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Apr 28, 2012 14:40:40   #
Marusya
 
Donwitz wrote:
Set your white balance to cloudy (unless there is a good reason not to).


Can you elaborate on this advice? Why set on cloudy & what are reasons not to? Thanks

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Apr 28, 2012 15:04:31   #
GummyToo Loc: Eastern Massachusetts
 
coco1964 wrote:
sinatraman wrote:
call me weird buti have never had a problem with any nikon manual from the one that came with my f to the fe to the n-90 to the d-100. a manual is only going to explain what the camera, does and how it does it. what the function of each button is. to understand why you need to get an intro to photography book.
Obviously your eyesite is much better than mine because I really struggle to read their light gray printing---I guess they have to save $$$ on ink so they can't use black. Also I don't like being constantly referred back and forth forever to explain a function when it's been shown in other manuals it can be put in a concise orderly fashion. To each his own I guess..............
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Pg 7 -- Coco -- Grey or light colored print is my nemesis! Even with my reading glasses, I cannot read the "artistic" pale colored text in magazines especially when super-imposed over photography or art work -- and, I'm not ready to be restricted to the limited and way over-sized "large print" texts, dutifully simplified to deal with our assumed dimished mental capacity

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Apr 28, 2012 15:37:45   #
Horseart Loc: Alabama
 
Danilo wrote:
When looking through your viewfinder: REALLY LOOK! Don't just line it up and pull the trigger. Look side to side, up to down, notice what's there and what's NOT there. If you can't see well through your viewfinder use "live-view", if you can't do that, think about getting a different camera.
"Push and Pray" might work on a slot machine, but not in photography!
Great question Fran!


I think this is it. If you are don't SEE what you are looking at, the world's best camera will not make you a good photographer!

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Apr 28, 2012 15:51:55   #
Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE
 
rocar7 wrote:
Danilo wrote:
When looking through your viewfinder: REALLY LOOK! Don't just line it up and pull the trigger. Look side to side, up to down, notice what's there and what's NOT there. If you can't see well through your viewfinder use "live-view", if you can't do that, think about getting a different camera.
"Push and Pray" might work on a slot machine, but not in photography!
Great question Fran!


This is the best tip! The hardest thing to learn is to look at what you see in the viewfinder.How many holiday snaps have you seen where the photographer has put someone's face at the dead centre of the picture? S/He has looked THROUGH the viewfinder and ignored everything else, like trees and lamp posts growing out of heads!
quote=Danilo When looking through your viewfinder... (show quote)

True. This happens to me when I am at a restaurant and the waiter/waitress offers to take our picture. Heads in the middle and the ceiling fan.

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Apr 28, 2012 15:53:16   #
Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA
 
Join a club and participate in every meeting & photo shoot - dang will you learn a lot & meet some great people.
CocoaRoger wrote:
Seriously consider joining a photography club if there is one available

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Apr 28, 2012 15:56:24   #
wpbJoe Loc: West Palm Beach, Fl
 
not sure who first said...need a wider angle lens...try stepping back a little...

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Apr 28, 2012 16:08:17   #
Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE
 
Nikonfan70 wrote:
My tip is to practice, practice, on all settings with all your equipment and have fun.
I am not trying to be nasty. I think Vince Lomardi's quote was " perfect pratice makes perfect". Saying that, I totally agree with you with changing all the settings and it is probably a good idea to do this before a major trip or shoot. Ha Ha David in Florida

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Apr 28, 2012 16:11:31   #
Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE
 
scoman wrote:
Take lots of pictures and throw away the bad ones!


Take a lot of pictures and send the bad ones in to the HOG and ask them what you did wrong. Ha Ha.

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Apr 28, 2012 16:20:09   #
johnb20 Loc: West Sussex. UK.
 
Good tip from Harvey. I also photocopy a few pages of the more obscure features from the camera manual, and keep them in the camera bag. If you don't use certain features for some time, it can be very frustrating when you realise you need them for the next shot.

