Dental Photography Basics - Canon Camera Settings (This will work for Nikon as well)

What camera settings should you use? In this video, we cover the starting settings. Depending on your camera and gear, this is a starting point. You may need to adjust your settings to get the proper exposure and focus. Learn more about setting up your camera for dental photography in this video!

Intro: 0:32
Know your camera: 2:55
Set Camera Mode: 3:31
Set Image Quality: 3:52
Set Picture Style: 4:18
Set White Balance: 4:39
Set ISO: 5:01
Set Aperture: 5:45
Set Shutter Speed: 6:39
Manual Focus or Autofocus: 6:54

Disclaimer: The information contained herein should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed dental provider. The information provided here is for informational purposes only and should not be considered dental advice. If you have a dental concern, emergency or are experiencing pain, you should see a dental provider in your area as soon as possible. This video may not cover all possible drug interactions or all FDA warnings or alerts. Although we attempt to be thorough, accurate and up-to-date, no guarantee is made to that effect. This is an introductory and unofficial material. Use this information at your own risk. No professional relationship is being created by you watching this video.

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[luqmandem]

Because of you sir, I bought my first dental set. Cannon Eos 800d, tamron 90mm macro lens, godox macro ring flash.

Thank you!

[ttvyoiw]

Great video and content, super helpful for a beginner. Thanks!

[hensua]

I’m a dentist in Florida and I started doing ortho cases, so I need to take a lot of pictures I recently got a new cannon camera, thanks a lot great video 👏

[cosminhuplea]

hthis video helped me a lot! also you have a great channel. plenty of cool videos to choose from and watch

[abdullahfahad]

Doc is it the same if i use the dental contrastor ?

[hoifui]

I have canon r8 w godox mf r76 ring flash. Whenever i try to take intraoral pictures at iso100 the picture comes out dark. Could you help me solve this provlem?

[alialshaib]

I want to buy camera, but not sure which better for orthodont, canon 850d or 250d or nikon 5600, which one do you recommend ?lens as you explained sir have to buy without auto focus like 100mm 2.8 canon usm ? (Is usm) not better for dental photos? And flash godox mf12, thank you .

[dekuorumaito]

Would you mind sharing ur canon macro ring flash setting to take dental photographs? Thanks!

[lalitapoonia]

I tried the camera settings as per manual, but picture is coming black

[Albasha]

When i do this sittings the camera screen and photos goes totally black.. What i can do.. I use m50 ii canon

[TheDocjenz]

Thanks for the amazing video, what is the setting of your ringflash? We usually get overexposed photo when shooting 1:1.5

[kriyanshjain]

With this settings all my pics are coming out black .. I don't know where I'm going wrong .. I have canon Eos 750D

[mixvideo]

Can you record videos with this setup?

[krishnagorantla]

thanks for the useful instructions. did you use any external lighting like studio lights, etc?