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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