The Digital Photography Companion

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AUTOEXPOSURE

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When shooting landscapes, you’ll probably want deep depth of field, which produces a

sharp image from foreground to background. Choose an aperture value of 8, 11, or 16

for a deeper depth of field.

Autoexposure

See Programmed Autoexposure later in this chapter.

Burst/Continuous Shooting Mode

All but the most basic cameras have some sort of burst or continuous shooting mode.

e icon looks like layers of rectangles. Typically this mode is a menu option, but some

cameras display it as a button option that you can access at any time. Either way, it

allows you to shoot a series of pictures while holding the shutter button in the down

position. e number of pictures you can record in one burst is determined by the ca-

pacity of your camera’s internal electronics (either by the capacity of your RAM buffer

or by the size of your memory card—for those cameras that just pipe the images right

through).

Most people use this continuous shooting feature for recording sports events. It’s a

great choice for capturing a baseball player’s swing or a quarterback’s touchdown pass.

But Burst mode can also help you compensate for shutter lag—that diabolical delay

from the moment you press the shutter to when the picture is actually recorded. Some

compact digital cameras have shutter lags as long as one second, which is a lifetime in

action photography ...