Archive for July 12th, 2005

Canon has launched a site devoted to introducing you to the joys of using a Digital SLR camera. Of course, the site uses Canon cameras throughout, but the terminology and demonstrations are equally applicable to any brand of camera.

Overall, it is an excellent collection of hints, tips, and definitions. I flipped through it this morning and learned quite a bit. In particular, the site does an excellent job of demonstrating how a particular control– a variable– changes the specific look of a picture through the use of interactive or comparative studies.

It is rife with totally campy illustrations combined with the occasional bit of ’70s fashion sense. That they used ’70s derived fashions should come as no real surprise as clothing from that era contains lots of shag like textures that are great for demonstrating depth of field, aperture settings, and the like. There are even a couple of vaguely intro-to-porn-shoot like compositions — blonde in dark clothes on a black leather couch, for example.