Lessons
Class Introduction
07:30 2Camera Controls Overview
06:57 3Mode Dial Operations
11:57 4Creative Filters On Mode Dial
03:34 5Movie Option On Mode Dial
06:33 6Time & Aperture Value On Mode Dial
07:17 7Manual Mode Dial
02:59 8Custom Model Dial
02:36Top Of Camera Buttons
06:42 10Viewfinder Display
08:07 11Back Side Of Camera
03:40 12Playback Menu
04:47 13Playback Menu ISO & Flash Adjustments
04:51 14Quick Menu
13:09 15Left, Right & Bottom Of Camera
04:38 16Lenses & Front Of Camera
06:13 17Menu Overview & Shooting Menu
18:02 18MF Peaking Settings Menu
06:00 19ISO Speed Menu
06:54 20Picture Style & Sound Menus
11:04 21Set Up Menu
22:05 22Custom Function Menu
04:21 23My Menu & Playback Menu
10:56 24Camera Operation
07:35Lesson Info
Manual Mode Dial
Next up, one of my favorite modes is full manual. And this is where you get to choose the shutter speeds and apertures and everything else yourself. Now you'll change the apertures using the front dial. And you'll change the shutter speeds using the back dial. You'll need to look at some of the information in the viewfinder or on the LCD. As far as the light meter, to get the light meter evened out for proper exposure. And I like manual exposure for a couple of reasons. Number one is under tricky lighting conditions throughout, the camera just doesn't understand. And there's a lot of those that you may encounter, especially if you're looking for unusual lighting situations, things that are overly brighter or overly dark. I also like getting very consistent results, so when I'm shooting a photograph under consistent lighting, I want to take a series of photographs that are all have the same exposure, which means they're gonna have the same shutter speeds and same apertures. Now one of t...
he additional features in manual exposure is the longest shutter speed is what is known as a bulb mode, which is as long as your finger is pressing down on the shutter release or on the cable release. And so if you want to do a two-minute exposure, well, you're just gonna need to press down on that shutter release for two minutes. And then when you release it, it closes the shutter and ends the exposure. And so if you want to do a two-minute exposure to get the tail lights of the cars driving down the street, you can do that. But you do have to be in the manual exposure mode in order to do that. And so let me give you a little demo on the camera to show you what you want to be doing. So flip it over into the manual mode and so now I need to make a decision. Do I want to change apertures? Shutter speeds up here in front or the apertures here on back. And let's just say I want to shot this picture at F8. So I will set F8 first, so I've got F8 set. Now what I'm doing is I'm looking at the light meter over here. And I want to get that white indicator under the zero. And so as I go back and forth changing shutter speeds, you can see the image getting brighter and darker. But you can also see this indicator. You'll also see this in the viewfinder, if you have that in the M5 as well. And so this indicates that this is a proper exposure for this particular situation. If I thought it was a little too dark, and I wanted it brighter, I would bring it over to the plus side. Maybe by a third of a stop or by two-thirds of a stop right here. And so if I said, "Ah, that's where I like it." (camera shutter snaps) Then I can shot my photo there. And so that's, playback there. So we ended up choosing fifteenth of a second, F8 at ISO 1600. And so if you have the time and the knowledge in wanting to set your manual exposure, I highly recommend it. I love getting consistent results. It makes images so much easier to go through once you've figured out the first exposure making sure all of them after that are in good shape.
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Susan Clarke
John did an outstanding job explaining every part of this camera. As a newbie, this course is exactly what I needed to understand this camera. Thank you, John. Now, I'm going back to watch through 1 more time!
Michael Simpson
John Greengo is probably the best instructor I have come across in my short photography journey. I learned a lot about the camera, something that would have been difficult without the help of the M5 course. Thank you.
Annelie
This course is so well presented. Could not be more clear or better. It is extremely well done.
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