Nikon D5100: From Snapshots to Great Shots
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1. might have Landscape mode ha been opt mized tor shooting ande image gure 37 Porto 200 on the picture contral with the RED ames o boot greens a bles rte image pure 1 Tis rase yp woul be outdoors FlouReas The camara siso viste lowest settings poble order to keep dial noise o minimum Tha once ere contol ver the camera The canbe hanged tuto fom AFA Mania Other changetbiefncons inde rage quay and AF es Note thatthe lad cannot be while in Landscape mode CHILD MODE The child mode 35 a blend ofthe Sports and shy faster shutter speed to stur ps aso been optimized to render vid eos ane noma emi ses with pictures of iren gue 3 10 SPORTS MODE ei tical sports made M ing gue 3 The mode baton tha of sports shotogranhy continuous large apertures and fs smitter speeds Pigure 2 12 o ande these recuie Dynamic the aperture to a very urge open ing and the to Auto these are FIGURES und settings that wil capture moving Spar me mta sereen ic we We wil take an indepth ook Mal of tese tete te Continuous shooting mode in Cpe 2000 5 6 ine decides that you ned a very high SO uch 1602. to single point ocn ro that you can that you are foci nt most camera hat separate focus points to choos trom They are in lamer pattern wi ten points around the of the one n the arte Ta start this you should select the focus point in te mie Once You Here become more familar wt the ptm you can perirent with the When sii you shouid so change the focus mode to AF S so that you can fos on your and then ecompos your shot wle holding that point o foc Your camera hat two diferent rones o cti modes ochos trom The located onthe Made il which amp separated into automati modes nd sire vit might be refered to athe profesional moder The automati modes which wrs dtd ete ett dont sow o mun temo hehe elder focu mode The professional modes defined y the letter ame M items alo for much more control the photographer gue 12 2 the Mode dial any of the automatic coles modes tent esto Pese the fois modesto ALA which means the camera wil automaticaly sect iter single sere soon or continuous ervo bed on whether he tony or moving the Mode asst one of the profesional then you have he option to set the focas mode to APS inglese you subject he camera ncaa by hy Uae the Mal ete high the Aare Made option and pre OK N lt selec the t
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4. Point the camera tour subject nd then rt the camera meter by presi the mutter baton halta Me ern mani bottom ares of a orby 7 Wil the metar achte your thumb to the Command dia ift changed ssl ao A APERTURE PRIORITY MODE e You wouldn t know it from its name but Aperture Priority mode is one of my personal te and beleve that wil ik become one ot yous m we Aperture Poy mode siso deemed soria tome mode sss forte other 29 you may ak thit one of favorite modes because the aperture ot your Jen depth of of long with compotion major fair how you dire ateo to is Important in your mag is the car of how much area in yo mage os want to lt a subject rom Me background sch at When shooting a pora you can a large aperture ta kae the on our eject and mak bath the anai crud ur you want to keep he entire sharply focused sch al a landscape cena ing mal aperture wili render he greaten amount of depth of fld poste WHEN TO USE APERTURE PRIORITY A MODE When shooting portraits or wie gue 47 When shooting mos landscape photography When shooting maco or closeup photography 49 Actur when amer value af your ae ptr y docs The tp anette d ppg tr at d ly et al gh ot 20m dey ef stu meseta deed ge and w
5. to the ud and when ham your compares W you are planning on aing the Continuous mode be Chapter 5 for capturing aetan you can gain boort in performance jurt by an SOHC with a class rating at least 4 6 The iger ds rating the taster tna write speed as higher recommended tor uideo tuy mare than ane card you have alan purchase memory ad comider rang reas Manual Callout dy ot onang by ing you abe Ns nay nape formataothatyou isk page ine een canteen on shooting Weh the costat Mini memory caret hat keeping a spare Jart makes good ene FORMATTING YOUR MEMORY CARD Mow thst you have your card et talk abot formatting for a mine When you pur any new SD car you can op ito your amera start shooting ara roy everything wil work should However what you fit rating your ard ers trat tis propery inn The card y werk inthe camera witout frst being formatted but chances of failure dwn the ros are much higher Dos generi aay format new cards or card that have been in dit o moisture humid 4 proper handing procedures sound iie eh but vita it comes to protecting your images every bit removing table of conem on a book and replacing with a Blank page by looking at the empty table of contents The camera wil sae the card as completely empty so you wont b
6. to keep The color election Sh Live View can be a e y acti cl fin ue he image bution a sc Cb co made 74 m to zoom in on your color forera ut went tale long o get the hang of Tmmareotafanofdeingistypeoteen Manual callout Va sofas on my put cara er tt pci clo orginal butina pinch for Cr ir cal se ann Savio works pretty wel Fari ned WHY YOU MAY NEVER WANT TO USE THE AUTO SCENE MODES AGAIN an so many soto camera modes would anyone ever want to we any thing da Wl the et hing that comes mind conr isthe number ma ran for using a dig SLR cies ably to Cot vey pet f your wp creative sees trat jt rent albi 1 the automate ane modes at ce hae ica reason that the dl pt into o diferent tere Lt look at what we are giving up when we work In the ene mode White balance Thre ino coke abl for white alae You are simply stuck withthe Auto seting a bad thing bt your camera dosnt sway et Right And inthe sene modes here at no way to change Bere ctl ofthe teint mod hare petal ted pitur cn ro Some of them use he contrat pee such as Landcape or Vi but ther 2 Metering Al of the auto scene modes the Matri metering mode to eral tb proper expone general not fad thing but H there are scenariet hat would benefit from a center or spot metering solution Qui cover in Ister chapten
7. Ste Ka pao les the wale cir br i regu hat hha oe ams a dab heme ata peu wae cum dls her cdita cle ld Katara sc ehe mon unge of ron lr gut np es an ilr ae am ad ge ne al rn mar sg cl per War tempera ply mer sc ugg 3000 dra o 5000 de wie Speer 500 degrees ta around 10000 de kolo fr gingen pert KELVIN TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES pes m p Ope 7000K part thang to men hr eh haere gt wil Mete or ag sg rm ot yl E outing ool va ac 7 SET YOUR COLOR SPACE The colorspace wth how your images wil tently be used badly a output then to the des of your ic your monitor printet You The fist choice AGE was develope by Packard and a way of defining for the Internet Ts space vas created to des with the way that computer monitors actualy display mages wing red green and be RGB ors Secure there are no black pa In your mentor the coler space a combination ofthese hee alors dpa allo he coler in your image in 199 Adobe Stans develope color space Abe RB which wat rr magenta yellow and ck co ding ing the primary preen an lue oar na more widely defined palette of colors or gamut han the space nd therfore can contain some color farther toward he more strated end ofthe spectrum than KG
8. many in fil com igure 120 AUTUMN COLORS nun area that has gront fl color ed you wart to give thi mode a voy igure 125 Tae ig adantage tottis FIGURE 3 26 car mode ie that it it optimized for themed Tec a mat Andi rey makes them pop so ure EFFECTS MODES e Beyond the sene settinga there is a collection o amera special ote spc nt d pit Rc tar tng cred ste sa ls radar out pro pot pp lor y a a fet al en pois cae he gh Van Calor a Ar is n cin ef que iral cam posi poo RAN mode Stadt d to amo tha camera oda rc ac pardo lt ca EEE reo eatery tbe nue ater Iai saps the cn hed about tham Ar one in nn ng ets 500 ge ayo etat totae the ehane of sig q photo Cb ch ode navy you Da ol ph gn on oro nt he aona an anat nd Sree geting ed tthe fered sig op ac du letter gan ee oma mh eating SILHOUETTE The Sihauete mode figure 328 dos hinge Ske aus the forthe brightest Dining festure ee Chapter 10 or more on Ace This ec se Active D Lighting isto beet espa in te you want tying to gt ging behind your jc FIGURE 3 24 HIGH KEY Maty photos re meant to have an overal tight amor lok tem gue 127 Ung the High Key seting realy thee bight objects in your mage Subject on ight bounds ean of vale ght FIGURE 327 n
