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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 155463" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p><strong>Re: New user, very confused and need advice!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>I see this a lot and the bulk of the problem is your understanding of photography, and how cameras operate, is limited to the experience you've had with a Point and Shoot camera. Point and Shoots are very good at what they do and most people don't know what they're missing because they have no other frame of reference. To use an analogy, you've gotten used to driving a Citron. Nothing wrong with a Citron, right? Gets you where you wanna go, and it's easy: climb in, turn the key, mash the pedals and you're off and running. Then one day you step into a Formula 1 race car and try to drive it like you did your Citron... Ain't gonna work. Both machines are cars, yes; but that's where the similarity ends.</p><p></p><p>The D7000 is a growling, Formula 1 racing-machine and you're going to have to learn to tame if you want to get much out of it. There is also going to be a relatively steep learning curve ahead if you want to manage it effectively. Or, if you want, you can learn a couple quick, simple things, put the camera on full Auto and treat it like an £800 "Point and Shoot"; lots of people do and there's nothing wrong with that other than a despicable waste of resources, in my opinion. So, if you decide you want to really control all the potential your new D7000 offers up I would suggest you get a book like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D7000-Digital-Field-Guide/dp/0470648643" target="_blank">The D7000 Digital Field Guide</a> (link goes to Amazon, stateside) and start reading up. The easy path leads you to glorified P&S "snapshots", the long and more difficult path leads to <em>Learning Photography</em> and the satisfaction that comes from moving away from being the guy that gets a half-decent picture worthy of pasting on Facebook (at least until the next halfway decent shot comes along), to becoming the guy that routinely, "nails the shot" and hears people say, "Wow!"</p><p></p><p>There are plenty of free tutorials and such online as well. Some of the best tutorials (in my opinion) can be found at <a href="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm" target="_blank">Cambridge in Colour</a> (link goes to a list of digital photo 101 links).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 155463, member: 13090"] [b]Re: New user, very confused and need advice![/b] I see this a lot and the bulk of the problem is your understanding of photography, and how cameras operate, is limited to the experience you've had with a Point and Shoot camera. Point and Shoots are very good at what they do and most people don't know what they're missing because they have no other frame of reference. To use an analogy, you've gotten used to driving a Citron. Nothing wrong with a Citron, right? Gets you where you wanna go, and it's easy: climb in, turn the key, mash the pedals and you're off and running. Then one day you step into a Formula 1 race car and try to drive it like you did your Citron... Ain't gonna work. Both machines are cars, yes; but that's where the similarity ends. The D7000 is a growling, Formula 1 racing-machine and you're going to have to learn to tame if you want to get much out of it. There is also going to be a relatively steep learning curve ahead if you want to manage it effectively. Or, if you want, you can learn a couple quick, simple things, put the camera on full Auto and treat it like an £800 "Point and Shoot"; lots of people do and there's nothing wrong with that other than a despicable waste of resources, in my opinion. So, if you decide you want to really control all the potential your new D7000 offers up I would suggest you get a book like [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D7000-Digital-Field-Guide/dp/0470648643"]The D7000 Digital Field Guide[/URL] (link goes to Amazon, stateside) and start reading up. The easy path leads you to glorified P&S "snapshots", the long and more difficult path leads to [I]Learning Photography[/I] and the satisfaction that comes from moving away from being the guy that gets a half-decent picture worthy of pasting on Facebook (at least until the next halfway decent shot comes along), to becoming the guy that routinely, "nails the shot" and hears people say, "Wow!" There are plenty of free tutorials and such online as well. Some of the best tutorials (in my opinion) can be found at [URL="http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm"]Cambridge in Colour[/URL] (link goes to a list of digital photo 101 links). [COLOR=#ffffff].[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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