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  • Page 2 Nikon D5000: From Snapshots Great Shots Jeff Revell...
  • Page 3 Trademarks All Nikon products are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nikon and/or Nikon Corporation. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark.
  • Page 4 DEDICATION For Buck & Sharon Thanks for being the best parents anyone could ever ask for. You’re the best!
  • Page 5 You might not know it, but this book is not the book I planned on writing a few short months ago. I was all set to begin writing about a completely different camera model when Nikon announced the D5000. After seeing all the great features built into the camera, I knew that I had to make this model the subject of my next book.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Contents INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: THE D5000 TOP TEN LIST Ten Tips to Make Your Shooting More Productive Right Out of the Box Poring Over the Camera Poring Over the Camera 1. Charge Your Battery 2. Adjust Your Auto Off Timer setting 3.
  • Page 7 CHAPTER 3: THE AUTO MODES Get Shooting with the Automatic Camera Modes Poring Over the Picture Poring Over the Picture Auto Mode Portrait Mode Landscape Mode Close-up Mode Sports Mode Night Portrait Mode Child Mode Flash Off Mode Scene Modes Why You May Never Want to Use the Auto Modes Again Chapter 3 Assignments CHAPTER 4: THE PROFESSIONAL MODES...
  • Page 8 Manual Focus for Anticipated Action Keeping Up with the Continuous Shooting Mode A Sense of Motion Tips for Shooting Action Chapter 5 Assignments CHAPTER 6: SAY CHEESE! Settings and Features to Make Great Portraits Poring Over the Picture Poring Over the Picture Automatic Portrait Mode Using Aperture Priority Mode Metering Modes for Portraits...
  • Page 9 Making Water Fluid Directing the Viewer: A Word About Composition Advanced Techniques to Explore Chapter 7 Assignments CHAPTER 8: MOOD LIGHTING Shooting When the Lights Get Low Poring Over the Picture Poring Over the Picture Raising the ISO: The Simple Solution Using Very High ISOs Stabilizing the Situation Focusing in Low Light...
  • Page 10 CHAPTER 10: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES Impress Your Family and Friends Poring Over the Picture Poring Over the Picture Spot Meter for More Exposure Control Manual Mode Avoiding Lens Flare Bracketing Exposures Macro Photography Active D-Lighting The My Menu Setting Conclusion Chapter 10 Assignments INDEX C O N T E N T S...

  • Page 11: Introductionx

    So with that, I set about to write this book on the Nikon D5000, not as a rehash of the owner’s manual but as a resource to teach photography with the wonderful technology present in the D5000. I have put together a short Q&A to help you get a better understanding of just what it is that you can expect from this book.
  • Page 12 Q: I DON’T SEE ANY CHAPTERS DEVOTED TO VIDEO. DO YOU COVER THAT? A: I know that one of the reasons you probably bought the D5000 was its ability to capture video. I have covered some basic video setup information in Chapter 2, but I really wanted the focus of this book to center around the photographic capabilities and possibilities.
  • Page 13 ISO 100 1/60 sec. f/16 24mm lens...

  • Page 14: Chapter 1: The D5000 Top Ten List

    The following list will get you up and running without suffering many of the “gotchas” that come from not being at least somewhat familiar with your new camera. So let’s take a look at the top ten things you should know before you start taking pictures with your Nikon D5000.

  • Page 15: Poring Over The Camera

    PORING OVER THE CAMERA CAMERA FRONT Microphone Lens Mounting Mark Red-Eye Reduction Lamp Infrared Receiver Lens Release Button N I K O N D 5 0 0 0 : F R O M S N A P S H O T S T O G R E AT S H O T S...
  • Page 16 CAMERA BACK Delete Button Information Edit Multi-Selector Image Playback LCD/Information Screen Live View Menu Speaker Command Dial Thumbnail/Playback Zoom Out Memory Card Door Mode Dial Image Magnify OK Button AutoExposure/AutoFocus Lock Button C H A P T E R 1 : T H E D 5 0 0 0 T O P T E N L I S T...

  • Page 17: Poring Over The Camera

    PORING OVER THE CAMERA CAMERA TOP Info Button Shutter Release Exposure Compensation/ Aperture Adjustment Flash Hotshoe Mode Dial N I K O N D 5 0 0 0 : F R O M S N A P S H O T S T O G R E AT S H O T S...

