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Digital Photography Complete Course: Learn Everything You Need to Know in 20 Weeks (eBook) by
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About this book:- Build your photography skills step-by-step with an independent photography course that guides you through every aspect of digital photography. Includes advice and stunning images, this e-guide will help you master your photography and image-editing skills, and maximize your artistic talent in as little as 20 weeks.
- Digital Photography Complete Course uses a combination of tutorials, step-by-step demonstrations, practical assignments, and Q&As to help you understand and use your camera to its full capacity. Choose your own pace to work through the modules-the program is completely customizable to your schedule. As you work through the lessons, test your new knowledge and troubleshoot common issues.
- With the aid of helpful text and innovative graphics in Digital Photography Complete Course, you'll explore a wide range of genres: Find out how to create landscapes, portraits, still life, and action shots as you discover the full range of your camera and learn how to take professional-looking pictures you'll be proud to display.
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Save yourself the $2 and go on YouTube. There are some amazing photo channels that provide excellent content to learn from.
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Save yourself the $2 and go on YouTube. There are some amazing photo channels that provide excellent content to learn from.
Save yourself the $2 and go on YouTube. There are some amazing photo channels that provide excellent content to learn from.
I like FRO Knows on You Tube. He is entertaining and knows his stuff.
Still, an outdated book is outdated, and I second the recommendation to learn from youtube.
Save yourself the $2 and go on YouTube. There are some amazing photo channels that provide excellent content to learn from.
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No comments on this book. the 2 dollars is not an issue. the organization of the info and the readability and time spent is the issue.
Yes, Tony is very good and he has great stuff also. Fro Knows is a differnet style but very skilled photographer.
Still, an outdated book is outdated, and I second the recommendation to learn from youtube.
If you take the official figures, a 6D battery is rated for right around 1,000 shots, whereas the R5 battery is rated for around 300. While while obviously three times worse, doesn't seem like it would go from days to only an hour or two. Plus with random people out there reporting what they, it seems that the official 300 number is very conservative.
With all that said, my friend with a Sony A7rII gets a good few hours out of his batteries, and those are notoriously bad compared to the next generation. In the entire time I've had my A7III and A7rIV (owned both since release day) I've only actually ran out of battery maybe once or twice, and believe you me, I'm very trigger happy when I'm out and about and even more so in a studio.
I didn't realize Canon's mirrorless were that mediocre in the battery department, but I still think only a couple hours of shooting doesn't sound right for what used to be a flagship mirrorless camera from the #1 camera maker. Of course I could be wrong. I wasn't even aware of the RF mount being locked down. Guess I'm also outdated haha.
If you take the official figures, a 6D battery is rated for right around 1,000 shots, whereas the R5 battery is rated for around 300. While while obviously three times worse, doesn't seem like it would go from days to only an hour or two. Plus with random people out there reporting what they, it seems that the official 300 number is very conservative.
With all that said, my friend with a Sony A7rII gets a good few hours out of his batteries, and those are notoriously bad compared to the next generation. In the entire time I've had my A7III and A7rIV (owned both since release day) I've only actually ran out of battery maybe once or twice, and believe you me, I'm very trigger happy when I'm out and about and even more so in a studio.
I didn't realize Canon's mirrorless were that mediocre in the battery department, but I still think only a couple hours of shooting doesn't sound right for what used to be a flagship mirrorless camera from the #1 camera maker. Of course I could be wrong. I wasn't even aware of the RF mount being locked down. Guess I'm also outdated haha.
I'm using an old 70-200 f/2.8 IS lens and I notice the IS is whirring any time the viewfinder is active. I wonder if new RF lenses are the same or if they're more efficient.
Mirrorless is a fundamentally different technology and it makes sense that it uses far more battery. A DSLR can sit idle for a long time using almost no power, until you half-press the shutter button. The IS spins up, it finds focus, and then flips the mirror and writes the image to disk. A mirrorless camera is constantly converting the light hitting the sensor into an image to display in the viewfinder (EVF or big LCD). I found it's constantly engaging the lens IS. Depending on your setting, it's constantly searching for focus.
I do have some settings to decrease performance and improve battery life. I might use those if I'm on a long hike, but when shooting sports I need that performance, and I just accept that I need to change batteries at the half. I sometimes try to leave it in "play" mode, where it's showing the last image on the screen, as that should use less power than when it's ready to capture an image. That's opposite to the DSLR, where LCD was the main power drag and limiting review of photos was a good way to save power.
It's funny.. with my 6D I barely had to think about charging my batteries, but now I have "range anxiety" like a Tesla driver. :-D I wouldn't dare go back, but battery life is not a strength.
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I'm using an old 70-200 f/2.8 IS lens and I notice the IS is whirring any time the viewfinder is active. I wonder if new RF lenses are the same or if they're more efficient.
Mirrorless is a fundamentally different technology and it makes sense that it uses far more battery. A DSLR can sit idle for a long time using almost no power, until you half-press the shutter button. The IS spins up, it finds focus, and then flips the mirror and writes the image to disk. A mirrorless camera is constantly converting the light hitting the sensor into an image to display in the viewfinder (EVF or big LCD). I found it's constantly engaging the lens IS. Depending on your setting, it's constantly searching for focus.
I do have some settings to decrease performance and improve battery life. I might use those if I'm on a long hike, but when shooting sports I need that performance, and I just accept that I need to change batteries at the half. I sometimes try to leave it in "play" mode, where it's showing the last image on the screen, as that should use less power than when it's ready to capture an image. That's opposite to the DSLR, where LCD was the main power drag and limiting review of photos was a good way to save power.
It's funny.. with my 6D I barely had to think about charging my batteries, but now I have "range anxiety" like a Tesla driver. :-D I wouldn't dare go back, but battery life is not a strength.
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