Contents

Tips

 

Concepts in Photography

 

Shooting postures.......................................................................

13

Holding the camera..........................................................................

13

Standing photography......................................................................

13

Crouching photography ...................................................................

14

Aperture .......................................................................................

14

Aperture value and the depth of field ................................................

15

Shutter speed ..............................................................................

16

ISO sensitivity..............................................................................

17

How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity

 

control exposure .........................................................................

18

Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective .......

19

Depth of field ...............................................................................

20

What controls out-of-focus effects? .................................................

20

DOF preview ....................................................................................

22

Composition ................................................................................

22

Rule of Thirds...................................................................................

22

Photos with two subjects .................................................................

23

Flash.............................................................................................

24

Flash guide number..........................................................................

24

Bounce Photography .......................................................................

25

Chapter 1

 

My Camera

 

Getting started ............................................................................

27

Unpacking.....................................................................................

27

Camera layout .............................................................................

28

Display icons ...............................................................................

31

In Shooting mode ..........................................................................

31

Capturing photos ............................................................................

31

Recording videos ............................................................................

32

About the level gauge......................................................................

32

In Playback mode..........................................................................

33

Viewing photos ...............................................................................

33

Playing videos .................................................................................

33

Lenses..........................................................................................

34

Lens layout....................................................................................

34

Locking or unlocking the lens ..........................................................

35

Lens markings...............................................................................

37

Accessories .................................................................................

38

External flash layout.......................................................................

38

Connecting the flash......................................................................

39

GPS module layout (optional).........................................................

41

Attaching the GPS module ............................................................

41

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