Quick info on camera modes. Most are standard on each camera.

1. Skills to turn good pictures into Great Photos!

2. Modes & Adjustments

3. Becoming Standardized.
Each Mfg. has algorithms to
calculate
focus, exposure, saturation, etc
in camera depending on setting.
- Slight differences in
color, saturation, noise, sharpn
ess, etc. but overall similar
results

4. Sets ISO, Aperture, and
Shutter speed
Activates Flash if
necessary
Also selects focal
points, white
balance, metering
mode, etc.
AUTO

5. Camera only calculates
the exposure.
User selects all other
features including ISO
(unless ISO=Auto)
Program

6. ISO already selected
(unless in Auto)
User Selects desired
Shutter Speed (1/125)
Camera adjusts with
corresponding aperture
to make a good
exposure.
*Blinking Aperture*
too much or too little
light for good exposure
Shutter Priority

7. Aperture Priority
ISO already selected
(unless in Auto)
User Selects desired
Aperture (f/8)
Camera adjusts with
corresponding Shutter
Speed to make a good
exposure.
*Blinking Shutter
Speed*
camera shake, too
little or too much light

8. Manual
ISO already selected
(unless in Auto)
User Selects BOTH
Shutter Speed (1/125)
and Aperture (f/4.5)
*Blinking Aperture or
Shutter Speed value*
too much or too little
light for good exposure

9. • User tells the camera
what focal points are
required
• Camera calculates
the best aperture to
match the shutter
speed
• Not available on all
cameras
• Primarily for Close
photography, patter
ns, and creative
uses.
Automatic Depth of Field

10. Portrait Pre-set
• Head and Shoulders
portrait
• not suited for full-
length portraits or
group shots
• Tells camera to default:
• Slow Film Speed
• Large Aperture
• result is very low
noise, & blurred
background.
• Cautions:
• small DOF leads to
blurred image.
• can trigger the on-board
flash.

11. Landscape Pre-set
• Used in settings
(landscape or not)
that need a large
depth of field
• Camera defaults to:
• smallest aperture.
• CAUTIONS:
• Small aperture means
slow shutter speed
• Some cameras also
adjust ISO

12. Close-up Pre-set
• Tells camera the
subject is very close
(fill frame)
• Chooses a shallow
depth of field to focus
on the subject.
• Useful to take a
photograph of an
image smaller than
your hand.
• CAUTIONS:
• Macro mode will NOT
give you super close up
images. Macro lens is
needed.
• Works best in bright
conditions
• May need a tripod
because DOF is narrow

13. Action Pre-set
• Designed to stop the
action/motion
• Tells camera to
default:
• Fastest Shutter Speed
available
• Fastest Film Speed
needed
• CAUTIONS:
• decreases the amount
of light
• Can result in very
noisy image

14. Night Pre-set
• Seeks slow shutter
speed to allow
enough light
• flash fires at some
point during exposure
• results is foreground &
background are
properly exposed.
• useful in taking low-
light images where
you do not want the
background to be
pure black.
• CAUTIONS:
• Setting varies per
camera
• Setting will often
require a tripod

15. NO Flash
• Necessary for places
that do not allow
flash photography
(e.g. museums)
• Useful for low-light
creative photos such
as
candlelight, campfir
e, fireworks, etc.

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