9. tamed the shot the cow swooped down andthe moment passed pay to sls have the camera charged up and ready to go tip inn eed Meram tne epe P PROGRAM MODE Manual Callout eng most of the thinking for you So Mat armen dct br le y ae ag cad dera vay EA a in ron mea oc do med open Seen weber tent nod Mare LT aa cy cng tay Sono ong and nd dort hav tinet qid deca lal iy nr int coca hg inne cef ae Rien hot tn zi ang n a mamen an Mogan ont ou mode eas me dad WHEN USE PROGRAM P MODE INSTEAD OF THE AUTOMATIC SCENE MODES 2 Wan sing In cs errante que utente randa When you want to change shutter peed or the aperture to achieve s efe renat go back to our pienie scenario As si the ight moving trom desp shadow te ight ung tic mean tht the cameras ping blnce cur three photo aon S0 aperture and shutter speed to make expone From Chapter T vue know that Auta t nat a consideration 29 e have already turned hat stur you did turn it off dn you Wel in Program mode you can cost ber the better the quality of our photographs but the les ght sensitive the camera becomes a balancing aet with the main goal awaya being to keep the slow spese a we wil get camera shake in our Images from along hate spot and too high an we wil have unaceeptabie amount of
10. the abe Rhin Jo Thi i why you have the aby to change some options win the Sports mode andthe Reese mode ingle or continuous when sng Spore node you can change te fi rom AFA to Man This epi handy you know hen and where the action wili take place and want prefer the camera on a spot and walt far te right momento take the phota CLOSE UP MODE ou mort zoom ses dont grent op photos The key here is ous yout camera to subject tance to fi Ponte to your subject we sl being able To get a good sharp Toan your help get the best focu in the picture seu mode igre 3 9 wil the males aperture can whe keeping hte sped fast enough to get a sharp ot igre 336 t doen thi by rag the or turning en the bulk fih or change in thi made The fash vil be aet to Auto by default but you can change ato or depending on your neds The can be changed rm Mhe Auto wening to one of your own ding Thi probably oniy need to be done akut when tha A o 5 starts to move up to maintain spe heating tht can be changed are neg quilt dns moda oca moda AEA or Marca and AF ae SCENE MODES atthe pa but the D5100 takes things to whole new level with sane modes to css from plut he seven ect moder oer iater in tis cape he antkipated many of e ici shooting anv that you wl
11. ba LCD dp nt O spada te pg y qe dt up ate dum 2 ADJUST YOUR AUTO OFF TIMER SETTING Oft thing that ey bugged me when ft bean shooting with he 05100 vas the snart duration that the playback nd sees tye on wh wat king with the camera This can be very frustrating when you are trying to learn nthe sereen after taking a picture The toot function Short Normal Long how t works which ven mine fr landen 20 second or battery e choo you can une eee Custom setting many aj 1B fen fe 18 he OK tato A pres OX spain 0 09 Hai your choice is Your change 3 SET YOUR JPEG IMAGE QUALITY new D5100 as a number at nage quy setting to css from and you an djs them acordo to your need Most people hot with the PEG opio Tra problem that uns you understand wht JPEG you might be degrading the ot your image witout realizing it The JPEG forma has been around ince about 1984 JPEG stand for int Photographie ager Grup and the format was developed by this group ara method of viii retiring the original image information JEG at even a fe format obama equation for reducing image sizer 1 hinge jo to f format The problem PE in order han to throw away some of te norma Thi is refered important to understand because wh
12. higher 50 sei Welds is more etin lster chapters The D5100 can be purchased with the body oniy but many fs wl purchase Tt with Throughout the book Iwil occasionally make reference to lenses that are mider or photography This doer mean that you to run out end purchase leves hat you ng enough you are sure to cree sons Jene that wi expand your to be even more eave with your photography WHAT IS EXPOSURE In order tor you to get the mort out af this bok I nend to ity dics th erward in improving you photography Granted auld write an entire book on posure andthe photographie proce and many people have Du for our pur prs wil som of he Tn ie tc o make actes don 1n determining how best to photograph su agone the proces whereby the ight reecing of subject rc rough opening in the camera les for defined period of Une oto the camera serso combination of he lens opening ute ped and senor 8 sive a proper exposure val EV for he care The EV sum of hese com ponents necessary to propery expose a seene et between these Asch point of the Bes one of the factors of espa 150 Determines te sensitivity of the camera sensor stands for the Interna Organization fo Standardizston but the acronym sized ara term esca senti of tne comer eot ight Te higher th sry the ess ht required for a good exposure The
13. Genen lec wi attract smal particles to the enar area For 15 that there es opportunity for dit fal into orig oe camera Sensor option and pres OK N the Cen Now option und press the OK button B The camera wit 2 clot USING THE RIGHT FORMAT RAW VS JPEG mers i eo store the picture on the memory cr PEG i prota most ar formato anyone ho has been ing a tl carers touched nt tepic briefly in Chapter t 30 you rad have te background on what PEG and Fady ight ovt the camera Why po through the process of agus AAW image fe ki opening presents when you are just ang to email them to randona Alna for malas and sports photographer whe are shooting sas nd who rendo taran thnir re apaia fine So what ro with PEG Aly nothing uni you care es having cola contro rer f yaur dita as pas hats comprenon agere ink As mention in 1 IG not anna format compresion andar and compresion ur thing go bad When you hae your camera e To PEG ts Fine Norma or Basie you are ling the cames to proces he image based on the setos and then throw away enough image data o maka ink into a maler space In doing sa you ge up ute image detall Matyou never get back in poet prcesing Tats an auly simple sate ment but y act SO WHAT DOES RAW HAVE TO OFFER sand foremost RAW images not comprend There a
14. Nikon D5100 From Snapshots to Great Shots Nikon D5100 From Snapshots to Great Shots Rob Sylvan ston oston rm Sapte Shot ps prom petu pap anon con Sener Aur titor ana DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS hope a om pc on nl pg st d fd mc ako hr pig oy so sacras rl el ati y e y rs oa heare tati u Vom een et pes pt aa aa te La SF Fe a San Wn Sage e he Conn an ai ea wo ern eg ie hs ming a nd lange Mk pc an ra ei Vi far atp m ing uo ete am ma tam my rarat at as Azan tt ot a tome acc a oe Want care bn ct et forse os a Fat nt tark my ims fer barg lr hy and ur eo nor mn qum Karo stan berg ny ora E An oo rra Ena Gy dtr orbs apat o Peto ge ma aca cll Cate a apt tr Taris ae Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER t THE D5100 TOP TEN LIST Ten Testo Make Your Shooting More Productive ght Out of he 1 Charge eto 2 Au Yor Auto Tiner Set Set Your EG nage Quay 10 Hd Yo Camera er CHAPTER 2 FIRST TIOS FIRST A Few Tings to know and Do Before You egin oie te ight Meany Cr Your Mener Ca Updating te
15. th right hand You wil quicky nd that mos of the Important camera conto are tor your camera to rest This acomplia by placing the camara body nthe up tacing palm o your lett hand gue 17 Now can curt your fingers rund the lens barrel to uy zoom or manual focas the lens When comes to rotating the camer vertat portrait orientation photog apes favor rotating outer coc Figure V because i keeps ali the controls acceso to the hand lows vty in the left eye a keeps our off the LCD see That si ean fling you right tow Into the om psa of your ight enn can tendre eat tha cars too fat your hand under the camera and your right elbow git against your chest t ease vi in your left je make the control a mor awkward to each bt can be more stable In es re ger Frider acm ad reino 2 Mow that you know where to put your and Jet talk about do ith the ert ot your body per y using the underan gro our etw wi be ran omer t you body You souk concentrate on plis hen ct your body to ble your shooting poston You oui abo to maintain proper upright posture Leaning rar at the wat esa t fatigue your Back and You can realy rain a day of hooting with a sore back make wure you stand rec with your elbows in al place your left fot frant of your gh fot dio your adject i wide stanca By combining llf ese eet into Yur pho
16. 76 Lip the fa on yow O tt lso sol view la ng ath LCD dla Uang Lin Vich ton ge at a pour eye 1 e tnd ls naan wey of prevent Ga lc e e Pete ao v be cm Tae e Le ew Captar ud but wat an az Lv el Chapter 3 Assignments outs val have os ans tn cs ndo moda an aprendas dag ys ts og cl cal and put coco what ya the erde Aion pci at ah nos d he ur ng e ving var parara She magje pant malo mode po fc sd campo ng pee Checking out Portrait mode Ge your vete photo pus and tg Portit made Ty etn Ao an Porat modo he trigo pra ns eng iene the au cd el i tmt jose ing umn et abt a he youe ca ca ad ee vod nd cen ahy aril me pce an ande and inc Aa ana congu ng ch go e and due Now we yo are of top tte etd cot he pre Stopping the action with Spore mode ect yu nd au at min Tat cde ae ito or hm Your chat u open ae Tile your et ot Sra mal Souter ust pain and owing few ramas as md go had god aa a wth ath car wo fade
