Whetheryour new D3300 DSLR is the first digital SLR camera you've owned or your newest camera, this video series of six tutorials will help you set up the camera and begin shooting stills and videos quickly. In addition to attaching the lens, putting in the battery and memory card, you'll also learn how to use the Guide Mode, set up the camera to take still photos and video, connect to a compatible smart device with the optional WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter and Wireless Mobile Utility app, and transfer all your photos and videos to a computer.
D3300 Video Tutorial: Getting Started - Getting started with your D3300. This video tutorial will explain how to attach the lens to the camera, as well as place the battery and media card in the camera. (5:11)
D3300 Video Tutorial: Connectivity - Getting started with your D3300 and WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter. This video tutorial will explain how to attach the WU-1a to the camera and discuss options for using a compatible smartphone as a remote control as well as downloading images. (2:54)
D3300 Video Tutorial: Transferring Files - Getting started transferring files with your D3300. This video tutorial will explain how to transfer your photo and video files from the camera to your computer. (1:29)
Interactive tutorials have been developed to help students explore complex concepts in all phases of optical microscopy, the physics of light and color, photomicrography, and digital imaging technology. The tutorials are also embedded within relevant articles that contain accompanying discussions about the subject phenomenon.
The lambda stack is a three-dimensional dataset that consists of an image collection using the same specimen field acquired at different wavelength bands, each spanning a limited spectral region ranging from 2 to 20 nanometers.
Spectral imaging is of significant advantage in separating the overlapping emission spectra of fluorescent proteins and other fluorophores in dynamic fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) experiments, which are often complicated by the requirement for exceedingly fast image capture.
Examines the relationship between the wavefront fields emerging from a de Snarmont compensator and how they can be controlled to produce positive and negative bias retardation (contrast) effects in a DIC microscope.
Exploring how the variations in the excitation and emission filter spectral profiles, as well as those of the dichromatic mirrors, affect signal levels, overall filter performance, and image contrast in combinations designed for excitation of fluorophores in the blue-violet region.
Explore how the variations in the excitation and emission filter spectral profiles affect signal levels, overall filter performance, and image contrast in combinations designed for dual excitation of fluorophores in the ultraviolet and blue or blue and green regions.
Explore how the variations in the excitation and emission filter spectral profiles affect signal levels, overall filter performance, and image contrast in combinations designed for excitation of fluorophores in the green (510-560 nanometers) spectral region.
Learn how to align a phase contrast microscope and examine variations in specimen appearance through the eyepieces (at different magnifications) when the condenser annulus is shifted into and out of alignment with the phase plate in the objective.
This interactive tutorial explores the generation of linear, elliptical, and circularly polarized light by a pair of orthogonal light waves (as a function of the relative phase shift between the waves) when the electric field vectors are added together.
Examine the light pathways through a phase contrast microscope and learn how these systems dissect the incident electromagnetic wave into a surround (S), diffracted (D), and resultant particle (P) component.
Explore shade-off and halo artifacts, where the observed intensity does not directly correspond to the optical path difference (refractive index and thickness values) between the specimen and the surrounding medium.
Explore the effects of changes to refractive index and thickness on optical path length, and discover how two specimens can have different combinations of these variables but still display the same path length.
Explore how mirror shape affects the amount of light entering the objective in darkfield stereoscopic microscopy. This tutorial demonstrates lightpath differences between conventional and toroidal mirrors.
The look of a photograph is affected by a variety of factors, including shutter speed, aperture, and ISO sensitivity. This guide gives beginners a grasp of the basics with easy-to-understand digital photography tutorials with explanations of the features and design of digital single-lens reflex cameras.
Whether you are a DSLR first timer looking for quick know hows or a budding amateur eager to know the key fundamentals to creative shooting, give these set of highly interactive tutorials a go. Learn to shoot well the fast and fun way. Have fun exploring!
