Digital SLR photography all-in-one for dummies, 2nd edition / by Robert Correll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Correll, Robert.

Series:

--For dummies.

For dummies : a Wiley brand

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Digital techniques--Amateurs' manuals.

Photography.

Single-lens reflex cameras--Amateurs' manuals.

Single-lens reflex cameras.

Digital cameras--Amateurs' manuals.

Digital cameras.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (675 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The bestselling guide to DSLR photography - now updated for the latest technology and tools! This new edition gets you up to ""shutter speed"" on the latest camera technologies, including the new consumer-targeted full-frame models and pro-features that are now incorporated in consumer-focused units. Veteran author and professional photographer Robert Correll walks you through how a camera works, what lenses to use, how to set exposure, and how to capture the shots that define a portfolio. Fully updated to cover the latest generation of cameras and boasting more than 700 pages, t

Contents:

About the Author; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Book I: Getting Started with Digital SLRs; Contents at a Glance; Chapter 1: What's So Special about Digital SLRs?; Introducing the Digital SLR; Categorizing Digital SLRs; Getting Shiny New Features: Recent Developments; Getting Picky about Specifications; Shopping for a dSLR; Accessorizing to Your Heart's Content; Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Digital SLR; Dissecting Digital SLRs; Taking the Full Frontal View; dSLR Got Back

Looking at the TopReviewing from the Bottom Up; Simply Sides; Looking at Lenses; Chapter 3: Menus and Settings Extravaganzapalooza; Ordering from the Menu; Setting Up Common Features; Making Miscellaneous Choices: Flash, Retouch, and Their Ilk; Chapter 4: Handling and Cleaning Your Camera and Gear; Gripping and Shooting; Changing Batteries; Inserting and Removing Memory Cards; Working with Lenses; Cleaning Up Your Act; Gearing up for Protection; I Can't Work Under These Conditions! Adverse Weather; Chapter 5: Say Cheese: Taking Pictures with Your dSLR; Planning Ahead; Setting Up

Choosing a Shooting ModeFine-Tuning Your Camera; Snapping Pictures; Book II: Going Through the Looking Glass; Contents at a Glance; Chapter 1: Focusing on Versatility; Zooming In on Lenses; Branching Out to Different Lenses; Taking Wide-Angle Shots; Using Normal Focal Lengths; Zooming In; Capturing Close-ups; Chapter 2: Casting a Wide-Angle Net; Wide-Angle Whatzit; Wide-Angle Fever: Catch It!; Improving Your Wide-Angle Shots; Something Seems Fisheye; Chapter 3: Going to Extremes; Dancing with Macros; Letting Telephoto Ring Your Bell; Book III: Hey, Your Exposure's Showing

Contents at a GlanceChapter 1: Working with Apertures; You Have a Hole in Your Lens!; Setting the Aperture; Digging into Depth of Field; Designing with Depth of Field; Chapter 2: Go, Shutter Speed, Go!; Don't Shudder at the Shutter; Reading the Speed; Shutter Speed and Exposure; Saying a Tongue Twister: Setting Shutter Speed; Enabling Long Exposure Noise Reduction; Combating Blur; Shutter Speed Gallery; Chapter 3: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Choosing an ISO; Turning Up the Volume on ISO; Setting and Managing ISO; Knowing When to Hold 'Em: ISO Strategy; Looking for Noise; Chapter 4: Fabulous Filters

Weeding Through Filter InformationTaking Shape with Filter Systems; Tackling Trouble with Different Filters; Chapter 5: Strategizing Exposure; Revealing Exposure; Keeping an Eye on Exposure Settings; Lovely Rita, Meter Reading Maid; Taking a Look at Your Work; Unlocking the Secrets of the Histogram; Troubleshooting Exposure; Book IV: Lighting and Composition; Contents at a Glance; Chapter 1: Flash Fundamentals; Flashing Someone; Compensating for Your Tiny Flash; Going Fancy with Flash; Chapter 2: Using an External Flash and Accessories; Shedding Light on Flash Parts; Flashessorizing

Working the Flash

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-118-70070-8

OCLC:

849723160