Camera Body and Camera Lens. 18-55 zoom lens... Nikon 3100. Mode Dial to Auto: for general shooting conditions for generalizations
DSLR: Digital Single Lens Reflex; digital version of the old format DSLR. Can choose the lens and the lens is what you want to accomplish.
2 versions: view finder is what you get in the frame or your shot
Mirror reflects the scene into the view finder via the focus film. What is in and not in focus.
Be familiar with the features of the camera.
Basic things everyone should know:
- Sports Shots: Zoom in (choose 200-300 mm)
- Standard lens: Zoom lens 18mm(wide angle ) - 55 mm(short portrait/telephoto lens
There are 2 types of lenses:
- Zoom lenses:
- change the distance within a certain range without moving closer or further to the subject
- Prime lenses:
- Move closer or further away
- Brighter because of Aperature; allows more light in through the lens for darker conditions to be -able to shoot at lower ISOs;
- Quality of photo is better
- Can decrease depth of field
Macro Lens: Can Shoot Flowers
Focus Lens Manually or Automatically (has nothing to do with auto or manual exposure):
- Autofocus: shooting things that are too fast
- Manual: Preferable for Accuracy; if something cannot focus automatically because something is low light or subject placement within the scene.
Camera Body:
- Image quality:
- Highest quality for fine detail
- Size setting
- Largest Image size to get the most out of your images
- Raw(NEF): gives best photo possible because image is uncompressed as the JPEG is
- Memory Hog and Photoshop is best for this mode
- Best for total control over every pixel of your image(post production work)
- JPEG fine:
- Raw + JPEG fin:
- memory card will fill up quickly
- can slow down your rendered images
Features:
- S: Single and continuous frame shooting
- Single if you want to release one frame for the shutter release
- Continous for frames in rapid succession when holding down shutter release
- Excellent for sports or action photography
- Dedicate memory to the camera
- format to erase all photos
- card will become a recognizable space for all photos
Modes: Episode 27 on exposure mode; Know the mode dial well
- Auto Mode: shares a relationship of the photo entities
- Will automatically choose the highest ISO
- Aperature
- Shutter
- Aperature priority
- Noise: Excessive noise will give splotch and blurriness ( access Auto ISO)
- 1/16 of a second for minimum shutterspeed
- Max ISO of 400-800
- Best shoot to not worry about excessive noise or camera movement on camera ISO
Take the time to read the manual or on screen guide:
The more you know about the DSLR and the more you familiarize yourself about the Features the better of a photographer you'll be
*In very basic terms, ISO is the level of sensitivity of your camera to available light. The lower the ISOnumber, the less sensitive it is to the light, while a higher ISO number increases the sensitivity of your camera
