Book description
Everything you need to know to take amazing photographs using your new DSLR
The Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to take fantastic photos with your new Nikon. In full color, this portable guide covers all of the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D5300, using step-by-step instructions and providing full-color images of each menu screen. Nikon users will love this comprehensive field guide—it's just the right size to fit into a camera bag, so you'll be able to take it wherever your photography adventures take you.
The guide goes beyond camera settings, offering you a refresher course in digital photography principles, and covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. This perfectly sized field guide features:
Compact size, allowing photographers to carry it wherever they go
Professional advice on everything from composing a variety of shots to choosing lenses
Colorful example images, along with detailed instructions on how to get the most from each of the camera's features
Filled with amazing examples, this handy guide offers a variety of tips and tricks. You'll learn how to capture portraits, take character-filled candid shots, frame sports action, document travel, work with macro photography, and much more!
Table of contents
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Exploring the Nikon D5300
- Chapter 2: Nikon D5300 Essentials
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Chapter 3: Setting up the Nikon D5300
- The Playback Menu
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The Shooting Menu
- Reset shooting menu
- Storage folder
- Image quality
- Image size
- NEF (RAW) recording
- White balance
- Set Picture Control
- Manage Picture Control
- Auto distortion control
- Color space
- Active D-Lighting
- High Dynamic Range
- Long exposure NR
- High ISO NR
- ISO sensitivity settings
- Release Mode
- Multiple exposure
- Interval timer shooting
- Movie settings
- The Custom Setting Menu
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The Setup Menu
- Format memory card
- Monitor brightness
- Info display format
- Auto info display
- Clean image sensor
- Lock mirror up for cleaning
- Image Dust Off ref photo
- Flicker reduction
- Time zone and date
- Language
- Auto image rotation
- Image comment
- Location data
- Video mode
- HDMI
- Remote control
- Wi-Fi
- Eye-Fi upload
- Conformity marking
- Firmware version
- The Retouch Menu
- Chapter 4: Selecting and Using Lenses with the Nikon D5300
- Chapter 5: Controlling Exposure
- Chapter 6: Working with Light
- Chapter 7: Working with the Live View and Video Modes
- Chapter 8: Real-World Applications
- Chapter 9: After Capture
- APPENDIX A: General Composition Tips
- APPENDIX B: Accessories
- Glossary
Product information
- Title: Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118867266
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