17. ite distortion and era moderate range of depth of Moet ange focal rg sre referred to as telephoto es They can range in lang Him up to or longer and have a of wiew tatis 35 or smaller Thee lenses have the yt res the alo ing you to capture details of distant objects but vne angle of vw great reduced gue 15 You wil fr that you can oie a much narrower depth of fid Thy eter om eating ale tan comprenon mic mins hey ma at trent stances appear to be much closer together than they rela Teeghoto lenses are mort for sports photography or any where you neea to get closer to your sube igure 28 They can have compressing ec making jects look Coser together than they actualy a very Tom depth of when shot atthe widest apertures rent omy ms Pre pr 41 2 A zoom lens isa grent compromise to caring a bunch af gi foca lengt eses ao referred to as prime They an cover a wie range of focal eng cause the configuration of their apt However because takes more optical ements capture s can at ere focal legt the ght pas rough more uso t tothe image senor The mare th ome the quay of the tage arnes Tha othar acie is mado In opr Zoom In p har sales aim parres than primo ln ic meane ny cant eflec nao depa ower ht ee tout the tance image tiat pod
18. mmy eg aa ap Va pay nt sensur ny sas bt tme tr yr cams m Marae ae nar oh Ci Now an cn prr con sey neo change a esse tne telah farmat mo you wha ps Exploring your lens a ng aaoo panit dt shoting wal o An eg om the we othe Su bos mc of an angle yat ca cm o reg Haw mc magn vo ei ga fon pito NR Show tel nk lo i bj ad er dae Recording video to dino and cr shart enc adh come ld war ction stings Open the eo son our rk up de came Your Vth st ite pet hw guy ating ac d an erp hr con pop emp The Auto Modes GET SHOOTING WITH THE AUTOMATIC CAMERA MODES The Nikon D5100 is an amazing camera that has some incredible features An fact with all ofthe technology built int It it can be pretty intimidating forthe person new to dsLA photography For that reason the folks at Nikon have made it a itie easier for you to get some great looking photographs without having to do alot of thinking Enter the scene modes The camera modes on the automatic side of the Mode dial are simple kon iabeled modes that are set up to use specife features of the camera for various shooting stations in addition a new feature of the D5100 is a collection f in camera special effects Let s take a look at the different modes and how and when to use them PORING OVER THE PICTURE o owt etsy dy pe your enthusiasm fr shooting Aste ain ttt
19. you re out of uk Autofoco While each of the modes may ute a specifie focus ares mode such at Sing or Di foi moda tor al of he one modet ied i esent jant aingle continuous the detal setting lie oust to Le Via e the sidebar Vie compensation ou wil notice tat in ech and very avtomati seene mese the sit aj expe trough he of the exposure compen feature ha been completely tured of make very fio mat eden to expen haare needed lebe Di ghing This another feature thats unbe for changing in sll of Pash compensation tie the posure compensation there is no way to make adjustments to the power output of th Thit means that you are stuck at whatever the camera fee correct een iit too weak or too song for Your porra bracketing One way to make sure that you have ient one good so you can gt u the right ok or vour image Unete chien the comer for you to Each sane made presents o enplore te side Made dl whic toc th professional made Fes cn mods we nth DO cs sy tem hat eset ent orbe yp ptg yo are alng Tae nda mode cle AS ch ya fc na the focas tl ota icu ns days dps lots Te es or Read in pony The A A mode cont of ath oft pvt eg eng Fd denne le a en vl hen mara ana ag ap ag be n cia a al 8 75
20. D5100 Far ie pt Ferma ac ames nd oa Lang Man ana Depth i CHAPTER 3 THE AUTO MODES Shooting with the Automatic Camera Modes ado Pash Of Mode Lope Mode pora Mee Cp Mae Wy os Nee Want to Us the Au Scene Modes Again CHAPTER 4 THE PROFESSIONAL MODES Taking Your Photography to te Nert Lee Pogam Mode S shutter Pry Mode A apertan Mode CHAPTERS MOVING TAROET The Ticks to Shooting Subjects in Motion Stop it Teret ing Sha Pry Mateo Molan rg Apra Piasty Made lt Suet ut Sentry Canal Tk aep them Fos wth Cortes eno Focus and Stop ant Go with 20 Ting AF ara Fors or Aton oping Up with the Continous Sho Mode pr s amp sfoccsuuk CHAPTER amp SAY CHEESE Settings and Features to Make Great Porta ing fete Pri Mode te AEL Auto Espa Lc et Focusing The se n Tiefe shooting ete CHAPTER T LANDSCAPE PHOTOORAPHY Tis Too and Techniques to Get the Most out Your Shap and oca ing pde rg Neise educ Selecting a We tace org e adap Pit Coal Turing Org wth Congestion Shooting Bei ck nd White Les The Galen tight Directing the Vene A Wond stot Corpo arcos Teis to bre CHAPTER amp MOOD Shooting When the Lights Get Low Rein the The Sire chen E doro ey hos 2e Subang be Ss ES 2a hosen Lang eue m
21. Low key photos are kay meant to have andino sanario revere you an tight meer unt y to add some pone when low key scene o mahe eveything brighter you wan to ep things on the darkside ue the Low Kay ede 128 wich the eh ned eff and nas things jat leet Edgy and mood scenes can ed dark y wart to have aso bu o ipod o blur in your NIGHT VISION Von igure 9 sus 719 rr and post when View a on thon side a nde ose mty are doing but the wy fort eet to The camera sse SO t the 102 00 0 2 ended the reiting JPEG Images wi be very and oniy in Think bad cry camera footage ce youre mort to ue the extremely stos resomsendatipodor sis thes fum ben COLOR SKETCH Color Staten igure 20 detects al the MINIATURE EFFECT er Avery popular efect senin photography En Sac ocio mada hes days s achieved by uing a tdi le arain ne pica aken trom a igh antage point can make We subject appear that is Indeed very eye catching The mode igure 1 31 without a speciai Jar arty lowing a narrow band ste you can widen py wd in Lie of the mage to bein fost an then ty blurring the of the sane SELECTIVE COLOR The Selective Color effect gure 3 a make bari colored object realy stard desatar al the colors upto
22. Maso A a flared et un nd in wih hi yt pagan eig he pac wh dite ade Yee ermal Seow the wd te th at anger y ein ings Smack or Clr Sch mode ha focas on bt and rong bee ov ern sn oe fee ee might cea dom Jugo hr fii cn ropas omega The Professional Modes TAKING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE NEXT LEVEL M you talk to professional photographers you will find that the majority of them are using a few selective modes that offer the greatest amount of control over their photography To anyone who has been involved with photography for any period of time these modes are known as the backbones of photography Tey allow you to influence two of most important factors in taking great photographs aperture and shutter speed To access these modes you simply tum the Mode dial to of the letter designated modes and begin shooting But wouldn t t be nice to know exact what those modes control and how to make them do bidding Wel you really want to take that next step In kontrolling your photography Itis senil that you understand not how to control these modes but why you are controling then So lets move that Mode dial to the first of our professional modes Program mode ESENE ER TNE PICTURE _ Wed out my vest dac vr ona cl Jan mung tose the onn sting whe he sin wa ng inthe east or my camer and put 70 200 mem lens on ae noticed rain the branches bon
23. button ce to retur to oct mode B my m Wieso si WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS shed recording The probably the to pres the Payback button o srt playing the video The Mali ste video contr and allows you o remind and ft forward as as stop the video altogether ide your TV or move the video to your computer To uste or TV you an the ies cable that with your camera plg tint heal port n the side of he camera body Figure 2 19 Tie you watch owe elon video your TV To get effect trom your videot you wil to purchase an HOMI cable your TV needs to support st east 720 HO and have an pore to ion Once you ham he cabe hooked up to yaur simply use the same Myou want to watch or uae the videor on your computer you wil need to download the using the Nikon software or by uo an D cara reader attached to the operating em QuickTime for and Windows Payer for the PO he Caper 12 bomu chapter fram Prior ar cis in the Chapter 2 Assignments you bave dod bg go camera maike mr you a o format nie Sn Dg cd Mos horat dona ey loth recone nc gua rc mabe os mag t yo ma ae iy ae Then pron os na oum ni run au Checking your rare version ange pe re came ona wil ne mr ie Finn pol ma tod or ear vin ad ua at
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25. in the wi he image ay to delve great and shadow Most lenses now oun ind ings ie an sofi motor and In some a vibration one other aspect of the camera lens fen the firt consideration af the photon ar lav length Lasa are ply vis into e or fou groups depending on he feld of view they Wide ange lenses cover a o from around 110 degrees to about 60 depress gue 12 There a tendency to get some distortion in your image when sing arena wide angle wil be apparent toward outer edge of the frame As for wich ver be ed wide ange anything Sn or E Wideangle lenses can play targe dep o eld which lows you w the foreground and background This makes em very fr land photography They work in spaces su a nor where herein mach eo room sati gum 21 ey can ab be handy fer large group shots becuse of the amount of irn not great for loe up pert gr rl FlouRe24 Anormal lena ha fh about a5 degree and deliver same view sth human eye Te espace i very natural and there te in objects The normal lens for fu rame an cames the Sm len Figure 24 bt for the D5100 mar in the neighborhood ofa Jmm lens cts lt sor d Act ai Normal focal length ene ar for photographing people nd architecture and Tor mont other generi photographic need They
