Olympus PEN E-PL1 for dummies / by Julie Adair King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Julie Adair.

Series:

--For dummies.

For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Olympus camera.

Photography--Digital techniques--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Photography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A friendly guide to the Olympus E-PL1, the latest trend in digital cameras Hybrids offer the flexibility of interchangeable lenses and a large sensor in a smaller body. The Olympus E-PL1 lightens your load without sacrificing shooting power and this fun and friendly guide helps you better understand your camera's controls, features, and potential. Veteran author Julie Adair King presents you with examples on how to use your camera's main functions in order to create effective and memorable digital photos.Explains how to work with lenses and shoot in auto modeCovers the on-

Contents:

Olympus® PEN E-PL1 For Dummies®; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; A Quick Look at What's Ahead; Icons and Other Stuff to Note; Practice, Be Patient, and Have Fun!; Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps; Chapter 1: Getting the Lay of the Land; Taking a Quick Tour; Working with Lenses; Working with Memory Cards; Ordering from Camera Menus; Monitor Matters: Customizing the Shooting Display; Monitoring and Adjusting Photography Settings; Reviewing Basic Setup Options; Chapter 2: Choosing Basic Picture Settings; Reviewing the Most Critical Options

Setting the Shutter-Release ModeChanging Picture Proportions ( Image Aspect Ratio); Stabilizing Your Shots; Using Face Detection; Choosing the Right Quality Settings; Chapter 3: Easy Breezy: Shooting in iAuto, Scene, and Movie Modes; Going Fully Automatic with iAuto Mode; Taking Pictures in SCN (Scene) Mode; Becoming a Movie Mogul; Part II: Working with Picture Files; Chapter 4: Playback Mode: Viewing, Protecting, and Erasing Pictures (And Movies); Customizing Playback Timing; Viewing Images in Playback Mode; Viewing Picture Data; Protecting Photos; Deleting Photos; Playing Movies

Creating an In-Camera Slide ShowViewing Your Photos on a Television; Chapter 5: Downloading, Printing, and Sharing Your Photos; Choosing the Right Photo Software; Sending Pictures to the Computer; Processing Raw (ORF) Files; Planning for Perfect Prints; Preparing Pictures for E-Mail and Online Sharing; Part III: Taking Creative Control; Chapter 6: Getting Creative with Exposure and Lighting; Kicking Your Camera into High Gear; Introducing the Exposure Trio: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO; Reading the Meter and Other Exposure Data; Choosing an Exposure Metering Mode

Setting ISO, f-stop, and Shutter SpeedUsing Flash in P, A, S, and M Modes; Bracketing Exposure, ISO, and Flash; Chapter 7: Manipulating Focus and Color; Understanding Focusing Basics; Manipulating Depth of Field; Controlling Color; Choosing a Color Space: sRGB versus Adobe RGB; Taking a Quick Look at Picture Modes; Chapter 8: Putting It All Together; Recapping Basic Picture Settings; Shooting Great Portraits; Coping with Special Situations; Part IV: The Part of Tens; Chapter 9: Ten Cool Creative (And Practical) Features; Altering Your Photos through the JPEG Edit Menu; Removing Red-Eye

Giving a Face the "Vaseline Lens" TreatmentTweaking Color Saturation; Bringing a Subject Out of the Shadows; Cropping to a New Composition; Creating Monochrome and Sepia Tone Copies; Exploring the Art Filters; Creating a Multiple-Exposure Image; Adding a Voice Annotation to an Image; Chapter 10: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera; Assign New Tasks to the Fn and Movie Buttons; Adjust Focus and Exposure Locking; Use Custom Resets to Store Picture Settings; Create Your Own Shooting Mode; Create Personalized Filenames; Speed Up the Image Delete Process; Specify a Default Print Resolution

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-470-92070-X

0-470-92068-8

OCLC:

651601942