Digital Camera User

Digital Camera User takes high quality, high production professional content and their top team of industry experts to produce the ultimate photography magazine. Each issue is packed with unbeatable hands on shooting guides and practical user tutorials and projects, building up to become the essential reference guide for all core areas of digital photography. Digital Camera User is the perfect title for both amateur photographers and those long standing fanatics looking to enhance their skills, so don’t miss out! Subscribe today! Please note: ALL free content and gifts are also available via this digital edition.

DIGITAL Camera USER

TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT • More images to inspire you as we kick off with issue 2

INSPIRATIONAL IMAGES

THE HANDY GEAR GUIDE • This issue reveals more cool gear for aspiring photographers

The Nikon Z series • A mirrorless system designed to capture more detail, more colour and more light

NIKKOR Z series lenses • Amazing sharpness and light gathering capability with the new NIKKOR Z lenses

Cokin Gradual ND Kit • Shoot more creatively with filters for your camera

Canon PIXMA PRO-100S • A professional A3+ printer with amazing long lasting colour

Sony VCTR100 tripod • A lightweight tripod solution

Gitzo GK1555T-82TQD Series 1 • When you demand the best

Memory cards • SanDisk Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I

Lee SW150 filter system • Now you can use filters on ultra wide lenses

GETTING STARTED • Filters, storage and lighting are revealed in this isse

Flashes and lighting • Add light and boost your creativity

Types of light modifiers • Make light yours to command

Filters and filter systems • Some must-have filters for creative photography

Digital storage • Your precious holiday photos in safe hands

TECHNICAL QUICK-START • Our easy-to-follow key photographic techniques continue

Methods for getting good focus • Here’s how to get the most out of your autofocus system

Be the master of metering • Know when to use the different types of metering modes

Lenses and focal length • How focal length affects your shots

Explore your camera’s scene modes • Let your camera help out with scene modes

Camera shooting modes • Which one should you use?

LEARNING NEW SKILLS • We present yet more fundamental knowledge to help you develop further as a photographer

Focusing • Getting the best out of your autofocus system

Focusing: how it’s done • Choose your focusing method for the job in hand

Focal length and zoom • Understanding how focal length works in composing shots

Focal length and zoom: how it’s done • Use of focal length is a key tool to shot composition

Exposure and metering • Accurate exposure is the key to good photography

Putting it all Together • If we relate the tone scale of the Zone System scale to real world objects we can use it to help produce accurately exposed photos. The zones are roughly equivalent to the following scene elements (adapted from Adams’ descriptions).

CREATIVE PROJECTS • Variety is the spice of life when it comes to keeping your passion for photography alive

In-car long exposure • A different take on traffic trail long exposure images

Tabletop photography • You don’t need huge studios and expensive equipment to get good results

Shooting musical and stage performances • How best to tackle indoor events with stage lighting

Light painting • Light up night shots with some simple techniques

Off-camera flash • Set your flash and your creative vision free

LIGHTROOM CLASSIC • This issue, we reveal more about an...