Review Digital Camera World 07-08-2013

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Digital Camera World

How to photograph anything: best camera settings for street photography Jul 7th 2013, 23:01, by jmeyer As our Shoot Like A Pro series on how to photograph any subject you want concludes, we take a closer look at the best camera settings for street photography. Getting sharp photos takes time to master, but here we show you all the best camera settings you should use to shoot candid street photos, urban movement and the city at night. Best camera settings for candid street photography For capturing the fleeting moments when shooting candids and street scenes, you need to be ready to shoot in a wide range of situations and conditions. Program mode, where the camera sets both shutter speed and aperture automatically, is a good mode to choose, but it doesn't offer any control over these settings. On most DSLRs you can access Program Shift by turning the main input dial. This will give you some control over the shutter speed and aperture that the camera will use. So, if you are shooting a candid portrait and want to use a faster shutter speed to freeze any movement, turn the input dial to change both the shutter speed and aperture. The main advantage of this over Shutter Priority is that the camera won't allow you to select a shutter speed that's too fast to correctly expose the scene at the maximum aperture of the lens. How to set up your camera to shoot candid street photography Capture fabulous fleeting moments with these settings Exposure mode   Program shift Select Program Exposure mode, and use the main input dial to scroll through the available shutter speed and aperture values to suit your situation.   Focus mode   Servo or Continuous Setting the camera to Servo or Continuous focusing mode will allow you to capture moving and static subjects effectively. Shutter speed   1/125sec or faster Aperture   f/5.6 ISO   400 Lens   18mm to 200mm Drive mode   Continuous White balance   Auto PAGE 1: Best camera settings for candid street photography PAGE 2: Best camera settings for street photography with movement PAGE 3: Best camera settings for shooting a city at night READ MORE 21 street photography tips from the professionals Candid street photography: how to lose your inhibitions and shoot street portraits with impact The essential A-Z of photography slang terms 14 portrait photography tips you’ll never want to forget Nissin MG8000 Extreme flashgun review: is this the best flashgun ever? Jul 7th 2013, 13:00, by jmeyer Nissin's latest flashgun, the MG8000 Extreme, costs more than your average flashgun… but it also promises much more than your average flashgun. Does it live up to its hype? Find out in our Nissin MG8000 Extreme flashgun review. Price: £456 Buy it: http://kenro.co.uk Nissin flashguns have traditionally offered plenty of poke for a relatively small outlay. However, with a price tag more at home on the most exotic Canon or Nikon flashguns, the MG8000 Extreme had better have a different ace up its sleeve. Its secret is hidden away in the shape of a new quartz flash tube design. Whereas a conventional xenon tube will eventually overheat when fired continuously, the cool-running MG8000 can survive 1000 consecutive full power flashes without issue. Of course, your batteries or model will probably have thrown in the towel during such an onslaught, but it nevertheless makes this a highly desirable flashgun for demanding users. Also impressive are a high guide number rating of 60 and its fast three-second recycle time for the first 200 full-power shots fired, though the vents required to keep the flash head cool mean there's no space for an internal diffuser or bounce card. Instead, Nissin include a separate diffuser dome, while a secondary mini front flash makes a nifty fill light when bouncing the main head. The MG8000 Extreme is available for Canon or Nikon cameras and there is full TTL metering with both. You also get advanced wireless TTL options for configuring the MG8000 as a slave flash, or incorporating it into a group of flashguns. Everything's controlled by a small colour display panel which does the job but isn't as clear as some rivals. Nissin's cheap-feeling plastics and switches also lack finesse, but otherwise the MG8000 is a tempting buy. Score: 4/5 READ MORE Flash photography tips: external flash techniques anyone can understand How camera flash works: free photography cheat sheet Flash compensation: how to get perfectly balanced exposures Flash portraits: creative off-camera lighting techniques you have to try

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