Checklist for D-SLR Photography to be kept in mind.Your new camera is a highly sophisticated equipment; avoid simple mistakes while you become familiar with it.
- Charge batteries Before every outing, charge your battery. Most digital cameras have rechargeable batteries. You will be checking almost every image on the LCD screen on the back of your camera and this is what runs the camera batterydown more than anything else. Keep a spare battery.
- Format the memory card Before every shoot, and after you download or print your pictures, always format your memory card. Or else, failure is always possible. You can lose pictures. Format your card in the camera’s menu before every use and after every download of your pictures.
- Ensure enough memory in your cards In the conventional cameras of olden days, you could pick up a new roll of film in almost any place you visit. But the memory cards have a very small capacity for pictures. Keep additional and more spacious cards with higher memory size.
- Clean your image sensor If you like to change lenses often, there is a chance that dust attracted to your image sensor will result in black specks or hairs appearing on your image files. This is especially likely if you forget to turn off your camera before changing the lens. If the sensor is not cleaned carefully, it can be damaged. Check the manufacturer’s website to see what they recommend. One way to avoid having to clean the sensor all the time is to keep the lens mount facing down when changing lenses. This way, any airborne debris is less likely to settle on the sensor.
- Set your sensor sensitivity (ISO) It’s best to use as low an ISO as possible because higher ISO settings produce more “noise”(undesirable visible grain). The thumb rule is: The lower the ISO, the better the quality (if the shooting circumstances permit it).
- Set your color/white balance. Make sure that your camera is set on auto-whitebalance, as in most cases this will produce an acceptable result.
- Set the right file type—JPEG, RAW, or TIFF? Make sure your camera is set to produce the largest/highest quality JPEG possible. It is absolutely pointless to shoot on smaller JPEG settings, since doing so defeats the purpose of using a high-quality camera.
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