Nikon D3300... tomorrow.
Jul 4, 2014 09:30:54 #
Jul 4, 2014 11:15:22 #
Congratulations on the new Nikon and welcome to the UHH forum. You made no mistake buying the Nikon. I have owned Nikon since the mid 60's with a Nikon F and have owned many since. Never once have I ever had a problem with Nikon. Different lenses available will open up new areas of interest for you when you get ready. Good luck.
Now for the important part. We want to see photographs you have taken.
Dennis
Now for the important part. We want to see photographs you have taken.
Dennis
Jul 4, 2014 14:48:29 #
I bought a Nikon D3300 from Sams Club a couple of weeks ago. I'm more than satisfied! I spent a few weeks researching cameras, and for the money, I decided that was my best choice. The included software is easy to use and really helps you make photos sparkle! Learning curve is fairly easy. Be sure to play around with Shutter and Aperture priority settings. But even the auto setting is great. I picked up the Nikon D3300 for Dummies at Barnes and Noble, and it's worth having. I'm sure there are other helpful books, but it's got all the basic info for folks like me (and you!) who are just now jumping into digital photography. I also joined a local photography club and have gotten great help from seasoned photographers, some pros! You'll like this camera!
Jul 4, 2014 15:47:48 #
Thank You, Mac. All pointers are welcome.
I will look into those. So much to learn, but more fun with a camera (a Good Camera) in my hands.
I finally joined the smart phone folks last November. Since then I've begun to open my eyes to things like electronic reading. So I'm apt to try and find kindle versions if possible. I did get the recommended apps from Nikon on my smarter-than-me phone.
On a recent trip to Alaska (what a waste with bad equipment!) I actually read a whole book in quiet or waiting moments.
Well, off to the patio and the herd of birds. Gotta get my feet wet before tonight.
I will look into those. So much to learn, but more fun with a camera (a Good Camera) in my hands.
I finally joined the smart phone folks last November. Since then I've begun to open my eyes to things like electronic reading. So I'm apt to try and find kindle versions if possible. I did get the recommended apps from Nikon on my smarter-than-me phone.
On a recent trip to Alaska (what a waste with bad equipment!) I actually read a whole book in quiet or waiting moments.
Well, off to the patio and the herd of birds. Gotta get my feet wet before tonight.
Mac wrote:
If you don't mind, I'll make a couple of suggestio... (show quote)
Jul 4, 2014 16:47:00 #
cwnlsl
Loc: Lake SAint Louis,MO
I have a 300 and use it almost every day. Before I had a 7000 so there was some experience with the 7000 that softened the learning curve just a bit. The only advice I have for you is to start out with something less challenging than hummers. If I had started out with hummers, I would either thrown my beloved camera away or maybe have sold it. Try walking before you enter the 5 mile run
Charlotte
Charlotte
Jul 4, 2014 18:30:39 #
Hi Sonny, I like your attitude. I have been a Nikon user for 50+ years and have never been disappointed in any of them. When I end up with a batch of bad pictures, the camera is the last thing I blame. Welcome. :thumbup:
Jul 4, 2014 21:33:51 #
SonnyE wrote:
Well, I've dabbled in Photography since my High Sc... (show quote)
Good for you. The reviews are all good on the D3300, especially KenRockwell.com (In many years and many cameras and lenses, Rockwell has never steered me wrong.)
You can probably do a little better at Costco than Sam's club.
Jul 4, 2014 21:36:28 #
Jul 5, 2014 02:59:54 #
Wilikioti,
Thank You, Sir. (Willie Coyote, I love it. Great handle BTW)
Equipment is always only as effective as the human running it. The first place I look is in the mirror for the reason something isn't right.
I already have a bunch of good pictures, and deleted more than those for various reasons.
But it is quite apparent to me that this equipment far exceeds my ability, so I have to tune myself up to it's capabilities.
This is FUN!
I do think I need a spare battery though. I decided to stop shooting tonight at a fireworks show when the battery icon went into the red. I could have shot a lot more if I had had more battery power.
Not the battery or camera's fault, just Mr. Fidget Fingers fooling with it. And I didn't start with a full charge.
But I think I got some really good pictures from reviewing a few along the way.
