David Busch’s Sony Alpha a7R II/a7 II Guide to Digital Photography
In my experience, Auto provides a mid level of DRO that’s worth leaving on at all times.
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A green dot surrounded by two brackets (curved lines) appears to indicate that the camera is not having a problem achieving and maintaining focus. The brackets disappear when focus is achieved, leaving only the green dot. If the camera should fail to acquire focus, the green dot disappears and the brackets remain. Continuous AF is a useful mode for
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(Sony suggests turning the Lens Comp.: Distortion feature Off in the Custom Settings 7 menu to ensure the full framing speed.)
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You want the camera to adjust exposure only using the shutter speed. 4. Choose manual focus. You don’t want the focus to change between shots, so set the camera to manual focus, and carefully focus your shot. 5. Choose RAW exposures. Set the camera to take RAW files, which will give you the widest range of tones in your images. (This is an advantag
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Sony FE 55mm/1.8 ZA lens. So, why get excited about a “normal” lens with an f/1.8 maximum aperture and a $1,000 price tag? After all, both Nikon and Canon offer full-frame 50mm f/1.8 prime lenses for $200 or less. In this case, your ten Benjamins buys you one of the sharpest lenses ever made, with exquisite resolution at every f/stop—including wide
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If you shoot in RAW format, you can still use Merge to HDR, working with a single original image file. What you do is import the image into Photoshop several times, using Adobe Camera Raw to create multiple copies of the file at different exposure levels. For example, you’d create one copy that’s too dark, so the shadows lose detail, but the highli
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won’t be recommending specific tripods, because they are one component that it’s foolish to skimp on. Photo guru Thom Hogan explains why eloquently in a classic 2003 blog posting you can find here: http://www.bythom.com/support.htm. Suffice it to say that I personally never rely on a cheap tripod; even my ultra-compact Gitzo Traveler (which is espe
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Your first decision should be which of the autofocus modes to select: Single-shot (AF-S), Continuous AF (AF-C), or Automatic AF (AF-A).
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Portrait Lighting ($4.99). This app can accentuate people’s faces by adjusting the contrast and brightness. It can also lighten or darken the background.