New d5100 owner

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donegalphotographer

Senior Member
Hi guys, got a d5100 and 18-55 non vr lens for Xmas along with a hoya pro circular polarizer, manfrotto 055xprob and msnfrotto 498rc2, black rapid rs7, hahnel wireless giga t pro 2 and wired remote, I'm planning on buying a yn 565 in the future but for now I have enough to learn, would you have any tips for auto I so settings and does anyone have any tips or advice they would share with a newbie photographer with a passion to learn,

Thanks

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Moab Man

Senior Member
Two tips...

1. Read the manual!

2. Take lots of pictures. It seems that each new camera comes with a whole bunch of bad ones before you get to the good ones.

3. Out of the box the camera is not set to its optimum settings for some cosmically stupid reason. You want to set the camera to "Fine" if you're shooting jpg. In time you will want to move to editing your raw files called NEF, but all in due time.

Enjoy the camera, it will take amazing pictures.
 
Roy1961

Roy1961

Senior Member
Contributor
hello and welcome

did you register before, seem to remember a donegalphotograher type name before, coming from belfast i dont see many names like this on here?
 
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Bill16

Senior Member
Welcome to the D5100 owners group! Sounds like your off to a great start! My best advice is to read the manual and have fun taking photos! I often use my manual as a reference as I try new ideas, and it helps a lot! Congrats on the new camera and gear! :D
 
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donegalphotographer

Senior Member
Moab Man said:
Two tips...

1. Read the manual!

2. Take lots of pictures. It seems that each new camera comes with a whole bunch of bad ones before you get to the good ones.

3. Out of the box the camera is not set to its optimum settings for some cosmically stupid reason. You want to set the camera to "Fine" if you're shooting jpg. In time you will want to move to editing your raw files called NEF, but all in due time.

Enjoy the camera, it will take amazing pictures.
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Hi moab I am currently shooting raw + jpeg fine but I think I'll take your advice and shoot jpeg for now

Yes the manual is my new favorite book lol

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Moab Man

Senior Member
donegalphotographer said:
Hi moab I am currently shooting raw + jpeg fine but I think I'll take your advice and shoot jpeg for now

Yes the manual is my new favorite book lol

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I would still shoot both raw and jpeg. In time, as you get better with your photo editing skills and photography you may want to go back to those images. The other reason is that you can do so much more with the raw files than the jpeg files.

I also noticed that I can't count. I said two tips and gave three... DOH!

Welcome.
 
Whiskeyman

Whiskeyman

Senior Member
Moab Man said:
I would still shoot both raw and jpeg. In time, as you get better with your photo editing skills and photography you may want to go back to those images. The other reason is that you can do so much more with the raw files than the jpeg files.

I also noticed that I can't count. I said two tips and gave three... DOH!

Welcome.
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I figured that you figured he'd skip reading the manual...;)

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