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Now you can also submit a story, be it about your experience with the lens or a specific photography incident, just enter the topic and a category and share it with us. One more thing to be excited about is, you can add images, as well.
My interest for the HDR technology is the capability to produce images that would be almost impossible to take with a digital camera. An HDR image reveals details in the light and dark areas of your images.
This tutorial does not explain how to create an HDR image because there are already very good tutorials on that subject, for instance you can read Vanilla Days tutorial, it is based on the Photomatix software but it does not hurt and you could use another software.
I will rather focus on explaining how to configure a Nikon D80 to leverage a built in feature called Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) that makes easier the creation of HDR images. I found all the relevant informations in the user manual but they were not clear enough and I had to spend some time on it in order to get it effective.
HDR imaging works by combining the same image with different exposures into a single image using an appropriate software. No need to emphasis on the fact that the images should rigorously be the same as possible. It can be done manually by shooting several times the same pictures with different exposure time and keeping the same aperture size, but it has at least two drawbacks:
Press the BKT button and rotate the main dial to chose 3 shoots and the sub-command dial to choose the bracketing increment with the value 2.0EV. At this moment you configured the D80 to change the exposure of the photo each time you shoot. Therefore the first picture you take is a normal one, but the second one will be underexposed by 2EV and the third one will be overexposed by 2EV. The forth one will be exposed normally.
A clear sky is one of the most important things to watch for when planning a Star Trails photo. In order to get a spectacular Star Trails image, you should try to have a completely clear sky for the duration of your shoot. I would highly recommend using Clear Dark Sky charts to help you pick a good night. These charts can be a bit difficult to understand at first. Basically, the more rows of dark blue squares, the better.
The great thing about star trails is that you do not need a dark sky to get a beautiful image. Even in light polluted areas, you can still capture a great star trails photo. You can also do star trails image during a full moon.
Capturing star trails doesn't require expensive gear. All you need is a camera with an intervalometer and a wide angle lens. Any wide angle lens will do, even ones that have bad coma. Since all of your exposures will be blended, the star distortion is not an issue. Personally, I would recommend using a Full-Frame camera with a 14mm lens. This allows you to capture a large portion of the sky and a foreground. Alternatively, you can set your camera to capture 90% sky for the star trails photos. For the foreground, take 1 photo at the beginning or end of the shoot. You can merge the two exposures in Photoshop.
Of course, you'll also need a sturdy tripod and ballhead to make sure the camera does not move over the hours. I use a Feisol CT-3441T tripod and an Acratech GP Ballhead. Both are quite expensive, but they do a great job for all kinds of photography.
A large, fast SD card is recommended. You will be shooting potentially hundreds of Long Exposure photographs one-after-the-other for up to 6 hours straight! You cannot afford to have your SD Card get bogged down, as it will completely mess up the interval.
The SD Association has created a graph that clearly explains what all the numbers on the card actually mean. You will need a Class 10 or UHS Class 3 card to be able to successfully capture Star Trails. You can always test your camera out before leaving the house, to see if your current SD card is fast enough.
I use these 32 GB SanDisk cards in my D750. The 32 GB card holds roughly 1,000 uncompressed 14 bit RAW images at 24 megapixels. If you do not use a fast enough SD Card, your camera may need extra time to process each RAW file, potentially causing gaps in your star trails. If you have a very high-resolution camera, like the Nikon D850, you'll likely want a 128GB card to hold enough images.
Before you take your Star Trails photo, you need to decide how you want the final image to look. If you shoot at a high ISO (1600+) you will have tons of stars in your image and your Star Trails will be very dense and bright. If you shoot at a lower ISO (100-800) you will have far fewer stars, more star colors, and your Star Trails will have some space between them. Click here to see the difference between ISO 100 - 6400, it should give you a good idea of how many stars you can capture. Therefore, there are no "default camera settings" when photographing Star Trails, it's entirely up to you! With that being said, here's some settings to get you started:
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