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48 Essential Configuration

2.6 MY PERSONAL CAMERA SETTINGS

I know there are a lot of features to absorb and settings to understand with
this camera. And I’ll try to explain each one to you properly throughout the
course of this book. But, I know from history that the most often-
referenced part of my previous books has been “My Personal Camera
Settings”, and so I’m including them up front here just to give you a jump-
start and help walk you through some of the features at the same time. Of
course I change these settings a lot depending on what I’m shooting, the
light level, and the effect I want to achieve. But these represent my
“standard” configuration.

Recording Menu 1

Function Setting
Image Size L: 24 M (It’s always best to shoot at the highest
quality and resize later) (Section 5.1)
Aspect Ratio 3:2 (I’d shoot 16:9 if I knew my work would only be
seen on an HDTV. But 16:9 actually chops off part
of the picture. More is better.) (Section 5.2)
Quality Usually RAW+JPG (although for casual shots I’ll
shoot X.FINE. (Section 5.3).
Panorama: Size Wide. (Available only when Panorama mode is
selected on the mode dial.) (Section5.4)
Panorama: Direction Either Right or Down depending on the aspect ratio
I’d like to get. (Available only when Panorama
mode is selected on the exposure mode dial.)
(Section5.4)

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