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Playing with the Camera

Posted on May 15, 2006 By Tom No Comments on Playing with the Camera
Gear, Photography

I’m getting the hang of this new camera.  It’s simplicity makes taking great shots almost as simple as point-n-click. 

On my Nikon N60, I had never really learned how to use the controls like I wanted.  The frugal part of me didn’t want to waste film with experimentation, so I never really got good with the manual controls.  The D50 has the same controls for shutter speed and aperture.  I can experiment all I want and learn how to use them properly, then transfer those skills back to the N60.

I now have three options for taking digital pictures at any given time:

  • Camera phone – medocre quality (1.3 megapixels), but always at the ready.  Also quite stealthy, if necessary.
  • Nikon Coolpix S1 – very good quality, and usually in my pocket.  Not as stealthy as the camphone, but not as overt as a larger camera.
  • Nikon D50 – superb quality, but not with me all the time. 

Someday, though, I’m really going to have to take a picture of something other than flowers on macro settings.

[tags]Nikon, D50, N60, digital photography[/tags]

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