Chapter 4: Handling and Cleaning Your Camera and Gear

In This Chapter

arrow.png Confidently handling your dSLR

arrow.png Changing batteries

arrow.png Working with memory cards

arrow.png Handling lenses

arrow.png Cleaning without breaking

arrow.png Protecting your camera

arrow.png Working in weather

Good woodworkers know how to handle saws, hammers, screwdrivers, and lathes. Good electricians know how to handle wire, multimeters, lineman’s pliers, wire strippers, breakers, and wire nuts. Good photographers know their tools and how to handle them, too. This practical chapter emphasizes working with your digital SLR, lenses, batteries, memory cards, and more. Consider knowing how to handle these elements of dSLR photography as part of your art and craft.

Handling and cleaning your camera and its gear is fun. Practice what you read in this chapter to ­create ...

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