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Macro Photo Tips with Pocket Camera

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Although results will not be great if using a camera, you can still shoot and produce a beautiful macro photo using only a pocket camera.

Use Macro Mode

Select this mode if you want to maximize the macro feature that has been set by the manufacturer of a pocket camera. Macro mode is usually symbolized by a flower icon on your camera. If you choose this mode, you tell the camera that you want to take pictures with the focus distance is closer than usual (closest focus distance is usually different from one camera to another camera). Macro mode also means the camera will choose the large aperture, so that the object in focus will be sharp while the background slightly blurred.

Use a Tripod

Even if you only use a pocket camera, a tripod is helpful sharpness of your macro photos. In addition to reducing camera shake, a tripod also helps you in building composition and shooting angle more okay.

Aperture settings

If you have a pocket camera settings features for change the aperture when in macro mode, experiment with changing the amount of aperture – f / x. Choose a number x which is great if you want a broad focus areas (all seem to focus), or choose x small if you just want to focus a narrow field (so that the area outside the focal point of a blur.

Focus

If possible, use manual focus setting, so you are freer to decide at which point you want to think of as the focal point. Usually in macro mode, manual focus setting will be much easier to do than auto focus.

Composition

Read more tips on composition. Keep your background simple to use and not too busy so the final image will be easier on the eyes.

Lighting

Using the flash in compact cameras will only produce photos that are not too good. Turn off the flash and take advantage of indirect sunlight, such as light from a window or when cloudy. Direct sunlight would be too hard for your camera. You can also take advantage of a simple reflector such as white paper, Styrofoam or aluminum foil to illuminate the objects that are too dark.

Use a timer

Take advantage of the timer that is in your pocket camera so that the resulting image is much sharper. When the finger pressed the shutter button on the camera, then camera shake will make your photo is not sharp, for which the timer will be very useful because we can activate the camera without having to squeeze the shutter button. You need a tripod to make it more comfortable in using the timer.

Important Accessories for Your SLR Camera

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So, exactly what the hell accessories most useful (and also the most popular) for owners of SLR? The following types of accessories for you:

Camera bags

Various types of camera bags available in the market, just select the appropriate tastes: from the backpack, belt, and sling-slide (sideways) to a similar suitcase. What is clear here serves a camera bag so we could keep the camera and lens that we have had for traveling safely. Cleaning Kit

To keep the exterior condition of the lens and camera to keep it clean, you need a lap microfibers and special cleaning fluid. Especially for the lens, as much as you may protect the lens with UV filter (see filter below), usually to just use a lens blower. Cleaning kit can be purchased at camera stores.

Tripod

Tripod, monopod, gorilla pod, whatever its function is to help you take sharp photos at shutter to take long exposures. Compared to other types, a tripod is still the most popular, because it is relatively more reliable and resilient.

External Flash

External flash will drastically improve the quality of your images when compared to the default when you use a flash attached to the SLR camera. Have a far greater power, the ability to control a much more flexible, and we can set the direction of illumination that falls into objects more easily.

Filter

Filters are essential accessories that enough for SLR systems. Of the various types of filters, there are 3 types that you consider worthy to be purchased:

  • Protection Filter (UV Filter or Neutral) – in fact the function is to protect your lens, these filters are relatively inexpensive so you will be ‘sincere’ make it a bumper mounted in front of the lens. Let that come into contact with the air filter dirty-hands splashing water and not a lens that costs can be many times more expensive.
  • Polarization Filter – change the sky so it looks more ‘in’, eliminating reflections in the water (or glass), so that the trees looked greener. Simply put it is like sunglasses for your lens.
  • Filter ND (Neutral Density) – reduce the amount of light entering your camera. If you want to produce photo waterfall that looks like cotton (long shutter) while it was still too late, then you will need a ND filter so that light can be reduced.

Shutter Release

Besides the tripod, additional accessories that will enhance the sharpness of your photo are the shutter release. With the shutter release, we do not need to squeeze the shutter button on the camera, just use the shutter release so that you can activate the shutter from a distance.

Vertical Grip (VG)

If you start taking pictures while the camera is more intensively you do not have a vertical grip features of nature to, buy additional vertical grip. Besides being very helpful when shooting in portrait orientation (vertical), VG also serves as a backup battery, so no need to worry about running out of batteries.

How to Replace SLR Lenses Safely & Quickly

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One of the main advantages SLR camera compared to an SLR pocket camera is due to allow for replacement of the lens (interchangeable). Only with a camera and if we are lucky enough able to buy a variety of lenses (or at least borrow lenses friends), we obtain a remarkable creative freedom by replacing the lens-replace as necessary

However, there are some things to watch during the process of replacement lenses, especially if you do it outdoors (outdoor). Replacement lenses outdoors cartilage resulting in dust and dirt coming into the camera and attaches censored, thus making the final image looks ‘tarnished’. In addition it could lead to lenses that have been difficulty bought damaged and at risk of falling so that you will regret it.

Here’s a practical and safe way to replace the SLR lenses:

  • Necklaces his camera strap around the neck, then position the camera to hang and facing down.
  • Attach the front cover (front cap) lenses that are replaced.
  • While pressing the lens lock button (usually the left beside the lens), rotate the lens to be replaced counter-clockwise.
  • Turn the lens until the slack, but not until it is completely removed from the camera
  • Take a new lens that will be installed. Remove the lens cap behind (end cap) and put in place that is easy to reach while holding his lens with one hand.
  • Now take the old lens with your other hand (let the camera hang and remain facing down)
  • Now attach a new lens with a fast (note the white dots on the lens, align the white dot is the position with the white dot on the camera) and then rotate until it locks.
  • Take the back cover (end cap) long lens and attach the new lens.
  • Put the old lens in a camera bag.

Few additional tips;

After replacement of the lens you try to activate the sensor cleaning feature on the camera, thereby reducing the risk of your photos there are patches of dust.

Avoid changing lenses during high winds, especially you take pictures at the beach!