Basic of Photography

Where I work, What I do?My Name’s Kim Phally

– I am a Graphic Designer of Our BooksCambodia Organization that works to promote and share comics in Cambodia.– I am also a Freelance Photographer

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Understanding Digital Cameras

• Digital Camera has many important parts:- Camera Body- Camera Sensor- Lens- Aperture- Shutter Speed- ISO

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Continue• Digital Camera has three kinds:

- Digital Compact Camera (Full Auto)- Advance Digital Camera (Has M Mode)- DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflect) (Full Control)

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Camera Body

• Camera body makes by other parts like:– Body Case– Chips– Sensor– Other Necessary Parts

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Camera Sensor• Sensor is device that convert optical

image to electronic signal.• Most currently of Digital Camera is

used– (CCD) charge-coupled device– (CMOS) complementary metal–oxide–

semiconductor ‘active pixel sensors’.

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Lens

• Lens is eyes of EOS (Electro-Optical System) Camera and there are two kinds of lens:– EF Lens (For Full Frame and Crop Sensor)– EF-S Lens (For Crop Sensor only)

• Wide Angle Lenses / Zoom(Use to shoot landscape and wide field)

• Telephoto Lenses / Zoom (Use to shoot wildlife, some time for portrait)

• Macro Lens (Macro Photos)7

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Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USMCanon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USMCanon EF 17-40mm f/4L USMCanon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM / EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM

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Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 ISCanon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IIICanon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM / EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

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Canon EF-S 60mm f2.8 USM MacroCanon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM MacroCanon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro

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Aperture / F-Stop (Av)

• Aperture is device allows the light from out side go into the lens and to Camera Sensor.

• Aperture allows to do Sharp or Depth of field.

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Shutter Speed (Tv)• Shutter Speed / Exposure time: the time that

Camera’s shutter is opened taking photo, it controls the duration of the exposure.– The length of S: 1/1000 s, 1/500 s, 1/250

s, 1/125 s, 1/60 s, 1/30 s, 1/15 s, 1/8 s, 1/4 s, 1/2 s, 1 s, 15 s, 30 s

and Standard S (1/60 s, 1/125 s, 1/250 s).

1/30 s

15 s – 30 s

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ISO• ISO allows to get more or less amount of light.• If you use high ISO, your image will get more

noise.

ISO 1600

ISO 100

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Thank you for your attention!

More information,Email: kim.phally@gmail.com

• Phally Kim: https://www.facebook.com/kim.phally

• Geo Lio Foto: https://www.facebook.com/dps.photostudio• Flickr Profile, Dalisa Photo Studio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpsstudio/• Our Books:

http://siewphewyeung.org.kh/tag/kim-phally/Website: http://siewphewyeung.org.kh/Email: info@siewphewyeung.org.kh

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