Question 2
Observation and analysis (2 hours)
After watching the video: Introduction to Photography: The Camera by Ben Long (1h 52m), please answer the following questions. If necessary, refer to your Camera Manual:
- Name all the functions / buttons on the front of your camera
- Name all the functions / buttons on the back of your camera
- Explain how you would set the correct ISO
- Explain how you would change the aperture
- Explain how you would change the shutter speed
My camera is Sony a7iii
ISO : I always keep the ISO as low as possible, as of today I have never intentionally used high ISO to get a noisy photo. But who know? Maybe one day? On my camera I can have a pretty high ISO before it gets to noisy, but it require a lot of work in photoshop to get the noise down. And the ISO I change on the Control Wheel.
Aperture : This one I change on the Front Dial. The aperture depends on what dept of field you want. Say if I take a landscape photo I usually am around f8-f9, just to get a wide area that’s sharp and in focus. And if I take a portrait of my dogs, wildlife photo I use as high aperture my lens will go. I love using f2-f2.8, if you get the focus on the eyes/face on the animal/human/flower etc. you will end up with an amazing blurred out background(bokeh).
Shutter speed: This one I change on the Rear Dial. Shutter speed the exposure, this means how long the shutter is open and how much light it will let pass in to the sensor frame. A fast shutter will freeze the image. So if you are into different sports, wildlife photography you want to have a fast shutter speed so you freeze the photo and don’t get a motion blur on it. If you want to have a photo with motion blur, night photo, astro photos, make the water to a veil you need a slow shutter speed. If you want a sharp image but still want to get those stars or that veil on the water you need to have a tripod, because if you move your camera just a tiny bit the photo will turn out not that good.