Book

Schaub, George.

Using your camera / George Schaub.

New York : Amphoto, 1990.

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Divided into four major sections: "35mm Equipment and Film"; "Operating the Camera"; "Understanding Exposure" and "Creative Possibilities" and filled with dozens of step-by-step illustrations and diagrams, this book, specifically designed and written by amateur photographers, covers the basic concepts needed to make good photographs.

35mm cameras -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Photography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Includes index.

35MM equipment and film -- The Camera components -- The Lens -- Film: photography's software -- Buying accessories -- Operating the camera -- Loading and rewinding film -- Focusing -- Metering light levels -- Understanding exposure -- Light and F-stops -- Relating aperture to shutter speed -- Controlling contrast -- Autoexposure modes -- Exposure overrides -- Bracketing exposures -- Matching film speed to the light -- Creative possibilities -- Focusing and depth of field -- The Beauty of black and white -- Flash photography -- Shooting artificial light -- Pushing film -- Practice and play.

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