Samsung Galaxy NX500 Camera User Manual (en)

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Contents

Getting started ............................................................................................ 29

Unpacking.................................................................................................................... 29

Camera layout .............................................................................................. 30

Using the display ....................................................................................................... 33

Using the Self Shot mode ......................................................................................... 33

Inserting the battery and memory card ................................................. 34

Removing the battery and memory card ......................................................... 34
Using the memory card adapter .......................................................................... 35

Charging the battery and turning on your camera .............................. 36

Charging the battery................................................................................................ 36
Turning on your camera ......................................................................................... 36

Performing the initial setup ...................................................................... 37

Selecting functions (options) ................................................................... 39

Using buttons and dials .......................................................................................... 39

Using custom buttons and dials ............................................................................ 39

Selecting by touch .................................................................................................... 40
Using m ................................................................................................................. 40

E.g. Selecting the photo size in P mode.............................................................. 40

Using the smart panel ............................................................................................. 42

E.g. Adjust the exposure value in P mode .......................................................... 42

Using iFn ....................................................................................................................... 43

Using the iFn standard function ............................................................................. 43
Using the iFn plus function ...................................................................................... 45

Tips

Concepts in Photography

Shooting postures....................................................................................... 13

Holding the camera ..................................................................................................... 13
Standing photography ............................................................................................... 13
Crouching photography ............................................................................................ 14
Using the display .......................................................................................................... 14
Low-angle shot .............................................................................................................. 15
High-angle shot ............................................................................................................. 15

Aperture ........................................................................................................ 16

Aperture value and the depth of field .................................................................. 17

Shutter speed ............................................................................................... 18

ISO sensitivity .............................................................................................. 19

How the aperture setting, shutter speed, and ISO sensitivity control
exposure ....................................................................................................... 20

Correlation between focal length, angle, and perspective ................ 21

Depth of field ............................................................................................... 22

What controls out-of-focus effects? ....................................................................... 22
DOF preview ................................................................................................................... 24

Composition ................................................................................................. 24

Rule of Thirds .................................................................................................................. 24
Photos with two subjects .......................................................................................... 25

Flash ............................................................................................................... 26

Flash guide number ..................................................................................................... 26
Bounce Photography .................................................................................................. 27