Recipes
Concrete scenarios with the exact settings and lens to use — and the one failure to watch for. Filter by what you're shooting, the light, and which lens is on the camera.
24 recipes
Architecture & verticals
Keep the sensor level so verticals stay parallel, then use the ultra-wide to take in a whole facade.
B-roll slow motion (4K120)
Shoot 4K120 for buttery slow motion — just remember the crop turns your 10mm into a ~24mm equivalent.
Blue-hour cityscape
The short window when the sky still glows and the city lights balance it — shoot from a tripod at ISO 100.
Concert & stage
Fast glass and a fast shutter freeze a moving performer under coloured, unpredictable stage light.
Event speeches
A tripod, a long-enough focal length, face-priority AF, and clean sound off the source carry a speech.
Fireworks
A tripod, a small aperture, and a multi-second exposure paint whole firework trails onto a clean sky.
Food at the table
Shoot into soft window light at f/4, focus on the nearest hero element, and keep white balance honest.
Golden-hour portrait
Wide open at 70mm, let golden light do the colour work while f/2.8 lifts your subject off the background.
Indoor gathering, low light
Open to f/2.8, trust ISO 3200–6400, and let human recognition hold faces across a dim room.
Interview setup
A 50mm at f/2.8 on a tripod, soft key light, face-priority AF, and — above all — a clean external mic.
Kids & sports outdoors
Shutter priority at 1/1000 with a burst and eye tracking catches fast, unpredictable action outdoors.
Landscape at hyperfocal
Focus a third of the way in at f/8 and let the hyperfocal distance carry everything from your feet to the horizon.
Macro-ish flowers
The Tamron's close focus at 70mm fills the frame with a bloom — stop down and nail focus on the thin plane.
Night sky basics
Wide, fast, and steady — gather starlight with a long exposure short enough to keep the stars as points.
Panning cars
A slow shutter and a smooth swing keep the car sharp while the background melts into streaks of speed.
Pets in motion
A fast shutter freezes the leap while animal-eye recognition keeps a moving pet pin-sharp.
Product on a desk
Soft window light, a tripod, and f/8 give a clean, sharp product shot with honest colour.
Rainy-day reflections
Wet streets turn every puddle into a mirror — get low, expose for the lights, and skip the polarizer.
Silhouette at sunset
Expose for the bright sky and let your subject go black — a clean shape against colour.
Street candid
A natural 35mm, f/5.6 for a forgiving focus margin, and a fast shutter to catch the moment as it happens.
Travel, one-lens day
One versatile zoom, a sensible baseline, and no lens changes — so you shoot the day instead of managing gear.
Walk-and-talk vlog
Ultra-wide at arm's length with Active SteadyShot turns handheld walking into near-gimbal footage.
Waterfall long exposure
An ND filter and a tripod turn moving water to silk while a polarizer cuts the glare off wet rock.
Window-light portrait
Turn a subject toward a soft window and let the best free light you own do the work at f/2.8.