From the course: Learning to Use Mirrorless Cameras

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Getting ready to shoot

Getting ready to shoot

From the course: Learning to Use Mirrorless Cameras

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Getting ready to shoot

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- Let's get ready to shoot. To do this, you'll need to attach a few items to your camera. First up is attaching a lens, which is very easy. First just make sure that the camera is powered down. Check your switch and ensure that if it's in the on position, you flip that to off. Otherwise you're going to have trouble, because effectively your sensor is exposed and has electricity running through it. That could start to pull in dust or debris. Now carefully remove your body cap. You're going to want to set this down and if doing so set it down so that the exposed area that's going to go back into the camera doesn't get extra debris. So I'll set that like such. Now inside of this is the camera sensor. Under no circumstances should you start reaching in here or touching things, because it can really lead to excessive debris or damage. If you find yourself changing a lens outdoors you might even take advantage of a camera…

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