Tips

Tips 
        So even though I'm new at this, I thought I might share a few tips for beginners.

          Lets start with the basics: CAMERA MODES
                                Here's a list of some of the basic modes and advanced modes on the mode dial.

Basic:
          Automatic
          Portrait
          Macro (a.k.a close-up)
          Landscape
          Sports
          Night Portrait

Advanced:
          Program
          Shutter-priority
          Aperture-priority
          Manual exposure
          Auto Depth-of-field
          Flash off








 











Here's what they all mean:


Automatic: Complete automatic photography: the camera analyzes the scene and tries to choose the best setting that produces the best results

Portrait: Design to produce softly focused backgrounds for flattering portraits

Micro (Close-Up): produces softly focused backgrounds  especially suitable for close-ups of flowers and other nature subjects 

Landscape: Designed to keep both near and distant subjects in sharp focus

Sports: Selects a faster shutter speed to capture fast moving subjects with out blur 

Night Portrait: Same as portrait, but combines flash with a slow shutter speed to produce softer lighting and brighter background. Use tripod to avoid camera shake.

Program: Camera select both the f-stop (aperture setting) and the shutter speed to ensure proper exposure, but the user can choose from multiple combination of the two settings. Full control over color, flash, and other advanced settings.

Shutter-priority: The user sets shutter speed and the camera selects the f-stop that will produce a good exposure Full control over color, flash, and other advanced settings.

Aperture-priority: The user selects the f-stop and the camera selects the shutter speed that will produce a good exposure. Full control over color, flash, and other advanced settings.

Manual Exposure: User controls both shutter speed and f-stop. Full control over color, flash, and other advanced settings.

Automatic Depth-of-field: Camera selects the f-stop needed to keep all objects in the frame in the zone of sharp focus and then selects the shutter speed that will produce good exposure. Full control over most (but not all) color, flash, and other advanced settings.

Flash Off: Same as automatic but with the flash disabled.

Since I am still learning about working a camera, my knowledge is very little to share. Even learning about the dial mode and what is what and when to use which one helped me. A little goes long ways.