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Contents
Chapter 1
My Camera
Getting started
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Unpacking
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Camera layout
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Using the MOBILE button
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Using the display
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Using the Self shot mode
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Inserting the battery and memory card
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Removing the battery and memory card
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Using the memory card adapter
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Charging the battery and turning on your camera
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Charging the battery
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Turning on your camera
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Performing the initial setup
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Selecting functions (options)
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Using
m
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E.g. Selecting the photo size in
P
mode
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Using the Smart panel
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E.g. Adjust the exposure value in
P
mode
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Using iFn
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Display icons
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In Shooting mode
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Capturing photos
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Recording videos
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About the level gauge
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Tips
Concepts in Photography
Shooting postures
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Holding the camera
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Standing photography
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Crouching photography
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Aperture
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Aperture value and the depth of field
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Shutter speed
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ISO sensitivity
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How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity
control exposure
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Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective
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Depth of field
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What controls out-of-focus effects?
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DOF preview
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Composition
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Rule of Thirds
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Photos with two subjects
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Flash
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Flash guide number
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Bounce Photography
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