Many aspiring photographers are led to believe that manual mode is the gold standard and the only setting that "real" photographers use. However, manual mode is just one tool a camera provides, and ...

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Thanks to its very good image quality, wide-aperture lens, and aperture-priority and shutter-priority modes, the Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS ($350 as of August 13, 2010) is a standout camera in the ...

I'm just getting into SLR style photography and hope someone knows the answer...<BR><BR>I understand the mechanics behind aperture and shutter speed but are there any rules of thumb on selecting ...

Last week I talked about aperture, depth of field and how to use them to your advantage. Today is about aperture’s kissing cousin: shutter speed. Like aperture, shutter speed controls the amount of ...

Everybody seems to be obsessed with the ‘cinematic’ look these days, especially with regard to the 180-degree shutter rule – or for those shooting digital, setting the shutter speed to double that of ...

Photographs of Earth from the Moon typically lack visible stars due to camera settings prioritizing the bright lunar surface and astronauts; exposure times and apertures were optimized for capturing ...