You bought a digital camera and brought it home. But the joy is overshadowed by the fact that the device does not work or the pictures are of poor quality. Do not immediately run to the store and make a scandal. Take it easy and carefully read the instructions that come with each camera.
If the equipment does not show signs of life, first charge the battery. After that, make sure that the camera is turned on and the memory card is in place. This will be signaled to you by the indicators on the liquid crystal display or in the viewfinder. What each symbol means is described in the user manual.
Now how to set up. The camera of any manufacturer provides an automatic shooting mode. Each company has its own name for this mode, but in most cases it is the letter A (auto). Many people refer to this option as smart shooting. How to set up the camera for shooting in automatic mode is written at the beginning of the user manual.
Having set the camera to automatic mode, it is advisable to immediately tell the camera that images need to be saved to a memory card. The menu should also set the dimensionsimages. It is desirable that they be no lower than 1915x1285. This is the optimal size for printing 10x15 and 13x18 cm photos. The larger the size, the better the picture. How to set the camera to a certain image size is usually given in the manual, but you can look it up through the menu button. Image settings usually come first in the list.
So now you know how to set up your digital camera. But shooting at "full auto" will not give the expected results if you are in a hurry
to be. Equipment in this mode needs time to assess the situation and self-adjust. Therefore, after you select a frame, fix the device in your hands, then exhale and gently press the shutter button, but not all the way. By holding the button in this position for a few seconds, you enable the camera to take the necessary measurements. In just two seconds, the subject will become sharper on the LCD monitor or in the viewfinder, and the picture may fade. Don't let that scare you. So the device signals that it has tuned in to the conditions for placing and lighting the object. Now you can smoothly squeeze the button to the end.
If you are not satisfied with the quality of pictures in automatic mode, you can use scenarios. Once you have an understanding of what scripts are, you will easily learn how to set up a Canon, Nikon, or any other manufacturer's camera.
Scenarios - optimal settings for certain situations. Since these situations are usuallyare standard, from the icons (drawings) it is easy to guess what is at stake and understand how to set up the camera. The graphic symbols of the preset scenarios are shown in the figure.
In this manual, advice was given to beginner amateur photographers on setting up cameras. Higher image quality requires experience and careful study of the user manual for a specific model.
