Book Description
Today's DSLRs have manuals running to hundreds of pages, but they neglect one crucial fact: great photographers do not just simply know how to navigate menus, they also understand how their camera works and how to get the best possible pictures from it.
The DSLR Field Guide shares Michael Freeman's decades of professional photography experience with digital technology--from the anatomy of a DSLR, though to making the most of the camera's many settings so you can operate it with speed and accuracy, confident that you will be achieving the best possible result.
Michael Freeman is the author of the global bestseller, The Photographer's Eye. Now published in sixteen languages, The Photographer's Eye continues to speak to photographers everywhere. Reaching 100,000 copies in print in the US alone, and 300,000+ worldwide, it shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs.
Table of Contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
-
The Digital Environment
- DSLRs
- DSLR Controls
- The Digital Sensor
- Data Transfer
- The Imaging Processor
- Camera Menus
- Image Resolution
- File Formats
- Compression vs. Image Quality
- Measuring Exposure
- Controlling Dynamic Range
- Real World Dynamic Range
- Coping with Contrast
- Lenses
- Macro and Close-up Lenses
- Stitching Images
- Creating HDR Images
- The Zone System
- Applying the Zone System
- Common Lighting Scenarios
- Noise
- White Balance
- Managing Color
- Color Targets for Consistent Color
- Creating a Camera Profile
- Memory
- A Wireless Option
- Editing In-camera
- Powering the Camera
- Electricity Abroad
- Caring for your Camera
- On-camera Flash
- Off-camera Flash
- Continuous Lights
- Tripods
- Camera to Computer
- Traveling with Equipment
-
Image Editing
- The Digital Photography Workflow
- Computer Requirements
- Monitor Types
- Calibrating your Monitor
- Color
- Managing Color
- Regular Downloads
- Intermediate Storage
- Image Browsers
- Databases
- New Workflow Software
- Captions and Keywords
- Long-term Storage
- Basic Optimization
- Advanced Optimization
- Optimization Tips and Tricks
- Shooting Raw
- Working with Photoshop and Raw
- Advanced Raw Adjustment
- Tone with Histograms and Levels
- Tone Adjustments with Curves
- Shadows/Highlights Tool
- Sharpening
- Basic Sharpening
- Advanced Sharpening
- Increasing Image Size
- Resizing Software
- Digital Color Spaces
- Adjusting Colors
- Memory Colors
- Fixing Noise
- Fixing Lens Distortion
- Reference
- Glossary
- Index