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Contents
Chapter 1
My Camera
Getting started ............................................................................ 25
Unpacking ..................................................................................... 25
Camera layout ............................................................................. 26
Display icons ............................................................................... 29
In Shooting mode .......................................................................... 29
Capturing photos ............................................................................ 29
Recording videos ............................................................................ 30
In Playback mode .......................................................................... 31
Viewing photos ............................................................................... 31
Playing videos ................................................................................. 31
Lenses .......................................................................................... 32
Lens layout .................................................................................... 32
Locking or unlocking the lens .......................................................... 33
Lens markings ............................................................................... 35
Accessories ................................................................................. 36
External flash layout ....................................................................... 36
Connecting the flash ...................................................................... 37
GPS module layout (optional) ......................................................... 39
Attaching the GPS module ............................................................ 39
Tips
Concepts in Photography
Shooting postures ....................................................................... 11
Holding the camera .......................................................................... 11
Standing photography ...................................................................... 11
Crouching photography ................................................................... 12
Aperture ....................................................................................... 12
Aperture value and the depth of field ................................................ 13
Shutter speed .............................................................................. 14
ISO sensitivity .............................................................................. 15
How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity
control exposure ......................................................................... 16
Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective ....... 17
Depth of field ............................................................................... 18
What controls out-of-focus effects? ................................................. 18
DOF preview .................................................................................... 20
Composition ................................................................................ 20
Rule of Thirds .................................................................................. 20
Photos with two subjects ................................................................. 21
Flash............................................................................................. 22
Flash guide number.......................................................................... 22
Bounce Photography ....................................................................... 23
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