Novice landscape photography settings 10 camera precautions

Lead: The use of exposure, light, color and composition in photography will add a lot of color to your photos. You should fully master the parameter settings in the basic operation of the camera. Let me learn from you.

Pay attention to 1 focus mode and focus.

Generally speaking, the subjects of landscape photography are mostly static or relatively static objects, so we'd better set the focus mode to single autofocus and the focus to single autofocus.

2 exposure mode

Among the four available modes: program exposure (P), shutter priority (S), aperture priority (A) and manual (M), the novice should choose aperture priority (A). This is because, in this mode, when you choose the aperture, the camera will automatically choose the shutter speed that can produce the best exposure, and in general, we need to control the depth of field effect through the aperture size when shooting landscape photos.

3 color saturation

Low saturation can obtain a wider color range, more color levels, greater tolerance, and can record richer color and tone levels, so set the camera saturation to? Low? Or? Soft? . If the camera has no saturation setting, you can choose? Softening? Or? Ordinary? 、? Standard? Equality mode.

4 contrast

Low contrast can obtain the maximum tone level, and then leave room for post-processing. What if there is no camera? Contrast? Settings, can be in? Image optimization? Choice? Soft? Or? Standard? Do not choose? Scenery? Or? Bright? .

5 the best aperture

Aperture not only controls exposure, but also controls depth of field to achieve unique effects. Theoretically, when taking landscape photos, the aperture should be as small as possible to obtain a large depth of field, that is, the front, middle and back scenes are clear. However, practice has proved that it is difficult for many brand lenses to achieve ideal clarity and sharpness when they exceed F 18. Therefore, it is suggested to increase the aperture setting from the minimum aperture value by 2 to 3 steps, that is, the optimal value is between f 13- 16.

6 measurement mode

Under normal lighting conditions, it is best to choose the central button for metering. However, if the lighting situation of the scene is complex and the tone level of the whole picture needs to be taken into account, the average photometry method should be adopted. Pay special attention when measuring light? Point? Selection: First, the photometric subject should be selected correctly, and second, the brightness of the photometric subject should not be too high or too low relative to the full screen to prevent overexposure or underexposure.

7 white balance

Whether this setting is appropriate or not will directly affect the quality of photo color reproduction. Scenery shooting is carried out under outdoor natural light conditions. Whether it is sunny, cloudy or foggy, the color temperature will be within the range of' 4500-7000 K' automatically corrected by the camera, so it is generally selected. Automatic? White balance mode is fine. If you want to pursue special color creativity, you can achieve warm or cold effects by increasing or decreasing the color temperature.

8 sensitivity

Because the lower the sensitivity, the higher the image quality, the less noise, the finer the image quality and the smoother the image transition. So if possible, choose the sensitivity of ISO50- 100 as much as possible. Only when the light is not good and a tripod is not used should the sensitivity be improved. But try not to raise it, otherwise the noise in the dark part of the picture will increase, the particles will be rough, and even highlights will appear? Dead white? . However, with the progress of digital technology, the sensitivity of some high-end cameras has now increased to ISO2000, and the noise is not obvious.

9 image quality and size

In order to keep all the data of the shot image as much as possible and provide more space for post-processing, the RAW format should be preferred when shooting, and in the camera shooting menu, it should be set to? Do you realize its value? , so that the image will not be compressed. If you use JPEG format, you should also choose? Fine (large)? To ensure that the image has enough pixels, set it in the compression ratio menu? Lowest? To avoid loss of image quality.

10 color space

This setting is directly related to which color space is used for digital original image acquisition, thus determining the amount of color information. Because Adobe RGB has a wider range of colors than sRGB and a richer level of photos, Adobe RGB format should be chosen instead of sRGB format.

Note: Use telephoto lens and wide-angle lens.