Using your Digital SLR Camera In Simple Steps

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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