ROCKY JA Loc: Living in Burnsville, Minnesota

As a film photographer, all I needed to know was my ASA, adjusting my shutter speed, and/or F-stop. The rest I let to my Minolta Flash MeterIII, and my visual outlook, as to framing, etc.. Bingo! I usually got a pretty nice photo.

My D90 is no different. Except for trying to learn where to find everything I want at that moment, when time is so important. I need to know at that instant how to change my settings, if needed.

I'm getting great advise from all of you, and I write everything down so I can try out the information. I've had the camera a week or so, And guess I can't learn everything right away. I have to remember that I'm a novice when it comes to digital.Thanks to all of your help, it's getting easier.

Have a great day!

Rocky 8-)

craggycrossers Loc: Robin Hood Country, UK

Rocky - I've been watching your opening threads and welcome your fresh and honest approach !

As a Nikon owner/user you should be aware of Thom Hogan's website :-

http://www.dslrbodies.com/newsviews/

Thom is a well-known and well-respected Nikon pro with many years experience both of Nikon film and DSLR cameras. There is an absolute wealth of information about "things Nikon" - see the tabs at the top of the home page. He is very open and honest about Nikon, and not always complimentary ! He is definitely not in "Nikon's pocket" but says it "as a highly professional user sees it".

One of the things he is well-known for is his series of "Nikon camera Guides". If you really want to get to grips with your D90 you could do an awful lot worse than get hold of his guide for your camera. You can find out how to do that from his website.

Being an old "film" man he also runs a website for Nikon film enthusiasts which, being such a man yourself, you might just really enjoy following :-

http://www.filmbodies.com/

Good luck with your new "digital journey". Look back to film with nostalgia and forward to digital with enthusiasm and delight !

Db7423 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA

You know photography. The only thing left Rocky is practice, practice and practice. Soon you will develop to the point you won't think you will just do as you did with your previous camera. Remember Rome wasn't built in a day. Sometime ago I decided to change my camera to back button focus. It took awhile to "rewrite" this old brain of mine to use this button instead of half-pressing the shutter button to focus. Hundreds of photos later this procedure this is "baked in" and I do it without having to think about it. Anything new takes time and practice. You I'll be an old hand soon, just keep shootin'. ;)

Singing Swan

I fully understand your dilemma. I had the same problems going from film to digital, but it doesn't take long. I have been following your posts, too and I am looking forward to seeing what you do in this new digital world. Luck to ya!!

cthahn

Read the manual and take pictures. Study what each setting does. Take more pictures. There are more setting on that camera then you will probably ever use. Learn and understand photography basics. Take more pictures. get you pictures judged and let some one tell you what you are doing, right or wrong. Take more pictures.

cthahn

Read the manual and take pictures. Study what each setting does. Take more pictures. There are more setting on that camera then you will probably ever use. Learn and understand photography basics. Take more pictures. get you pictures judged and let some one tell you what you are doing, right or wrong. Take more pictures.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

You know the basics of the exposure triangle, now sit down with the manual in front of you and learn the buttons on your D90, and how to configure the buttons in the settings folder. Also know unlike film you have a greater range of ISO settings. Good luck

Ched49 Loc: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Since you had experience shooting film, you shouldn't have problems with a dslr. Go to a book store and buy a book about the Nikon D90, it goes into detail about all the settings and how to get to each one in a hurry as your shooting.