March 2008
Beginner
230 pages
7h 45m
English
Content preview from The Digital Photography Companion
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INDEX
LCD monitors—night scene photography
210
LCD monitors, 24
composing images, 25
guidelines, 43–45
conserving battery power, 19
fixed versus swivel viewfinders, 25–26
versus optical viewfinder lenses, 29
reviewing images, 25–26
Leica, DNG (Adobe) format, 56
lens flare, 96
lenses
compact digital cameras, 7
DSLR cameras, 5, 7–8, 11–12
versus compact digital cameras, 4
picture-taking lens, 30
tilt shift lenses, 106
zoom lenses, 33–35
recommendations, 34–35
Lexar Media’s Image Rescue, 143
lighter skin photo effect, 68
lighting. See also electronic flashes
degrees Kelvin color temperature (table), 194
exposure compensation (table), 187
flash mode settings (table), 188
white balance settings (table), 189
Lightroom. See Adobe Lightroom
lithium-ion batteries, 17–18
live histogram camera setting, 19
low sharpening photo effect, 68
M
M (manual) exposure mode, 54, 64, 176
fireworks, 115
situations/recommended flash modes
(table), 188
macro photography, 40, 43
macro mode jog dial button, 28
magic light, 94
megapixels, 10
compact digital cameras, 5
file formats, 56
versus image sensors, 22
megapixels-to-print-size (table), 191
memory cards, 26
to print size (table), 191
memory card readers, 18
memory cards, 26–27
Burst/continuous shooting mode, 40
Movie mode, 64–66
RAM buffers, 30
recovering erased data, 143–144
size in MB/GB and picture capacity
(table), 195
spares, 98
Memory Stick (MS), Sony, 26
menu buttons, 27
multifunctional jog dials, 28–29 ...
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