4 CAMERA settings that EVERY photographer MUST understand

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4 CAMERA settings that EVERY photographer MUST understand

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I wish I had known more about these 4 camera settings when I started out in photography. Now, whenever I get a new lens or camera I make sure I fully understand how it performs. It ensures I have more time to capture a better photo. In this video I go through 4 simple test to help you improve your photography.
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@Endormaster 6 жыл бұрын

Every time i watch a video of yours i get the feeling that i'm in a private class, your voice is so warm and calm and i love it! I'm starting out with photography and your videos are beeing really helpful. Thanks for all your incredible content, you deserve more likes!

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot - have a fantastic day!

@grahamjones2759 6 жыл бұрын

Just as Brian Cox can make Quantum Physics understandable to the ordinary person , Nigel does the same for photographers. Educational, informative but not patronising - quite a skill. Thanks for the videos - keep them coming.

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Some compliment Graham! Thanks a lot 👍

@ArianOby 5 жыл бұрын

....but Brian Cox is annoying.... he finds the fantastic in boring.... how is that even possible???

@janreed99 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the not patronizing part!

@liliu6964 3 жыл бұрын

Nigel, thank you so much for all the youtube videos. Since working from home, my wife and I haven't left home for any moment except grocery shopping. It is your video that kept us remembering the beauties of the real world. We cannot wait to bring our camera and hike again.

@sharksfan2011 4 жыл бұрын

Great advice and explanations NIgel. It’s Feb 2020 as I’m watching this and it’s still relevant. Your casual teaching style, music and examples are always perfect for the job. I’ve learned a lot from you since I first started following. Thanks again for all your work and effort to post these vids.

@sydneysledje7759 3 жыл бұрын

He seems so cool! I’ve had a camera for years and just now am ready to learn it. This was so informative and instructional and fun to watch!!

@zachdoughty6953 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been watching your channel for a few weeks and it is incredible how much info you provide. Your tips have helped me understand so much as a beginner to photography! Thank you!

@shaungoddard8417 2 жыл бұрын

As a beginner hobbyist photographer I am finding your videos very helpful.

@richardlongmuir8348 Жыл бұрын

Love a Springer,Alfie went over rainbow bridge aged 14,got a little cocker now and she mad as a box of frogs……loved to pieces

@ChrisSmithFW 5 жыл бұрын

This is great, Nigel. I often compare identical images taken at different exposures, focal lengths, and such but never really know what I'm looking at when I'm reviewing in Lightroom, at least not to the extent that you detail here, instead looking at a single element or two and never certain why one works more than the next. You make this a super simple yet comprehensive process and I'm definitely going to borrow your techniques. Thanks so much!

@archivefootage7898 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that Nigel : twenty minutes well-spent 'learning how to learn.' Far better than being told to 'do this' and 'get that.' It makes so much sense, considering the variation in equipment that we are all bringing to the table. Keep up the good work.

@TomSmith-hu9eh 4 жыл бұрын

Such a genuine dude, mildly obsessed with photography 😅

@CJamesPhoto 6 жыл бұрын

I just found you from a comment you wrote on someone else's video 1 year ago, and you explained that you just started your own channel.. I was pretty amazed as to what i found after clicking on your channel. Your videos are excellent man and your info is well said! Funny enough i started my own channel not to long ago, its an interesting process. Thank you for taking your time to making these videos :)

@TheCallie52809 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Nigel. I very much enjoy your videos and always look forward to new content.

@jonmorgan-parker4209 Жыл бұрын

Dear Nigel, I had been pestering you about settings because my Z7ii wasn’t performing well! So I tested it like you advised and it was faulty! It was under warranty and I got a new replacement! Thank you for your help sir 🙏

@Rayanjai 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was really helpful. I had no idea how much softness aperture could add.

@Ghostlyghostofoz 3 жыл бұрын

Ive watched like 5 of your videos in a row and i cannot stop myself. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world!

@andrewfrost8866 6 жыл бұрын

I love how Zen your videos are. Your explanations about understanding are so right and very much what photographers rarely value. Thank you so much for giving me a reason to think.

@roseckansas3871 4 жыл бұрын

Love the way you explain things, especially for us newbies. Thank you.

@JoDaniels 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nigel for this inspiring video. I”ll start creating my camera setting book with the "golden rule” on the cover. I am very fond of the way you arranged your well organized studio. Thanks for sharing.

@old4004 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Nigel, for taking the time to make all of those files for a comparison to demonstrate your lesson.

@Texankirk1 5 жыл бұрын

Very good information. I'm learning a lot from your videos Nigel, You are inspiring me to get out and learn more about my camera and how to capture better pictures.