This is sure nicer than the dark room days. (and a lot easier to hide my mistakes...) :lol:
Too soon Olt, too late shmart.
I did get some Humming Bird pictures this morning that f a r exceeded anything I've been able to get before. That was very encouraging. Now to learn how to do it consistently.
The quiet shutter setting helped a lot to not disturb them at the feeders I have up.
Thank You, Sir. (Willie Coyote, I love it. Great handle BTW)
Equipment is always only as effective as the human running it. The first place I look is in the mirror for the reason something isn't right.
I already have a bunch of good pictures, and deleted more than those for various reasons.
But it is quite apparent to me that this equipment far exceeds my ability, so I have to tune myself up to it's capabilities.
This is FUN!
I do think I need a spare battery though. I decided to stop shooting tonight at a fireworks show when the battery icon went into the red. I could have shot a lot more if I had had more battery power.
Not the battery or camera's fault, just Mr. Fidget Fingers fooling with it. And I didn't start with a full charge.
But I think I got some really good pictures from reviewing a few along the way.
This is sure nicer than the dark room days. (and a lot easier to hide my mistakes...) :lol:
Too soon Olt, too late shmart.
I did get some Humming Bird pictures this morning that f a r exceeded anything I've been able to get before. That was very encouraging. Now to learn how to do it consistently.
The quiet shutter setting helped a lot to not disturb them at the feeders I have up.
wilikioti wrote:
Hi Sonny, I like your attitude. I have been a Nikon user for 50+ years and have never been disappointed in any of them. When I end up with a batch of bad pictures, the camera is the last thing I blame. Welcome. :thumbup:
Jul 5, 2014 05:06:38 #
Thank You Charlotte.
3 years ago the wife got home from the morning school run with the Grand-kids. There was a steady cold rain coming down.
She said, "There's a baby bird out front on the driveway and it looks hurt." It was a hummer with a damaged wing.
We tried to save it, I fed it sugar nectar, took it out and gently held it to flowers and it tongued nectar out of them.
She died after two days of nursing her. Nectar was good, but she needed gnats for protein I learned.
But the morning of that second day I put up a couple of small feeders. Late in the afternoon a female showed up and spent a while drinking and looking around. The next day she came back and brought about 5 more. And it just grew from there.
Soon I had to hang bigger and bigger feeders to keep up. I was filling smaller feeders as much as 3 times a day. It was time consuming and nerve wracking.
Now there are 6 big feeders up, we go through 25 to 50 pounds of sugar a month depending on the time of year, and we and our neighbors just love watching them.
We also have plenty of flowers around for them to choose if they want to. Since we live in Southern California, some of the Anna's have wintered over with us. About 6-8 I believe.
During migration we have become a watering hole for them. At times there might be 60-80-100 darting in and out, feeding, or waiting to feed.
So it seems it would be best to photograph them. That way I can begin to see what they are. So far I have Anna's and Allens, but I'm sure there are some others, or variants.
So it behooves me to work on capturing them in pictures.
I took around 113 pictures this morning, then cropped them down to in the forties due to blur-blah-or-bore.
Maybe not great pictures, but a few are really nice compared to past efforts with the equipment I had available. My first digital was a Casio pocket camera. Human zoom, +/- 40-50 pictures before download, pretty much all the features of dull pencil. State of the art and only $500 in the early/mid 1990's.
But, it was digital. It downloaded into my Packard Bell 486DX computer. Wow...
Climbing mountains begins with one step at a time. Digging a hole begins with the first shovel full.
Somewhere in over my head:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mf634ov5bhe8pg7/DSC_0036.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zm6m09xit46vikg/DSC_0037.JPG
A female Anna's humming bird, Nikon D3300, Auto setting, Quiet shutter setting, 55-200mm lens.
With a turd holding and running the camera.
I hope the links work. Please bear with me. :roll:
3 years ago the wife got home from the morning school run with the Grand-kids. There was a steady cold rain coming down.
She said, "There's a baby bird out front on the driveway and it looks hurt." It was a hummer with a damaged wing.
We tried to save it, I fed it sugar nectar, took it out and gently held it to flowers and it tongued nectar out of them.
She died after two days of nursing her. Nectar was good, but she needed gnats for protein I learned.