26. or portable Video players you igh want to consider using the 12804720 or De choices they redire lese physica storage and take time to upload to the Internet so mt thare are ny two terms ac hh uy of the nd nd play anne etm prop rd Toma dec hen Del deny ne E ee Vid Fes redd on sta ns vid lese Jen cr hc y rs bo a dol ply he evel a maz 1 start by pressing the Menu button She Mutt selector the Mave Settings opto and pre OK A Hp he Monte Qualy seting and pren 4 Selec the video qual of your choice andres the OK buon A umo ihe inta ve Vimeo Manual Callout fhe ae qty md me pe B 72 X p hoh SOUND The D5100 can record au to go long with your video but there are a couple of you ook sey at the tront of the camera body yo notice tree mal holes ight above the ver D5100 nameplate hui not be problemi are halding hun Chapter 1 Jour TV or computer you might oniy hear the Sd panal igure 230 you might want E capable of recording in stereo as wal of producing Nghe au recordings You do abo have th opm o tring oft he auido aguas Th can be we the 1 ali cs for seting he mv quay Move 2 the Microphone option pres again A the Mizophane ON option an prest to loek in the change Press the Menu
27. oro he lin ich tor Fah pee E er Cine ES CHAPTER CREATIVE COMPOSITIONS m Improving Your Pictures with Sound Compositional Elements had ze Jede ze Sting Fame CHAPTER 10 ADVANCED TECHNIQUES pres Your Fary a ren Pero Ove e Spot or po Corr cido ese Maco dese ng BONUS CHAPTER 11 PIMP MY RIDE BONUS CHAPTER 12 5100 VIDEO BEYOND THE BASICS EE Introduction The D5189 ian amazing and very pal tos ter eng toga Pat pre a ptr wi petal or EOL am ey cts mi Ae Nopa att tha ones fak you rss know about inorder to sart taking grat preto mra k ar nat m aad om a peat at cs ray ftu or lyr mo hat te rr a nr br ea eeu yo man Ste topi fr unge In apar dicus bt apa pece as ge you page rumes ne ral men 50 F ALREADY OWN THE MANUAL WHY NEED THIS BOOK mar doe a pretty good fling yoa howto wae fase tm it on inde dort necesari tel you ard you shoud ol realy wa Singen pisas one aad er italia sth ight he marun ut gg to Ste ha a qure on e amos and ar dtl you wil am how to tate great photegraghe My gea and the non the oar a mi oir
28. pres OK bn nthe option sereen select the Saran shooting in and pran OK ick ge You should inom that the Auto SO option onl enabled wen using Wen ing of he profesional modes A S and fme dacs the in Chapter 4 the Auto SO feature wil sem tumed oft you wish to Auto SO n one of these modes You mas ste it and e the auto parameters he shooting men ou pla octo with te mode you cannot tum ofthe Auto BO option tal Neue ey php bet thas nothing to do wth the loudness af ar ng ar ac A ip ge Te py appear dk o ae arena yag proc ve ran The mre a meade to be enge sy troagh ger the act ae SETYOURISOON THE FLY Vasca lo change the 150 thu ang your oni ende Alou he eno end 150 othe DIO unge ting on tng un aa adi SO zr Sie Casts Seng Maa F of th uncon baten Than are lacking oh he Fendi pe hal Fe tn we ge Conan leh 150 change in your edo dp 5 SET YOUR FOCUS POINT AND MODE Tha ten ota kno for Rs sped nd acu Te tomate decis modes wil qve you a ton o ely in your shooting There however one sal problem tat sinerent with any focusing Ho mate how the camer oi tof the jects nthe and determiing which foc paint shouldbe Tt hat no way of rowing what youz main pha so suing bes pues spon Toninas aon Jou Sot atthe
29. sion ed the y tar to hn rab my pod and end out to hat fv ean ping th arden Colors eher and wes nk he camera weas Cow p mode ora good ma o aperture and uter pedet thee photography gu 32 nts modo esas poine and ost Vor biggest conce when sing osos for youe pitur Natali camer iz going to am that the abject want in sharpest Simpy pres the Ao made nen through the viewfinder nd you should see of the fos points light up over the bj OF coursa you know that putting our subject in the mil ofthe picture Enot the bes may te compone pour ot So wai for the chirp to confirm that the shot Nom press down the shutter button the rest of the to take the pheta es jt that easy gre 2 The camera take care of ali your expone econ Lats face eT t the lazy mans mode But sometimes Wet be nd say os ging thought to anything but pring a memory There are tine hoc en you wil wart to start ing our cameras aded features to AUTO FLASH OFF MODE ace that resis photograph such Ri much ean indoor son a where Pash O nn By eto the rom fring youwin be et ine past te ase ambient camera modis the BO sting oat you in geting good exposures igre tne camera ec that ter eed lg te be slow enough to rods camera shaka t a warning onde er information cren Suec oo dark wil ais
30. to zee he changed value al the lo the ight for male aperture higher Eto number and to the leh or a larger ema stop number 200M LENSES AND MAXIMUM APERTURES Samne ess US a havea vr msi aperture ant eget ping hang nm ne pe fh Sm om a um rtr 6 M MANUAL MODE Orce upon a time long before gal cameras and program modes there mode in thse daya mai ae nan mode beca ware other modes k was ju photography Lts ac RIE os an the effects ot aperture shutter speed on your photography there i o better way oleum than by seing these you Hower oda the advancement of comer techno many photographers pever ge mode a econ thought Thats trai ashame o not an elta to your photography basies but s an tonl o have in your photo graphic bag af wis When you have your camera tet to Manual mode the camera meter wi give You a reading of the seene you are photographing s your Job though to set both the tatap pet and shumer speed to achieve correct you need fuser ir pe you have t ats the era chango your ing ary other mode sch a Shutter Prey or Aperture Pity wouid mean tht ou jas have to wony abo ana of thet change b Manua orada meara you have to de tal yourse can be a challenging at irst but after a wie you wil have a
31. you can ft more imag your memor card by choosing a lower qual JPEG setting you o be red ing quay of your image Th tect becomes apparent enlarge your he image before fra storage your memory card he camera has to app allot Image processing frst nage proce involves such factors as sharpening color hen contras adjustment nob reduction and Many photographers prefer t use the RAW format to get greater control over the nage proces ing W ul take doner ok at thie Chapter 23 but Tor Its just make sure ta are using the best JPEG positi for the Large Media and Sm mage size seing ts sets Basie Normal and Fine represent more or es rage compresion bse on our choice The Large Medium and Smal setting determine the actual ol your image in phas Lets work with the highest quality setting posible Aera our goa tomate ig beaut photograph o why start the proces with a ower gay imagen 2 oe the Muti selector to select the mage seing then preste OK pen When the option ren appears the Mutat to chose the Fine Seting ad pres the OK butten 0 lt move the cursor down one stap to choose the image size and prest OK to petto the options 0 8 Select the L option to the largest image size available ad prest OK once mere o E pc yv ateos Manual Callout a D ri peace before nr ol BR pei ro pi nm 4 T
32. your lat shot was blurry from a stow shutter speed sy inportant to know what tho speeds represent in terms of their capabilities to stop SHUTTER SPEEDS Ale site soln lg dtr pe Sra lang prof 20 lcd Aft dua sped mem ser open ry Pena t a second or mene Fes lets examine at how much control you have over the shutter speed The D5100 han a shutter speed range from 400 of a second al he down 030 seconds nat much tt you should have enough to capture ses abject The oter thing to think bout hat Shutter oly mode considered alin the at and camera controling the aperture ee hrs wl be that you wart a partiala htt sped b pur For enamale you might encounter this problem when shooting situations Myou are shooting a fat moving subject that wl ur at a shutter speed slower than ofa second but your ess largest aperture is 25 you might find that your pertice play in the ewer and the rear LCD wl he word To that ook os Bowing water Ho nea ue Spei of at least VIS sod your atrial sn ful uni you may message hate Benue the er you uning oniy topa don to 122 xerox your Image There are workarounds for teze probs wich e wi Chapter bi important know hat ter can b tations vaa ung Star mode 2 Select y SO by pesing the button nt back ofthe camera
