Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

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3 In this chapter Selecting and Using Film Special-Purpose Film Film Speed and Grain How Film Responds to Light Film Basics To ...

Choosing a Color Film Film speed influences the appearance of prints and slides. Like black-and-white films, color films are ava ...

■ http://www.dpreview.com ■ http://www.pcphotoreview.com ■ http://www.largeformatphotography.info Types of Color Film In digital ...

In addition, they are much more sensitive to temperature shifts. If you decide to experiment with professional film, store it in ...

Color Balance and Film Daylight-balanced color films produce the most natural colors in the relatively bluish light of daylight ...

Do You Need a Film for a Special Purpose? Aside from Polaroid film, which contains developing chemicals in each picture, a numbe ...

CHAPTER 3 FILM BASICS 35 Storing Film Properly Store film away from heat. Heat affects any film badly, so don’t leave it where t ...

36 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FIGURE 3.2 ISO 100-, ISO 400-, and ISO 1600-speed film compared. Film Speed R ...

CHAPTER 3 FILM BASICS 37 The higher the number in a given system, the faster the film—and the less light you need for a correct ...

larger crystals more easily capture the few rays of light in a dark environment. When the fast film is developed, its larger cry ...

CHAPTER 3 FILM BASICS 39 by factors such as the film developer, the printing paper, and the type of enlarger used. Graininess al ...

40 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FIGURE 3.5 Low-light photo taken with ISO 1600-speed film. FIGURE 3.6 Film wi ...

CHAPTER 3 FILM BASICS 41 Slow-Speed Film: Maximum Detail Slow-speed films of ISO 50 or less are mostly color. The reason is that ...

Chromogenic film is somewhat different from conven- tional silver halide film. A chromogenic emulsion contains dye couplers as w ...

Digital Basics PART II The Importance of Lenses................ .45 Exposure and Focus..................... .63 Getting Your Pix ...

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4 In this chapter Lenses & Focal Length Focal Length & Digital Cameras Autofocus & Manual Focus Controlling Depth o ...

■ Focus. Focus by hand or use autofocus. ■ Special lenses. Use special lenses for close-ups, panoramas, and other spe- cial imag ...

Focal length also controls the angle of view, the amount of the scene shown on a given size of film. A long-focal-length lens fo ...