Learning experience...
May 17, 2020 22:09:09 #
I’ve been using SLRs for almost 50 years, starting with a match-needle Canon where you had to stop down the aperture to get the right exposure...typically set the nominal shutter speed for the day and tweaked aperture for the shot...unless something went wrong. Oh yeah, and manual focus...and I usually only used Ektachrome 200, so the ISO setting never got touched.
For the last 15 years...yes...I’ve been shooting Auto. For the most part, it actually worked fine. But I knew what to adjust if necessary, and I really concentrated on composition. ISO was usually fixed at 200 or 400.
All this to say...wow...since I got the Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6, it’s been a roller coaster of learning. Shutter priority all the way, EV tweaking, learning my tripod and heads inside out. Pushing ISO to 1000 and worrying about noise. A whole new set of learning and challenges.
For the last 15 years...yes...I’ve been shooting Auto. For the most part, it actually worked fine. But I knew what to adjust if necessary, and I really concentrated on composition. ISO was usually fixed at 200 or 400.
All this to say...wow...since I got the Nikkor 200-500 f/5.6, it’s been a roller coaster of learning. Shutter priority all the way, EV tweaking, learning my tripod and heads inside out. Pushing ISO to 1000 and worrying about noise. A whole new set of learning and challenges.
May 17, 2020 22:18:31 #
May 17, 2020 22:39:07 #
george19 wrote:
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Have fun learning. I love my Nikkor 200-500
May 17, 2020 22:40:16 #
When I get a new digital camera, I do ISO tests to see how much noise I get at various ISOs under different lighting situations. I print them or view them onscreen at 100%, and then I can make intelligent decisions about how high to go.
May 18, 2020 01:39:08 #
Actually sounds like you are having fun. I just love that lens, just wish it was a bit lighter. Probably wouldn't be as good if it was lighter, though.
May 18, 2020 06:46:54 #
May 18, 2020 10:54:14 #
george19 wrote:
A whole new set of learning and challenges.
And that's the fun of photography!
May 18, 2020 12:51:46 #
george19 wrote:
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Shutter speed for the day??
May 18, 2020 13:11:16 #
If I’m using this lens, I try to keep it over 1/500. Daylight shots of birds...no real need to change it. But if I do, I adjust.
May 18, 2020 15:17:00 #
george19 wrote:
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I had a somewhat similar experience with my 150-600!
May 18, 2020 15:44:02 #
Yes, but did you notice that it didn't cost processing the film and waiting for the pictures to come back to see exactly how bad you screwed up? These new cameras show you instantly what happened and gives you a chance to reshoot the shot to try to get it right before you walk away.
May 18, 2020 18:35:51 #
May 18, 2020 19:04:32 #
Yes, it’s lots of learning but today we have incredibly information what we didn’t had before digital.
Check out Steve Perry, Nikon birding video workshop.
Check out Steve Perry, Nikon birding video workshop.
May 18, 2020 19:11:09 #
May 18, 2020 19:35:23 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
george19 wrote:
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I bought my first adjustable camera, a second hand Exakta V, in 1956, when I was 14. Ran tests to determine the film’s exposure latitude. Then it was a simple matter to set the ASA, meter the scene (Walz selenium cell meter), set the desired aperture and shutter speed, focus, compose and shoot. Correct exposure was never in doubt. Today, with a digital camera, I can run tests to determine the sensor’s exposure latitude. Then it’s a simple matter to set the desired ISO, meter the scene (in-camera meter), set the desired aperture and shutter speed, focus, compose and shoot. Correct exposure is never in doubt. I see no difference between shooting film or digital, as far as determining which aperture or shutter speed to set, or which exposure mode to use.
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