Hi From Workforit
Aug 18, 2019 19:21:17 #
New to DSLR and formal photography classes from camera store. Use to have film SLR, Olympus OM2 and OM4s in 70s and 80s. Trying to make this a real hobby and learn what I am suppose to be doing vice guessing. Reading thru this site and have read thru Ken Rockwell's site.
kit-gear is a Nikon A900, D3300 two lense kit, 50mm f1.8 and an all-in-one Tamron 18-400mm f3.5-6.3
I am 5 years from retirement or ??? Former Marine, Avionic Technician, Avonics Engineer, Electronics Technician, Counter Intelligence, Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineer, Principal Network Performance Engineer.
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Traveling, Germany in September, cycling, hiking, mechanical and electronic repair.
kit-gear is a Nikon A900, D3300 two lense kit, 50mm f1.8 and an all-in-one Tamron 18-400mm f3.5-6.3
I am 5 years from retirement or ??? Former Marine, Avionic Technician, Avonics Engineer, Electronics Technician, Counter Intelligence, Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineer, Principal Network Performance Engineer.
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Traveling, Germany in September, cycling, hiking, mechanical and electronic repair.
Aug 18, 2019 19:34:09 #
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Aug 18, 2019 19:55:21 #
Welcome to the forum! If you've done film, you know the basics. Digital makes it so much easier. If you want, you can set your D3300 on "manual", and set your camera using the ISO, aperture, and shutter speed, then take photos and look at the review screen to see if you want to change your settings to get it just right. One fun thing I did with my D5100 was to take a few hours to go through every menu and see what my camera was capable of, so I could use my imagination in planning out types of photos I could do. When on the scene of a potentially good photo, I could remember where to go in the menu to get the effect I wanted. If your camera is like mine, it is better to set it on "P", rather than "A", if you want the automatic mode. On "A", the flash would pop up on its own, and I seldom wanted the flash to go off. Let us know if you have questions, there are a lot of great photographers here willing to share their knowledge.
Aug 18, 2019 19:56:03 #
timcc
Loc: Virginia
The more you read and the more you shoot, the more fun you will have! Welcome to the hog pen.
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Aug 19, 2019 05:42:28 #
Photography is about as close to marrying Art with Technology as you can get; it is a left brain/right brain exercise! Remember, 20-25% read and study, 75-80% in the environment shooting. Ansel Adams would sometimes sit behind his camera for a whole day and not pull the trigger, Digital is not like that! See it; Shoot it. Then evaluate and discard 70-98% of what you shoot - but evaluate every shot before you discard. Digital also has the advantage of not needing that little book to record the f stop and shutter speed and other settings - use the EXIF to evaluate your shooting.
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Aug 19, 2019 12:05:31 #
thanks for the great info, I have read the user guide and went thru the menus--great tip, got the 35mm f1.8 coming and want to take it and the 50MM f1.8 and do a lot of depth of field learning. will post some pic.s later.
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