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01Post-purchase check-up
Six checks to confirm the camera is in good shape: sensor, screen, lens, autofocus, shutter, battery, Wi-Fi and card. With the camera's real button icons and a traffic-light verdict for each test.
02From zero to photographer
Initial setup in 10 minutes (RAW+JPEG, grid, histogram) and five weekly exercises: blurry backgrounds, freezing motion, the rule of thirds, the 36-shot roll and chasing the light.
03Full manual mode
The exposure triangle, which dial controls what, how to read the M.M. metered-manual readout and a cheat sheet for what to set first in each scene. Graduation: car light trails and backlit silhouettes.
04Darktable I · From RAW to finished photo
Installation, organising your photos in the lighttable and the five-module developing workflow that solves 90% of your shots: crop, exposure, filmic, color and lens correction. Export included.
05Darktable II · Developing recipes
Step-by-step fixes for problem photos: blown-out skies, muddy shadows, dull colors, high-ISO noise, skewed perspective and black & white with intent.
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06Sony a6000 tricks (I) · Buttons, zebra and focus
Five tricks, each with an exercise: custom C1/C2/AEL buttons, zebra so you never blow out a sky, focus peaking with the magnifier, Eye-AF for portraits and the DMF mode for fine focusing.
07Sony a6000 tricks (II) · Battery, burst and panorama
Five advanced tricks: stretch every battery charge, ISO AUTO with limits (even in M mode), 11 fps burst with tracking, clean sweep panoramas and sending photos to your phone over Wi-Fi.