Comments on: new camera! http://whacked.net/2006/12/18/new-camera/ thoughts on open spaces Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:19:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Geoff http://whacked.net/2006/12/18/new-camera/#comment-21254 Geoff Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:27:15 +0000 http://whacked.net/2006/12/18/new-camera/#comment-21254 <p>Oh -- and don't use Green Mode. Use 'P' when you just want to take the picture without any fuss. Start playing with M, A, and S. Never use the Vari-program modes. Set the focus point to manual selection with AF-A. Hmm... Try to blend ambient light ("dragging the shutter") by reducing shutter speed, opening aperture, and/or increasing ISO when shooting inside. Try playing with flash exposure compensation.</p> <p>And have fun!</p> Oh — and don’t use Green Mode. Use ‘P’ when you just want to take the picture without any fuss. Start playing with M, A, and S. Never use the Vari-program modes. Set the focus point to manual selection with AF-A. Hmm… Try to blend ambient light (”dragging the shutter”) by reducing shutter speed, opening aperture, and/or increasing ISO when shooting inside. Try playing with flash exposure compensation.

And have fun!

]]> By: Geoff http://whacked.net/2006/12/18/new-camera/#comment-21252 Geoff Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:05:11 +0000 http://whacked.net/2006/12/18/new-camera/#comment-21252 <p>Congrats. I've had a D50 for about a year. One of the best purchases I've made in a while. It's fantastic for pictures of the kid (they'd be in the other room by the time the P&S finally snapped the jpeg).</p> <p>One word of advice: get the external flash ASAP. Bounce it off the ceiling if it's white. Use it in bright sunlight to reduce contrast. Makes pictures look so much better than the internal flash. I got the SB-600.</p> <p>Which lens did you opt for?</p> Congrats. I’ve had a D50 for about a year. One of the best purchases I’ve made in a while. It’s fantastic for pictures of the kid (they’d be in the other room by the time the P&S finally snapped the jpeg).

One word of advice: get the external flash ASAP. Bounce it off the ceiling if it’s white. Use it in bright sunlight to reduce contrast. Makes pictures look so much better than the internal flash. I got the SB-600.

Which lens did you opt for?

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