Beyond the Green Zone | Rudy Winston

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Here's a video aimed directly at so many of today's inexperienced digital SLR owners -- you've owned a nice camera for while now, and want to move past totally automatic, green zone shooting. But how do you make the move? Even a study of shutter speeds and apertures alone doesn't necessarily connect all the dots. How do you make intelligent and thoughtful choices in camera settings?

In this video, Canon USA's Rudy Winston gives you guidance to do exactly that. This is more than just understanding what a shutter speed is. Rudy shows you how to take that preliminary understanding, and translate it into the thought process an experienced photographer might use to get the right camera settings and get the results they're hoping for. Using excellent sample images and clear on-screen graphics, this B&H Event Space will give you the information and visual "push" you may need to move past the full auto green shooting mode, and begin to explore more creative photography with your camera.

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[jugurtha]

Mr. Winston. You're a great teacher. I am learning a lot from you and so are many of your listeners. Thank you.

[old]

"Back to all need that from time to time. The presentation was well done.

[sandyp]

I love this. Mr. Winston gives such clear and understandable explanations. I plan on watching this several times.

[vitaminalm]

I have to say, this was a great instructional video. For someone starting out, this is a good handbook to the basics of exposure.

[waynemorton]

Excellent explanation of the basics for those just starting out with Photography. Good stuff!

[lendumore]

aww man! I needed these tips so bad!! THANK

[AgnostosGnostos]

Automatic green zone 02:30 isn't necessary bad.
Full format cameras with decent lenses can shoot great photos when they are adjusted to automatic mode.
Automatic mode isn't beneficial with cheaper cameras because the quality of ISO and lenses isn't that good. Then a tripod for lowering the shutter speed and lowering the ISO is needed. Smaller aperture for sharper photos is needed too.


At 8:20 the difference between 1/125th and 1/60th isn't exactly one stop. However 1/125th is used for convenience.
The shutter speed range of 1/125th to 1/250th 11:20 is very useful for typical human movements. Below 1/125th there is a risk of shooting blurry people. Faster than 1/250th isn't necessary and may increase the ISO.
A safe handheld shutter speed 15:30 depends on many factors like attaching you eye to the viewfinder finder instead of using the live-view on the screen for shooting. Also if the human body or hands are attached to something steady helps a lot.
The traditional rule of thump 16:20 for handheld shooting is under ideal conditions. I would suggest double the speed of this rule for secure results. Photos with image noise or low dynamic range can be improved digitally. However for blurry images there is no solution.
In automatic mode the cameras doesn't usually use this rule of thump. Check it out. Under low light conditions is better to choose Shutter Priority (Tv in Canon camera). The results will be much better.
Image stabilization 17:17 is good for static subjects. In the case of moving people at least 1/125th is needed and image stabilization probably won't help a lot. That's one of the reasons bright lenses with large apertures are so much appreciated.


Something that is omitted about aperture 23:00 is that smaller apertures at around f/5, 6-f/11 give very sharp results. In automatic mode when there is much light, cameras choose apertures at this range. Larger apertures usually give softer photos. Also very smaller than f/11 aperture usually give softer photos due to optical diffraction. In case there is plenty of light and there isn't need for shallow depth of field the f/8 choice in aperture priority mode gives the sharpest results.
The mathematical sequence of aperture numbers at 24:30 is very simple. Each number is the result of the multiplication of the previous number with the root of 2. In other words the root of 2 is approximately 1.414. Then 2 X 1.414 = 2.8 or f/2.8. Afterwards 2.8 X 1.414 = 4 or f/4. Also 4 X 1.414 = 5.6 or f/5.6 etc. It is that simple.


Auto ISO 32:20 is a very useful feature that is many times necessary in manual or priority modes.
Manual ISO is mostly useful with native ISO which is the lowest ISO available. The lowest ISO gives the highest dynamic range and the lowest image noise. It is very important for quality photos and usually demands a tripod when the lighting isn't ideal.

[GeBiCon-]

I cant understand that canon doesn't synchronize the spot focues modes with exposure compensation automically. I bouth an 2.500€ R56 MarkII and I'm so dissaopinted about this missing feature. Please Canon fix this problem with an FW-update, every competitor has this feature.
Thank you❤

[TheDenVamps]

Uuuhhh, love b&h albut i can watch past 2 mins.