Easy Slr Photography Tips And Tricks For Beginners
If youre looking quick and easy tips in photographing in digital SLR, then pull up a chair and buckle down for the next few minutes because this is the article that youve been looking for.
In this article, were going to look at twelve must-know tips for digital photography beginners that will help you come up with brilliant pictures quickly, and easily.
Listed below are some tips for people who are learning the basics of their digital SLR camera. After reading this article, youll be able to take pictures seamlessly according to the level of your experience.
1.Never throw manuals away! Instructions how to use your camera functions and features are discussed in the manual. Instead, you should read it a lot and whenever possible, store it where it can be reached for reference easily.
2.Allot an individual UV filter for every lens youve got. Its a lot cheaper to replace scratched filters than scratched lens.
3.At your best, try to know how to use all of the SLR camera settings. Even if you think that you arent going to ever use it. Mastering changing basic camera settings like ISO, aperture, and shutter speed is greatly recommended.
4.If youre serious about photography, you might want to invest on good, sturdy tripod and a remote release. This equipment can really help when taking photographs that need long shutter speeds.
5.Read lots of SLR photography magazines. It has guides on choosing the right digital camera for you, including how to use it along with camera accessories and camera lenses.
6.Do not ever attempt to touch or blow the sensor inside your cameras body. Should you damage it, your camera is bricked and useless. If you need to clean it, buy a specialized cleaning kit from a camera shop.
7.Hesitate to change lens outside a closed environment. Dust might land on the cameras sensor.
8.If you get a lot of blurred photos, chances are your shutter speed setting is slow. Change it to a faster shutter speed for more engaging subjects. Stabilizing your hand movements while taking a photo is another useful thing to remember, if you want to take sharper pictures.
9.It is greatly recommended for beginners such as yourself to use a RAW file format when taking pictures with your SLR. This is because RAW files are easily editable on a photo-editing computer program if ever you take a good picture with all the wrong camera settings.
10.Experiment with your new camera and learn through experience the settings that are foreign to you. Try still captures while using different settings to see how many photo effects you can achieve through the manipulation of these settings.
11.A well-focused picture is usually more candid than its blurred counterparts. Make it a habit to prefocus before taking a picture by pressing the shutter button halfway before completely pressing it to take the photograph.
Canon EOS Rebel T3i SLR Camera review
Unveiled in early 2011, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i (EOS 600D) continues Canon’s Digital rebel tradition of providing ‘affordable’ digital SLR cameras. Ideal for entry level enthusiast, the Rebel T3i sits on the top end of Canons entry-level EOS line-up, above the existing Rebel T2i (EOS 550D). With tools to capture beautiful still images and Full HD movies, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i makes photography easy and fun. With the matchless range of EF-S lenses and other accessories from Canon, the Rebel T3i holds the key to the perfect shot.
Body Design and Handling
Unlike its predecessors, the Rebel T3i has an improved grip that’s a little deeper, front to back, coupled with a carved channel on the back that provides an anchor point for the thumb. Although bigger hands may still find it a tight squeeze, most users should find its grip more comfortable than its predecessors. It is also heftier than its predecessor, the T2i, weighing almost 60g more (583g compared to the T2i’s 525g)
As with many cameras in its class, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i utilizes a pentamirror viewfinder. Although it is one of the better pentamirror finders in the market, it is smaller and dimmer than the pentaprism finders used in more expensive cameras. The viewfinder shows approximately 95% of the scene to be captured, and the 5% ‘margin of error’ is of little consequence in normal use.
The Canon EOS Rebel T3i has an excellent 3:2, 1,040k dot display swivel-and-tilt articulated LCD screen. Hinged on the side instead of the based, it is useful for taking shots when using a tripod, or camera above the head type of shots. The ClearView display technology which has a layer of optical elastic material between the coverglass makes for unusually clear indoors and outdoors images.
First Class Still Shots
The Canon EOS Rebel T3i’s DIGIC 4 image processor and buffer enables capture of about 34 large/fine JPEG images, 6 RAW frames, and 4 RAW+JPEG frames. The DIGIC 4 processor also allows capture of 14-bit RAW images, and the 8-bit JPEGs are created from 14-bit data. The quality from both the swiveling LCD and the optical viewfinder is excellent, good enough to shoot at ISO 3,200 for a low-noise image.
With Peripheral Illumination Correction, the Rebel T3i is able to reduce Vignetting, a reduction of an image’s brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the image center.
The Rebel T3i also has Creative Filter functions, which provides 5 filters, including the new Fisheye mode that creates a distortion as seen through a fisheye lens. The effect is applied after the shot is captured, and the strength of the effect is adjustable. This feature is not available for videos.
Unlike its predecessors, the Canon T3i offers nine-point auto focusing (AF) with a central f/2.8 focus point and eight single-axis points. All its AF points are cross-type, an advantage, as they are sensitive to both horizontal and vertical detail.
The Canon EOS Rebel T3i also comes with an Auto+ mode, which combines five Canon T3i’s systems, i.e.; Auto Exposure, Autofocus, Auto White Balance, Auto Lighting Optimizer, and Picture Style Auto, into one smart exposure mode.
Full High Definition Moving Pictures
The Canon EOS Rebel T3i comes with movie mode with Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 pixels at 24, 25, and 30 frames per second. 720p is available at 50 and 60 fps and VGA video is recorded at 30 and 25 fps. Zooming is a breeze with Video Digital Zoom, which allows a cropped zoom from between three and 10x magnification in 1080p resolution at all frame rates.
Another feature is the Video Snapshot mode that is brought in from Canons PowerShot and camcorder ranges. This feature allows recordings of short 2, 4 or 8 second video snippets, which are then stitched together and played back as a merged video. There is also an option to add audio soundtrack, choosing from the in-built five standard background music tracks, or import music to the SD card via the EOS utility. With this feature, multi-take videos can be produced without computer editing.
Other Handy Features
The T3i has a pop-up flash, with an X-sync of 1/200 second and a guide number of 43 feet (13m) at ISO 100 that can also function as an Integrated Speedlite Transmitter /wireless flash controller.
As with the T2i, it is HDMI-CEC compatible. With an HDMI to mini-HDMI (Type C) adapter or cable (purchase separately), you can play back your images on your HD TV as well as control the camera’s Playback functions via the CEC (Consumer Electronics) Protocol.
In Conclusion
With newly added features to the already impressive Rebel line, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i is a value for money investment for aspiring photographers. The quality of its still shots is among the best in its price range, and its video modes are quite comprehensive, offering excellent quality, if handled correctly.
Besides the Rebel T3i, Canon offers the T2i and the 60D, another two outstanding 18-megapixel digital SLRs within the same price range. All provides excellent image quality. However, in this authors opinion, the Canon EOS Rebel T3i has the best mix of features among the three.
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