Book description
The Sony Alpha NEX-7: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of this exciting new camera. Authors Carol F. Roullard and Brian Matsumoto team up to help the new user navigate past the confusion factor that often comes with complex and powerful camera equipment.
This book explores the features and capabilities of the camera in a way that far surpasses the user's manual. It guides you through the camera features with step-by-step setting adjustments and detailed how, when, and why explanations for each option. Every button, dial, switch, and menu configuration setting is explored in a friendly manner, with suggestions and tips for setup according to various shooting styles. The informative text is illustrated with screenshots and example images throughout, making it easy to follow along.
The authors cover everything from the basic features of the camera to numerous advanced photographic applications. The first section of the book teaches the new user to start taking pictures immediately by using the camera's Intelligent Automatic mode. The second section covers how to begin taking more control by switching to the semi-automatic modes. Finally, you'll learn to take full manual control of the camera, allowing you to break some "rules" and capture images that are a unique reflection of your creative personality.
Carol and Brian go beyond just the camera itself and share how third-party software and optional accessories can improve on the camera's standard commands. You'll even learn how the electronic viewfinder, the fixed mirror, and Sony's novel shutter design improve the camera's utility for critical scientific photography (i.e., photomicrography and photography through the telescope).
The Sony Alpha NEX-7: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide will allow you to really take control of your camera, to push the envelope, and to have fun.
Table of contents
- Cover page
- About the Authors
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Camera Body Reference
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Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Introduction
- Dual Viewing System
- Diopter Adjustment Dial
- Setting Up Your New Sony NEX-7
- Battery
- Memory Card
- Assembling the Camera
- Protecting the Lens
- Protecting the LCD Screen
- Using This Book
- Turning On the Camera
- Camera Navigation
- Control Wheel, Buttons, and Dials
- Menu Structure
- Triple-Dial-Control
- Setting the Camera Date, Time, and Area
- Error Messages
- Reinitializing Commands to Default Values
- Cleaning the Sensor
- Recommendations
- Chapter 2: Photography Basics and the NEX-7
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Chapter 3: Managing Your Images
- Introduction
- The LCD Screen
- The Viewfinder
- LCD Screen versus Viewfinder
- Data Display Formats
- Preview Images
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Review Recorded Images
- Displaying Recorded Images
- Auto Review or No Auto Review
- Reviewing Files with the Playback Button
- Playing Back Still Pictures
- Playing Back Panoramic Pictures
- Playing Back MP4 or AVCHD Movies
- Reviewing Multiple Pictures and Movies
- Reviewing Still Pictures with the Slide Show Command
- Zooming In on Recorded Still Images
- Evaluating Exposure with Histograms
- Protecting Saved Pictures and Movies
- Deleting Saved Pictures and Movies
- Working Outside the Camera
- Recommendations
- Chapter 4: Automatic Settings
- Chapter 5: Taking Control of the Camera
- Chapter 6: Manual Operation of the Camera
- Chapter 7: Customizing the Camera
- Chapter 8: Additional Features
- Chapter 9: Using Accessories
- Chapter 10: Flash Photography
- Chapter 11: Making Movies
- Appendix A: Menu and Function Commands
- Appendix B: Common Error or Warning Messages and Resolutions
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Sony Alpha NEX-7
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): Rocky Nook
- ISBN: 9781457179167
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