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| Getting Started | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Using This Book | |
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| Description of the Camera and Its Features | |
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| Assembling the Camera | |
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| Turning On the Camera | |
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| Camera Controls: Setting the Camera Area, Date, and Time | |
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| Introducing Menu Navigation | |
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| Error Messages | |
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| Reinitializing Commands to Default Values (Or, Getting Out of Trouble) | |
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| Quick Access to Command Options | |
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| Cleaning the Sensor | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Photography Bask and the NEX-6 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Basic Photography Concepts | |
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| File Formats | |
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| Shutter Button | |
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| Focusing | |
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| Exposure (Shutter Speed, Aperture, ISO) | |
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| White Balance and the Appearance of Colors | |
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| Drive Mode Function | |
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| Recording Movies | |
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| Managing Your Images | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The LCD Screen | |
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| The Viewfinder | |
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| LCD Screen versus Viewfinder | |
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| Data Display Formats | |
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| Compositional Controls for Previewing Images | |
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| Review Recorded Images | |
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| Evaluating Exposure with Histograms | |
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| Protecting Saved Pictures and Movies | |
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| Deleting Saved Pictures and Movies | |
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| Working Outside the Camera | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Automatic Settings | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Functions Available for Automatic Modes | |
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| Shooting Modes | |
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| Intelligent Auto Mode | |
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| Superior Auto Mode | |
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| Photo Creativity Feature | |
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| SCN (Scene Selection) Predefined Scene Modes | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Taking Control of the Camera | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Control Keys and Buttons | |
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| Exposure Compensation: Fine-Tuning Automatic Exposure | |
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| Autofocus | |
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| Manual Focus: Overriding Automatic Focusing | |
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| ISO | |
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| White Balance | |
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| Three Semiautomatic Modes: Shutter Priority (S), Aperture Priority (A), and Program Auto (P) | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Manual Operation of the Camera | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Manual Exposure Mode Controls | |
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| Manual Focusing: Overriding Automatic Focusing | |
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| Manual Adjustments for Color Temperature | |
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| Lens Compensation | |
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| Bracketing and Dynamic Range | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Customizing the Camera | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Customizing Buttons | |
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| Fn Button | |
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| Customization of Other Buttons | |
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| Customizing Buttons Summary | |
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| Help Information | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Additional Feature | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sweep Panorama Mode | |
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| Auto Port. Framing Function | |
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| DRO/Auto HDR Function | |
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| Utilizing Predefined Color Schemes | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Adding Applications to the Camera | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Working with the Camera's Wi-Fi: Communicating with a Smartphone | |
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| Downloading Apps | |
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| PlayMemories Camera Apps | |
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| Camera Apps We Like and Use | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Using Accessories | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Kit Lens | |
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| Sony E-mount and A-mount Lenses | |
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| Legacy and Used Lenses | |
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| Telescopes | |
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| Microscopes | |
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| Remote Release | |
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| Tripod | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Flash Photography | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Principles of Electronic Flash for the Built-in Unit | |
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| Flash Artifact: Red Eye | |
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| Flash Command | |
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| Using Flash in Intelligent Auto and Superior Auto | |
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| Flash Options in P, A, S, or M Modes | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Making Movies | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Frame Rate versus Shutter Speed | |
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| Choosing a File Format | |
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| Record Settings (Quality) | |
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| Additional Movie Controls | |
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| Framing and Starting the Movie | |
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| Which Shooting Mode for Controlling Your Recording | |
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| Adding Creative Style, Picture Effect, or DRO | |
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| Recommendations | |
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| Menu and Function Commands | |
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| Error Messages/Warning Messages and Resolutions | |
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| Index | |