Using your Digital SLR Camera In Simple Steps

Louis Benjamin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2011
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-0-273-76110-5 (ISBN)

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This text walks the reader through all they need to know to use their digital SLR camera fully and effectively.

Contents for Using your Digital SLR Camera in Simple Steps

Top Ten Tips

Make your camera vanish

Taking advantage of your dSLR

Buy the best "glass" you can afford

A great value lens: 50mm f/1.8

Megapixels and myth

The benefit of full-frame sensors

Shoot in raw

Avoid auto white balance

Avoid auto ISO

"Photoshop" (editing) is not evil

1. Finding your way around the camera controls

·         Read the manual - strategically

·         Navigate menus

·         Exposure mode controls

·         Scene mode controls

·         Metering modes

·         What's in your viewfinder?

·         Using autofocus (AF) and focus lock

·         Using autofocus with Live View

·         Single shot and burst modes

·         Self-timer and intervalometer

·         Review images

2. Setting up your camera for shooting

·         Set image naming

·         Format your media card

·         Select image quality - raw versus JPEG

·         Choose a colour space

·         Select ISO sensitivity

·         Select a white balance setting

3. Taking control of exposure

·         The water model of exposure

·         Start thinking in stops

·         Using the auto-exposure modes

·         Take advantage of the aperture setting

·         Take advantage of shutter speed

·         High-key, mid-key, and low-key

·         Use exposure compensation

·         Bracket exposures

·         Reading the Histogram

·         Using manual exposure

4. Working with light

·         Types of light: colour temperature and white balance

·         Types of daylight

·         Types of indoor light

·         Work with bright light

·         The direction of light and backlighting

·         Lens flare and halation

·         Soft light and window light

·         Work with dim light

5. Selecting and Using Lenses

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.12.2011
Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	188 x 233 mm
Gewicht	434 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Fotografieren / Filmen
	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware
ISBN-10	0-273-76110-2 / 0273761102
ISBN-13	978-0-273-76110-5 / 9780273761105
Zustand	Neuware