Experience
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In this session i will introduce some of the basic ground rules.
Before that I surely know that most of the readers think I’m
fake.. Here are some of my basic shots using a basic d-bridge cam & point and shoot camera .. Continue reading if u think I am worth
your time.
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| a common flower , focused at the tip of the flower |
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| water splashing from a glass ,if you notice it carefully it looks like a lady in the Oscar award(doesn't require a professional camera,all it takes is patience) |
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| when you play with white balance , you don't need picasa or adobe to edit it |
And still lot more .... while share the knowledge of the shots in the later part of the post , Have patience
Basically there are 3 types of camera
Aim or point and shoot cam (basic, everything is auto in it, don't have more options)
D-bridge (simple language – learner’s camera,you can adjust aperture,shutter speed except manual focus )
SLR and D-SLR (higher end camera , every little thing is manual ) .. Which one is yours ..??
No matter which camera you have or use ,To use your camera to the limits, you have to know how to use the
features of it completely … that’s all the ground rules. Learn your camera and
its features completely then worry about the further complication.
NOTE: Before you
start changing any settings, note the old settings ,
In Menu > settings
> search for a option having the same meaning as default settings or reset .
if something goes wrong and you don’t know how to fix it , then just reset it .
Here I will explain in brief , some of the basic common features in
most of the camera and there uses …(later part of the posts i will share about each topic in deep, this is just to get you an "idea" ) .
Self-timer
– used to take shots by itself after a pre-set time , in higher end
camera’s(slr and d’slr) its activated by a cable switch method .
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Image
size or resolution – it gives the
dimension of the pictures , higher the size =higher the clarity.
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Optical
zoom and and digital zoom (magnification) – optical zoom is achieved by
lens ,it gives a crisper shot , digital zoom is just the software magnification
, losses clarity and causes blur .
suggestion is never use Digital zoom..
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Megapixel
usage – in most of the basic point and shoot type , you can select the MP
of your pic , ranges from 16.1MP to 5.1MP
, higher end 22 to 60MP , stick
on to the highest value available for your camera .
Here comes the next level features , I
don’t have to give there definition because you can get it on any site , what
makes me different than others ...
ISO – in simple words , it’s the amount of sensitivity of your picture , you can use high iso at dark conditions or night times , be careful increasing too much of ISO increases graininess of the picture(grains visible to eyes when shots are cropped)
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| every camera differs in sensitivity and amount of noise(graininess) . the comparison above is done by using a higher end camera (D-slr) so Noise level are low . |
these are the noise level of basic camera
ISO 6400 ( highest noise level , but in pitch dark its worth using )
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 400 ( moderate level of noise and composure )
ISO 64 (least sensitive to light )
( all the image are maintained at the same shutter speed and aperture )
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Sharpness
– amount of sharpness of the shot , high=
crisp , standard or low = hazy (depends on light and atmosphere)
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EV
(important ) – increases/decreases
the amount of brightness in the shot ,it’s a software based , not
hardware . so u can edit it manually later , but its important . it ranges from
-2EV to 2EV. discuss this special topic in further posts
Just have a idea on this topic , with time
you will understand
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Shutter
speed – controlling the shutter of
the camera , to increase or decrease the amount of light . Most useful tool in
photography , basically starts from 1/2000th sec to minute’s.
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Aperture -
it’s the pupil of the camera ,
controls the amount of light entering the camera ,ranges from f3.4 to f22.0 ,
differs by camera ..
NOTE
: aperture value is inversely related to amount of light entering , in simple
words
Higher the value of aperture = lesser the
light will be allowed to enter = pupil of camera shrinks.
This is all you need in the beginning to
learn things by yourself . (will introduce White balance later) .
Go on , keep a same frame and experiment with features , you will get to know their differences ,
you so got to experiment with all the features
and know their differences … because knowing your camera is too important to learn .
Till then HAPPY EXPERIMENTING (
Suggestion or doubts in comment box , would love to clarify things )
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