1st day

scaldyflash

New member
My first day with my new D3200 and also my first time to ever have a SLR camera and certainly my first ever attempt at shooting a night/moonlit sky. I love this camera, so excited....

Richard
 

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Moab Man

Senior Member
Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your first SLR. The D3200 is a very good camera. Since you are starting out, if I may suggest, learn the "exposure triangle", "rule of thirds", and read your manual. Do these three things and you will be off to an incredible start.

Eventually, in time, you will start chomping at the bit for new "better" equipment. Keep in mind, "better" equipment is not what makes the photographer - it's the skill of the photographer in how they use their equipment. And when you do buy equipment, buy the best lenses you can afford. A great camera body with cheap glass will not improve the quality of an image, but a cheap body with great glass will pay huge dividends. Fortunately, the D3200 has a great sensor in it so you can do very well with that body and great glass.

Again, welcome and enjoy the camera.
 

skene

Senior Member
Welcome. I'm sure you will enjoy your stay here.
Few things that you should learn while you are here...
1. Read the manual. While sometimes asking the forum for answers is fun, you'll usually get the quickest answer there. (We do not all own the same camera, so we cannot answer all questions)
2. Learn how to use the camera and get out of "Auto". This is why photography is fun. Learning how to compose, compensate and adjust.
3. If you have a question that may be fairly basic, do a search. The D3XXX and D5XXX series camera has several forums to delve information from D3/5000, D3/5100, D3/5200 and D3/5300 are all basically the same camera with slight differences due to later model enhancements.
4. Enjoy your stay.
 
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