So You think You Know Your Camera
Aug 21, 2022 07:20:25 #
We were discussing photography instruction yesterday, and I mentioned CreativeLive and their videos about how to use specific cameras. I bought one about the Z6 and Z7, by John Greengo, for $14, and I started watching it. This video runs for about five hours, and it's absolutely amazing how much information there is about these two cameras. He doesn't cover every camera ever made, but he does have videos on the more popular ones. It's worth a look. That $14 was the sale price. In case you didn't know, CreativeLve runs several videos every day, and they're free to watch - or record.
Aug 21, 2022 08:16:31 #
jerryc41 wrote:
We were discussing photography instruction yesterd... (show quote)
Anything the manual doesn't tell you?
Aug 21, 2022 08:31:20 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Anything the manual doesn't tell you?
I find it more pleasant having a "live" person go through the controls and the Menu system. He also offers suggestions and opinions about settings. The manual is on my computer, so it's not as convenient as an actual book.
Aug 21, 2022 08:37:06 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I find it more pleasant having a "live" person go through the controls and the Menu system. He also offers suggestions and opinions about settings. The manual is on my computer, so it's not as convenient as an actual book.
I generally do not appeciate opinions and suggestions. I want to know the features and decide for myself whether they are any usefull to me.
Aug 21, 2022 08:38:21 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I generally do not appeciate opinions and suggestions. I want to know the features and decide for myself whether they are any usefull to me.
Aug 21, 2022 09:36:53 #
Thanks, Jerry. I just spent that last 1/2 hour checking out John Greengo @ CreativeLive on you tube. I can always use good info like this. I may buy the R6 pkg. at some point.
Aug 21, 2022 10:17:59 #
Ava'sPapa wrote:
Thanks, Jerry. I just spent that last 1/2 hour checking out John Greengo @ CreativeLive on you tube. I can always use good info like this. I may buy the R6 pkg. at some point.
If the price drops, don't hesitate because their sales do end.
Aug 21, 2022 23:44:09 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Anything the manual doesn't tell you?
Likely not, but Gringo's tutorials are far better organized and offer a much clearer and more intelligible presentation of the facts -- how the camera features operate and what the various setting options do -- than any camera manual I've ever read. Plus it's not in 4 point type, 18 languages and 5 alphabets (not that I have anything against polyglots).
Aug 22, 2022 06:13:47 #
Aug 22, 2022 07:14:10 #
MDI Mainer wrote:
Plus it's not in 4 point type, 18 languages and 5 alphabets (not that I have anything against polyglots).
The worse "manuals" are those printed on a giant fold-out sheet in a dozen languages. I usually scan the English sections.
Aug 22, 2022 08:55:12 #
Aug 22, 2022 09:09:07 #
StevenG
Loc: Long Island, NY
jerryc41 wrote:
We were discussing photography instruction yesterd... (show quote)
I bought and watched his tutorial (Z6ii/Z7ii) and found it very helpful. I had never taken videos before and found his video section particularly helpful.
Aug 22, 2022 09:26:53 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I generally do not appeciate opinions and suggestions. I want to know the features and decide for myself whether they are any usefull to me.
To each his own.
Aug 22, 2022 11:37:39 #
jerryc41 wrote:
The worse "manuals" are those printed on a giant fold-out sheet in a dozen languages. I usually scan the English sections.
Japanese translated word for word into Engli😂sh still makes about as much sense as Japanese to me.
Aug 22, 2022 11:59:14 #
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