Scenery camera settings

Landscape photography is an original work with the main theme of expressing the beauty of natural scenery such as natural scenery and urban architectural photography. Bel

Landscape photography is an original work with the main theme of expressing the beauty of natural scenery such as natural scenery and urban architectural photography. Belongs to the category of multi-photography. Before that, we should know about the camera settings when taking landscape photos. The following are some contents I collected online, hoping to help you on the road of photography exploration.

Description of camera settings: focus mode and focus point

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

Description of camera settings: exposure mode

Among the four available modes of program exposure P, shutter priority S, aperture priority A and manual M, a 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.

Tips for camera setting: 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 range is between f 13- 16.

Description of camera settings: metering method

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. Special attention should be paid to the selection of "points" when measuring: first, the selection of measuring subjects should be accurate; Second, the brightness of the metering object should not be too high or too low to prevent overexposure or underexposure.

Precautions for camera setting: 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 4500-7000K automatically corrected by the camera, so the "automatic" white balance mode is generally selected. If you want to pursue special color creativity, you can achieve warm or cold effects by increasing or decreasing the color temperature.

Precautions for camera setting: 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 too much, otherwise the noise in the dark part of the picture will increase, the particles will be rough, and even the highlights will appear "dead white". However, with the development of digital technology, the sensitivity of some high-end cameras is now improved to ISO2000, and the noise is not obvious.

Precautions for camera setting: color saturation

Low saturation can obtain a wider range of colors, have more color levels and greater tolerance, and can record richer color and tone levels, so the camera saturation should be set to "low" or "soft". If the camera has no saturation setting, you can choose "Soft Light" or "Normal" and "Standard" modes.

Description of camera settings: Contrast

Low contrast can obtain the maximum tone level, and then leave room for post-processing. If the camera has no contrast setting, you can choose soft or standard in image optimization instead of landscape or bright.

Description of camera settings: image quality and size

In order to keep all the information of the shot image as much as possible and provide more space for post-processing, the RAW format should be preferred when shooting, and the default value should be set in the camera shooting menu to prevent the image from being compressed. If JPEG format is adopted, you should also choose "fine big" to ensure that the image has enough prime numbers, and set "minimum" in the compression ratio menu to avoid the loss of image quality.

Camera Settings Notes: 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.

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