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Stereo Photography
3D in the Digital Era

The Technique Finder


Using Your Digital Camera is a popular and well-respected book on digital photography. It's available in both a print and downloadable eBook edition.
 
Using Your Digital Camera is a popular and well-respected book on digital photography. It's available in both a print and downloadable eBook edition.
In stereo photography you often want to do many of the same things you do in 2D photography—increasing depth of field, reducing blur and so on. Luckily you only have to master a few techniques to achieve your desired ends. Following is a check list of those things you are most likely to want to do, and the techniques you use to do them. Page numbers listed for each technique points you to where it's discussed in the author's book "Using Your Digital Camera" available at the following link:

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Some of the techniques presented in this chapter are not available on every camera, especially point and shoot cameras. Although some techniques may not be important for your current camera, understanding what they do may help when it's time to buy a new camera or accessories.

When trying these techniques, don't try just one. Try them all, and try them in combinations. For example, to reduce blur you can select a faster shutter speed, but increasing the ISO makes even faster speeds available and adding flash adds even faster speeds.

ISSUE
TECHNIQUE
USING
Choosing a camera
Begin by choosing a basic type
13
Increase working distance
Increase lens focal length
96
 
Use teleconverter
109


Increase camera-subject distance and crop image later
65
Increase depth of field
Increase the ISO
62
 
Decrease the aperture
73
 
Increase distance to subject
73
 
Use flash/continuous lights
111
 
Decrease focal length
73
 
Focus at hyperfocal distance
74
Decrease depth of field
Decrease ISO
62
 
Increase the aperture
73


Decrease distance to subject, focus on nearer part of scene
73
 
Use neutral density filter
109
 
Increase focal length
73
Reduce camera/subject blur
Increase the ISO (B)

62
S=Reduces subject blur
Increase shutter speed (B)
64
C=Reduces camera blur
Use flash/continuous lights (B)
111
B=Reduces both
Use mirror lock-up (C)
59
 
Use cable release (C)
59
 
Use self-timer/remote control (C)
59
 
Use tripod or other support (C)
59
 
Use image stabilization (C)
61
 
Use manual focus (C)
70
 

Use minus (-) exposure compensation with flash (B)
55

 
Use continuous mode (B)
24
 
Decrease lens focal length (B)
73
 
Increase distance to subject (B)
73
 
More head-on angle to subject (S)
64
Improve exposures
Use histograms
55
 
Use highlight warnings
 
Use exposure/flash compensation
54, 119
 
Use flash
110
 
Use automatic exposure bracketing
57
 
Use AE Lock
56
 
Use spot metering
47
 
Use Manual exposure mode
43
Increase size of subject in image
Increase lens focal length, zoom in

73
 
Use macro mode or macro lens
106
 
Use close-up lenses
109
 
Use minimum focus distance
98
 
Reverse lens
 
Use teleconverter
109
 
Use digital zoom
99
Increase area captured in image
Decrease lens focal length, zoom out

73

 
Move farther from subject
73
Remove reflections
Use circular polarizing filter
109
Improve colors
Use circular polarizing filter
109
 
Set white balance
80
 
Use Adobe RGB color space
81
Reduce contrast
Shoot on overcast days
93
 
Use fill flash
116
 
Use reflectors
124
 
Move light source closer to subject
127
Improve image quality
Use RAW format
83
 
Use High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Lighten or darken a scene
Use exposure compensation
55, 119
Lighten background in flash photos
Use slow sync flash

113

 
Use slow shutter speed
36
 
Use plus exposure compensation
55, 119
Darken background in flash photos
Use minus exposure compensation

55

Lighten or darken foreground in flash photos
Use plus or minus flash compensation

119

Remove red-eye
Use red-eye reduction mode
115
Respond faster
Anticipate needed settings
43
 
Manual focus/prefocus
70
 
Use custom settings
43
Increase the range of the flash
Increase the ISO

62

 
Increase the aperture
73
 
Use an external flash
121
 
Use a flash with a higher guide number
112
 

Increase the focal length if the flash auto zooms
73

 
Use a flash extender
—
Adjust stereo window
Press the + and - parallax buttons
 
Use focus lock
69
Change baseline
Shoot second image after a specified interval


Shoot second image after aligning it on the monitor


Improve focus
Use focus lock
69
 
Use focus zones
68
 
Use face detect
70
 
Servo focus
68
 
Use manual focus
70


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