Digital Cameras 101
Audience
This course is designed for individuals with little or no experience or training in photography or the use of a digital camera.
Structure
This course is a combination of lecture and hands-on guided instruction. Course manual and quick reference guide provided.
Course Length
Half Day
Topics
General care and feeding of your digital camera
- Lens cleaning
- Accessories
- Places to buy
- Tripods and/or monopods
- Cases
Power sources
- Batteries
- Types
- Care and feeding
- Ac adapters
Image storage devices
- Memory cards
- Portable digital storage devices
- ‘Thumb’ or ‘jump’ drives
Menus and navigation controls
Take the shot
- Body position and grip
- Viewfinder vs. LCD
- LCD vs optical viewfinder bottom line
- Zoom and/or move closer benefits
- Resolution/compression settings/file format
- Flash
- Camera modes
- Framing
- Prefocus
Replay
- Delete images in playback mode
- Protect images
- Connect and display with a TV
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