Tom, you will see the 4 different shooting banks in the menu. As for the settings, your very welcome. After I took the time to set up my D800, I found that it is the absolute easiest camera to shoot that I have ever had. If you keep the link to my site, you can find my email and if you have problems, please let me know. I would be happy to assist in any way that I can.
Kelly
Jer wrote:
Like I said in my post, one of problems I have with Lightroom is it's cataloging feature since I have photos on multiple drives, dvds, cds, etc. My understanding is that I need to make different catalogs for each separate device (i.e. one catalog for each drive, each dvd, each cd, etc.). Is there anyway to make a master catalog for all my devices so I know where a certain photo is? If I have to make different catalogues then I'll have to make over 50 different catalogues. Is there another way of doing this so I can have one catalogue with a listing of all my photos either with lightroom or another program.
Like I said in my post, one of problems I have wit... (
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kelby even suggests using only one catalog for multiple HD's
you are correct, you don't have to hold the AF-ON button to keep the focus set here... as long as the rest of your settings are correct.
Tom, I too have a D800 and have been very successful at shooting with the back focus button. please go to this site which is my own site where you will find my settings for the D800. There is much more here than just back focus, but check it out and I think that you will find what you are looking for. Pay close attention to F13 and make sure that it is set to AF lock only... I am certain that this is where I got it to function the way that I wanted it to.
http://www.pbase.com/nikonkelly/image/144517017good luck.
GDRoth wrote:
Yes Lightroom 4.2 is the current state of the art
If you are just starting your photography journey and think it will be a long term passion, start using Lightroom and just start learning it. there are plenty of training books and videos out there.
This is very good advice. I too use LR4.2 and have used LR since before it was an Adobe product. I started with pixmantec when it was free, and Lightroom is what I use for about 95% of my images, and yes I am a high volume user at about 25,000 images per year, but if I only shot 1000 images I would still use it as I can get better looking images with LR than any other product that I have used, and I get them faster.
Kelly
I am glad that you were not hurt. The camera is replaceable... but your not! I too had an experience with water... I was canoeing and my wife was up front, we rounded a curve in the river and a branch was in the way, and we flipped in about 10 feet of water.
We do not swim. This was 5 years ago, and I have yet to hear that anyone has found a D70 or D200 in the Manistique river near Germfask Michigan... that day, I lost just over $8000 of equipment and none of it recovered. Due to a poor insurance agent, only about $2700 was covered, but as I replaced what was lost, I only bought pro gear. Actually, this was a big help in my photography as my images are now greatly improved! Unlike you, I did break my hand and only had another 5 hours of canoeing to go... however, all is well today.
After reading all of the replys here, please remember that anything man made can and will fail, that said there are a number of fake cards out there mainly from SE Asia, but there are others out there as well. They do not stand up to the brand's standards in many cases. I personally only use Sandisk and Lexar brands. I shoot with a D800 and at 76 meg per file I find that I have to use the 32 gig cards or larger to hold enough images so that I am not always changing a card... that said, using the fastest cards of a brand will give you the latest technology and usually the most compatibilities, although I am certain as with everything else there will be exceptions. When using CF cards you would want the 600x or faster cards... I am now shooting 1000x cards, it really helped me to get all of the speed out of my camera and gave me reliability as well.
Just some food for thought. 6 years ago, people told us not to use anything larger than a 1 gig card... I really wonder how that would fly today with say a wedding photographer's clients?