1. Manual Mode
Allows you full control over exposure and depth of field.

2.  Metering
Metering mode refers to the way in which a camera determines the exposure.

3. Aperture and Shutter Speed Dials
Aperture controls the amount of depth of field or how much is in focus, the smaller the f-number eg. 2.8 the item in focus will be crisp, clear and sharp but your backgrounds and foregrounds will be out of focus

Shutter speed controls how long the shutter blades stay open / how much light is reaching the sensor

4. ISO
Higher ISO denotes that more light is captured, but as the number increases so does the grain.

5. Quality set to Large and Fine
Always set to max resolution you will be glad when it’s time to print images

6. White Balance
Helps you control the color output. In most settings Auto or AWB works fine.

7. Bracketing
Bracketing is the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different or the same camera settings. Bracketing is useful and often recommended in situations that make it difficult to obtain a satisfactory image with a single shot, especially when a small variation in exposure parameters has a comparatively large effect on the resulting image.

8. Area Focus
An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area.

Manual focus camera is one in which the operator has to adjust the focus of the lens by hand. Before the advent of autofocus, all cameras had manually adjusted focusing; thus, the term is a retronym.

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