Using your Digital SLR Camera In Simple Steps

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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