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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 439958" data-attributes="member: 15302"><p>You can take many good pictures with that lens. Birds are a tough subject because they move so quickly, giving you no chance to shoot the same exact subject with different settings for comparison. Practice on a statue or a flower or something, changing all of your settings and taking the same picture over and over. That's one way to learn how each setting will affect the final picture. For example, using a high aperture (like the f14 you used above) will put more of your photo in focus (a bigger "depth of field"), but that's not always desirable if you want your subject to stand out from a busy background. And, depth of field is not the same as sharpness. Most lenses are sharpest just a few notches above the widest aperture. So try f5.6 and compare it to f14.</p><p></p><p>For outside use, your ISO was way too high. It was 4,500 in those pics. Try to stay around ISO 400 when outside on a sunny day, or even ISO 100, which should give you the best image quality. That will improve the quality of your shot right there if your shutter speed doesn't drop so low. Higher ISO means more noise in the picture. If you use a lower ISO and let more light hit the sensor (because the shutter will be open longer or the aperture will be wider), the picture quality will be better. You can see this yourself by taking the exact same photo with two different ISOs.</p><p></p><p>Shooting RAW does have advantages, but for a beginner there is no reason you cannot shoot JPEG only. You can adjust your picture settings in your menu to Vivid, Natural, Portrait, etc. and see the differences between shots right on your camera.</p><p></p><p>As for metering and auto-focus, the only way to understand those is to read the manual or watch some Youtube videos. But feel free to shoot in Auto or P mode and let the camera will make some of those decisions automatically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blade Canyon, post: 439958, member: 15302"] You can take many good pictures with that lens. Birds are a tough subject because they move so quickly, giving you no chance to shoot the same exact subject with different settings for comparison. Practice on a statue or a flower or something, changing all of your settings and taking the same picture over and over. That's one way to learn how each setting will affect the final picture. For example, using a high aperture (like the f14 you used above) will put more of your photo in focus (a bigger "depth of field"), but that's not always desirable if you want your subject to stand out from a busy background. And, depth of field is not the same as sharpness. Most lenses are sharpest just a few notches above the widest aperture. So try f5.6 and compare it to f14. For outside use, your ISO was way too high. It was 4,500 in those pics. Try to stay around ISO 400 when outside on a sunny day, or even ISO 100, which should give you the best image quality. That will improve the quality of your shot right there if your shutter speed doesn't drop so low. Higher ISO means more noise in the picture. If you use a lower ISO and let more light hit the sensor (because the shutter will be open longer or the aperture will be wider), the picture quality will be better. You can see this yourself by taking the exact same photo with two different ISOs. Shooting RAW does have advantages, but for a beginner there is no reason you cannot shoot JPEG only. You can adjust your picture settings in your menu to Vivid, Natural, Portrait, etc. and see the differences between shots right on your camera. As for metering and auto-focus, the only way to understand those is to read the manual or watch some Youtube videos. But feel free to shoot in Auto or P mode and let the camera will make some of those decisions automatically. [/QUOTE]
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