Lessons
Class introduction
16:18 2Photo Basics
04:59 3Camera Controls: Basic Controls
04:22 4Exposure Controls: ISO & Shutter Speeds
10:32 5Exposure Controls: Aperture & Exposure Compensation
13:16 6Camera Controls: Top Deck
05:38 7Camera Controls: Drive Mode
19:00 8Back Side Controls: EVF & Screen
10:33Back Side Controls: Playback & Delete
07:51 10Back Side Controls: AE-L, AF-ON & Rear Command Dial
05:42 11Quick Menu: Top Row
11:59 12Quick Menu: 2nd Row
09:48 13Quick Menu: 3rd & 4th Rows
08:08 14Back Side Controls: Menu & Function Buttons
06:31 15Camera Controls: Left Side, Right Side & Bottom
09:38 16Camera Controls: Front & Lenses
12:58 17Menu Functions: Image Quality
15:19 18Menu Functions: Focus Settings
14:09 19Menu Functions: Shooting Setting Page 1
21:04 20Menu Functions: Shooting Setting Page 2
05:56 21Menu Functions: Flash Settings
05:55 22Menu Functions: Movie Settings
15:11 23Set Up: User & Sound Settings
04:23 24Set Up: Screen Settings
08:38 25Set Up: Button/Dial Settings
13:20 26Setup: Power Management & Save Data
04:38 27Setup: Connection Settings & My Menu
07:39 28Play Back Menu
08:21 29Camera Operation
12:56Lesson Info
Set Up: User & Sound Settings
We are into the wrench set up menu, and these are a lot of little controls on how the camera is being set up. First is a general collection called user setting. First up in the user setting is the most important in these general grouping in my mind, is the format option, and so you format the card when you wanna delete the photos, when you want to get all the information off the card. This is something that you should do on a regular basis before you go out on a new shoot. When you go to format, it will give you the option of formatting in card slot 1 or card slot 2. Next up, adjust the date and time appropriately for where you are in the format that you like. You can also have a home time and a local time, and that way when you're traveling, you don't have to keep changing that one clock. You can just change it back to your home time. Different languages for the menu system, of course. My menu system. So, the final tab that we will eventually talk about is my menu, and this is where y...
ou can add items, organize your favorite features that you like to go in and change, and have those just a little bit more accessible than they would be spread out in the menu system. In order to do that, you need to come into the user settings my menu, go in and add the items and rank them, and then you will see them in the my menu system. Sensor cleaning is automatically done when you turn the camera on and off, and that shakes the sensor in front of the, or it shakes a cover in front of the sensor, to knock that little bit of dust off. If you do need to manually clean it, you can do that with a rocket air blower, and if you wanna go to the next level, there is a swab system that you would swipe the sensor clean. And so there are both wet and dry options available to sweep off the dust off the sensor. And hopefully you don't need to do that very often. It does happen from time to time if you are the type of person that changes your lenses a lot in inclement weather. Next up is you can do a reset of the shooting menu and/or the setup menu if you want to just completely reset the camera back to factory standards. You would basically go in and reset both of these. All right, that's our first tab or first setting in the setup menu. Next up is the sound setup, so everything that makes a noise on the camera, you might say. First up is the AF beep volume. When you focus, the camera will give you a double chirp to let you know that you focused properly, and that's all fun and good when you start off with, but it gets to be a little bit annoying after a while, it can be disturbing to your subjects around you, so that's one of those things that I recommend turning off. The self-timer beep usually isn't necessary; there's a light on the camera that also indicates when the camera is going to fire, and so that's one of those things that you can adjust or turn off. The general operational volume, this is when you are going through the menu system as you go up and down, there is the option of having a little chirp that lets you know that you've gone to the next setting. It's not really necessary, and is sometimes inconvenient to have in certain environments, so turning the camera off in most of these sound settings, as you'll see, is what I recommend. The shutter volume, we looked at this a little bit earlier in the class, when you use the electronic shutter, you hear no noise, and I can understand why someone might wanna leave this turned on, because when you leave the electronic shutter on, and you press down on the shutter release, there is sometimes not really a clear indication that you actually took a photo, because it is so incredibly quiet. And so if you did wanna leave this on a little bit, you could set this to a very low setting so that there's just a very, very small sound when that electronic shutter fires. You can also choose the sound of the shutter; there's different optional sounds that you can choose depending on what sound that you like. When you play movies back, you can adjust the volume for how loud those movies are here.
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Erik
I have been thinking about buying this camera. After watching this class I know that I have made the right decision. John is fantastic! Previously I have watched a random assortment of youtube videos by self-proclaimed experts. It turns out that many of the things that these so-called experts have said about this camera are simply wrong. John is the real deal. He goes in depth for every function and explains everything very clearly. His graphics are wonderful, he obviously spent a huge amount of time on preparation. If you have this camera and want to understand it better, or are thinking of buying it, I highly recommend this class which is taught by a true expert.
Mark Ballard
Well done! Worth every penny. Shined shoes too.
Mario Gravina
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