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Digital SLR Photography All-in-One For Dummies pdf Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com
Copyright © 2011 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http:// www.wiley.com/go/permissions. 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Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937165 ISBN: 978-0-470-76878-5 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents at a Glance Introduction ................................................................ 1 Book I: Learning about Digital SLRs ............................. 7 Chapter 1: What's So Special about Digital SLRs? .........................................................9 Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Digital SLR..............................................................................25 Chapter 3: Menus and Settings Extravaganzapalooza ................................................43 Chapter 4: Say Cheese: Taking Pictures with Your dSLR ...........................................57 Chapter 5: Handling and Cleaning Your Camera and Gear.........................................73 Book II: Through the Looking Glass ............................. 95 Chapter 1: Following the Prime Directive .....................................................................97 Chapter 2: Casting a Wide-Angle Net ...........................................................................109 Chapter 3: Focusing on Versatility ..............................................................................121 Chapter 4: Going to the Extremes ................................................................................135 Book III: Hey, Your Exposure's Showing ..................... 149 Chapter 1: Strategizing Exposure ................................................................................151 Chapter 2: Setting Aperture ..........................................................................................165 Chapter 3: Go, Shutter Speed, Go! ...............................................................................181 Chapter 4: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, Choosing an ISO ...................................................................199 Chapter 5: Fabulous Filters ...........................................................................................217 Book IV: Lighting Strikes ......................................... 233 Chapter 1: Flash Fundamentals ....................................................................................235 Chapter 2: Of Speedlights and Speedlites ...................................................................253 Chapter 3: The Lighting Gear Chapter ........................................................................273 Book V: Composing Great Shots ................................ 287 Chapter 1: Taming the Frame .......................................................................................289 Chapter 2: Deconstructing Design ...............................................................................309 Book VI: "Spiffifying" Photos in Software ................. 329 Chapter 1: Blue-Collar Photo Management ................................................................331 Chapter 2: Deep-Fried Camera Raw .............................................................................351 Chapter 3: Mad Photo-Editing Skills ............................................................................377 Chapter 4: Home, Home on the High Dynamic Range ...............................................405 Chapter 5: Panoramically Speaking .............................................................................431 Chapter 6: Chroma Chameleon ....................................................................................447 Book VII: Shooting Videos ........................................ 471 Chapter 1: Lights, Camera, Action! ..............................................................................473 Chapter 2: The Video Editing Bar and Grill ................................................................487 Book VIII: The dSLR Reference ................................. 511 Chapter 1: Clicking with Canon ....................................................................................513 Chapter 2: Naturally Nikon ...........................................................................................525 Chapter 3: Olympus Rocks ...........................................................................................533 Chapter 4: The Syntax of Pentax ..................................................................................541 Chapter 5: Sony-Sony, Bo-Bony ....................................................................................547 Chapter 6: Notable Non-dSLR Digital Cameras ..........................................................557 Book IX: Practical dSLR Tips .................................... 563 Chapter 1: Working with Light and Time ....................................................................565 Chapter 2: Embracing People .......................................................................................577 Chapter 3: Framing Landscapes and Nature ..............................................................587 Chapter 4: Capturing Everyday Life ............................................................................597 Chapter 5: Showing Off Vehicles ..................................................................................609 Chapter 6: Photographing Buildings and Cities .........................................................619 Chapter 7: Picturing Odds and Ends ...........................................................................631 Index ...................................................................... 641 Introduction A digital SLR is a fancy camera that has lots of buttons, knobs, and LCD monitors on it. 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German For Dummies 2nd Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2011 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http:// www.wiley.com/go/permissions. 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Pronunciation and Basic Expressions ............................................41 Chapter 4: Getting Numbers, Time, and Measurements Straight ..............................61 Chapter 5: Talking about Home and Family .................................................................73 Part II: German in Action ........................................... 81 Chapter 6: Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk ...................................................83 Chapter 7: Asking for Directions ..................................................................................101 Chapter 8: Guten Appetit! 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