@hamefromoz8894 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoying your videos Nigel. Thanks

@QuarkCharmed 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, that's true you need to know your system (camera+lenses). I'd only argue about focusing on the farthest subject. When you focus on a subject, your DoF covers area before and after the subject, so when you focus on the farthest, you waste part of the DoF behind the subject. So effectively it's best to focus closer that the farthest subject. With wide angle lenses it doesn't matter too much as they have large DoF at f8+ (i.e. at 16mm), but zoom lenses are harder to work with in that regard.

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Agree - but sometimes time is of the essence and with wide angle focusing on furthest subject is good enough and better than messing about with working out where to focus. Also - if you focus too close you are more likely to miss the back focus.

@QuarkCharmed 6 жыл бұрын

Yes my statement wasn't totally correct - if the subject is relatively close to you (e.g. portrait or intimate landscape), focusing on the subject is the only right option. However if it's far enough (i.e. the lens shows almost infinity on it) and your goal is to cover as much as possible with your DoF, you'd probably better focus to a bit in front of the subject. Yes you can miss the back focus but the focal plane isn't in the middle of the DoF area, it's closer to the camera and it's harder to miss the back focus than the front focus. Some recommend focusing at a point at 1/3 of the frame but that doesn't really work for me and I don't really get what 1/3 means exactly. It's too rough guide. Hyperfocal distance may work, I tried it once but it requires an app and a lot of calculations with unknowns (you can't always physically measure the distance). There's another interesting effect which you probably know about, when you tilt the camera down (which is often the case with landscapes with a wide-angle lens), you effectively get more ground in focus than with camera leveled to horizon. I can't draw here to illustrate but imagine an extreme case with camera looking straight down, you have *all* ground in focus. Wide angle is very forgiving in terms of the DoF and proper focus.

@Mvrderface 5 жыл бұрын

I recently bought a canon M50, your videos are giving me motivation to go out with more and understand its potential.

@sue120502 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I will carry out these exercises.

@geniustheatre 6 жыл бұрын

One of the clearest, most useful videos I've seen to date, THANK YOU!

@rameshkakoti4484 6 жыл бұрын

One real value and real truth explaining video, with simply and heartily filling, like it.

@Qwiv 4 жыл бұрын

My best tip for traveling is just to make yourself a simple check list and go over it when you pack. How you do it does not matter, but after a while you really nail down the gear you must have and can start using that list over and over again. That list has saved me so many times to get the batteries off the charger or the SD cards, etc.

@andrewsgray 6 жыл бұрын

Good to see someone mentioning the importance of knowing your camera! People should get to know it so well it would be an extension of your own body. Nice to see the behind the scenes... Whats that attachment for the tripod that does the top down desk shots?

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Just a ball head

@omarshah1010 4 жыл бұрын

All your videos are a great help

@chelseahagen4494 3 жыл бұрын

Loving these informative videos!!

@tedcomeau2671 6 жыл бұрын

I will be trying your advice , especially the choice of focusing to infinity and using aperture to get focus across the scene. Thanks for the very well Made video

@piotrwydmuch9413 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nigel. Awesome tips!

@thnkdignity 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nigel! New to your videos. Love your work!The biggest take away is know YOUR camera. You have to test your equipment so you can be in the moment with the environment you are trying to replicate.

@Sven-R 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, very useful! Learned a lot here, thanks!

@witusk6597 4 жыл бұрын

This was great, things you don't really pay attention to as a noob. thanks a lot!

@floridaofiowaaerialsandpho1440 6 жыл бұрын

Great instructional video Nigel! You use very good analogies in your explanations. Keep up the great work!

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy 👍👍👍

@clasijuls1 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nigel ,you are an amazing photographer ,and an amazing teacher .

@davidmedeiros7572 6 жыл бұрын

Great help, thanks Nigel. I'm adding these tests to my general photo "to do" list. It's also great to hear your take on hyper focal and focus in general. It's hard to parse all of the info about HF out there and know just how necessary it is to taking good pics. I think like you in this case, when I've purposefully tried to use HF I've come away with less clarity than if I just focused for subject or infinity.

@johnmcfarland2055 6 жыл бұрын

Very useful information and presented in an easy to understand manner. Well done Nigel.

@rickjorstad6666 6 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your channel. I find your honesty and common sense advice very useful. Keep up the good work!

@jessicakirsh 5 жыл бұрын

Very easy to follow along! Great video! Great explanations!

@wyndaniels2481 6 жыл бұрын

An excellent video so easy to follow and more importantly to understand. Great tips and thanks I am now one of your followers!!

