Just picked up my first DSLR, can someone explain the basics of what the common features do?
I picked up a Nikon D3200
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first thing I would suggest is learning the 'exposure triangle' (if you haven't already)
[url]http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm[/url]
[editline]31st July 2014[/editline]
and read the manual
I'm not looking for a guide to use the camera. Literally I don't even know what the fuck ISO is. I know it has something to do with Shutter speed? That's what I'm asking, what all the common settings do.
I'm fucking retarded because I'm just starting, basically just asking about the basic about photography, or if someone can point me in the right direction on good sources.
Flippr's link up there explains everything you need to know. Did you even click it?
-im a dumbass sorry-
^ What Zotobom said is really confusing and wrong in places, just read the link Flippr posted and watch Youtube tutorials.
ISO = Sensitivity of the sensor. High ISO means brighter images but with more picture noise. Lower ISO means less noise but it needs more light. You can leave it on auto for the time being.
Shutter speed = The amount of time the camera "collects" light. A long shutter speed means more time to get light, but it also means more motion blur (When you're using a slower shutter speed than 1/50, you need to think about holding the camera steady). A fast shutter speed freezes motion, but you'll need more light.
Aperture / f-stop / iris = The lens has a mechanism that opens and closes, to let more or less light in. It's typically described as "F3.5" for example. The higher the number, the less light gets in. The lens also behaves a bit differently with different apertures. Some lenses are sharpest at around F4-5.
The aperture also changes the "depth of field", how much is in focus.
Hopefully I'm making sense.
to clarify somewhat in regards to aperture-
when working with exposure, everything is generally in halves or doubles (i.e. changing exposure by one stop would involve either doubling or halving the amount of light falling on the sensor/film for that shot)
the [I]f[/I] in [I]f[/I]/2.8 refers to the actual focal length of the lens, let's take for example a 50mm lens (so, [I]f[/I] = 50)
so in that case, [I]f[/I]/2.8 literally means an aperture with a diameter of 50/2.8 = 17.86mm
at [I]f[/I]/4, it'd be 50/4 = 12.50mm
if you take the diameter and from it work out the area, you will see that going from f/2.8 to f/4, the area (and thus the amount of light coming through) becomes roughly half of what it was
and that is the reason the f numbers are what they are
[editline]1st August 2014[/editline]
as for the post above, tbh i'd recommend maybe first doing your best to understand that you are trying to control one value (the exposure) with three different variables you can control (aperture size, shutter speed, and sensor sensitivity)
after you got that, then move on to what other aspects of the image each one of them corresponds to
I ended up watching this video [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc[/url] and it pretty much explained what I was asking for in detail. Does anyone have comments in regards to that video or any other videos I should watch to try and get a better understanding?
[QUOTE=nofear1999;45566016]I ended up watching this video [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc[/url] and it pretty much explained what I was asking for in detail. Does anyone have comments in regards to that video or any other videos I should watch to try and get a better understanding?[/QUOTE]
All of this was explained in FlippR's link and both Warship and Ubernoob further clarified it, but whatever floats your boat.
[QUOTE=Stopper;45566099]All of this was explained in FlippR's link and both Warship and Ubernoob further clarified it, but whatever floats your boat.[/QUOTE]
I did read them, but it helps seeing examples as-well.
-actually i'm a fucking dumbass again-
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