Book description
A full-color beginner guide to the basics of the Nikon D600
The Nikon D600 is a professional-level full-frame sensor that is sure to attract an audience of DSLR newcomers and pros. This friendly-and-thorough full-color guide shows you how to get a firm grasp on this powerful camera and helps you to ultimately get better photos.
Helps you shoot in Auto mode and manage playback options, and walks you through basic troubleshooting
Teaches you to take creative control by adjusting manual settings to get better results from exposure, lighting, focus, and color, then apply those settings to a photo session
Offers invaluable advice on video mode along with the new autofocus features
Details sending images to a computer for organizing, editing, and sharing
Nikon D600 For Dummies takes aim at a fun-but-understandable way to help you better understand this amazing camera.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Author's Acknowledgments
- Publisher Acknowledgments
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps
- Part II: Working with Picture Files
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Part III: Taking Creative Control
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7: Getting Creative with Exposure and Lighting
- Introducing the Exposure Trio: Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO
- Exploring the Advanced Exposure Modes
- Reading (And Adjusting) the Meter
- Setting Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO
- Choosing an Exposure Metering Mode
- Sorting through Your Camera's Exposure-Correction Tools
- Working with Flash
- Bracketing Exposures
- 8: Manipulating Focus and Color
- 9: Putting It All Together
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7: Getting Creative with Exposure and Lighting
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Part IV: The Part of Tens
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10: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera
- Creating Custom Exposure Modes (u1 and u2)
- Creating Your Own Menu
- Adding Image Comments
- Embedding a Copyright Notice
- Choosing Your Own File and Folder Names
- Changing the Purpose of the OK Button
- Changing the Behavior of the Command Dials
- Customizing the Fn, Depth-of-Field Preview, and AE-L/AF-L Buttons
- Modifying the Role of the Shutter Button
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11: Ten Features to Explore on a Rainy Day
- Applying the Retouch Menu Filters
- Removing Red-Eye
- Solving Exposure and Color Problems
- Straightening Tilting Horizon Lines
- Correcting Perspective
- Removing (Or Creating) Lens Distortion
- Cropping Your Photo
- Playing with Special Effects
- Exploring Time-Lapse Photography
- Two Roads to a Multi-Image Exposure
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10: Ten More Ways to Customize Your Camera
- Index
Product information
- Title: Nikon D600 For Dummies
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2013
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781118530795
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