Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Exploring Your New Digital Camera -- Basic-Intermediate Cameras: Typical Front Controls and What They Do -- Basic-Intermediate Cameras: Typical Back Panel Controls and What They Do -- Basic/Intermediate Cameras: Typical Top Panel Controls and What They Do -- Basic/Intermediate Cameras: Typical Bottom Panel Controls and What They Do -- Advanced/EVF Cameras: Typical Front Controls and What They Do -- Advanced/EVF Cameras: Typical Back Panel Controls and What They Do -- Advanced/EVF Cameras: Typical Top Panel Controls and What They Do -- Advanced/EVF Cameras: Typical Side Panel Controls and What They Do -- Inserting Media -- Using Electronic Flash -- 2 Setting Up Your Digital Camera -- Battery Charging and Battery Life -- Media Formatting -- FAT Chances -- Transferring Photos -- Making Optimum Compression and Resolution -- Compression and File Format -- Resolution -- Making Basic Settings -- Changing LCD Brightness and Review Modes -- Other Shooting Options -- Noise Reduction -- Image Optimization -- File Numbers and Folders -- Custom Settings -- 3 Photography: The Basic Controls -- Exposure Controls -- Tonal Range -- Using Scene Modes -- Choosing a Scene Mode -- Programmed Exposure Modes -- Aperture-Priority and Shutter-Priority -- Aperture-Priority -- Shutter-Priority -- Manual Exposure -- Choosing a Shutter Speed to Stop Action or Create Blur -- Selecting the F/Stop to Control Sharpness and Focus -- Sharpness -- Variable F/Stops -- Depth-of-Field -- Diffraction Distraction -- Changing ISO -- Exposure Metering and Evaluation Modes -- Overriding Your Camera's Exposure Settings -- Working with Histograms -- Automatic Focus Basics -- Automatic Focus Modes -- Single Autofocus -- Continuous Autofocus -- Manual Focus -- Reviewing and Printing Your Pictures -- Picture Review -- Creating a Print Order.

4 Making Light Work for You -- Quality of Light -- Direction -- Intensity -- Color -- Texture -- White Balance -- Setting White Balance Manually -- Measuring White Balance -- Creating Your Own Presets -- Other Factors -- Electronic Flash -- Flash Modes -- Flash Exposure -- Connecting an External Flash -- 5 Using Your Zoom Lens -- Lens Considerations -- Wide-Angle Views -- Using Telephoto Effects -- Using Macro Settings and Accessories -- Telephoto and Wide-Angle Lens Attachments -- Distortion, Aberrations, and Anomalies -- 6 Creating a Photo -- Choosing a Theme and Purpose -- Selecting a Center of Interest -- Orientation -- Angles and Distance -- The Rule of Thirds and Other Guidelines -- Backgrounds -- Using Straight Lines, Curves, and Balance -- Framing Your Subject -- 7 Exploring Great Themes -- Action -- Animals -- Amusement Parks -- Architecture -- Auction Photography -- Candid Photography -- Child Photography -- Concerts-Live! -- Events -- Fireworks and Aerial Pyrotechnics -- Lush Landscapes -- Macro Photography -- Nature Photography -- Night Photography -- Panoramas -- Portraiture -- Still Lifes -- Sunrises and Sunsets -- Travel Photography -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- x -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.