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Chapter 2 Camera Handling, Care, and Support
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When shooting in automatic mode, most cameras
fire the flash whenever needed; in other situations,
the photographer selects when to use the flash.
On-board flashes have limited range. Many compact
cameras and all interchangeable-lens models have a
hot shoe for mounting a more powerful flash unit,
Figure 2-20. Use of a separate flash is described in
Chapter 11, Action and Event Photography.
Color Space Selection
A color space is a specific description of the range,
or gamut, of colors that can be provided by a particular
device. Most digital cameras capture images in the
color space called sRGB, which stands for standard
Red, Green, Blue. This color space was defined by the
computer industry for consistent display of colors on
monitors. The other major RGB color space is Adobe
RGB, developed by the manufacturer of Photoshop
and other graphics software.
If your camera offers both color spaces,
the reason for choosing one over the other
depends primarily on how the image will be seen.
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Figure 2-18. Professional digital cameras and some
advanced amateur models allow you to choose output of
both RAW and JPEG files for greater flexibility.
A
B
Olympus America, Inc.; Courtesy of Nikon Inc., Melville, New York
Figure 2-19. An on-board flash provides light when
needed or desired to capture an image under lower-
light conditions. A—Many larger-bodied cameras, such
as SLRs, have a pop-up flash that can be raised when
needed. Most also have a hot shoe for mounting a
separate flash unit. B—Compact cameras typically have a
small flash built into the camera body.
Courtesy of Nikon Inc., Melville, New York
Figure 2-20. A camera’s hot shoe is a bracket that
provides a separate flash unit with both physical support
and electronic connection to the camera.
Hot shoe