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Buxton & District U3A Digital Photography Beginners Group
Lesson 1: Exploring your camera
18 September 2013© Copyright John Estruch
Buxton & District
Digital Photography Beginners
HelloI’m John
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Buxton & District
Digital Photography Beginners
This time• Introduction
• Say hello• Find out what you want to know• Look at the plan for the course
• Types of camera• Exploring the camera (lenses screens, buttons,
knobs, dials, switches and connections)• Simplest way to take a picture (point and shoot)
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Digital Photography Beginners
Introductions• Name• Experience of photography (film / digital)• Type of camera• What do you want from the course?
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Programme19 September Exploring your camera
1 October You’ve taken some pictures now what? (Viewing pictures; filing on your computer)
15 October Printing & Composing a better picture (part 1)
29 October Camera modes/scenes & Composing a better picture (part 2)
5 November Simple editing to improve your pictures
19 November Understanding exposure
3 December Controlling exposure/focal length/perspective/composition for a better picture &
Taking Pictures of people.
17 December Everything you want to know about digital photography but never dared ask.© Copyright John Estruch
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Digital Photography Beginners
This time• Introduction
• Say hello• Find out what you want to know• Look at the plan for the course
• Types of camera• Exploring the camera (lenses, screens, buttons,
knobs, dials, switches and connections)• Simplest way to take a picture (point and shoot)
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Buxton & District
Digital Photography Beginners
Types of CameraCompact
£30 - £400 Bridge
£200 - £500Digital SLR £300 - £6,000
+Lenses etc. £50 - £12,000 Mobile Phone
£0 - £200
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Digital Photography Beginners
“The best camera is…..
…..the one you have with you”
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© Copyright John Estruch
Buxton & District
Digital Photography Beginners
This time• Introduction
• Say hello• Find out what you want to know• Look at the plan for the course
• Types of camera• Exploring the camera (lenses, screens, buttons,
knobs, dials, switches and connections)• Simplest way to take a picture (point and shoot)
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Buxton & District
Digital Photography Beginners
What’s on the camera
• Viewfinder/screen• Shutter release• Zoom
ViewfinderViewfinder
Screen
Screen
Screen
Shutter release ZoomShutter release
Zoom
Zoom
Shutter release
Shutter release
• Plus lots of other stuff• Menu • Flash• Macro• Play• Delete
• ISO• Timer • Exposure compensation• Video• Display
• etc.• etc.• etc.• etc.• etc. © Copyright John Estruch
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Digital Photography Beginners
Under the covers
• Memory Card• Battery• Connection sockets
Do you know where yours are?
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Memory cards
SD Card Micro SD Card(+ adapter)
Compact Flash
Memory Stick XD Card
• More likely, on a memory card.
• Pictures may be on the camera’s internal memory
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Memory Cards
• Look at the samples
• Find the cards in your cameras
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Connect camera to computerMost modern cameras use USB connections
Mini USB on Camera (may be micro USB
on phone)
Standard USB to mini USB cable
One or more standard USB on computer (may be mini USB on tablet)
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What happens when you connect camera to computer?
It depends on:•Type of computer: Windows; Mac; Android….•Software loaded on computer:•What you have done previouslyTry yours at home see what happens.We will look at this more next time.
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Buxton & District
Digital Photography Beginners
This time• Introduction
• Say hello• Find out what you want to know• Look at the plan for the course
• Types of camera• Exploring the camera (lenses, screens, buttons,
knobs, dials, switches and connections)• Simplest way to take a picture (point and shoot)
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Buxton & District
Digital Photography Beginners
Camera’s have lots of settings
But they have one very simple way of taking pictures!© Copyright John Estruch
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The easiest way to take Pictures“Point and Shoot”
Viewfinder(if you have one)
0) Use the Camera in AUTO mode
Screen
1) Frame the shot
Zoom
2) Press the button Shutter releasebutton
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Digital Photography Beginners
Point and Shoot
Try it
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Cameras have lots of settingsBut not all cameras are the same:
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Common Camera Modes /Scenes
Movie/Video
Macro/Close-Up.
Party/Night
Portrait
Landscape
Sports
Aperture Priority.
Shutter Priority
Manual
Stitch
We will look at some of these in future sessions.© Copyright John Estruch
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Digital Photography Beginners
Homework• Try the things we have covered today at home :
– Take pictures– Explore the switches, buttons options etc. (ask questions next
time)• Connect your camera to computer
– Find your cable– Connect to your computer– Note what happens when you connect your camera to computer:
• Does some software start? If so, note what the software is.• Does it upload pictures onto your PC? If so where do they go?
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Digital Photography Beginners
Course notesI will put this presentation on the Buxton and District U3A website at :
http://u3asites.org.uk/code/u3asite.php?site=179&page=25298
Or
1.Goto www.buxtonu3a.org.uk2.Select “Groups”3.Select “Digital Photography: Beginners”4.Select “materials from previous sessions” from the links on right hand side of page
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Digital Photography Beginners
Next Time
• Viewing pictures• Loading photos on to computer, filing and
cataloguing them
If you use a laptop bring it with you!© Copyright John Estruch
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