles (the Disadvantages) | |
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| Shooting Raw with the Rebel XSi | |
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| Picture Styles, White Balance, and Raw | |
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| Processing Your Raw Files | |
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| Customizing the XSi: Configuring Custom Settings and Adding Lenses and Accesories | |
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| My Menu | |
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| Building My Menu | |
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| Organizing My Menu | |
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| Make My Menu the Default | |
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| Changing Screen Color | |
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| Custom Functions | |
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| Lenses | |
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| Choosing a Lens | |
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| Some Lens Suggestions | |
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| Evaluating a Lens | |