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Do You Want To Know The 20 Camera Settings That I Use?  Hi and welcome to Episode 105 of the Photography Explained podcast.

I’m your host Rick, and in each episode I will explain one photographic thing to you in plain English in less than 10 minutes (ish) without the irrelevant details. What I tell you is based on my lifetime of photographic experience. And not Google.

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The 20 camera settings that I use with my go to Canon 6D and Canon 17-40mm lens are

1. Camera Mode - AV
2.  File Format – RAW
3.  AF - On
4.  ISO – 100
5.  Aperture – F8
6.  Shutter speed – determined by the camera
7.  Metering Mode - Evaluative
8.  Focus Mode – One shot
9.  Drive Mode – 10 second self-timer
10.  Auto-bracketing - On
11.  White Balance - Auto
12.  Picture Style – Standard
13.  Auto lighting optimizer – Off
14.  Colour space – sRGB
15.  GPS – On
16.  Back button focus - On
17.  Image stabilisation – I don’t have this!
18.  Focal length – 17mm
19.  Tripod/ L bracket
20.  Loupe viewer

Now that I have told you that little lot I need to explain a few things.

Listen for more, or check out the transcript and even the blog post - so many ways to find out more!

What’s next?
Episode 106 - Program Mode  - What Is It? Is It Ok For Me To Use It?

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