DSLR Camera Basics Menus Settings Buttons

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Your practical task is to:

1. Set your camera mode (dial on the top of your camera) to either Programme or Aperture Priority and access your menu.

2. Set your image size to jpeg large/best

3. Set your white balance to either auto (if you want the camera to decide best setting) or choose the light that you are taking your photo in. Consider whether your light source is outside, daylight, shade, or perhaps you will take a photo inside and the main source of light is a lamp bulb light, tungsten.

4. Choose something simple to take a photograph of, for example an object on a table.

5. Take the same photo three times, keep your composition and position constant but change