Question

how to make a canon working model
step by step explanation
be honest

Answer 1

Step 1: Pick up your Camera and Start the Timer

This is the most important step.

If you are just reading it in your office, or a restaurant, or a coffee shop, then no matter what, you will never learn it. If you do not have access to your DSLR right now, then stop it here. Go back home, pick up your camera and then follow the next steps.

Start the timer on your mobile phone now. Let us see how much time you will take to understand the manual mode.

Step 2: Turn the Mode dial to point to ‘M’ which means Manual Mode

Rotate the mode dial, as shown below, which is usually at the top right-hand side, to point to ‘M’. Some of the models may have the mode dial at the top left-hand side.Step 3: Pick a decent subject with good light

This is a very important step. Do not ignore this step.

Consider picking up a decent subject in natural light. I’d recommend you to consider an inanimate object like a soda can or flower vase or something so that it doesn’t move during your practice shoots.

Make sure to have good natural light. Try to avoid shooting in dimly lit rooms.

Keep the camera on a tripod or at least a stable surface to make sure the composition does not change.

Note that the composition shouldn’t change between the shots if you have to see the results.

So choose an inanimate object in the natural light and place your camera on a tripod.

Step 4: Important Camera Settings for Canon DSLRs

Press the ‘DISP’ button on your DSLR to see the current settings on the camera’s LCD monitor.

Step 5: Check the Camera Metering Indicator

Check the camera metering indicator (refer below) which displays a dotted line with -3 and +3 on either side of the line.Step 6: Press the Shutter button

Press the shutter button. I mean it. Don’t worry, just do it.

This is an important aspect of learning. Don’t worry about making mistakes. Just make them. Make as many as you can.

Take action, make mistakes, learn from mistakes. If you learn only the right way of doing things, as time passes, you will be scared to test anything else.

Why make photography a business (assuming you aren’t in the photography business, of course :))? It’s fun. It’s creative. It’s satisfying. Just play with it.

Now let us talk about the picture you took.

You are probably not impressed with what you got. Isn’t it?

Maybe it is not what you expected. Let us analyze it then.

Here’s are the only two possibilities when your photo isn’t exposed properly:

It’s underexposed. Which means the picture looks dark. That’s because there’s less light hitting the sensor.

It’s overexposed. Which means the picture looks bright. That’s because there’s more light hitting the sensor.

Whatever the case, all that you need to now make sure is to get the right amount of light to hit the sensor. Right?

You might already have solved the problem in your head now. Have you? you know what to do, isn’t it? Let’s do it.

Step 7: Achieving the Proper Exposure

Press the ‘DISP’ button again to get back to the settings on the LCD screen.

Note: The below process works only if you made sure the scene, camera position, focus, all the settings, and the composition is intact. If you’ve made any change, even the slightest, you might want to repeat the steps from the beginning.

Step 8: Make your very first Photograph using Manual Mode!

Press the shutter button now.

Did you get the picture of what you were longing for?!

Congratulations! You’ve got your very first photograph using manual mode.

Take some time to celebrate it. Just a “Wow! I did it” would do.

Now that you have taken control of your camera, there is no turning back from here.

Stop the timer now. How much time did you take to learn? Was it hard to learn?

If you see that your image is still not properly exposed, try another composition, another subject, and try following all the steps exactly as I have described. You’ll eventually get the perfect exposure.