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Contents
Chapter 1
My Camera
Getting started ............................................................................................ 28
Unpacking.................................................................................................................... 28
Camera layout .............................................................................................. 29
Using the DIRECT LINK button ................................................................................ 31
Using the command dial ........................................................................................... 32
Inserting the battery and memory card ................................................. 33
Removing the battery and memory card ........................................................... 33
Charging the battery and turning on your camera .............................. 34
Charging the battery................................................................................................ 34
Turning on your camera ......................................................................................... 34
Performing the initial setup ...................................................................... 35
Selecting a mode ......................................................................................... 36
Accessing a Mode screen ....................................................................................... 36
Mode description ...................................................................................................... 36
Rearranging icons ..................................................................................................... 37
Selecting functions (options) ................................................................... 38
Using m .............................................................................................................. 38
Using the Smart panel ............................................................................................. 39
Using the touch screen .............................................................................................. 40
Tips
Concepts in Photography
Shooting postures....................................................................................... 13
Holding the camera ..................................................................................................... 13
Standing photography ............................................................................................... 14
Crouching photography ............................................................................................ 14
Aperture ........................................................................................................ 15
Aperture value and the depth of eld .................................................................. 16
Shutter speed ............................................................................................... 17
ISO sensitivity .............................................................................................. 18
How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity
control exposure ......................................................................................... 19
Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective ................ 20
Depth of eld ............................................................................................... 21
What controls out-of-focus eects? ....................................................................... 21
Optical preview ............................................................................................................. 23
Composition ................................................................................................. 23
Rule of Thirds .................................................................................................................. 23
Photos with two subjects .......................................................................................... 24
Flash ............................................................................................................... 25
Flash guide number ..................................................................................................... 25
Bounce Photography .................................................................................................. 26