Cameras specs Simplified

This article is especially for those people who are always been fascinated by the photography but found all those loads of setting option a bit confusing.

If you are the one always clicking picture on auto mode just because the settings window makes the things complicated, time to make a switch and learn the finer details of the functions.

Shutter Speed

After crossing the aperture there is another sort of curtain called shutter. Once the light cross the aperture it is the shutter that decides for how long this light will hit the camera.

How to use it while taking pictures: Allow it too much time and your image will start turning white and allow it too little time and the picture will be too dark.

Aperture

Aperture can be thought of as a circular curtain inside the lens which determines the amount of light going into the camera. The value of aperture signifies how much this curtain is open to let the light come in, it is measured in fractions. A larger value of Aperture is suitable for low light photography.

Example: Aperture vale ½ is greater than ¼ this signifies that the curtain is wider open at ½ than at ¼.

How to use it while taking pictures:  Adjust the value of aperture according to the light present like if you are shooting at night the aperture should be large so to have good image quality.

ISO

ISO is the measure of the sensitivity of your camera towards the light. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive is the camera, meaning it needs lesser light to create an image.

DEPTH OF FIELD

The Depth of Field (DoF) of a particular photograph essentially refers to the area in front and behind the intended point of focus. The more the depth of field, the more you will have in focus in your image and smaller the depth of the field the more the background will be blur.

BRACKETING SHOTS

Bracketing is a method where the camera takes a number of shots simultaneously at different exposure values. Normally this would be a “0” exposure i.e the value determined by your light meter as ideal. This is an extremely handy method for shooting High Dynamic Range images.

Light Meter

A light meter is a little module the measure how much the light is coming into the camera and considering all other factors generate a “good” exposure based on the preset parameters. This tells you how much the aperture and shutter speed should be set for the best images.

Unfortunately is not always correct so always review your images after shooting. 

Hope we a simplified things for you....makeituseful..!!!