Nikon D3200 Digital Field Guide

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ISBN: 9781118438220 | 1118438221
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/25/2012

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The Nikon D3200 Digital Field Guide will be filled with everything you want and need to know in order to take amazing photographs using your new Nikon D3200. This full-color portable guide walks you through the essential controls, features, and functions using step-by-step instructions and providing full-color images of each menu screen. This robust guide not only teaches you how to adjust white balance, autofocus, exposure, and choose lenses, it also teaches you when and why you should adjust each of these key settings. The Nikon D3200 Digital Field Guide goes beyond camera settings to offer readers a refresher guide to the principles of digital photography, covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. Filled with amazing examples, this book also presents readers with a variety of tips and tricks to capturing portraits, candids, sports, travel, macro photography, and much more. Also included with this book is a bonus gray and color checker card that allows new DSLR owners to capture perfect color in any environment.

Introduction	p. xxi
QT Quick Tour	p. 1
Getting Started	p. 2
Setting the exposure mode	p. 2
Focusing	p. 4
Playback	p. 4
Downloading Images	p. 6
Exploring the Nikon D3200	p. 9
Key Camera Controls	p. 10
The top of the camera	p. 10
The back of the camera	p. 13
The front of the camera	p. 17
The left side of the camera	p. 18
The right side of the camera	p. 20
The bottom of the camera	p. 21
The Viewfinder Display	p. 21
The Information Display	p. 24
The Guide Mode	p. 28
The Shoot guide	p. 28
The View/delete guide	p. 29
The Set-up guide	p. 30
The Nikon D3200 Essentials	p. 31
Exposure Modes	p. 32
Scene Modes	p. 36
Portrait	p. 37
Landscape	p. 37
Child	p. 38
Sports	p. 39
Close-up	p. 40
Night Portrait	p. 42
The Picture Control System	p. 43
Working with Focus and AF area modes	p. 44
How autofocus works for still images and video	p. 44
Focus modes	p. 45
AF area modes	p. 47
Live View	p. 48
Release Modes	p. 49
Flash Modes	p. 50
Setting the White Balance	p. 52
Setting the ISO	p. 59
Auto ISO	p. 61
Noise reduction	p. 61
File Types	p. 62
RAW files	p. 62
JPEGs	p. 63
Setting Up the Nikon D3200	p. 65
The Playback Menu	p. 66
Delete	p. 66
Playback folder	p. 68
Playback display options	p. 68
Image review	p. 69
Rotate tall	p. 70
Slide show	p. 70
DPOF print order	p. 71
The Shooting Menu	p. 72
Reset Shooting menu	p. 72
Set Picture Control	p. 72
Image quality	p. 74
Image size	p. 75
White balance	p. 76
ISO sensitivity settings	p. 77
Active D-Lighting	p. 78
Auto distortion control	p. 78
Color space	p. 78
Noise reduction	p. 79
AF-area modes	p. 79
The built-in AF-assist Illuminator	p. 80
Metering modes	p. 81
Movie settings	p. 81
Flash control for built-in flash	p. 82
The Setup Menu	p. 82
Reset setup options	p. 83
Format memory card	p. 83
Monitor brightness	p. 83
Auto info display	p. 84
Clean image sensor	p. 84
Lock mirror up for cleaning	p. 84
Video mode	p. 85
HDMI	p. 85
Flicker reduction	p. 86
Time zone and date	p. 86
Language	p. 86
Image comment	p. 86
Auto image rotation	p. 87
Image Dust Off ref photo	p. 87
Auto off timers	p. 88
Self-timer	p. 88
Remote on duration	p. 89
Beep	p. 89
Rangefinder	p. 89
File number sequence	p. 89
Buttons	p. 90
Slot empty release	p. 91
Print date	p. 92
Storage folder	p. 92
GPS	p. 92
Firmware version	p. 93
Lenses and Accessories	p. 95
Lens Basics	p. 96
Nikon lens codes	p. 96
Focal lengths	p. 98
