Ordered the subject camera from CameraLand because I think it will be a good upgrade from my iPhone 11Pro. It is supposed to be delivered on Friday. I’m on this forum to learn. Any tips for a neophyte?
and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)
If you haven't already received the camera, when you get it pull out the manual and start reading, charge up the battery and start shooting, don't worry about how good the photos are initially (with digital there is no wasted "film"). Run through the menus to memorize the functions.
Learn what the "exposure triad" is about and how to operate your camera manually to set up the exposures for different effects (which helps to understand exposure). Run through the menus to memorize the functions.
When you understand the exposure settings and what they do you'll get a better idea of how to set up auto/program menus and for preset "funct" buttons. Run through the menus to memorize the functions.
Play with the auto focus functions to see what you can get away with for different scenarios and what the limits of the camera are. You may find you have to pre-setup focus in some situations beforehand to get action shots you want. Get haze filters for your lenses more for protection than anything else. Polarizer filters are nice to have also. Extra batteries too.
Get a tripod for slow exposures/night time, and shots you don't want any blur/out of focus. Did I mention run through the menus to memorize functions?
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Good advice. Additionally, one can look a the info that accompanies each shot and school up on what and what did not work.
Also, one can do a lot to salvage exposure errors with post processing software. Focus issues not so much.
As to filters, we now avoid them like the plague. Optical engineers devote an entire career aimed at getting all the colors focused on a common point and then someone sticks a flat piece of glass in front of his lens. Takes a lot of life out of ones pictures. We use good deep lens hoods for physical protection.
I'm not proud of any shot I've taken so far, but the attached is among the best of the lot. Taken last Saturday afternoon in Steamboat Springs. Just the .jpg from the camera without post-processing.
and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8)
