Overview
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Get up to speed quickly with the essential features and controls for all Sony DSLR cameras.
Syllabus
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Welcome
- Learn how to use a Sony mirrorless camera
- How to use this course
- Downloading your user manual
- A guided tour: Buttons and controls
- Getting ready to shoot, part 1
- Getting ready to shoot, part 2
- Powering up a Sony camera
- Reducing camera shake
- Taking some shots in Auto mode and reviewing the images
- Taking pictures with scene modes
- Setting essential camera menu settings
- Touring the viewfinder
- Shooting in Live View
- Using the Quick Navi screen
- Autofocus basics
- Lens controls and zoom functions
- Shooting with an attached flash
- Image review and playback
- Changing image format and size
- What is Program Auto mode?
- Changing ISO
- Adjusting exposure compensation
- Using Flexible Program mode
- Understanding focus points and autofocus
- Choosing the Autofocus Selection mode
- Focusing manually
- Shooting in Continuous (Burst) mode
- Silent shooting
- Using the self-timer
- Using a remote
- Understanding and switching between metering modes
- Exposure lock
- Aperture Priority mode
- Shutter Priority mode
- Manual mode
- Long-time exposures (BULB)
- DRO/Auto HDR mode
- Setting a custom white balance
- Using creative styles
- Using picture effects
- Highlight Tone Priority and Dynamic Range Optimizer
- Shooting panoramas
- Adjusting your LCD
- Cleaning your image sensor, part 1
- Customizing your camera menus
- More playback options
- Adjusting movie record settings
- Choosing the right memory card for recording video
- Attaching an external microphone to the camera
- Recording movies
- Playback of movie files
- Connecting to Wi-Fi to share photos
- Using the Smart Remote or One Touch Remote
- Next steps
