Setting Up Yourself and Your Digital Camera
- Set your brain — Camera instruction manual is your best friend!
- Set your hand — Feel the camera a physical part of you. Concentrate and feel
it.
- Set your shutter finger — Half-push for auto-focus and metering.
- Set your eye — Adjust the Diopter Dial slowly.
- Time and Date
- Author and Copyright
- Format your card before use
- File types and quality
- JPEG - already processed
- RAW - all information at the exposure
- Image Aspect Ratio
- 16:9 = widescreen TV
- 3:2 = 35mm film, 5”x7” print
- 4:3 = 3.5”x5” print
- 1:1 = square
- 4:5 = 8”x10” print
- MAPS = manual, aperture-first, program, shutter-speed-first
- AF vs MF
- Half-press to set focus and lock to the focus, then move your camera
- Sunny Day Rule - f.16, 1/ISO
- ISO choice is the first step for accurate light metering
- Light Metering options
- Center Weighted
- Spot
- Evaluative
- Partial
- White Balance = what color the sensor “expect” to see, the color of the light
source
- Single vs. Continuous shooting
- UHS = Ultra High Speed
- SDXC = SD Extra Capacity
- Bracketing = take three photos of different exposure at a time
- Continuous File Numbering
- Peter’s list for camera bag
- Does not look like a Camera bag
- Has more room than I think I will need
- Has a light colored interior
- Durability and Weather Resistance
- Accepts “accessories”
- Think Tank, Tenba, App House
- Clamps
- Plastic bag and rubber bands
- Camera instruction manual
- Extra batteries and extra tripped
- Pouch
- Tripod and tripod plate
- Mini tripod
- Foldable reflector
- Camera raincoat
- Polarizing filter
- Color checker
- Lens pen