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Ten photography tips and trivia you need to know

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By qindanPublished 3 years ago 6 min read

For most lenses, the best aperture values are between F8 and F11,

That's because each lens uses a small hole to create an image,

So this aperture imagines light, and there's a barrier on the way in,

It changes the direction in which it comes in, and then you have a diffraction phenomenon,

This can cause our photos to look meaty and dull,

So when we usually use, the aperture F value should not be opened to the maximum, nor to the minimum,

Because that's when the diffraction is most obvious.

For all shots, if you want the sharpest shots, use the f8 to F11 range

The rubber sheet on the shoulder strap is a long exposure occlusion eyepiece

This piece of rubber on the shoulder strap of the camera is often used to hide sunglasses during exposure

SLR cameras in particular give you a shoulder strap.

This shoulder strap will have an unattractive piece of rubber on it.

So what's this rubber piece on the shoulder strap for?

It's used to cover your eyepiece.

When do you need it?

When you shoot a long exposure subject with your camera,

You can take your eyepiece off,

You take the blindfold off, you stick this piece of rubber in, you keep it stuck,

Block this light from coming in from the outside so it doesn't become a harmful light.

So that's the use of this little film.

Three, myopic photographers can use diopter to adjust the eyepiece degreeNearsighted photographers can adjust the eyepiece by pressing a diopter button,

So let's say I'm nearsighted, so if I use a SLR,

I rarely use this eyepiece, but when I come across some older cameras,

You have to use eyeglasses again.

What to do? You can take your glasses off, put your eyes close to this eyepiece,

And then there's a little button next to it that has a plus or minus sign, and you fiddle with it,

You will notice that your vision will begin to become clearer.

This is actually adjusting your eyepiece,

Suitable for myopic students to use.

If you notice that your eyepiece is blurry,

Try adjusting this diopter adjustment button,

It makes your vision clear.

Four, viewfinder to see the black spot, shot out of the photo is not, because the viewfinder into the ash

The viewfinder saw the black spot, but the photo didn't,

This is because the viewfinder went into ash.

In the Canon 5D4 eyepiece, for example, you can see a little black dot in the view,

It's like a smudge, but it's not there on closer inspection,

And then there are no stains on my negatives, on my sensors,

Where did I finally find out? There's a little black spot on the focal screen of the eyepiece,

But it wasn't cleaned because it didn't affect the image.

So you saw a black dot in your eye, but the photo didn't,

That means there's something dirty in the eyepiece system

You don't have to deal with it, because it doesn't affect your photo.

Five, two second timer can replace the shutter release

The camera gives us a two-second timer that replaces the shutter release.

What is a two-second timer?

It's when I see that timer selfie in drive mode in the camera,

You can set it for 2 seconds or you can set it for 10 seconds,

So two seconds is definitely not for selfies,

Because it's gonna be more than two seconds,

How does it work?

And then with a long exposure and a slow shutter,

So at this point you can turn on the drive mode for 2 seconds,

Pressing the shutter will beep, and the camera will start shooting after 2 seconds.

So the camera shake, the forward shake caused by pressing the shutter, has disappeared.

We can eliminate camera shake in this way.

If we forget the shutter release or don't have the shutter remote,

You imagine you're going out and you're going to slow down the shutter, you're going to tripod it,

Pressing the shutter also causes the camera to shake,

At that point we can turn on the two-second timer, press the shutter, and after two seconds the camera starts taking pictures,

By this time the camera shake has been eliminated,

This will prevent the camera from blurry photos due to shutter shake.

Six, the photo suddenly dark corner, may be the hood installed wrong

If you're taking a picture and suddenly it's dark,

It could have been the wrong hood.

Notice, especially the lotus shape, put the long one above and below the lens, the short one right and left,

You don't want all four angles facing like that, you get a black Angle.

So if it's a cylinder, there's nothing wrong with the cylinder.

Seven, the camera is equipped with a tripod for shooting, and the anti-shake function should be turned off

When shooting with the camera tripod, the anti - shake function should be turned off.

Now more and more cameras have anti-shake features,

For example, R6, level 8,

And the micro sheet basically has anti-shake, that some shots also have anti-shake,

And when you turn this thing on,

That will eliminate the slight shaking that happens when you hold the camera,

It's like taking this sensor or the lens and creating this kind of suspension,

This way, it corrects it, and your photo will freeze the sharpness of the function.

But if you put your camera on a tripod or on a desktop,

It's absolutely stationary, so at this point we're going to turn this off,

Keeping the lens and the bottom still makes the picture clear,

Otherwise, it might in turn blur your photos.

8. Build a tripod With the legs of the tripod facing you

When you set up a tripod, you have the two corners facing you,

And this is a question that a lot of novices ask,

So when we use the tripod,

This triangle has three angles,

Do we want one Angle facing us, or do we want two angles facing us?

So normally we have two angles facing us,

That way you have more room for your feet to move,

If it's an Angle you can easily bump it, kick it, cause your phase to shift,

Of course, in some very special cases,

Let's say you're on an overpass, and you want this camera to go further out,

We can have an Angle facing us, and this is special case special treatment.

Tripod about a small knowledge, simple understanding can be.

Ix. Use lens LOCK to protect lens

Good at using the lens LOCK on the lens to protect the lens, this refers to the button LOCK on our lens.

There's a LOCK button. What is this button for?

It's used to lock our zoom ring,

Once locked down,

When you turn the zoom ring again and you can't turn it, it won't come out.

So we lock it when we don't use it,

So if you hold it upside down, it won't fall off,

I can't pull it, I can't turn it,

You can protect the lens.

10, playback of the photo flash is a mistake to turn on the highlight warning

The camera flashes back because you accidentally activated the highlight alert,

So this is a question that a lot of people ask,

Why is it that when I play back my photos, my photos seem to explode,

There was a bright black and white spot that kept flashing,

Well, that's because you're in the camera at some shortcut button,

Triggered this highlight alert,

You can click on the menu directly to find the highlight alert function

Just turn it off.

It's simple. It's not because your camera is broken,

It's not that the photos are broken,

You just turned on a feature.

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