  • Page 18: Charge Your Battery

    1. CHARGE YOUR BATTERY I know that this will be one of the hardest things for you to do because you really want to start shooting, but a little patience will pay off later. When you fi rst open your camera and slide the battery into the battery slot, you will be pleased to fi...

  • Page 19: Adjust Your Auto Off Timer Setting

    2. ADJUST YOUR AUTO OFF TIMER SETTING One of the things that really bugged me when I fi rst began shooting with the D5000 was the short duration that the playback and menu screens stayed on while I was working with the camera. This can be very frustrating when you are trying to learn about the camera and its features and you have to keep pressing the Menu or Info button to bring the screen back to life.

  • Page 20: Set Your Jpeg Image Quality

    3. SET YOUR JPEG IMAGE QUALITY Your new D5000 has a number of image quality settings to choose from, and depend- ing on your needs, you can adjust them accordingly. Most people shoot with the JPEG option because it allows them to capture a large number of photos on their memory cards.
  • Page 21 SETTING THE IMAGE QUALITY 1. Press the i button on the back of the camera to activate the cursor in the infor- mation screen. 2. Use the Multi-selector to select the top image quality setting, then press the OK button (A). 3.

  • Page 22: Turn Off The Auto Iso Setting

    As you will see when scrolling through the quality settings, the higher the quality, the Manual Callout fewer pictures you will be able to fi t on your card. If you have a 4 GB memory card, the For a complete chart that shows the quality setting we have selected will allow you image quality settings with the num- ber of possible shots for each setting,...
  • Page 23 SETTING THE ISO 1. Press the i button on the back of the camera to activate the cursor in the information screen. 2. Use the Multi-selector to highlight the ISO Sensitivity and press the OK button (A). 3. In the option screen, select the appro- priate ISO for the level of light you are shooting in and press the OK button to lock in the change (B).

  • Page 24: Set Your Focus Point And Mode

    You can also change the ISO without taking your eye from the viewfi nder. Although there is no dedicated ISO button on the D5000, you can still change this setting on the fl y by setting the Function button to handle ISO sensitivity. Simply use Custom Setting Menu F to change the assignment of the Function button.
  • Page 25 SETTING THE FOCUS POINT AND FOCUS MODE 1. To choose a single point of focus, wake the camera (if necessary) by lightly pressing the shutter release button. 2. Press the i button on the back of the camera to activate the cursor in the infor- mation screen.

  • Page 26: Set The Correct White Balance

    6. SET THE CORRECT WHITE BALANCE Color balance correction is the process of rendering accurate colors in your fi nal image. Most people don’t even notice that light has different color characteristics because the human eye automatically adjusts to different color temperatures, so quickly, in fact, that everything looks correct in a matter of milliseconds.
  • Page 27 top of your camera, which rests just above the eyepiece. This bracket is used for attaching a more powerful fl ash to the camera [see Chapter 8 and the bonus chapter].) • Pre: Indicates that you are using a customized white balance that is adjusted for a particular light source.

  • Page 28: Set Your Color Space

    WHITE BALANCE AND THE TEMPERATURE OF COLOR When you select different white balances in your camera, you will notice that underneath several of the choices is a number, e.g., 5200K, 7000K, or 3200K. These numbers refer to the Kelvin temperature of the colors in the visible spectrum. The visible spectrum is the range of light that the human eye can see (think of a rainbow or the color bands that come out of a spectrum).
  • Page 29 Because there are no black pixels in your monitor, the color space uses a combination of these three colors to display all of the colors in your image. In 1998, Adobe Systems developed a new color space, Adobe RGB, which was intended to encompass a wider range of colors than was obtainable using traditional cyan, magenta, yellow, and black colors (called CMYK) but doing so using the primary red, green, and blue colors.

  • Page 30: Know How To Override Auto Focus

    8. KNOW HOW TO OVERRIDE AUTO FOCUS As good as the Nikon autofocus system is, there are times when it just isn’t doing the job for you. Many times this has to do with how you would like to compose a scene and where the actual point of focus should be.

  • Page 31: Review Your Shots

    The default display mode on the D5000. N I K O N D 5 0 0 0 : F R O M S N A P S H O T S T O G R E A T S H O T S...
  • Page 32 To get more visual feedback, press the Multi-selector up to display the second dis- play view called Overview (Figure 1.6). This view mode not only displays the same information as the default view, but also includes camera settings such as aperture, shutter speed, lens length, white balance, exposure compensation, shooting mode, ISO, white balance setting, picture control, quality setting, any compensation set- tings, the active color space, picture control, and the D-lighting setting.

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