Aperture and depth of field	p. 104
Vibration Reduction	p. 104
Focusing motors	p. 106
Lens Compatibility	p. 106
The DX Crop Factor	p. 107
Prime versus Zoom Lenses	p. 109
Understanding prime lenses	p. 109
Understanding zoom lenses	p. 109
Picking the Right Lens	p. 110
The Nikon Creative Lighting System	p. 112
Available flashes	p. 112
The Close-up Speedlight System	p. 114
Using multiple flashes	p. 114
Microphones	p. 117
The built-in microphone	p. 117
Stereo microphones	p. 118
Shotgun microphones	p. 118
Lavalier microphones	p. 119
The WU-1 a Wireless adapter	p. 120
All About Lighting	p. 121
The Importance of Light	p. 122
The Quality of Light	p. 123
The Direction of Light	p. 125
The Intensity of Light	p. 129
Types of Light	p. 131
Natural light	p. 132
Continuous light	p. 134
Flash basics	p. 135
Measuring Light	p. 137
Light meters	p. 137
Metering modes	p. 138
Exposure and Composition	p. 143
Exposure Basics	p. 144
Shutter speed	p. 145
Aperture	p. 148
ISO	p. 150
Equivalent exposures	p. 151
Exposure compensation	p. 152
Exposure for video	p. 154
Composition	p. 156
Rule of Thirds	p. 157
Leading lines	p. 160
Keeping it simple	p. 161
Tips	p. 162
Composition and video	p. 163
The Live View Mode and Video Basics	p. 165
The Live View Mode	p. 166
Focus modes and autofocus areas	p. 170
Single-servo AF	p. 170
Full-time-servo AF	p. 171
Manual focus	p. 171
Autofocus (AF) area modes	p. 171
Taking still photos	p. 172
Video	p. 173
Shooting video	p. 173
Types of video	p. 174
Frame rate	p. 174
Shutter speed	p. 174
Setting up to shoot video	p. 176
Sound	p. 177
Recording video	p. 178
Playing back video	p. 178
Using the Nikon D3200	p. 179
Abstract Photography	p. 180
Inspiration	p. 180
Practice	p. 180
Tips	p. 182
Action and Sports Photography	p. 183
Inspiration	p. 184
Practice	p. 186
Tips	p. 188
Concert Photography	p. 188
Inspiration	p. 189
Practice	p. 191
Tips	p. 194
Landscape and Nature Photography	p. 195
Inspiration	p. 196
Practice	p. 197
Tips	p. 199
Macro Photography	p. 200
Inspiration	p. 201
Practice	p. 201
Tips	p. 203
Night and Low-light Photography	p. 203
Inspiration	p. 205
Practice	p. 206
Tips	p. 208
Portrait Photography	p. 209
Shooting indoors	p. 210
Shooting outdoors	p. 212
Photographing children	p. 213
Choosing the right focal length	p. 214
Inspiration	p. 214
Practice	p. 216
Tips	p. 217
Travel Photography	p. 218
Inspiration	p. 220
Practice	p. 221
Tips	p. 223
Viewing and Editing In-camera	p. 225
Viewing Your Images	p. 226
On the camera	p. 226
Connecting to a standard TV	p. 228
The HDMI HDTV connection	p. 228
Viewing images on a smart device	p. 229
Downloading Your Images	p. 230
Editing in the Retouch Menu	p. 231
D-Lighting	p. 231
Red-Eye Reduction	p. 232
Trim	p. 232
Monochrome	p. 233
Filter effects	p. 234
Color balance	p. 235
Image overlay	p. 235
NEF processing	p. 236
Resize	p. 238
Quick retouch	p. 239
Straighten	p. 239
Distortion control	p. 239
Fisheye	p. 240
Color outline	p. 240
Color sketch	p. 240
Perspective control	p. 241
Miniature effect	p. 241
Selective color	p. 241
Edit movie	p. 242
Printing from the camera	p. 244
Postproduction	p. 247
Still-photo Editing	p. 247
Nikon software	p. 247
iPhoto	p. 252
Photoshop Elements	p. 254
Video Editing	p. 257
Nikon software	p. 257
iMovie	p. 259
Premiere Elements	p. 261
Accessories	p. 263
Memory Cards	p. 263
Remotes	p. 264
Video Accessories	p. 265
Tripods	p. 266
Tripod heads	p. 267
Tripod legs	p. 269
Materials	p. 271
Monopods	p. 272
Global Positioning Systems	p. 272
How to Use the Gray Card and Color Checker	p. 273
The Gray Card	p. 273
The Color Checker	p. 274
Glossary	p. 275
Index	p. 280
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