Hello from Japan!

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RLong31

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Hello everyone. Name is Ryan. Currently in Japan as I am serving in the US Navy. Originally from Indiana.

Bought a Nikon D5100 for myself and wife for Christmas 2011. Hadn't really used it a whole lot with the steep learning curve going from a point and shoot and iphones, lol.

Work in an IT shop part time and 2 of the guys there are photographers by hobby, one part-time semi-pro, but they are Canon guys... I guess that's a no-no? Haha.

Anyway, they kinda got me interested in learning how to use my camera again, so it's my new obsession. Bought a few books (downloaded.. shhh!) to help me learn the lingo and how everything works. Trying to learn to shoot in Aperture mode and Manual Mode.. and slowly getting better.

Got a couple new lenses on the way from flea-bay... can't wait to try them out.

Glad to be here, hope to learn a lot from you experienced guys.. and ooh and ahh over your awesome pictures.
 
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Mike150

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Welcome Ryan and again, thanks for your service.

Your friends will be of great benefit in learning the basics (ISO/Aperture/Shutter speed). Those things remain a constant from one camera to the next. That will make learning the controls easier.
 
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AC016

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gqtuazon said:
Hi Ryan - it looks like we are both stationed on the same base. Welcome to the forum and stay dry.
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Question for you and Ryan: are you guys allowed to post pics of the base installations? Ships? Would be interesting to see if you could. Thanks in advance :)
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Welcome to the forum. The D5100 is a great camera. I know you will enjoy it. Below this post in my signature you will see some great links for the D5100. They are a great place to start. Ask questions and post pictures.
 
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RLong31

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AC016 said:
Question for you and Ryan: are you guys allowed to post pics of the base installations? Ships? Would be interesting to see if you could. Thanks in advance :)
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I'm not sure if it is allowed to be honest. They sometimes let Japanese civilians on base, and they bring cameras... so I'm not sure. It's probably frowned upon, but I will probably try to get some pictures of them anyway, haha. Plus you can see them from a short distance outside of base. There is a park along the water just across from the shipyard that is outside the gates.
 
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RLong31

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Thanks everyone for the replies. I already learned something from this forum... how to turn on HDR mode. I just set it to the function button for quick access. Now to get something cool to try it out on.

I was looking at some of the pictures and saw some pretty awesome ones.. especially one of a train on here. I was gonna e-mail it to my brother to use as a background... he works for the railroad back in Indiana, of course, with permission from the owner of the picture.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
RLong31 said:
I'm not sure if it is allowed to be honest. They sometimes let Japanese civilians on base, and they bring cameras... so I'm not sure. It's probably frowned upon, but I will probably try to get some pictures of them anyway, haha. Plus you can see them from a short distance outside of base. There is a park along the water just across from the shipyard that is outside the gates.
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When my son was in Iraq he shot all the time but on his next deployment to Afghanistan he was imbedded with a Special Forces unit and he was not even allowed to have his camera with him.
 
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