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Contents
Chapter 1
My Camera
Getting started ............................................................................ 29
Unpacking ..................................................................................... 29
Camera layout ............................................................................. 30
Display icons ............................................................................... 33
In Shooting mode .......................................................................... 33
Capturing photos ............................................................................ 33
Recording videos ............................................................................ 34
About the level gauge...................................................................... 34
In Playback mode .......................................................................... 35
Viewing photos ............................................................................... 35
Playing videos ................................................................................. 35
Lenses .......................................................................................... 36
Lens layout .................................................................................... 36
Locking or unlocking the lens .......................................................... 37
Lens markings ............................................................................... 39
Accessories ................................................................................. 40
External flash layout ....................................................................... 40
Connecting the flash ...................................................................... 41
GPS module layout (optional) ......................................................... 42
Attaching the GPS module ............................................................ 42
Tips
Concepts in Photography
Shooting postures ....................................................................... 13
Holding the camera .......................................................................... 13
Standing photography ...................................................................... 13
Crouching photography ................................................................... 14
Using the display .............................................................................. 14
Low-angle shot ................................................................................ 15
High-angle shot ................................................................................ 15
Aperture ....................................................................................... 16
Aperture value and the depth of field ................................................ 17
Shutter speed .............................................................................. 18
ISO sensitivity .............................................................................. 19
How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO
sensitivity control exposure ........................................................ 20
Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective ....... 21
Depth of field ............................................................................... 22
What controls out-of-focus effects? ................................................. 22
DOF preview .................................................................................... 24
Composition ................................................................................ 24
Rule of Thirds ................................................................................... 24
Photos with two subjects ................................................................. 25
Flash............................................................................................. 26
Flash guide number.......................................................................... 26
Bounce Photography ....................................................................... 27
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