The Best Book in Photography - The Camera Manual

Many of us take for granted to read the best book in photography and that is your camera manual. It’s already included when you purchase your camera. If you bought a second hand or refurbished camera, you can search it through the internet and download it for free.

Many camera users would say that a manual is not interesting to read because of the volume of pages it has. With so many features and information your camera has to offer it’s hard to absorb all of these at one shot. But why do we have to read our camera manual?

The manual introduces all your camera information in categories which can be found in table of contents. We can browse easily which specific item we are looking for. Do I have to read it from cover to cover? Definitely not this time if you are just starting to know about your camera. Then, what do I need to know? Start by knowing how to mount your lens properly, battery, accessories (eyecup, lcd protector) and memory card/s.

There are essential features on how to read your camera manual. By knowing these, all of the information will be easier to understand and digestible.

1.       Aperture

2.       Shutter Speed

3.       ISO

4.       Auto Focus

5.       White Balance

6.       Metering

7.       Photography Modes (M,A,S & P)

8.       Image Type (JPEG & RAW)

9.       Color Workspace

10.   How to reset your camera in factory settings

11.   Exposure Compensation

12.   Flash Compensation

13.   Bracketing

Once you are done with these key features, you can start reading your camera manual. I would suggest that you put flags so that you can simply turn to the pages that you would like to read again.