But the morning of that second day I put up a couple of small feeders. Late in the afternoon a female showed up and spent a while drinking and looking around. The next day she came back and brought about 5 more. And it just grew from there.
Soon I had to hang bigger and bigger feeders to keep up. I was filling smaller feeders as much as 3 times a day. It was time consuming and nerve wracking.
Now there are 6 big feeders up, we go through 25 to 50 pounds of sugar a month depending on the time of year, and we and our neighbors just love watching them.
We also have plenty of flowers around for them to choose if they want to. Since we live in Southern California, some of the Anna's have wintered over with us. About 6-8 I believe.
During migration we have become a watering hole for them. At times there might be 60-80-100 darting in and out, feeding, or waiting to feed.
So it seems it would be best to photograph them. That way I can begin to see what they are. So far I have Anna's and Allens, but I'm sure there are some others, or variants.
So it behooves me to work on capturing them in pictures.
I took around 113 pictures this morning, then cropped them down to in the forties due to blur-blah-or-bore.
Maybe not great pictures, but a few are really nice compared to past efforts with the equipment I had available. My first digital was a Casio pocket camera. Human zoom, +/- 40-50 pictures before download, pretty much all the features of dull pencil. State of the art and only $500 in the early/mid 1990's.
But, it was digital. It downloaded into my Packard Bell 486DX computer. Wow...
Climbing mountains begins with one step at a time. Digging a hole begins with the first shovel full.
Somewhere in over my head:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mf634ov5bhe8pg7/DSC_0036.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zm6m09xit46vikg/DSC_0037.JPG
A female Anna's humming bird, Nikon D3300, Auto setting, Quiet shutter setting, 55-200mm lens.
With a turd holding and running the camera.
I hope the links work. Please bear with me. :roll:
cwnlsl wrote:
I have a 300 and use it almost every day. Before I had a 7000 so there was some experience with the 7000 that softened the learning curve just a bit. The only advice I have for you is to start out with something less challenging than hummers. If I had started out with hummers, I would either thrown my beloved camera away or maybe have sold it. Try walking before you enter the 5 mile run
Charlotte
Charlotte
Jul 17, 2014 12:13:12 #
Reinaldokool wrote:
Good for you. The reviews are all good on the D3300, especially KenRockwell.com (In many years and many cameras and lenses, Rockwell has never steered me wrong.)
You can probably do a little better at Costco than Sam's club.
You can probably do a little better at Costco than Sam's club.
Reinaldocool,
Thanks for that lead to Ken Rockwell. I finally went to his site and virtually scoured it about the D3300 and lenses.
Using his suggestions I opened up a new level of understanding with the new camera, and got some really stunning pictures of our friends 4 kids who were here yesterday.
Action on the trampoline, play in the pool, candid, and poses.
Jul 17, 2014 12:49:59 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
SonnyE wrote:
Thank You all (almost) for the warm wishes. br Wh... (show quote)
This is the best reason for getting a Nikon, you might get some nice "hand-me-ups". :-) My dad has gotten three lenses from me as I switched directions.
Jul 17, 2014 12:50:44 #
amehta
Loc: Boston
SonnyE wrote:
Reinaldocool,
Thanks for that lead to Ken Rockwell. I finally went to his site and virtually scoured it about the D3300 and lenses.
Using his suggestions I opened up a new level of understanding with the new camera, and got some really stunning pictures of our friends 4 kids who were here yesterday.
Action on the trampoline, play in the pool, candid, and poses.
Thanks for that lead to Ken Rockwell. I finally went to his site and virtually scoured it about the D3300 and lenses.
Using his suggestions I opened up a new level of understanding with the new camera, and got some really stunning pictures of our friends 4 kids who were here yesterday.
Action on the trampoline, play in the pool, candid, and poses.
Glad you're having fun with it!
Jul 17, 2014 18:03:43 #
amehta wrote:
This is the best reason for getting a Nikon, you might get some nice "hand-me-ups". :-) My dad has gotten three lenses from me as I switched directions.
Ha, Ha, probably more like an inheritance upgrade. :lol:
Combine the kits. :wink:
I'm having so much fun with it. :-D
Jul 17, 2014 19:27:44 #
Welcome to The Hogg. Good luck with the new Nikon D3300 and enjoy. Check out the guide mode of the camera. It is very informative.
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