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You can donate by going to http://no!lmschool.com/support For those of you who have donated in the past, thank you so much for your support — now, onto the guide! nofilmschool.com/dslr 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϭ /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶ Ϭϲ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϮ ĂƐŝĐŝŶĞŵĂƚŽŐƌĂƉŚLJŽŶĐĞƉƚƐ ϭϬ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϯ ŚŽŽƐŝŶŐ^>Z ϮϮ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϰ ^ĂǀŝŶŐDŽŶĞLJ ϯϬ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϱ ^ƚƵĐŬWŝdžĞůƐ ϯϯ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϲ ůŝĂƐŝŶŐŶĚDŽŝƌĠ ϯϱ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϳ ZŽůůŝŶŐ^ŚƵƩĞƌ ϯϳ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϴ KǀĞƌŚĞĂƟŶŐ ϯϵ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϬϵ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗hƐŝŶŐWƌŝŵĞƐ͕ŚŽŽƐŝŶŐƌĂŶĚ ϰϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϬ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗ĚĂƉƟŶŐ͕WƵƌĐŚĂƐŝŶŐ ϰϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϭ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗&ŽĐĂů>ĞŶŐƚŚƐ͕ĞƉƚŚKĨ&ŝĞůĚ ϱϯ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϮ >ĞŶƐĞƐ͗ZĞŶƟŶŐ͕ŽŶǀĞƌƟŶŐ ϱϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϯ ^ƚŽƌĂŐĞ;&ŽƌdŚĞ^ŚŽŽƚͿ ϲϮ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϰ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ^LJƐƚĞŵ ϲϰ nofilmschool.com/dslr 5 ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϱ WŽǁĞƌ ϲϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϲ ƵĚŝŽ ϳϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϳ DĂŐŝĐ>ĂŶƚĞƌŶ&ŝƌŵǁĂƌĞ ϳϲ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϴ ',ϭ&ŝƌŵǁĂƌĞ ϳϵ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϭϵ DĂƩĞŽdž ϴϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϬ &ŝůƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕sĂƌŝĂďůĞE ϴϯ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϭ >sŝĞǁĮŶĚĞƌ ϴϳ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϮ &ŝĞůĚDŽŶŝƚŽƌ ϵϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϯ WŝĐƚƵƌĞ^ƚLJůĞĚŝƚŽƌ ϵϰ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϰ WŽƐƚͲWƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶKǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ϵϳ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϱ ^ƚŽƌĂŐĞ;&ŽƌdŚĞĚŝƚͿ ϵϴ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϲ dƌĂŶƐĨĞƌƌŝŶŐ͕sŝĞǁŝŶŐ͕dƌĂŶƐĐŽĚŝŶŐ ϭϬϭ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϳ ƵĚŝŽ^LJŶĐ͕ƌŝŌ ϭϬϰ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϴ EŽŝƐĞZĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ϭϬϲ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϮϵ ŽůŽƌ'ƌĂĚŝŶŐ ϭϬϵ ŚĂƉƚĞƌϯϬ dŚĂŶŬƐ&ŽƌZĞĂĚŝŶŐ ϭϭϭ nofilmschool.com/dslr 6 INTRODUCTION Why are DSLRs so important? 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