Introduction
These are photographs from the new camera’s first outing. They were all shot in manual mode.
The purpose of this post is to see what issues came up and to list them for future reference.
Issues
- Depth of Field
- Even with the 18- 55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens, depth of field can get out of control. More care is needed when the lens is open more than (say) 5.6 – especially close up.
- Shutter Speed
- It’s surprising how fast you need to set the shutter in order to properly capture motion.
- Single Shot v. Continuous
- Moving Scottie Dogs are hard to capture in one frame.
- Composition
- Lots more care needed here – related to #3 above.
Summary
I think a couple of themes are emerging already:
- It’s important to try and slow down and compose pictures properly. Where it’s difficult to deliberately shoot one frame, continuous mode can help.
- Shutter speed and aperture settings need to be more bold. Tentative increases or decreases are a bit pointless.
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