Master Your Camera Controls: 7 Pro Tips

Mirrorless and DSLR cameras are evolving. Full auto mode on your cameras might produce respectable pictures. It only scratches the surface of what your camera is capable of doing, though. You may use your camera's functions to help you create an image exactly as you picture it in your head. You can improve as a photographer by learning more about your camera's controls by stepping away from full auto's security. You'll learn in this article how to use the fundamental camera controls that every DSLR and mirrorless camera possesses in order to take truly outstanding pictures.

- Sujay J Shatananda

1 Choose the right file format for your images

The image quality option is one of the first camera controls you should become familiar with. Even low-cost point-and-shoot cameras allow users to customise the size and quality of the JPEGs they capture. The blue bar displays a fine quality, the amount of pixels (21 million), and the image resolution as a smooth, curving segment (5616 pixels wide by 3744 pixels high). Finally, it demonstrates that the memory card can hold 999 images of this size and quality. Additionally, it demonstrates that only huge, high-quality JPEG photographs will be taken; no RAW images. Typically, sizes fall into the small, medium, and large categories. Quality might be basic, average, or excellent. Always choose the best possible quality. Memory cards are not expensive, but selecting a low file size or image quality will limit your ability to use the photos in the future, such as for printing or cropping. Your camera's RAW format is the ideal image format to use. Unprocessed photos are referred to as RAW in general. RAW photos are quite huge files, frequently ten times larger than the equivalent JPEG because they store a considerably wider range of data. However, greater information provides you a lot more flexibility when it comes to altering the pictures. Typically, you have the option of shooting in RAW or RAW and JPEG. Shooting RAW may slow down how quickly your camera can take new shots in continuous shooting mode since larger files take longer for the camera to store.

2. Select The Most Suitable Drive Mode For Your Subject

Any DSLR or mirrorless camera has access to three fundamental drive modes. As far as camera controls go, this one is significant, and you should make it a goal to comprehend each of the three drive mode choices.