Notes on DSLR Cameras

• Off/on button on the top
• On goes to pic mode
• Move to top – video
• 60 shutter speed – should be 50 (usually)
• Aperture - Scrolling the wheel means the aperture can change (the amount of light taken into camera) – lower number, brighter
• Top button iso – the lower it is the darker the image (ideally should be low)
• When zoomed in can change aperture for lighting as it can make it darker
• Depth of field - Change aperture to lower pulls the focus to you
• Exposure – brightness/darkness
• Over exposed – too much brightness
• Under exposed – too much darkness
• Shutter speed affects exposure  - higher shutter speed, the darker the image (50 a good number)
• Difference between fixed lenses and how much some can zoom and how the others can’t
• White balance AWB – affects the colour
• Bottom right custom white balance
•   If outside – daylight can be used