Datasheet

Part II: Creating Great
Photos with the Sony
Alpha A700 81
Chapter 3: Photography
Essentials 83
Understanding Exposure 83
Controlling Exposure 84
Light 84
Aperture 85
Shutter speed 87
ISO 89
Equivalent exposures 90
Fine-Tuning Exposure 91
Exposure compensation 91
Manual mode 91
Exposure Metering modes 92
Bracketing 92
Using the histogram 94
Composition Basics 95
The Rule of Thirds 97
Other compositional tips 99
Break the rules 101
Chapter 4: All About Light 103
The Intensity of Light 103
The Direction of Light 105
The Color of Light 107
The Diffusion of Light 107
Available Light 108
Daylight 108
Sunrise and sunset 108
Midday 109
Electrical light 110
Fluorescent lights 110
Incandescent lights 110
Vapor discharge lights 110
Mixed light 110
Supplemental Light 111
The built-in flash 111
Red eye and Red-eye
reduction 111
Dedicated flash units 112
Flash sync modes 117
Flash compensation 118
Studio lights 119
Strobe lights 119
Continuous lights 120
Accessories to Control Light 120
Reflectors 120
Diffusers 122
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