33. ALITILE COLOR THEORY saque con ince ll ld and based on epic cis M pel a Ml e Eli yu ty comb ftrt cata 4 adir vall quorum complot prc a prats ware jam magia ad low ca comida ee vus cr The end fie perire p The colorspace choice i apli oniy to the EG Image produced by the camera When shooting the color determined ter when you ae ing ot are to proces the photos the Adobe RGE space hen seating I olor pacto a narrower one hen eng That aid you are shooting PEG sending photo sra to a prine or porting one without much or an eng then sRGB is good dein Space option and pe the OK baton Hg your deed color space and pres the button once apain Wii eee Mote haf you choose Adobe NGB the fle names wil tart th 8 KNOW HOW TO OVERRIDE AUTOFOCUS Aa good as Mion autos stum thare may be times when e past dng the ob fr you Many ne thi has odo with how you woud to compo zane and where the cl point of fas should be Ti be especialy te hen You are ung the camera on a tod here you avt pet and then remp Before shooting as dead ear To take care of ths prolem you wil need manual len m oniy going to cover the it lens tht cae vt my D5100 if you hve purchased fret Iens be sure to chek he accompanying tron tor tes
34. Docta on lens barre naar bey of camera om the A zetting to the M sering igure 13 You can now trm he fca ring at the end of he Ters toset ele when you have core fois Wer cavar more manual focu tus in greater detain future chapters rug ta Im 9 REVIEW YOUR SHOTS One ot the gentes tentures of itl camer ab to give us instant feed back By rese your images on the came LCD een you can instantly et you got your shot Tnte visan feedba oum you to make adjustments on the y certain tat al of your adjustments are correct before moving on When you fin press the shutter release button your camera ui proceset your hot and then displaya the Image on the LCD In ati you can preni the Payback button at any ine to review your shots on te card Me defaut playback e pl your imaga slong with tha oder nama image rame rre number of images on the card date tne size snd qty ting There are other ply options be tht must be turned on uing the camera Thee opens can be found in the back menu under the Playback d Hey options A With this menu option you can ada display modes sch s None image Highlights NGB 0 Shooting data Orten enable press the Playback button to display the default view and then pres he Mailt down tocyde each view There now sweat ot information Mom to the the side
35. URN OFF THE AUTO 150 SETTING setting on your camera slows you to choose the eve ses ofthe camera sat it The ay to change sent bone ofthe biggest ratas to a camera nthe day of fim cameras you had to chose 150 by fim type meant that i you wanted to shoot in ower ight you had the fm in the camera with hat hadi a higher not oniy did you have to carry deren type of fimm but you also had to remove one rol from the amera to replace i with another even if you used up the current rol Now all You have te do i go to your information sereen and select the appropriate SO Having ly opin but jurtas with the Quay seting the sting hs a direct bearing on the aly ofthe nl mag The higher the BO he mere gta th image wil cona Since owr o produca photographs important tat we get control over al of the amera controls and bend them to When you turn our camera fr e fs tirne wel sat Auto Ti mean tt caer erring aw ch ti abe nich you chocs depend on your level sat ambien ight For sunny or very Bright ene alow cha 10 A the fight rece athe level Cody day or indoor might require you to use 400 wight sens such a hen you are shooting stri il mean you need to ump up that 150 to 160 The thing to remember shoot ith the lowe setting eae for masia quin ISO Seas option and
36. aere wh our rss domine progr xp comer ert t means pones amt ch 14 28 Each ep rons au ha ep an ta pie t rd mas nest are tp astro ting pu ath mer ner The og nm ty Sl mp mach Baar pe ch ventas 150 tgs whch arse at Y tp nr Swe have estad that Aperture Pr A made gy sta contri the depth of fed in your mage Dutt pivota in determining thet of re T larger the maximum aperture ls gt you need order to achieve sharp image You recall when in uter Priority mode there ar hand shaka ch causes Biri a al pict I yaur lens hr largat perire you can let in more ht at orc ie mear that you can fartar nati speeds This why lenses with large maxima apertures ch as are On the other hand bright scenes require the of a mal aperture uch a N6 or spa yo manto a her Tat nal pening reduce the amount at incoming eduction of ight requies that the utr y open ange 2 select y SO pressing the I button on the back ofthe camera or down on the to the 150 option then Point the camera tour jet and then achat the camera meter by egre the hater baton fm 4 View the exposure information in the bottom ares of the viewfinder or by 1 Wide the metar cated your thumb to the Command dia iett ind rignt
37. and has crested made nt are optimized Fortea sustos Lts take a quik loka these modes ut ros usima THE SCENE MODES 1 Seth Mode dial to the SCENE setting 2 patate Command the appropriate seene appears on the soso moro ron snananers vo enar anors Foor photography ive popular ste mode tat prec for the of po tography igure 19 When you select the e cen un age seres for tay narrow dept tl diy over en tings ing ih and pce cn tat makes rag Fiure 2 15 NIGHT PORTRAIT ee Votre u on the tonn t ight and you clio i Night Porat mode gure When you set the dl thia mode you background is getting more tine nd tus more to achieve proper sp FIGURE 3 16 The ypc ster peed for wing fia NOM stout 160 at a second or ater not aser than 1 200 of sean By eng the ute open or lange duration the camer allows more of the background tobe You get a much mare ues an autos tng by del you wl mant to keep eje otto make that sting nt high hat the noiae eels ruin your phota NIGHT LANDSCAPE tipos or stable shooting surfaces de ity ecommended for the Night mode igure By using low 1505 longer ater spec nd reducto you can great dapes with mare corte rata moving your PARTY INDOOR eps optimized for indoor we Figure 3 8 The fs atom set reduction amp hl
38. at can make over and changes mera mear into thinking the scene s brighter or darker than acts To get oth function qui simply pes the Expone Compensatoi erre button betr color saturation ate The Exposure Compensation feature does not work in tre Manual shooting mode been overerponed to the point that no longer have detal in he highligh When the Mig Alert feature str on wi wherever the 1 Pres the Menu button then use the Malleco acces the Playback menu te Playback menu move the Mali elector to Payback Display Options and pres Oc b Move te Misco downto select option en es OC 9 posure Compensation etre ta an underexposed seting ke B of 23 ops ow much you adj the eger becas hee jut no detail in the igh you want to retain Nghi detai work your through the coming chapters you ul see other tips and tks my aby photography but important can ie to understand tentures ot your camera so thst you can leverage the technology in a knowledge she wey Th rent in beter photograph 100 Chapter 4 Assignments Tate eta lan syne you shad pat a od son gman bacaan be norton corre cher dn va ys Corr pt ra tr my ol gite qu etus nd vibrat e tomas tt efr Spe ogy qu il he ped nde td nt on Program mode dar to Bene ndi ar ss mado your cp
39. bar The value of the tora fingertip 20 AA ee ee Seen aee ect ee Soo mated ee arp ren ann Se uu eu ee een sen en aan 2 ee nn oe ee Se 2 _ ei Se em near aaa 2 een tonsa th you ping a garant cti ad pd FIRE TA ET M n DELETING IMAGES Elgg o sungi process el on pagr 27 er marl To uy gy your rc apt hu and e Mad ac ade pte tou ral e at hats nod mack cama tf ej dat sy paste Dee ca punto compi rc map Before you drop una 10 HOLD YOUR CAMERA FOR PROPER SHOOTING Vou might think that dumb but I hope that you take a few seconds o read this aver and make ture that you are ging youl chance o great nape an t begin to tel you hom many tme se photographier holding th camaras in a fashion that ter uvae or piain uncanfrabetooting of this probably comes from holding point anshoot cameras There la hupe May a ld now wl venit in great images ater The pupone of racing ot ec shooting torm to provida tha most stabla platformu posite or your camera ing of coura SLR camaras are made to frr eight handed and gend The basies of propery holding the comer begin ith grasping ne camera
40. ca on ia SD ad book wes being rte there were mar updater orale for the ston Atter you neck your camera formare verion andthe on te or pastes cine ta check Back proc to ee tere updates saab CLEANING THE SENSOR ario camera sensors unto be a nene riding proces that equ eng the amor to nd ren more ds sing the ser prey There are fr hoes or sing in the camera Setup manu Gean st Startup Gean y That i because removing changing es wil Teave he camera boy open sd escape du making Ito boy oo dungen You have too many durt prole But the more often you change ee the mere chancas you are ping dust to eter th body far ranson sth edhe Oen Now function tothe cor My Menu Gee Chapter 10 now and ben there wil be a dust spot that i impervious to the shaking ofthe Auto Caring This will require you to dean the sensor manualy by ig the mirror and opening the camera dt Wen you chat fnr v mave everything out ofthe way giving you aces to the sensor so that you can use a Mower or other cleaning dev to remove the sub st speck The camere il Myou chose to manly clean your sensor a device that has ben made to clean araors noa coton swab om your medicine cabinet Thare are dozena of con mer avaiable devices uch as rs and tower that wil clean We cap or lens attached camara sensor isan lect charged device This means that when the camera