@r1234545 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a fantastic video Nigel. Your videos with top tips are really useful and motivating to beginner photographers like myself. They really help to simplify the sometimes very complex sounding components of photography! Looking forward to more.

@carlreid4161 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Nigel well presented and content really good for beginner photographers like myself just bought my first mirrorless after researching for a long time, now thanks to your channel I can get to grips with it!

@Ezel21love 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great and helpful video.

@keithfurlong4098 6 жыл бұрын

Really helpful video on understanding how your camera performs in different situations. Thanks.

@tomclemons344 6 жыл бұрын

This video was very, very informative, and thanks for sharing. I often wonder exactly where I need to focus and what ISO. I learned a lot today. Thanks, and I gave you a well deserved thumbs up.

@Jim181059 5 жыл бұрын

What a useful video - thanks!

@peterdanson9408 3 жыл бұрын

Great and useful information. I will get better use of my camera

@zigatretjak75 6 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video, thank you. Glad to see Pebbles again!

@paulcomptonpdphotography 6 жыл бұрын

What an amazing video good idea. It shows I am just a beginner as I don’t know anything about my kit and what it can do. I see loads of images so much sharper than mine and have wondered why I am not getting the same quality out of my kit. It will be because I have no idea what it can do.

@prashamjain3635 2 жыл бұрын

you are getting really creative on telling a story and keeping use attension

@mruanmarro2237 3 жыл бұрын

very good content! I like the way it explains everything thank you....

@robjjones-video 6 жыл бұрын

Love this tutorial Nigel, very clearly explained. Now I need to run some tests with my new wide angle lens!

@soumyadippaul2211 6 жыл бұрын

Very informative video, gonna try all of these.👍👍

@frida507 4 жыл бұрын

The dog thinks "now he's talking to himself again"...

@jthms_snapshots 3 жыл бұрын

Great work hey, truly love that you do your thing no matter what anybody else may think. thanks ive learnt alot from your videos

@markknoernschild8436 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry I live in Ca. now as I know I would really learn how to be more technically proficient and also creative through your workshops--Thank goodness your videos are proving to be extremely helpful stand-ins. You have a great talent for explaining concepts such as in this video--I have already started testing my camera and lenses.

@alexanderalex1988 6 жыл бұрын

that moment when you start filming your 1st camera, which is actually filming you - pro level achieved

@CalmBiker 4 жыл бұрын

My job for the weekend sorted then! Thanks for the video!

@flymrjones 4 жыл бұрын

Just discovering your channel. Great tips and I definitely feel inspired to print and shoot landscapes. Well done sir!

@findus605 5 жыл бұрын

Just caught up with this video, it is so very helpful and makes things far easier to understand the limitation of camera and lens. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us 👍 it is very much appreciated

@AndrewDawes 6 жыл бұрын

Love your study 😂 great video Nigel. Knowing how to use your camera in the field to achieve certain results is critical to work efficiently and effectively. There is nothing worse that going out shooting and coming back to realise that small steps in the field could have saved the image from a technical standpoint. I also find picking up anything but Canon, I'm completely lost! So working with various manufacturers (even if it's your friends camera) can help improve your understanding greatly! Great video again mate.

@Brenda-xc7sq 6 жыл бұрын

Another helpful video. I do a lot of true macro and the 'go to' settings for this tend to be f16, 1/200s and ISO 200 with a speed light (although often I go down to f11). Now I am going to do a proper test like yours to see exactly what conditions I can always shoot with a more open f number and how low I can go. DOF is, of course, tiny when focusing so closely with a macro lens but a lower f no. would mean a shorter flash time which would give a sharper image. You have given me food for thought with landscape and macro so thank you.

@Weird_Quests 6 жыл бұрын

Just came across your channel - the information is super helpful with understanding your process and better learning these concepts through examples and explanation. Great work - keep creating! :)

@jamesclark1152 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Nigel, another great video

@qlogic74 3 жыл бұрын

That was some really good info, i hate having to spend alot of time on the computer focus stacking photos. I am going to do this in the future, also going to do those tests as well! Hey man call it what you want, its nobody elses business what YOU call a room in YOUR house

@rcen20 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nigel! I've been really confused about focal length/distance. I've read a lot about hyperfocal distance, and I've been thinking there must be a better way. I'll be giving your method a try soon.

@suebillings 6 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful! The way you explain everything is so very helpful to me. Thank you so much!!

@thomasb4717 6 жыл бұрын

Great tips again, Nigel. Most of theses data you can get from lens reviews on the web but I agree that it will be more useful to do your own research. Now I've got a good idea how to do these tests in a simple way. Thanks! I also received my print copy of your iceland photograph 'golden black sands'. Absolutely beautiful. Love it. Great print quality. It will get a special place in our living room! And congrats to 30k!!!

