Course Description
Quesitons for you...
- When you use a digital camera, do you leave it on “automatic” and just accept the image it gives you?
- When you have used the camera on “automatic”, have you been disappointed in some of the resulting images?
- Do you ever wonder what all the buttons, dials, and controls do?
- Have you tried reading the several hundred-page owner’s manual and just put it aside due to confusion?
- Would you like to learn to use the camera properly and utilize those buttons and dials to improve your images?
- In general, would you just like to take better photographs?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, this course will help you.
Most people who use a camera just leave it in the “Automatic” mode and let the camera do the work. And honestly, that works a lot of the time. However, anyone who has done this will tell you that some of those images were not very good. Some were too bright, too dark, or blurry.
If you wanted to fix these problems, you should use the camera’s various features and controls manually. If you are not taught properly, and in an understandable way, what those controls do, you press buttons and hope to fix the problem. Guessing your way to a solution is not the way to fix things.
With this course, you will learn how to control the brightness and clarity of your images. There are several ways to fix these problems, and you will learn which options are best for different lighting conditions.
Target Audience
This essential online course is designed for anyone who wants to learn more about the operations and controls of a digital camera. You will learn what the various controls do and, more importantly, why you use one over another.
Course Logistics
Course Objectives
Even though the course is all about the "essentials", you will be learning some complicated subject areas. Even if you have been using cameras for some time, I believe you will benefit from this course and gain a better understanding of things like:
- External camera controls, their names, locations, and functions
- Camera modes include Automatic, Program, Manual, Shutter Priority, and Aperture Priority
- Menus and selections
- Image sensor sizes and why they matter
- Lens selection and uses
- Manual versus automatic focus
- Vibration reduction and camera shake
- Digital media (memory cards)
- Resolution and quality options
- Exposure changes using shutter speeds, apertures, and ISO settings
- Manually using the camera light meter to find the best exposure
- White balance for proper color capture
- Both flash and non-flash photography techniques
Training Certification and Recertification Credits
Online - Essential Camera Operations and Controls may qualify for specific continuing education training credits. Use's summary below as a quick reference for organization and discipline specific applicability. The approving organization has final authority and their website should be referenced before submitting any request for training credits.
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