Digital Cameras

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Digital Cameras

• Menu settings Controls
• Instructor David King

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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Digital Camera Types
• Just as there are multiple type of Film Cameras
  there are various types of digital cameras and
  digital capture devices.
• Point and Shoot Cameras
• SLR-Types
• DSLRs and Ragefinders
• Digital Imaging Backs
• Digital Scanning Backs

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Point and Shoot Cameras
• Usually are auto-everything but mayallow
  focusing.
• Small and Light, easy to carry
• Generally are range-finder types
• or may view strictly on the display monitor.
• Often have ZoomLenses
• Have smaller sizedimaging chips

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• SLR-Type Cameras
• Frequently have all thecontrols of an SLRexcept
  for inter-changeable lenses.
• Sometimes calledEVF or ZLR cameras.
• Imaging chips are larger than PS butsmaller
  than DSLR.
• Are capable of verygood images.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• DSLR Cameras
• Digital Single LensReflex.
• Use interchangeablelenses
• Can be used in automode, programs, orfully
  manual.
• Imaging chips are35mm sized or APSsized
• Capable of proquality images.
• 6-17 megapixelscurrently

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Digital Rangefinder Cameras
• Rangefinder Viewing
• Use interchangeablelenses
• Can be used in automode, programs, orfully
  manual.
• Imaging chips arecurrently APSsized
• Capable of proquality images.
• 8-10 megapixelscurrently

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Digital Imaging Backs
• Used with medium Large Format cameras
• Attach to back ofcamera and replacethe film
  back.
• Chips are larger than35mm (36mm x 36mmup to
  48mm x 48mm)
• 16 to 39 Megapixels

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Digital Scanning Backs
• Used with large format view cameras
• They replace the ground glass back or are slipped
  in like a film holder
• They are basically three-color scanners
• They create huge files and are the equivalent of
  am 80 to 150 megapixel chip
• They cannot be used for anything that is in
  motion

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Specialty Digital Cameras
• For example
• The Seitz Digital Panoramic Camera
• Has 160 Megapixels

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Digital Camera Menus Introduction
• In addition to the exposure and focus controls
  found on film cameras, digital cameras offer menu
  settings that allow you to customize the way they
  acquire and handle an image file.
• The actual layout of the menus and the labeling
  and sequencing of the functions vary from camera
  to camera. But there are a few that are very
  important to set correctly to maximize image
  quality.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Digital Camera Menus Introduction
• Some menu items are unique to a camera or model.
  But there are major menu items that are common to
  all DSLRs and some SLR-Type or upper end Point
  and Shoot models.
• Generally there are three menus (or three main
  sections of one menu)
• Set-Up
• Shooting (or Capture)
• Play Back (or Display)

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Set Up Menus
• The important items to note are
• Date
• Format (to Format the Memory Card)
• Using camera or computer
• Folders
• Sensor Cleaning

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus
• The number and type of selections and labeling of
  the shooting menu will vary a little from one
  brand and model to the next.
• We will look at the important ones for getting
  started capturing good quality image files.
• You will need to follow along with your manual to
  translate to fit your particular camera.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• ISO
• Exactly like the ISO for film, this adjusts the
  sensitivity of the sensor to light
• It uses the same scale as film. Higher numbers
  mean more sensitivity (which requires less light
  for exposure.
• Generally set your camera to the lowest number
  and adjust when light availability requires it.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Resolution/Quality/Size
• Most DSLRs allow you to save in at least two file
  formats and several resolutions.
• JPEG
• Basic (Most compression, smallest file)
• Normal (Medium compression)
• Fine (Least compression, larger file)
• TIFF (Uncompressed, largest file)
• RAW (Mostly unprocessed file)

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Resolution/Quality/Size
• Most DSLRs allow you to save in at least two file
  formats and several resolutions.
• Full Size (Full pixel dimension)
• 1 or 2 smaller sizes
• Some offer more than one Resolution or
  Compression ratio
• High or Low Quality (Resolution)
• Icons are sometimesused

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Contrast
• Contrast setting controls how the chip will
  record the range of tones in the scene.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Contrast
• Contrast setting controls how the chip will
  record the range of tones in the scene.
• You will need to experiment with your own camera
  to find the best setting. However
• Start out with a setting of -1 to create a file
  with the most data to edit

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Saturation
• Saturation setting controls how the chip will
  record the colors in the scene.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Saturation
• You will need to experiment with your own camera
  to find the best setting. However
• Start out with a setting of 0 (Zero) and then you
  can adjust to taste.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Sharpening
• Sharpening controls how the chip will record the
  edges and lines in the scene.

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Sharpening
• For most cameras start out with a setting of 0
  (Zero) or No Sharpening
• For Canon cameras start out with a setting of 1

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• White Balance
• White Balancing sets the Color Temp-erature for
  the sensor.
• Well have a class on color but for now the
  bottom line is

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• White Balance
• To be color balanced means the color
  temperature of the light source and of the medium
  (film or chip) are the same.
• Digital Cameras have several pre-defined white
  balanced settings
• Auto
• Daylight
• Tungsten
• Shade
• Flash
• Flourescent

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Metering
• Most DSLRs allow for various metering types
  including
• Overall / Averaging
• Matrix
• Center Weighted
• Spot
• Remember The meter thinks it is looking at
  Middle Gray!!!!

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Other Menu Settings
• Other Menu Settings May include
• Flash Setting
• Noise Reduction
• AE/AF Lock
• Self Timer
• Bracketing
• Exposure Compensation
• Custom Parameters / User Settings

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• Shooting Menus Settings
• Other Menu Settings
• Non DSLRs might also have
• Zoom Speed
• Focus Assist

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu
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Digital Cameras Menus and Controls

• QUESTIONS?

Instructor David King


dking_at_sdccd.edu