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Those books are in Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million stores. I have read them while in the stores. I was reading David Busch's book on the D7000 but couldn't see spending the money. It seemed like the same information in the book was in the owner's manual that comes with the camera.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

As for this thread going south real fast I would like to steer clear of all the bumps and pot holes in the road. What was the original poster's name. It is Scuba Stephen. So let's keep the thread about the original poster and not about ourselves. To all, this is a forum for knowledge and experience not disrespect. Let's not be harsh on each other. It won't accomplish anything. As for being a wannabe photographer, I learned in High School that we should respect everyone and treat them as how we wish to be treated and spoken to. If anyone is wondering that school never closed down or something like that. Photography is always changing and we must adapt to those changes. We shall all learn. My final sentence for this thread is this.
LET US NOT BE MEAN TO EACH OTHER!

BebuLamar

I prefer the DSLR but in the OP case your question is valid. Was the OP even aware of the exsisting of the mirrorless?

BebuLamar

I found the same. I don't see those third party manuals valuable. Books on photography in general are useful. Consult the manufacturer manuals for camera specifics.

CWGordon

I hope I was not rude or disrespectful in my comments. Scruples “got a point.” I hope my comments were interpreted in the same vein. I enjoy this forum for collegial input. I am disappointed when I see negativity. We should support each other. We all have a common interest and pasttime. It matters not whether we are beginners or professionals, Democrats or Republicans, young or old. Those of us who participate, I am sure do this as an alternative to some of the deviseveness we see in the world today. Let us all enjoy what each of us brings to the table, be it more or less. Those with more experience can pass on to others so much of value and those with less knowledge or experience should feel able to ask or show w/o feeling afraid to look silly. I enjoy this site. I think I have a lot of knowledge and want to continue to learn and grow. That seems to be a pretty common theme with most followers of this forum. Let’s keep that going and growing.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

To CWGordan and others: Thank you for agreeing with this humble man that I am. I am glad you share my "point." We should all benefit from bringing something to the forum. Before my son passed away, I was teaching him how to use my DSLR. Simply, that is all I had at the time. I didn't have the newest and shiniest technology at the time. He loved learning what I taught him. Now, I will donate that camera to his High School. I hope that will inspire a new generation of photography students. Would you be interested in doing the same? If so, great! If not, please accept my apology for the question.
To Scuba Stephen: Please learn and grow in the talent and gift that is called photography.
Happy Shooting!

CWGordon

Back when I was a Guidance Counselor at a Catholic High School in Reading Pennsylvania I started the Photography Club. Equipment was obtained from contributors and local photo shops. The school generously purchased materials and had the Custodian build a darkroom to our specifications. For years after I left students from that school won many statewide photo contests. The school is now gone, having merged with another Catholic, dwindling enrollment, high school. The hours and money spent for film, developers, and the like was paid back with interest by the reward of helping others learn a skill they might use and enjoy throughout their lives. I am a better person for my involvement with those projects and kids. Today, I still donate to such places. Rather than keep outdated lenses or cameras, or ones I just don’t use, I find clubs or kids in clubs that can use them. I feel better than giving the stuff to a photo shop when its’ cash value is low and the kids appreciate it. I do not always donate. If I have things worth large amounts of money I may trade them. Still, I do what seems reasonable. As the prior message indicated, there are high school kids who need this stuff. If you have something to donate to his sons’ high school or another, it surely would help someone.
Btw, my Dad, now gone, was from Brooklyn/Bensonhurst. He also became an Official US Army War Photographer during WWll. Some great stories there.
I enjoyed scruples input. I hope many others out there did also.

Thumper26

Congratulations on your new camera and welcome to this great world of DSLR photography!

There is also a lot you can learn on YouTube. You will find basics on aperture, shutter speed, ISO, lenses, composition, and step-by-step operation of your D750 - plus much more.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Another aid for you is UTube videos. Be brand and model specific.

Don

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

Hi Scuba
Congrats and good luck with your new camera.
Several have mentioned reading the manual.
If you are like many of us, the type in the manual is pretty small for the aging eyes.
You can download it here and read it easier.
https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/175/D750.html
You can also hit control F while in the file and search for whatever you want.