@MegaDwilkinson 6 жыл бұрын

very helpful - I like the approach to focusing and will adopt this - many thanks Nigel

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks David

@aliquandoinsanireiucundume9017 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot again. Based on what I've learned from you I'm gonna go out tomorrow morning at the golden hour and try to use these things in real life. Already excited looking forward to learning more new things from your next videos 😊

@pgcknaphill1892 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent - I bought my first 10-20mm a few weeks back & have been doing just this over the past days... a great reinforcement!

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Well done! Great lens

@tanltdowar 6 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. i shall have to conduct some of this research on my cameras and lenses. Thanks.

@jemaluang1 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Nigel, fresh ideas of knowing your camera and lens well. Btw great studio ,nice and compact !

@adyepj 6 жыл бұрын

Extremely helpful video -thank you Nigel. I've been taking photos for many years, and am ashamed to realise that I don't really know the things you talked about. Heading out this week to do the recommended tests!

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant - good luck!

@mickcalvert4514 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video this has taught me so much about my camera, thank you

@nowornever2504 5 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@benvanboom8907 6 жыл бұрын

Very well explained in this video Nigel, Thanks.... love to watch these👌 Regards, Ben

@Snowcatnz2 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Nigel. Really informative and useful information.

@scottbeahan9974 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Nigel, great video, can you do a quick video on your photo book? What notes you taken and the type of things you jot down? I’m really interested too see. Cheers.

@sandraleck6026 5 жыл бұрын

I think i finally understand aperture! 😍 thank you for your tips, you're right there's no magical formula, you just need to know your gear! I'm gonna do those aperture and iso tests right now! 😊

@philwyckstandt8869 6 жыл бұрын

Great information, thanks Nigel!

@mikemiller2933 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! Great info and explanation!! I'm new to Photography and this helps a ton.. I now have some work to do...

@glennturnbull8568 6 жыл бұрын

Nigel, great video! I watch this twice, really very useful. Thank you.

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Glenn 👍

@robertblesse5108 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Nigel, this was really very helpful (as are all your videos). I like the way you've broken it down into four basic areas, making it very easy to make some comparison tests. I've done some of this, but need to do more, so you've given me some incentive. Glad to hear that prints are selling well for you and you've got many people in your workshops. I'll have to get back over for one sometime. Thanks again. Bob

@NigelDanson 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob... prints are really going well. Especially from Iceland. Love to do another 1-2-1 Bob! I am also putting together a Glacier NP workshop for 2019 👍

@meredithpottery 6 жыл бұрын

Incredibly helpful! I have an m4/3 rds camera and I was really using the wrong settings for my wide angle lens because I was using the settings that medium format cameras. Thank you so much! By the way, I think Olympus m4/3 camera was the first to have in body stablization!

@larryblackwell7637 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nigel, very helpful video.

@marktaylor9579 6 жыл бұрын

Really useful video, simply explained again, thanks Nigel.

@michaelcarrithers6811 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. I'm pretty sure about those parameters and this camera (Fuji x-t2), but have never tested the boundaries. When I've got the time ... But in any case, that was very helpful.

@greatpix 5 жыл бұрын

What I miss most from the old film cameras is the split image focusing screens. Canon used to have a great feature on their cameras where you'd focus on the nearest thing you want in focus, then the farthest thing you wanted in focus, and it would automatically set aperture and select the focus to get those things in focus. Only thing is, sometimes you wanted too much in focus given the equipment and distances involved. (like 1" to infinity)

@gordonmelrose9700 6 жыл бұрын

Great video Nigel - really useful information

@scotty4418 6 жыл бұрын

Nigel, enjoyed the vlog this week and certainly an area where I need to concentrate more on as quite often I find myself taking too many shots at the same settings rather than going for some variety.

@channinghatcher8580 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!!! First time I have heard this approach, that makes so much sense. Thank you

@thisisnewfoundland9220 6 жыл бұрын

Your videos keep drawing me in ! Awesome flow to your edits regardless of what it’s about ... keep it up ! ...... Hopefully one day you can make it to Newfoundland!

@RH-nk7eo 6 жыл бұрын

What a great video. I have just bought a new wide angle lens and this has inspired me to go outside and test it out. I've never thought about it before but it makes so much sense. Test and understand your lens! Brilliant advice thanks.

@nicolasguillenc Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@moondawn1000 6 жыл бұрын

Another well presented, and informative video. With this high standard, studio/office/study or even cardboard box does not matter as to where you make them !!! :)