41. complete understanding f how each change tes your arten uo vue 99 WHEN USE MANUAL MODE When learning how each expose element interacts with te others igure 410 When your enironmenti fooling your ight meter and you ned to maintain a carla eng pura A31 When shooting sihouetted subjects which rers orig the camera meter 2 Sle your by pressing the I button on the back ofthe camera or down on the Muller to the option then OK Pin the camera at your subject and then ste camera mater by depresing he naa ton halt 4 View exposure information in the bottom ares ot te viewfinder or by Tooting the play panel onthe rar fine cara 7 Wile the metar cute your thumb to roil the Command dial leftard right to change yur deter spend value untl he exposure ms up with taro mark Ihe spore information payed ys wh that in om dto stops A proper apar line pith aro mar the iade As the naar maver o ef a sign that you wl be opor toa ight on the semorto proide adequate o e and you ringen pone tan D To set yout exposure using the aperture the shutter release button urti the meter late Then whe ling down the Exposure Compensation run buon focas Behind and th ight the sue lcs tol ne Command a to change the aperture Rotate ight for sur
42. e nd ear te bok len pepe orga ua repre book nko he bons dapi ll eed tert pu der Bird roda Ane thug fare ya de ctr ol thi bok has Beet pore you eur wat oa um to for sing est otras wi or ten Do Tate ome in ear en pa ino Pape hinge tatas me and reqa pains hn tem logs mary penre ana lan Away remesa camara Be par ng ne mater bal papa Ha fm mat mites fom re m u oul eaten rma anon wo tar tra pir e The D5100 Top Ten List TEN TIPS TO MAKE YOUR SHOOTING MORE PRODUCTIVE RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX going to go out limb here and guess that you ve andy aten Your camera out of the box and played around with t a bit mean who an rest tnat dlicous smel of new electronics and the tl of playing a new toy sul ind air to sit down and read the manust after having taken the camara for tes one spin around the proverbia Of cour it totaly fef you are reading s book before You ve got the camera in hand and I applaud your restraint So even f your camara Gh out of the bon ve put together some tps to help you get he most out of your D5100 experience snever too Iate to start over and take It from the top As i mentioned in the the intention of this bok to extend the seines of T3 Sa er ty cling your attention to certain aspects that deserve dose inspection alie we taking you t
43. e losing even have previous le ad ih mages Tour camera wil wte the image data presou anta ht dl FORMATTING YOUR MEMORY CARO sirio or nos Hot the Format Memor Card option and pre A that formating eard val delete Yer UPDATING THE 05100 5 FIRMWARE that you want to get shooting but having the proper mare can impact hu probably check soanar ratha an Updating your camaras rare i meting that the manua competa yet it change the entre behavior ois camera operating and functiona Te fime of your camera the stot complot arco conte how cra funcion ing entre a great way to not fix te ugs tabo gin ses to fc Vou il neo check cu e information on the No Gere update page bwan nikonusa confer od Suppor Downloader sage to see dent be working wih he most upto date firmware veneno Venian pio ana pres Take not of he cent verson numbers hare are vee ofthe and then ed te Nikon We te tose fou are ing current versant 0 wae ion Fike Tin sn nt 1 Download the update trom the Non Web te ou can fnd he feb going te Dos Carter section of he Non camera a letra he fermare update for po comer and compute operating stem 2 Wh urged bate ee card comer anta dl now ea update your using lo
44. hotography in tnt we are taking abot shutter speed Te sutter determines jart ho og you expe your camera ser o The longer remaina open more time your emor Ps to gather ight Trento speed ate toa large degree determiner how sharp photographe sre diferent trom the maga being in Two of the major on the shapes ot an maga are camera shake andthe subjects movement Because lowe shite sped mes at ram your subject iting sere sar tor a langar pad of ary movement by y or your met wil sow up in Your pots ae 29 ce WHEN TO USE SHUTTER PRIORITY SI MODE When werking with fast moving were you want to freeze the action gure much more an iin Chapter 3 Want wert ae your aod wit ton bur urea Wien you ertt u a lang paret guiar Rit avar along pco ime gue AS mor on tham Chapter Wen want to cet that water in a igure 46 As you canse the subject of your photo usually determines whether or not you wil ue Shutter Priority made Ib important hat you able to nali the result of ing a particular Suter sped The prot ng abe shooting wth dl ar that you get instant feedback by viewing your shot on the LCD rsen But what if wo gv you a door Such is often the cane hen shooting sport Ing Ies not ke you can go ask the quarterback to throw that touchdown pass because
45. inate BEACH SNOW Shooting in a bright environment ke the your imager The problem i that beaches dno often refecta at of ight and can foal the camera s meter ino unde aive ttis problem you can use the Beachy Snow scene mode igure 339 whieh wil ing you much more mm mm a rias mat SUNSET Ths made set to optimize the oon that are present in a suraet gue 320 1 en gy expres sa tipo ready shooting ua ere You an racer for capturing set DUSK DAW 226 Tere are some prest photo opportunities Te smet seare mete that take both betore the san ies and after sets Te oniy problem thatthe peal camera senings don t ty capture the rane ot the colors The Du camera optimised foot photog apy and helpt boost and inte note from longer exposures 321 PET PORTRAIT hate spots iure 122 The erence the Portrait made e optimized fr Fuma skin with aajustments to the hues rd ccr values Pets dont normaly have aded cari FIGURE CANDLELIGHT Sometimes pretty sy know when to to the Auto Pash OH mode but tons forthe color o andelgt and wl ve you mach more pleasing es ure 320 1 You are photographing pore n Toy ing sped and have them hold to reduce nape a ae aza BLOSSOM The mode very iar to the Landscape sting but wth afew ight aumen optimized for outdoors here there are
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47. mera so youl have compl by rotating ve View salir igure 211 on the ofthe camera hic activates Live the rear dio you want control the aperture You vet tha aperture to her Manual mode or Aperture ory made Me camara jr tomate mete falta AEN Sndyoushoud ty Rout esse eds e jabia sme strony buen os ai Ling teen ting aye aces button figure 1 o begin the recording procs hares no movie made When the camera begins recording you wi notice a ew new kons show p the LCD igure 2 124 At he top eft king red acord cont let you know atthe camara in active er made and just below that the audio record indicator Inthe upper right you notke te timer that counting down your remaining recording number vet rete o the you have lected Yor your video To stop the video recording ny pren OK baton mare 20 F28 1001321 Eee un VIDEO QUALITY eigen qual video setting your D5100 wil render high definition video ih ein f 1820190 pats Ts bso refered toa 1080p The 108 represent hg ofthe video image in la the p and for progres eier een video depending your ned The other tuo video re 120 720 rd GAZA For ig denen TV and comgutarheda sation Mening you win be served best by uiing th 920010 recording resolution you on need fal 1080p HD such as when recording Yor the od
48. o the ster speed as Lo o that you know To check th camera setting Dele what the camera may y yo waart to eher pod ar brace yoursel ely wel te shutter speed WD ofa second or am 719 Fortunately mas of the new Vibration Reduction tenses being sold today allow you to handhold the camera at much tower tr and get rest rest Te to this made we the sting whch uc take your 150 setting up Nigh 160 and there i the getting ur rom bet movement the haer ped lao PORTRAIT MODE problem with Auto made hti has no idea what pe of ct you are photogaphing and terre ne te ets or euch ao Shooting portat perfect When you take a photograph of Someone you wal want the emphasis of he picture to be onthe person notes ging on in he backround gue 15 When you set your camera to hi made you are ting the camera to sc larger aperture that the depto feld it much narrower and il give mere ar o objects in the background This blurry badk ground places the attention gure 1 The other estre ot this mode the automatic ale om ofthe D5100 lt Port itur conta eg ito more derai about pete conto in ater hope Tis etre opi for din toner and wil Sho bea tle otro improve the took afin 40 on onen non anaramore va an anors ig Pr mde a bens that Sr longar ge yal wa soc Ah