Also as noted there are many very good youtube video's that will help.
If you understand the light triangle great. If not I would suggest watching video's on that topic before diving too deep. Much of the camera manual /settings will not make sense if the triangle is not understood.

As to those who comment on dying technology, just ignore. They have no idea what they are talking about. The DSLR is pretty much identical technology as mirrorless. Just configured a little differently.
Jim

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

To CWGordon: Thank you for your input and your donations. I am all for donations to foster a new generation of photographers. I would like to hear more about your father. He sounds like an interesting man.

CWGordon

My Dad moved to PA as a teenager. Enlisted in Army upon graduation. Asked to be a photographer. His nick name in high school was Click, after all. He got his wish. Was there for Normandy, but not first wave. Was in battle of the bulge, left for Asia afterwards, photographed some on some islands, photo’d MacArthur, Ike, Hirohito, etc. He was also there for liberation at one of third reichs’ concentration camps. Ghastly pictures he brought home. One of the pictures he took is exactly the same as one in Time-Lifes big book. It showed a blackened arm and head of a burned prisoner who got that much out under a wall that had far less space than a head would need in order to get through. How that man must have suffered to go through that and then to painfully die anyway...I hear there are are those that don’t believe in the holocaust. Oughta try talking to some who saw it, up close and personal(ly). He spoke of being shot at while taking pictures and having concussive explosions from artillery nearby. Many think he had an easy time as a photog. They forget he was shooting a camera while people shot bullets in his direction. He had a .45, but was too busy with his Speed Graphic or movie camera to ever shoot the gun. There were only a few hundred war photographers during the whole war. They did all the same stuff the famous privately employed photographers did. They got less notoriety.
He married my Mom while being trained in DC. She was an emplyee of the British Admiralty. Never would tell us exactly what she did, even all those years later. She has Altzheimers now and probably no longer remembers. He died of Parkinsons’ Disease a few years ago. I always wondered about all those wartime mortar rounds and their effect... My Dad went AWOL to marry my Mom right before shipping out. Commander let it go; said it would probably never catch up to him. We haven’t heard anything yet. I think he got away with it. He was a great guy, so was my Mom. I was lucky to have them. Zillions of stories, never to be forgotten. I miss him and her.
That’s the short of it. He later was a great salesman, sold everything. After the war, electrolux and fuller brush. Succeeded there as everywhere. They sacrificed for me to go to college, grad school and law school. On and on. Those who were bored or stopped reading; I understand. We all have our stories. Btw, his parents emigrated from Sicily. No English. No money. Ellis Island, the whole bit. The parents were 14/15 when they got here, betrothed. The American story. His brother became a Doctor, served in Army, as well. I WILL stop now. Remember Scruples, you asked...

DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA

I offer a view that aftermarket books are more helpful than factory manuals, at least in Nikon's case. The manuals assume the reader has memorized all the previous pages so when it says go to furbie button and rotate the selector switch, etc. it was frustrating to me. I bought the Dummies book for my D5300 and the Busch book for my P7800 - both good tutorials. When I bought a Df book by Jon Sparks, I got a factory manual in color and darn near as small - not as happy with that, but that's all I could find. But Busch and Dummies didn't have any for the Df. I like the aftermarket books when done right. PS I also bought the Dummies book for PS12. Granted I had experience with film Nikons so I know the exposure triangle, etc. To me the film camera is a chemistry box to hold a lens. A digital camera is a computer that holds a lens - an entirely different matter in my mind.

LMurray Loc: North Orange County, CA

Facinating. Among many things, it's posts like your's and Scruples that make this interesting.
As for the original post Scuba Stephan FWIW as you said "you just need to get out there and shoot." Personally I don't shoot a lot differently with digital than I did with film.
Use the things you already know from your previous camera and learn as you go.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

To CWGordon: I'm glad I did tell us all. We all need a chance to be humbled by the greatness of our parents. I would like to thank your father for his service. Perhaps there is a book with photos in the story. As for hearing it once, I will listen again and buy the book when it comes out in print.
Thank you for sharing.