Basic digital SLR camera overview for advanced photo and production photo classes

1. Shooting Digital

2. SOP-Standard Operating
Procedure
 Formating memory cards
 ISO
 WB-White balance

3. Format
Use the camera to format the memory card,
not your computer

4. ISO- Sensitivity of sensor/film
 This tells the camera how sensitive the sensor should
be to light. This setting allows you get decent
pictures under any lighting situations.

5. Higher ISO’s (800-1600)
 Set high for darkly lit scenes
 Higher ISO’s usually produce more noise,
which degrades the image quality.

6. Lower ISO’s (100-400)
 Set lower for brightly lit or outdoor scenes

7. WB-White balance
AWB-Auto white balance works for most situations.
Use the settings for specific lighting situations,
if your images start to look to too red, blue, or yellow.

9. D-SLR Shooting modes
 Tv- Shutter Priority  P- Program
 Av- Aperture Priority  M- Manual

10. Tv-Shutter Priority
 Set the shutter speed and the camera
automatically chooses the f-stop for proper
exposure.

11. What shutter speed was used here?

14. Image Stabilization
 Image stabilizers help you shoot at
slow shutter speeds, but you still
may need to stabilize yourself, use
a monopod, tripod, or lean against
something.

15. Av- Aperture Priority
 Set your f-stop and the camera sets the
shutter speed for proper exposure
 F-stop controls depth of field
 Pay attention to the shutter speed
too slow=blurry pictures

19. Program
o This is an automatic setting on a DSLR.
This means it will give you choices that
are all “good” exposures, but depth
of field and the ability to freeze your
action depends on what your choice
you make.

20. In program mode, be aware of your shutter speed/f-stop
combination. When you are shooting action, always choose the
combination with the shutter speed at 1/250 second or faster.
Otherwise, your action will blur like in this example.

21. Manual
 Use manual only if you know how to
read the light meter and you don’t
mind changing your settings for every
shot

22. In manual mode, you control the shutter speed/f-stop combination
based on what the light meter is tells you.

23. Manual is a challenging setting to use, but it might be the only
way to get a good exposure in difficult lighting situations.