One more camera setting that you need to know how to use it. Now we will talk about Picture Style. Just like White Balance (WB), Picture style also have many options to choose which is related with the sharpness, lighting, color and tones.

In the Entry-level Canon Camera, Picture Style have 7 options which is already determined by camera, and 3 options that we can set suitable with our creation. So totally there are 10 options in picture style.

The 7 options which is determined by Canon camera :

1. Auto (A) is Auto picture style 
2. Standard (S) is standard picture style 
3. Portrait (P) to Shoot people or human 
4. Landscape (L) to shoot landscape
5. Neutral (N) for neutral condition
6. Faithful (F) is high picture style 
7. Monochrome (M) for black and white , sepia

Beside 7 picture styles above, there are 3 picture styles that you can set by yourself and you can save it as your original picture style setting. But it doesn't mean that we can't modify 7 picture styles above. But as you know that built-in setting in camera is more good.

Picture Style Settings

1.  Sharpness, to set the sharpness which is the picture details. 
2. Contrast, to set contrast which is the light intensity in bright and dark condition.
3. Saturation, to set picture colors
4. Color Tone, to set the picture tone ( high is yellow, low is red)

4 settings above have different value depending on each picture style and you can change the value by yourself suitable with what you want.

How to change and choose  the picture style 




The picture above is the symbol of picture style menu. So, you can just looking for the button in your camera then just choose the picture style that what you want.

How to change the detail of picture style setting 

1. Please choose the picture style first that what you want to set. Look at the first picture
2. Press the button "INFO" to change the picture style detail
3. You will find Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation, and Color tones. Press "SET" button to change the setting value from each setting. look at the second picture above. 
4. Press the "MENU" button to go back the previous menu. 

The number of picture style could be different on each DSLR Canon. Likewise with the number of empty picture style is not always 3.