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3. Highlight your desired color space and
press the OK button once again (B).
4. Press the i button to return to the
regular information screen.
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There will be no future indication of which
space you have selected, so it’s impor-
tant to set this early and make changes
if your output intentions change. I typically use the Adobe RGB space when shoot-
ing because I like to print a lot of my images. If I decide to use them online, I use
my image software application to change them to the sRGB color space. It is always
better to go from a larger color space to a smaller one.
8. KNOW HOW TO OVERRIDE AUTO FOCUS
As good as the Nikon autofocus system is, there are times when it just isn’t doing the
job for you. Many times this has to do with how you would like to compose a scene
and where the actual point of focus should be. This can be especially true when you
are using the camera on a tripod, where you can’t pre-focus and then recompose
before shooting (as discussed earlier). To take care of this problem, you will need
to manually focus the lens. I am only going to cover the kit lens that came with my
D5000 (the 18–55mm VR), so if you have purchased a different lens be sure to check
the accompanying instruction manual for the lens.
On the 18–55mm kit lens, you simply need to slide the switch located at the base of
the lens (located on the lens barrel near the body of the camera) from the A setting
to the M setting (Figure 1.4). You can now turn the focus ring at the end of the lens
to set your focus. Now that you’re in manual focus mode, the camera will not give
you an audible chirp when you have correctly focused.
We’ll cover more manual focus situations in greater detail in future chapters.
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