Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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As you may know I've recently bought a DSLR and have no idea how to use it apart from put it in auto and fire.
Has anybody got an hints and tips, links, websites, youtube videos to help me get to grips with my new found hobby 
Cheers guys.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I still need to learn how to use mine properly!
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Matty W
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Registered: 31st Jan 11
Location: Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester
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im in the same boat, although ive had mine about 1 & 1/2 years now.
i stuck with night photography for getting to grips with it. bought a tripod, stuck it in manual and had a play around with the shutter speed and appeture. night photography teaches you about light and how to use it. like changing the white ballance when theres lots of orange light, or using a slower iso speed ( it is still a bit confusing to me, but i just asked google "how to..." etc.)
take it out of autofocus and start getting to grips with your lense. ive bought a couple of new lenses aswell
[Edited on 20-02-2012 by Matty W]
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Phillips_91
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quote:
Originally posted by Matty W
(but i just asked google "how to..." etc.)
This is really all i can say about learning how to use it! i also did a fair bit of night photography, don't get me wrong i've still got alot to learn but i learnt most of mine just by going out, sticking it in manual and learning what changing each setting did to the shot!
Don't be disheartened when your first few shots come out shit, its all part of the learning curve!
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
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Cheers guys. Yeah I went to watch my mates play football yesterday and shot with an 18-75 and they've come out shit and so distant.
Luckily one of my mates is a clued up a bit and been telling me about shutter speeds etc but some of it still baffles me!
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Matty W
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Its fairly simple. The quicker the shutter speed, the less light hits the sensor and vice versa. With a fast shutter speed, you don't get a lot of light, so ajusting the appature can make things a bit brighter. With slower speeds you can get too much light. The iso is from what I can gather, the speed at which the sensor converts the light to an image. A lower speed is better for long night time exposures with low light as it won't take in a lot of the noise. But having a play about and getting different results is always good. Try some light painting. Its a great way to learn
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Rob E
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General rule Of thumb when shooting is try not to let the shutter speed be slower than the focal distance you are shooting at if you are using the camera hand held. For example, if you have a zoom lens zoomed in at 250mm, the slowest shutter speed you should use is 1/125. I have a brilliant basics website somewhere, it really helped me when I first picked up a camera. I will see if I can dig it out for you 
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Rob E
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Found them
In depth - http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
Easy going - http://futuremark.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?68767-A-beginners-guide-to-taking-better-shots-with-your-DSLR
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Cheers mate! The whole shutter speed to lens zoom is confusing atm but will probably make more sense tomorrow when I get the camera out!
That first site looks a hard read but I'll give the second one a butchers Thanks!
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