BOOK THAT TEACHES APERATURE, ETC

terilynne · Dec 30, 2010

Can someone please refer a book to me that teaches all these different kinds of settings? I am trying to learn my camera D3000 and now a SB600--I have NO CLUE how to set these things!!! HELPPPP!

Skyclad · Dec 30, 2010

This is a good site for you to practice with that will give you an idea for now

Sim Cam - Shutter & Aperture

terilynne · Dec 30, 2010

Skyclad said:
This is a good site for you to practice with that will give you an idea for now

Sim Cam - Shutter & Aperture

Thank-you SOOOO much!!!

arcooke · Dec 31, 2010

Erm... that link isn't going to help anything.

You need to learn first WHAT aperture, shutter speed, and ISO do. Then you need to learn HOW they work. Then you need to learn HOW and WHY they work together to produce a correct exposure.

That website might be OK as a reference, or just toying around with settings.. but that's it. Do yourself a favor and start HERE.

OrionsByte · Dec 31, 2010

As far as books go, the most oft-recommended book on this site is Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson. It's pretty good if you're starting from scratch - give it a shot.

(Web research is free though!)

sanpan · Dec 31, 2010

You can also check out his videos on You tube, they are free

Skyclad · Dec 31, 2010

arcooke said:
Erm... that link isn't going to help anything.

You need to learn first WHAT aperture, shutter speed, and ISO do. Then you need to learn HOW they work. Then you need to learn HOW and WHY they work together to produce a correct exposure.

That website might be OK as a reference, or just toying around with settings.. but that's it. Do yourself a favor and start HERE.

Thats exactly why I said it will give him an idea at least. He will be able to see the correlation between shutter speed and aperture a little more hands on without killing camera batteries right away.

KmH · Dec 31, 2010

Quit shouting your thread titles (all caps).

Visit www.cambridgeincolor.com . They have some of the best digital photography tutorials online.

You can also visit wipedia.org:
Aperture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shutter speed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed - The same as digital ISO

I have some beginner photography info on my blog How Do I Use My Digital SLR?.

terilynne · Dec 31, 2010

OK I have read my manuals on both my camera and my SB600--I do have better understanding now of what the aperture and shutter speed are and what they do! My question now is--how do I know what to set them at for different shoots? I have just been shooting in auto and my pictures look fine. But everyone keeps telling me that I need to learn to shoot in manual..I have no idea what to set my aperture and shutter speed at :/

Light Artisan · Dec 31, 2010

Might help in your search if you spell it right too.

Aperture

Not

Aperature

KmH · Dec 31, 2010

In the camera viewfinder is a reflected light meter that is used when in manual and semiauto modes. Watching it as you adjust shutter speed and aperture is how you know what settings you need, to get a correct exposure anyway.

There are many combinations of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO (exposure triad) that give the correct exposure for any particular scene, but only a couple of those will be the right artistic combination of the exposure triad.

Some of those artistic considerations are: how your shutter speed will render motion (see www.cambridgeincolor.com), how the aperture select will affect depth-of-field (see www.cambridgeincolor.com), and how ISO will afect image noise (see www.cambridgeincolor.com).

Don't forget to use search engines for finding some of this information on your own, because when you do, you discover things you didn't know, you didn't know.

guitar guy · Dec 31, 2010

terilynne said:
OK I have read my manuals on both my camera and my SB600--I do have better understanding now of what the aperture and shutter speed are and what they do! My question now is--how do I know what to set them at for different shoots? I have just been shooting in auto and my pictures look fine. But everyone keeps telling me that I need to learn to shoot in manual..I have no idea what to set my aperture and shutter speed at :/

Sounds like you're in the same situation I'm in. I'll tell you what I'm going to do (as soon as the weather cooperates-- freezing rain today), I'm just going to experiment. I assume your camera is digital? Set your camera to Aperture priority, pick F8 and see what shutter speed it selects. Try a different F stop and see how the shutter speed changes. Start noticing the difference in depth of field (I'm talking to myself here-- it's on my to-do list). Maybe experiment with the ISO or the white balance. Then switch over to Manual mode and see what happens. I don't know, maybe I'm way off base here, but I don't see how you or I can go wrong. I think we'll absorb much more understanding from experimentation and personal experience than anything else.

I just picked up "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson today and it's really helped. I think I can recommend it. For some reason he explains things in a way that other photography books I've read haven't been able to communicate. Maybe it's especially written for thick people like me, I don't know. Just have fun, experiment. Use your delete feature.

terilynne · Dec 31, 2010

Light Artisan said:
Might help in your search if you spell it right too.

Aperture

Not

Aperature

Yes in my last post I believe that I did indeed spell it correctly. I did notice that it was spelled wrong on the actual thread. My spelling wasn't the issue but thank-you for your input!

terilynne · Dec 31, 2010

KmH said:
In the camera viewfinder is a reflected light meter that is used when in manual and semiauto modes. Watching it as you adjust shutter speed and aperture is how you know what settings you need, to get a correct exposure anyway.

There are many combinations of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO (exposure triad) that give the correct exposure for any particular scene, but only a couple of those will be the right artistic combination of the exposure triad.

Some of those artistic considerations are: how your shutter speed will render motion (see www.cambridgeincolor.com), how the aperture select will affect depth-of-field (see www.cambridgeincolor.com), and how ISO will afect image noise (see www.cambridgeincolor.com).

Don't forget to use search engines for finding some of this information on your own, because when you do, you discover things you didn't know, you didn't know.

Thank-you soooo much! This was very helpful!

terilynne · Dec 31, 2010

So if my camera sets all these settings in AUTO why do I need to set them manually? It seems like in auto they would be set at the best settings for the lighting that I am in?? I am TOTALLY new to all this! I know these may be really stupid questions butttttt?????? lol