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Camera Basics. Know Install battery Insert media card Lens mounting Power controls Focus modes Record modes Show Install a battery, insert the media card, turn on camera Select focus mode and record mode Level Knowledge. Objectives. Lithium-Ion Battery Rechargable
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Know • Install battery • Insert media card • Lens mounting • Power controls • Focus modes • Record modes • Show • Install a battery, insert the media card, turn on camera • Select focus mode and record mode • Level • Knowledge Objectives
Lithium-Ion Battery • Rechargable • Do NOT put anything but THIS specific battery in the cameras! Battery
Open compartment cover by sliding tab • Insert battery. It will only go in one way, look at shape of the compartment. • Close compartment cover. You will feel it click. • NEVER FORCE IT. Install Battery
Lots of different types of cards • SD most common • SD is what all the school cameras use Memory Cards
Never touch the contacts (gold metal looking tabs) • Watch the “lock” switch on the card – it will prevent your camera or computer from reading the card Memory Cards
Slide the memory card slot door towards back of camera • It will swing open • Slide the card, label facing you, until it clicks into place • NEVER FORCE IT Install Card
Line up the white dots on the lens and the body • Insert the lens into the mount • Rotate the lens ¼ turn CCW until it clicks into place • Canon, is of course, DIFFERENT Attach a Lens
AFTER the battery, memory card, and lens are installed, you can turn on the camera • The power switch is on top of the camera, in front of the mode dial Power On
Turn the mode dial so that the little white tick mark points at the mode you want • Good starter – Program Auto Shooting Modes
Lens Focus Mode Switch to “A” for Auto • “M” is for manual focusing, where you use the focus ring and do it yourself Focusing
Press the shutter release button halfway down to focus (& activate light meter) • Press it all the way down to take a picture Take a picture!
Press playback button to see picture(s) you took • Use D-pad to navigate through your pictures • Use trash can to delete Playback