49. o places in your photographic education that are far beyond the boundaries of the manual vent you to know not o aby to take the photos you want to take To that end there A some practical matters that should help you build the right foundation CAMERA FRONT CAMERA BACK rptu t en PORING OVER THE CAMERA CAMERA TOP Hc 1 CHARGE YOUR BATTERY Wien you our camara and side the batty into the battery siot you wits pleased to fd that tere probably Juin the battery and yo sart rah away What you shouta realy be ing i getting out the battery Charge and ging that power hal charge Nat oniy wil thit give you mere tme ashoot start the tery off n the right foot Ne matter what daina the maracas maka about etr and charging mon tr o an performance when I charge my batteries and then uze therm right donn to poine where they have nothing left to pive To check your battery level insert the battery into ne tum on the camera nd ok Tor battery indikator in the peri sio eiat seen Pigura 1 gp a one es o ay ame el bea seca any Nog ware a ing nl and rg yow cr ds png ly changed alot bag ml you cen a yos nap st o a aa rot tg tn your dig baterae ring wer am No t erano ts have ige yg me aka o
50. op option single Point and pres ox Tokin your change O ing You wi sr when the camera locked and focused onthe bert on your subject and then cam prs your shot Ju plc the focus point ln finder subje dore the shutter reste button hata um camera chip nd without leting up he shutter button compas your 6 SET THE CORRECT WHITE BALANCE mage Mort people don t even notice that gi has oler character ses human automaticaly sj to olor temperatures 20 in fa that everything lot mein a mater of miliseconde When colar fm ruled the world photographers would select ich fim to use cording to hat their source was going tbe The most common m was bal Sree fo daylight bt you could a buy that mas color balanced for tungsten sources Mos other lighting tuations had to be andie by ing color over the en Ti proces was necessary for the photographers final mage to show our comer hat the yt perform thi tame proces automaticaly but you car slo hoone to overite and set manually Gu which method we are going to ael You are catching on fasti Onc again your photography shouid be about maintaining control over everything tat influences your fa image kd you dort nend to have a understanding of color temperatures to con Wol your cameras wit balance Te choices are given to ou n terms that are ort to and that wil make
51. op ten tasks to get you up and shooting Wwe should probably take care of some other Important details You must become familiar with certain features of your camera before you can take ful advantage of It Additionally we will take some steps to prepare the camera and memory card for use So to get things moving lets start off with something that you will definitely need before you can take a single picture a memory card 27 PORING OVER THE PICTURE m Whether they are inthe wld these boum bear cuta hey ana present prent opportunites and great for improving CHOOSING THE RIGHT MEMORY CARD Sema and yr cptring alt yur phos is mprtant not to imp hen R comer to electing your memory cars The D5100 wes Secure Digital GD memory cards que aya have een using a pintan ot camera nenn MEAM aa A E Msn memory ar pr the D5100 wil require alot of trag space especialy tou shoot in the RAW orRAWAIPEG mode mare on his latar in he chapter You shouid defiita consider using cara with storage capacity ofat kast but o in your budget you pian on shooting high definition video e prepared for Bie A minutas ide video recording taket approrimnstaiy 700 o storage space This meam that ou can f bool 30 Consider buying High Capacity SOHC cr There ars are general much dese both when wert
52. or a contrat the urine or lack of Brine ofthe mage The len tne Bt has src he bs your es have to mowa around an become Tis can let you control thing Ike freezing he motion stein mbje ur 2 or intentional lung give the feel of egy and motion Mg 2 The aperture contrat the amount of gh that comes through the ens uti o determines what areas of the Image lb in focus TM refers o dap ffl an extreme valuable est tool The mal he opening ne msc 422 the greater he sharpest of object rom near t far gre 23 opening ma rumbas he 24 means more ung of bets tar notat ie same dar she jet you are cg on 2 10 m four 29 reper me im Pa yaa auto Fui compita yun ae pre 48 eiae cements of pure to capture property uod photographs ao wwe can make adjustment to emphasize our tet Iti te manipulation of VIDEO AND THE 05100 Probably one of he reasons you purchased the D5100 intendo other competing camera modes os abii capture video Not Js regular iden but ful high oc of tnis book on the photography aspects af the camera but that deest mean am ging gore the video funcions completa fact am eating chapter to rome fun video tp but thought that woul at least cover the des basia here in Caper inca we ve aed looked ata tof other camera Vies recording sa feature of the Uve View capitis of he ca
53. ormat Thie me hat youcan come back to that RAW lster try dierent processing settings mates change your PEG and acral save the gue what You have a original und you never pet back to that age That alone shouid ADVICE FOR NEW RAW SHOOTERS Don t give up on shooting RAW just beca it mens more work itas more space on your card buy bigger cars or more smali one VAI take mare inet downou Yes but good things come te thore who wale Dort worry about Mending to pure experi software to wark wih our RAW fles you already are bundled in the bon with your camera and gives you ait tower recy on the RAW and then output the enhanced rss That said you wll ave more control with edita RAW processing sofware suh a Mons Capture NO Apples Aperture Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom recommendation sto shoot in PEG mode wile you are using Wis book Ti slow you qu reve your images nd study the efecto he en stave become comfortable with the camara ferre you should sico to mage procesing After al you tok the photograph shouldn t you be the ono SHOOTING DUAL FORMATS our camera hat the aed benefit of being abie to write two for es picture you take one in RAW and one in JPEG I you have a RAW PG setting selected shooting Ae PEG is actualy a good way to shooting RAW Vou get the and safety af he familar JO nd the ably to compare he PEG
54. osing a larger aperture you wi nerd to shorten he amount ee aperture reed to smaller to rest the amount of ight coming in HOW IS EXPOSURE CALCULATED nowe know about the exposure viangle 150 shutter speed and aperture so t to put alte together t see how ey relate o one another nd how you You val bear o tw he pco hack a ich taa ud ec rt of your ene When you ed to gres dea agonem ys might y ha na ap uste pu Hoe bed dre ser ed 150 So when uma to ll or dak or you ao much vane jr dela hange by ao rm When you point you camara at a scene the ight reflecting ty subject entert helen and alowed ps through to the senor for a of tene as tated By the shutter The amount and duration fe ight needed for proper pore depen on how much ight s bung reflected and how semine the sensor To iure is out cra izes alvin ight meter tat ok though helen nd mesures the amount o ght That leve then elated ais the ratty of etg and an exposure val rendere Here i the tidy pure there ingle way to achieve a perfect esper because ha Fstop and speed can be contin in dierent wap to lo the sume ot epe told you uns ih ere i a it of reciprocal sting that woul produce the same ensure rest the inny 16 rule wich states that when ing on sunny day You an use shutter sped that is roughy eq
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56. re some camera Ike D5100 that have compres RAW format but ies compren ui nears there no lom of actual mage data Note that RAW image fs wil regire You to perform postprocessing on your photographs lot oniy necesan re he reason that mort photographers se images have a greater mami range than JPEG procese images means that you car recover image detai n the highlights and shadows ht jt m a Thare information in RAW image because itira 12 or Hit image onthe camera whch means t contaire mor color information thar ich an Image More color information means more to work performing surgery with as opposet to a butcher s hie The both get eo done but one da damage IMAGE RESOLUTION Wie coger mage rin ifn dr pasl rason ar numberof ma an tage Tian laa a Tithe pac number pe wa eight sensar Ben cn be fee mp MP uch Taber the ta mu fen si dc metae a tig or cn 36 Regarding sharpening s RAW fers more control because you are the one ao pin the sharpening according to the effect you want to achieve Once PC proceing a standard amount of sharpening hat ou cannot inge serta Tact Onee tt ie done done ond most important a AW your negative No matter what you do toi wort change uns you save your fe in diferen f