Also, always look at the four corners in your frame before pressing the shutter. It can prove useful and save a lot of time in post processing.

JohnB20

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Apr 28, 2012 16:21:24   #
johnb20 Loc: West Sussex. UK.
 
Good tip from Harvey. I also photocopy a few pages of the more obscure features from the camera manual, and keep them in the camera bag. If you don't use certain features for some time, it can be very frustrating when you realise you need them for the next shot.

Also, always look at the four corners in your frame before pressing the shutter. It can prove useful and save a lot of time in post processing.

JohnB20

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Apr 28, 2012 16:34:26   #
nikonesian Loc: Midwest USA
 
f8 tends to be the sweet spot for most lenses. Many photographers set their camera on Aperture Priority to f8 and let the camera sort out the shutter speed.

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Apr 28, 2012 16:43:48   #
Mudshark Loc: Illinois
 
CocoaRoger wrote:
Semprasectum wrote:
With all due respect, use the manual as a reference but don't read it . . the people that write these manuals may be nice people, but the rarely write clear coherent sentences and don't ever seem to see things from your point of view.

If you want to know how to set up your camera, go to YouTube and watch a professional set up your camera. . .

Then set your camera up and start taking pictures. . .if you have a problem, then use your manual as a reference. . .

The best way . . . only way to improve your photographic skills is to take pictures. . . . and when you get done taking pictures. .. ..take some more. . . . and when you get done taking more pictures. .. . yes, take more. . . . when you are so tire of taking pictures that you can't raise your arms. . . take 20 more shots and then read a page or two of your manual. . .

so in summary, take pictures. . . lots of pictures and it wouldn't hurt to learn photoshop. . . but photoshop can only make a great finished shot from a good raw shot. .. .it can't change the focus, it can't change the angle, it can't change the composition. .

take shots, lots of shots, and learn photoshop. . :thumbup:
With all due respect, use the manual as a referenc... (show quote)

I would also add READ a lot. I also agree that the manual is probably going to leave you asking more questions than answering. Read books from other photographers, magazines, and try Magic Lantern and google your specific camera. But you are right as well-- TAKE PICTURES or photo's and experiment, make tons of mistakes, that's the beauty of digital, mistakes cost you no money but teach you so take hundreds of pictures. Yesterday I just sat in the back yard on the grass and from one or two spots I ended up with over 400 attempts and experiments with settings and adjustments from what I've been learning on squirrels running around, birds flying overhead, insects etc... all basically crap shots but they give me practice and experience and knowledge to be learned and used when I am actually trying to get a good photograph.
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Above is excellent advice...no better way to learn. Something I dreamed up years ago...actually an old Navy Chief sent me into the shooter's darkroom but years later I told someone else to...take a camera and a normal lens into the bathroom, shut the door and don't come out till you've made a dozen interesting photographs...
If you just sit there and study the geometry of the room, look for textures, patterns, the way light plays on objects, etc., etc. you CAN make a dozen interesting photos with out giving yourself a brain cramp or a battery drain........excellent exercise...

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Apr 28, 2012 17:25:15   #
RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York
 
Learn to use Aperture Priority!!!! RobertW

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Apr 28, 2012 17:52:36   #
Starr Loc: St. Louis, MO
 
sinatraman wrote:
f8 and be there with a camera. your camera does you no good sitting in a closet at home.


Why f8 Mr. Sinatraman?

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Apr 28, 2012 17:57:16   #
GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City
 
Starr wrote:
sinatraman wrote:
f8 and be there with a camera. your camera does you no good sitting in a closet at home.


Why f8 Mr. Sinatraman?


Look up "Wegee" (Arthur Wegee Felling)

The quote "f 8 and be there", attributed to Wegee implies to have your camera ready to shoot and be where the action is happening. That was back in the day of no automation or program modes, no autofocus and no "chimping" the images on the LCD.

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