Samsung EV-NX300ZBAVUS - Manual (Page 8)

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Contents
Chapter 1
My Camera
Getting started ............................................................................................ 29
Unpacking.................................................................................................................... 29
Camera layout .............................................................................................. 30
Using the DIRECT LINK button ................................................................................ 32
Inserting the battery and memory card ................................................. 33
Removing the battery and memory card ........................................................... 33
Using the memory card adapter ............................................................................. 33
Charging the battery and turning on your camera .............................. 34
Charging the battery................................................................................................ 34
Turning on your camera ......................................................................................... 34
Performing the initial setup ...................................................................... 35
Selecting functions (options) ................................................................... 36
Selecting with buttons ............................................................................................ 36
Selecting by touch .................................................................................................... 36
Using
m .............................................................................................................. 37
E.g. Selecting the photo size in P mode ............................................................. 37
Using the Smart panel ............................................................................................. 38
E.g. Adjust the exposure value in P mode ......................................................... 38
Tips
Concepts in Photography
Shooting postures....................................................................................... 13
Holding the camera ..................................................................................................... 13
Standing photography ............................................................................................... 13
Crouching photography ............................................................................................ 14
Using the display .......................................................................................................... 14
Low-angle shot .............................................................................................................. 15
High-angle shot ............................................................................................................. 15
Aperture ........................................................................................................ 16
Aperture value and the depth of field .................................................................. 17
Shutter speed ............................................................................................... 18
ISO sensitivity .............................................................................................. 19
How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity
control exposure ......................................................................................... 20
Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective ................ 21
Depth of field ............................................................................................... 22
What controls out-of-focus effects? ....................................................................... 22
Optical preview ............................................................................................................. 24
Composition ................................................................................................. 24
Rule of Thirds .................................................................................................................. 24
Photos with two subjects .......................................................................................... 25
Flash ............................................................................................................... 26
Flash guide number ..................................................................................................... 26
Bounce Photography .................................................................................................. 27