Tonight I read the first chapter regarding the basic setup of my new camera.
I first experimented with turning off the Auto Focus on the lens and trying my hand at focusing on an object manually. This will be especially useful when shooting with a tripod.
Then I experimented with manually setting the ISO. ISO is the sensitivity level of the camera sensor to light. When the setting is very bright, or sunny, a lower ISO should be used. Indoor or cloudy scenes would require 400 or 800. And in low-lit or night scenes the ISO should be set between 1600-6400.
Next I practiced with manual selection of the focus point. I really like this setting as I can select the location I want to focus on and then recompose the photo.
Lastly I learned about setting the correct white balance. One would think that if it is on AUTO, that the correct level would be used in each and every picture. But that is not true. In the past couple of evenings I noticed that the pictures taken in our living room were dark and had a yellow/brown tinge to them.
After I read the section on white balance and figured out which setting was best indoors (Tungsten), I was amazed to see the difference.
Hooray for bright, rich colors.
In the following pictures I utilized many of the things that I learned in this chapter; White Balance, ISO, and Manual Selection of the Focus Point.
I first experimented with turning off the Auto Focus on the lens and trying my hand at focusing on an object manually. This will be especially useful when shooting with a tripod.
Then I experimented with manually setting the ISO. ISO is the sensitivity level of the camera sensor to light. When the setting is very bright, or sunny, a lower ISO should be used. Indoor or cloudy scenes would require 400 or 800. And in low-lit or night scenes the ISO should be set between 1600-6400.
Next I practiced with manual selection of the focus point. I really like this setting as I can select the location I want to focus on and then recompose the photo.
Lastly I learned about setting the correct white balance. One would think that if it is on AUTO, that the correct level would be used in each and every picture. But that is not true. In the past couple of evenings I noticed that the pictures taken in our living room were dark and had a yellow/brown tinge to them.
In the following pictures I utilized many of the things that I learned in this chapter; White Balance, ISO, and Manual Selection of the Focus Point.
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