Using Manual mode is tons easier with a digital camera than it previously was with film, because you can see immediately if the settings aren't working. Even with modern film cameras, the light ...

Switch your camera to live view mode (where the LCD is your viewfinder). Tap the magnifier button to zoom in on your subject, and use the arrows on your camera to move the area of view.

There are two manual modes, one for the still camera and another for video. Also found in this menu is a mode for taking square, 1:1 ratio pictures, for easy sharing on apps like Instagram.

Once you own a good, old, fast lens and it’s mounted on to your DSLR, set your camera mode to M for Manual and select the right ISO and shutter speed on the camera body.

Beyond manual and automatic, cameras have many different modes, all that give you varying degrees of control. Here's how to decide which one to use.

Huawei partnered with camera experts Leica to make the P9's dual-lens camera. Here's how to use the P9 to take great pictures and edit the images you shoot.

I used manual white balance to retake the same image, and as you can see in the photo on the right, it yielded better results than the camera’s Cloudy white balance preset.