Hi, I am back after bit while of more study and practice to show some tiny progress and ask more questions. I was kind of overwhelmed by the big Manual book for so many confusing and unclear (if may say) instructions, especially on how to determine and set right settings. So spent lot time of trial and error... and still scratch head afterward! AW, set out a procedure for shooting night (star) sky: 1. set "M" mode, 2. select "right" speed, apture, and ISO (still have auto iso control on), 3. make "infinity" focus on stars, 4. take shot. (please correct, revise, or add any step or substep) Then I proceeded to practice at non-ideal places, timing, and objects... all still failed in step3. I found all those related articles for help still lack some deep basic details. From most documents and reports I read state that in "M" mode, autofocus do not work. True or not, "focus" setting still has to be changed to "MF" in "M" mode. It's a simple thing for succeeding step3, but took long time and cracking head to figure. We got all bad weather around here (raining) now, so no chance for any night sky shooting practice. Somehow I managed to take this simulated shot in my office room with all light off except some e-devices. The object is the tiny light on a printer machine from some far distance away. I had been able to manually focus on it using the magnifier on the live screen. The shot file is jpeg and I uncarefully deleted it from memory disk after downloaded to computer, so unable to review the settings. I know it's dumb picture to show, but hopefully it's my tiny step to start.
My other question: How do I bring up the "information display" (the one with three circles for speed, apture, iso) in Live view instantly when I want? I need it in Live view screen, not in viewfinder (I am not there yet). Some time it show up on screen when I don't need it. I tried both "i" and "info" buttons with no success. Thanks for help.
Oop, Tried upload my file, but it failed! ???