Samsung NX300M - Chapter 1 My Camera

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Contents
Chapter 1
My Camera
Getting started ............................................................................................ 30
Unpacking.................................................................................................................... 30
Camera layout .............................................................................................. 31
Using the DIRECT LINK button ................................................................................ 33
Inserting the battery and memory card ................................................. 34
Removing the battery and memory card ........................................................... 34
Using the memory card adapter ............................................................................. 34
Charging the battery and turning on your camera .............................. 35
Charging the battery................................................................................................ 35
Turning on your camera ......................................................................................... 35
Performing the initial setup ...................................................................... 36
Selecting functions (options) ................................................................... 37
Selecting with buttons ............................................................................................ 37
Selecting by touch .................................................................................................... 37
Using m .............................................................................................................. 38
E.g. Selecting the photo size in P mode ............................................................. 38
Using the Smart panel ............................................................................................. 39
E.g. Adjust the exposure value in P mode ......................................................... 39
Tips
Concepts in Photography
Shooting postures....................................................................................... 13
Holding the camera ..................................................................................................... 13
Standing photography ............................................................................................... 14
Crouching photography ............................................................................................ 14
Using the display .......................................................................................................... 15
Low-angle shot .............................................................................................................. 16
High-angle shot ............................................................................................................. 16
Aperture ........................................................................................................ 17
Aperture value and the depth of eld .................................................................. 18
Shutter speed ............................................................................................... 19
ISO sensitivity .............................................................................................. 20
How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity
control exposure ......................................................................................... 21
Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective ................ 22
Depth of eld ............................................................................................... 23
What controls out-of-focus eects? ....................................................................... 23
Optical preview ............................................................................................................. 25
Composition ................................................................................................. 25
Rule of Thirds .................................................................................................................. 25
Photos with two subjects .......................................................................................... 26
Flash ............................................................................................................... 27
Flash guide number ..................................................................................................... 27
Bounce Photography .................................................................................................. 28