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Improving your shooting skills k Shooting guides

Color: White balance

There are other sources of lighting like tungsten light and fluorescent light, besides the

sunlight, illuminating the subject. Unlike the sunlight, these lights contain particular colors.

Hence, the same white object shot under different lighting conditions turns out in different

colors. Even for sunlight, the outcome differs depending on the sky conditions, shadow of

trees or buildings etc.

White balance automatically corrects the effects from these lighting and enables shooting

with the right colors. Though the right colors can be obtained when the white balance is set to

[AUTO], depending on the shooting situations, it may not be possible to get the intended

colors. In such cases, change to an appropriate setting.

g “White balance k Adjusting the color tone” (P. 54)

This section describes the functions suitable under different shooting conditions depending

on the subject.

Taking landscape pictures

Outdoor scenes such as flower scenery and night scenery are landscape pictures. There are

different things to take note of when taking different landscape pictures. This section

describes taking outdoor scenery pictures such as forests and lakes in daylight.

Changing shooting mode

Outdoor scenery includes both motion and still sceneries. The

shooting method changes accordingly in order to capture a

realistic movement of the subject.

• To take a picture that focuses on a certain point among a wider

range of the image such as bringing out the depth of a forest, use

A (Aperture priority shooting) mode and close the aperture

(increase the aperture value) as much as possible.

• To capture the instant where waves smash against the seashore,

use S (Shutter priority shooting) mode and select a fast shutter

speed. To shoot a flowing waterfall or river, set a slow shutter

speed to capture a scene different from the actual scene.

Exposure compensation can be used even under different shooting modes. Check the image

that you have shot and use + or - to compensate.

A guide to functions for different subjects

Fluorescent light

Tungsten light Shade of tree

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