Ever make a rookie mistake and hate yourself for it lol ?

That was me today, was headed out to do some things and grabbed my camera knowing of a spot i have been wanting to get some photos of my Mustang at. Figured I'd shoot over there and take a couple pics of my daily driver and see if there were any good spots. Well there were good spots.... I normally shoot aperture priority and dabble in manual. I'm self taught and have come a ways and today decided to shoot manual, issue being few days ago i tried some off hand/no tripod night time shots in manual and so when i took these i had never even thought to knock my iso back down.... so irritated lol these could have been way better, ISO 1600 - explains why i couldn't shoot at 2.8 lol.... I was driving home later and said to myself wait i never adjusted my iso, grabbed the camera and hit info and saw the 1600 i was like nooooooooo.

All the time and as long as you learn they no longer become rookie mistakes.


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For me the rookie mistakes are the norm. It is getting it right that is the exception.

I sure learned, nice and grainy... But going forward iso will be the first thing i look at lol

I shoot manual all the time and I've done that several times, and I learn until the next time I do it! Lol

Been there, done that and will probably do it again.

Never mind the higher ISO, its those phenomenally fast shutter speeds i'd have kicked myself for!! Its a continual learning process, not helped by being a bit forgetful, and not remembering to adjust settings back to default

jay_dean said:

Never mind the higher ISO, its those phenomenally fast shutter speeds i'd have kicked myself for!! Its a continual learning process, not helped by being a bit forgetful, and not remembering to adjust settings back to default

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On a clear bright day, and a shutter speed at say 125, would have lowered that ISO down.

We all learn by our mistakes, my main one was forgetting the memory card, many a time it was left in the card reader at home.

I did the memory card thing about three times lol, finally learned to put a card in both slots and never remove both. Yea i dont know why it didnt hit me when i tried shooting f2.8 at 1/8000th and it still was super overexposed.... doh

One more i edited for giggles. At least i know the spot will give me some cool pics of the other car

That's a Ford Mustang? They're called the Ford Focus over here

yep

Eg. Exposure comp mistakes are common for me

Keep forgetting to check and see if I've adjusted that and with the button so close to the shutter I find it too easy to make that mistake.

ISO same thing, crank it up for nighttime shot, next a.m. shooting the birds in the morning light a 1600 ISO.

I'm changing to Backfocus on my D610. Pick up one of my other cameras and forget this. Or just forget on the D610 and don't get it focused. (My wife shoots the other cameras so can't make them all BBF).

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You have the photographers version of 'Forgive me Father for I have sinned' happening here

One thing that has helped me in this area is setting the U1 and U2 settings. They become a starting point for the type of shooting that I usually do. I then can adjust from there. U2 is manual, but with ISO 100, shutter speed 500, and aperture f8. I can then push whichever setting I want to get where I want. After I switch I can always get back to the start by going to another shooting mode and back to U2.

i think it's more forgetfulness than mistakes. i've taken pics on one run with the exposure comp turned up (or down) just to forget to check it when i go out again sometimes weeks later. luckily i use a lot of bracketing/HDR and Viveza in pp so somewhat darker pics taken by mistake can still come out looking pretty good.

jay_dean said:

That's a Ford Mustang? They're called the Ford Focus over here

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Perhaps misidentifying one's own car is a major example of a “rookie mistake”.

Bob Blaylock said:

Perhaps misidentifying one's own car is a major example of a “rookie mistake”.

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Come on guys get your spectacles out and read the poor guys original post properly::what::... He does say:

"Figured I'd shoot over there and take a couple pics of my daily driver and see if there were any good spots."

Spottydumplings said:

Come on guys get your spectacles out and read the poor guys original post properly::what::... He does say:

"Figured I'd shoot over there and take a couple pics of my daily driver and see if there were any good spots."

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Some folk struggle with reading comprehension lol

Mine was having the camera set for Bracketing and forgetting it and then going to shoot later. The exposures were all of the place and could not figure out why. My second one that I still do on occasion in having the exposure compensation set and forgetting to zero it back out before I shoot the next time.

paul04 said:

On a clear bright day, and a shutter speed at say 125, would have lowered that ISO down.

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I've done this same mistake (forget to update ISO for the new environment), so you're definitely not alone. For me, it was learning about equivalent exposures and the Sunny 16 rule. Knowing what I expect the shutter speed to be, I can tell more quickly when I've left something dialed out from a previous shoot. It takes time though, but as you learning more things to be instinctive you'll see less and less of these kinds of things.

Don Kuykendall said:

Mine was having the camera set for Bracketing and forgetting it and then going to shoot later. The exposures were all of the place and could not figure out why. My second one that I still do on occasion in having the exposure compensation set and forgetting to zero it back out before I shoot the next time.

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THIS bites me more often than anything else. As much as I like leveraging the auto-bracketing function, I find myself now manually ever/under exposing just so I don't forget to change it back!

RocketCowboy said:

THIS bites me more often than anything else. As much as I like leveraging the auto-bracketing function, I find myself now manually ever/under exposing just so I don't forget to change it back!

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I should have included my cure for my senior moments. I have a full checklist for when I put my camera back in the case.

1. Remove SD card for transfer. Door stays one till the card goes back in. Only after photos have been transferred and checked do I format the SD card in the camera.
2. Replace battery with fresh one. Door stays open till new battery in in place. Fresh batteries alway have plastic cap on them and depleted batteries in the case do not.
3. Check to make sure the BKT is off, Exposure compensation is set to zero, ISO set to AUTO 100 min 12,500 max, Mode set to Program.

This way when bigfoot or space aliens show up in my back yard I am ready to pick up the camera and shoot. I don't have to worry about how the camera is set. When I go out to shoot I have time to then adjust whatever I need or want to.

Before I go out shooting I check to make sure I have a fresh battery in the camera and that all the batteries on charge are in the case ready to go.
I check to make sure I have transfered all photos and formated the SD card.
I check to make sure all the equipment I need for the day is loaded in the backpack or case I plan to use that day.
I carry everything every time because when I don't I always need the one thing I left at home.