Canon 5D Mark III Experience
to confidently use the ones that turn your Canon 5D Mk III into an image capturing tool that works best for you and the photographic situations you work in.
1.1 Take Control of Your Camera
Since the camera is a tool to take the images you want to take, you obviously can’t always allow the camera to make decisions for you. You have to take control of the camera to ensure that you capture exactly the images you intend - by autofocusing precisely where you want, setting the aperture or shutter speed that you want, and obtaining the exposure you want. While the 5D Mk III is an intelligent camera, it cannot read your mind and your intentions and does not know that you wish to focus on and properly expose the small blossoms in the foreground, while making the background appear out of focus, and the branches to be caught still and not be blurred from the motion of the wind, on this bright, sunny day (see Figure 2). You have to tell the camera to do all of this, through the various controls and settings, such as the autofocus AF Mode and AF Area Selection Mode (focus on the blossoms), the Exposure Metering Mode (properly expose the blossoms), the Aperture setting (the
Figure 2 - Japanese Garden, Brooklyn, NY - Autofocus modes, exposure metering mode, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance all considered in creating this image. Shutter speed 1/125, aperture f/6.3, ISO 200.
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