Take Control, Go Manual Part 1
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Don’t know what all the settings on your Digital SLR Camera do? This guide is designed to help you understand these settings, allowing you to take control of your camera. It is a short book by design; who needs to read a 400-page book to learn how to master camera settings? This easy to understand guide uses a mixture of descriptive text, images and diagrams.
Peter Edwards
Peter holds a Diploma in Professional Photography from the Photography Institute and has been a photographer for over 50 years. Now retired from a business career, he indulges his passion for photography by travelling to all parts of the world taking photographs to expand his portfolio and provides professional architectural photography services. He sells his images on ImageBrief and RedBubble. As well as writing photography books, he writes travel books. He welcomes feedback and questions. He can be contacted at petersedwards@bigpond.com.
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Take Control, Go Manual Part 1 - Peter Edwards
Take Control, Go Manual Part 1
A Guide to Understanding and Using the Manual Settings on your Digital SLR Camera
Peter S. Edwards
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2013 Peter S. Edwards
Coming other titles by Peter S. Edwards
Take Control, Go Manual Part 2
Composition and Shooting Techniques using your Digital SLR Camera
at Smashwords.com
Peter Edwards’s Image Gallery can be found at:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
MEASURING YOUR PROGRESS
ASSIGNMENT 1
TIPS ON HOW TO HOLD YOUR CAMERA
THE SMALL FORMAT SLR
SETTING THE DIOPTER
AUTOMATIC VS PRE_PROGRAMMED MODES VS MANUAL
PRE_PROGRAMMED MODES
FULL MANUAL
ISO
STOPS
BULB SETTING
F/STOPS
METERING MODES
AUTO-FOCUS
MANUAL FOCUS
WHITE BALANCE
ADJUSTING WHITE BALANCE
PRESET WHITE BALANCE SETTINGS
CUSTOM WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENTS
ASSIGNMENT 2
DYNAMIC RANGE
HUE, SATURATION AND BRIGHTNESS
APERTURE & SHUTTERSPEED RELATIONSHIP
DEPTH OF FIELD
DEPTH OF FIELD PREVIEW BUTTON
HYPERFOCAL DISTANCE
ASSIGNMENT 3
SO WHAT SETTINGS SHOULD I USE?
THE HISTOGRAM
BRACKETING
ASSIGNMENT 4
SHARPNESS
RAW VERSUS JPEG
CARING FOR AND CLEANING YOUR CAMERA
WHAT IS COMING UP IN PART 2
FEEDBACK
QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION
So you have bought your first Digital SLR Camera! Perhaps you have had one for a while but you are stuck using it on Automatic and are not sure what all these other settings are or what they do. Maybe you have lost interest because it is all too hard to understand and you are not getting the results that you expected from your flashy and expensive investment.
As each model is released we see more and more functionality and greater megapixels. However if you don’t understand the basic settings, no amount of functionality is going to improve your images.
This guide is designed to help you understand the basic settings and allow you to take control of your camera. It is not a manual for your camera. The manual will explain how to change a setting and possibly give you some rudimentary help in choosing settings but I have yet to see one that explains in simple terms how the settings will help you to improve your skills.
Photography requires two main skills. Firstly the ability to take technically great pictures but that is not enough. The second skill requires creative ability and Part 2 of this guide is designed for to give you some techniques and tips to help you understand how to use your