Digital SLR photography all-in-one for dummies
The bestselling guide to DSLR photography - now updated for the latest technology and tools! This new edition gets you up to ""shutter speed"" on the latest camera technologies, including the new consumer-targeted full-frame models and pro-features that are now incorporated in co...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey
John Wiley & Sons
2013
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | --For dummies
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Looking at the TopReviewing from the Bottom Up; Simply Sides; Looking at Lenses; Chapter 3: Menus and Settings Extravaganzapalooza; Ordering from the Menu; Setting Up Common Features; Making Miscellaneous Choices: Flash, Retouch, and Their Ilk; Chapter 4: Handling and Cleaning Your Camera and Gear; Gripping and Shooting; Changing Batteries; Inserting and Removing Memory Cards; Working with Lenses; Cleaning Up Your Act; Gearing up for Protection; I Can't Work Under These Conditions! Adverse Weather; Chapter 5: Say Cheese: Taking Pictures with Your dSLR; Planning Ahead; Setting Up
- At a GlanceChapter 1: Working with Apertures; You Have a Hole in Your Lens!; Setting the Aperture; Digging into Depth of Field; Designing with Depth of Field; Chapter 2: Go, Shutter Speed, Go!; Don't Shudder at the Shutter; Reading the Speed; Shutter Speed and Exposure; Saying a Tongue Twister: Setting Shutter Speed; Enabling Long Exposure Noise Reduction; Combating Blur; Shutter Speed Gallery; Chapter 3: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Choosing an ISO; Turning Up the Volume on ISO; Setting and Managing ISO; Knowing When to Hold 'Em: ISO Strategy; Looking for Noise; Chapter 4: Fabulous Filters
- Choosing a Shooting ModeFine-Tuning Your Camera; Snapping Pictures; Book II: Going Through the Looking Glass; Contents at a Glance; Chapter 1: Focusing on Versatility; Zooming In on Lenses; Branching Out to Different Lenses; Taking Wide-Angle Shots; Using Normal Focal Lengths; Zooming In; Capturing Close-ups; Chapter 2: Casting a Wide-Angle Net; Wide-Angle Whatzit; Wide-Angle Fever: Catch It!; Improving Your Wide-Angle Shots; Something Seems Fisheye; Chapter 3: Going to Extremes; Dancing with Macros; Letting Telephoto Ring Your Bell; Book III: Hey, Your Exposure's Showing
- About the Author; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Book I: Getting Started with Digital SLRs; Contents at a Glance; Chapter 1: What's So Special about Digital SLRs?; Introducing the Digital SLR; Categorizing Digital SLRs; Getting Shiny New Features: Recent Developments; Getting Picky about Specifications; Shopping for a dSLR; Accessorizing to Your Heart's Content; Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Digital SLR; Dissecting Digital SLRs; Taking the Full Frontal View; dSLR Got Back
- Weeding Through Filter InformationTaking Shape with Filter Systems; Tackling Trouble with Different Filters; Chapter 5: Strategizing Exposure; Revealing Exposure; Keeping an Eye on Exposure Settings; Lovely Rita, Meter Reading Maid; Taking a Look at Your Work; Unlocking the Secrets of the Histogram; Troubleshooting Exposure; Book IV: Lighting and Composition; Contents at a Glance; Chapter 1: Flash Fundamentals; Flashing Someone; Compensating for Your Tiny Flash; Going Fancy with Flash; Chapter 2: Using an External Flash and Accessories; Shedding Light on Flash Parts; Flashessorizing