57. se values are carryover from Aperture so referred to sth Eto determines how much ight pases Shutter Speed Controli the length of ine that ight allowed to hit the ere henw work Te camer srt has a ea try that ty the zetting To get a proper exposure not ton much nat to e the lent end the aperture daphrag the size of as opaning to control the Volume o Ha entering comer Then e uter s opened for a relatively short peri ot time to slaw the igh to tne sensor Tong fort record on SO nubes for the D5100 start at 100 ad then double in sensitivity as you double incrementa but for jt remener that the ase number doe 100 2000 00 hare are wie variety of ute speeds that you can ae The speede on the D5100 range from as long torta 100 einer wil neto tht anything than a second wil fraction Typical you wil be working with a shutter speed ram around 120 of acond to about 12000 0 second bt these numbers wi change depending on Your and the ect tat you are vying to ach Th lene apertures vary hy depending on ui lena you This i because irn have fren mai apertures Tha pica apertures tat are at your di ponat are tia 054 4 411 When it commas to change to any one of these factors requiret changing ne or more ofthe ther tom Tia la efe oa crea inge you mare pin the ler by ch
58. spat your RAW experiences is wl take up more of the pce your memory carded hard ve bt ink fea stepping to shooting RAW in the future tok te whl ta mat he var ARAW vario o hat could o pro ve nd lesen Un the Mule tight the Image setting at the top ht of the sareen n pres OC A inci RAW os nd RAWS ine storage apace each option wil require pour SD card The RAW opti LENSES AND FOCAL LENGTHS you mst profesional photographers what they believe to be their mort ca Pee of photographic equipment they would undoubted tal you that o ter ane Te technology and engineering that nto your camera a marl but worth a darn get the ight from the outside onto the eric The D5100 a s single rs reflex ASL camara uaes the er for a multado ot rom on a subies to metering a seene dering and focusing he ph ont the camera sensor The lere tz respon er e amount of the scene ti be capture the ram Wi a of ing en e ens le take more indep ok at th cameras eye on tha werd FlouRe22 p composed of optatis that both concave and comi shape The corts dsg focus the pnt coming om the o conrad the size ofthe glas elements aperture mechani tin the rs housing The quay of th sed
59. sper ire Garge atop number und let for a arger aperture mal top uba HOW I SHOOT A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CAMERA SETTINGS USE The great thing about working with a SL camera i that can awa fc code hat some things remain changed from mara to camera forme thee ae he Aperture Priority Shutter Priority shooting modes Regardless of the sub Jem shoting om landscape to portait to mac am lu poing depth ld Whether sli subject with a age erre or vying to maximize he overall sharpness a ada sto ep an eye on aperture eng do havea nend to control the cn ne Suter my fallback made not realy alba s more Ike the right teal forthe ight jab I am tying o create a saky tef eflect Urs 41 can dependen Shutter mode to provide that long shutter speed hat dele Maybe am shooting a soccer garne defintely need the hte sped that il We the other camara modes have their piace nik you wi find that Ike me ded ther ern prot you vill tha Apartine and Shutter Porty Theater concern that Ihave whan am zetting up my camera s jurt how low can Ths py for Dei low wil deliver the cleane st image Iris the SO a last retort because each increase in sey a for more dial to enter my mage To that end have the Nie Reduction feature tumed ee Chapter 7 covered in Chapter 7 2o th
60. sry fr thee ido ie ang the camera to tr pe Mat are tast enough to stop maton duo SO das and chapter be elf sp atq pts shade fr you seti The ing cd cy yo pal 150 ng Th bang ad arcam god tating pots for your SD st bid ma ny 200 Manor odor shade ona my 400 Inc mins aide ath m sn pring eat et gr ad your 150 lc val depend on aber aos habe daca nth sk Va ug enh a ede bati o rr a the SO selected we can now make u of the other control bat ito Program By rotating th Command dal wwe now have the ably th the program attinge Remember your camera sng the internal meter to piek what K believer re ab poa valaen but totes dot know what ocn stand ow you want thate values pled gres and 42 With the program i you a funca wht esha il ok he Do you farter shutter in order sop te action Aust tum Command alt the right Do you want a smaller pertice ro that you get a narrow depth of el Then tum the ial to teft unt You get the deed aperture The camera af the shutter speed and aperture carding in order to get a propor epos and youl get the benefit ot your mt a Aet keep in mind that ne camera aa tying to maintain the imum aperture valias of tha attached lens wil i the ange of shur pends FIGURE FrouRe 42 camara gi tn Bog e
61. sto epg De cy sn aa val picea a tur oul also that smal wi appear above the letter P in the viewfinder an the rear display you rotate the Command dial Tis star i an indication hat You medifed expone from the one the camera chore To go back to the default esper tum the uri th star goes vy ran in ant made nd then back Program mode sgain ot up the camera fer Program mode and aee how we can make all of thit come together 2 Select your SO pressing the button on the bac at the camera resp or down on the Mullett highlight the option then OK Okto loat the change point the ame at youe etj act mer metar pe 4 whe one cate eto of the ede or by loking at 1 With meter ete we your thumb to roil the Command dale Posen the changed expe vals 1 Select the exposure that for you and start cling Dent worry it you arent nrs hat he ight exposures We on making right hols for those great beginning with nert S SHUTTER PRIORITY MODE mode is ut we photographers commonly refer to ae Shutter Priority Jart the name inl bre mode hat prioritizes or place Pajor emphasis the shutter speed above a other camera eng with Program mode Shutter ty made gives us mare reedom to contro aram specs af our p
62. things prety simple Your wit balance choices ar Auto The det for your camera t a the seing used by all ot the totic cee modes Chapter 3 d for any cco wbare you are using rea housek ute your It source caen ab called tungsten ey wem ght source and ull renat in cat you dot coc far to get rid ofthe greene cast that can rest rom using reer your dominan sauren Some rect hts are scaly laced or daylight mhich woud allow you to wee the Direct whe balance sing Sun Most often used for general digni shooting You should select white balane to adh for the ight cooler ght hat cones from uning fash The hot shae the smal bracket located on the tp camara hich rea the pep This Is uand for attaching a more powerful to the camera pee Chapter and Chapter 11 which i one of the bonus Ay Te choice overcast or day andthe Shade setting dominant ur cate that you are ing customize wit atan that is ajustes or ur Ts can be ing n eting photo pu have taten or by taking a piu at something white o gray in he one o ine presiona shooting sucha ou et he noma mde baton A appropriate white balance and then prens e OK baton b WHITE BALANCE AND THE TEMPERATURE OF COLOR sere ca an HOOK 7000K 00K Te umb hr
63. tography you bes chance o eliminating selt npo amen ha in your nas eng in ich sharper photographe Chapter 1 Assignments Lats eg ur shooting unen by seting up nd og alaf he cements of he Tap Tha Enen hugh haa etto corer rasen shooting Your mr tie Program mde low yoa ta tct batery 10 to ing rn ya mt eng gy aS Die ude tp eran and an pot smc vag ite ln stgo Pay ce no ech in a na tao ima mom o md pet eros adi rn semen Ply d eret pt cs mn Focusing with single point and AFS Change your camara ao that you ig ing facut mode a ef a c into y on ng yaar fc mado AS and pratis feng on mb rca ics atl ag ct Ty dog arg tn Span age pps and then eve me af your eos en age ung be Miro modos Rave your lc farma ge kr Jogo se contes lu podio tha dpt p fie me foca o mac md pac e mu c ogi wh wr fin lo ee pes Geta grip proper camera holding gamas s someting dt nets ey yes hoot proper and tog wh our mer Ui tq and then ct Serr of cra np de tcu de diy Ju pa here First Things First FEW THINGS TO KNOW AND DO BEFORE YOU BEGIN TAKING PICTURES Now that we ve covered the t
64. ual to the setting to achieve a proper RECIPROCAL EXPOSURES 150 100 ware ta use any ne fhe combinar thay wold ec have tha sum retin em ofthe spore a how much ight hts the cers sor Aso ake noe that every me we Eto in hatt we reciprocated y doin shutter speed For thse ot you wondering why 4 6 half becuse number fractions on the opaning of the lens ia elton focal langin This means that lot of math goes into figuring out jt what the area of ln opening sooo just have to take ton ah hat 151 of nice much ar goo way o remember which opening age sto of our camera lene pipe that controls the of wate you had a pipe and ane hat as 187 0 would allow more Camara topi larger opening than Now that me know hs we can start uning th information to mat inteligent Choices in terms of shutter speed an tp Lets bring the third element io this by hanging our 150 by from 101020 RECIPROCAL EXPOSURES 150200 Not that since we doubled the ses of the sensor we now regi als Sc why not the exposure setting o at 1250 af second Why bother roperiy her important aspects of ur mapes motion nd dept of el MOTION AND DEPTH OF FIELD Tare are distinct characte that are related to changes in aperture shutter pss Suter speed conr the length time th ight as to tre the sens
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