I brought my first ever DSLR camera today. A shiny Nikon 3100 twin lens kit! Feeling a tad overwhelmed with all the bits and pieces, settings and buttons! Guess I should start out by reading the user manual huh??
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I brought my first ever DSLR camera today. A shiny Nikon 3100 twin lens kit! Feeling a tad overwhelmed with all the bits and pieces, settings and buttons! Guess I should start out by reading the user manual huh??
Congrats on the new 'baby'. Enjoy, learn, have fun and show us your photos
"It is one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it is another thing to make a portrait of who they are" - Paul Caponigro
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RICK
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ooohhhhhhhhhh nice, fun times ahead!
CONGRATULATIONS and enjoy
Cheers and Happy Shooting
Cindy
Canon 7D, 50mm, 100mm Macro
Olympus E-30, 9-18mm, 14-54mm, 50-200mm
Photoshop CS5
Good on you Bec.
The user manual is a really good place to start. Take the time to read it. You won't remember it all, but you will remember where to go back to, and it will make more sense to you when you need to learn (or relearn) something.
And if, after that, you still need help, ask here on AP. Plenty of helpful people here. After they offer advice, the manual still helps.
"Enjoy what you can do rather than being frustrated at what you can't." bobt
Canon 80D, 60D, Canon 28-105, Sigma 150-600S.
How wonderful I remember the day I bought home my first DSLR, its certainly an exciting time with so much reading and learning to do.
And as Mark wrote, plenty of help here when you need it.
I shoot with Olympus Cameras.. Sometimes Canon and My iPhone SE 2020
nice one...I look forward to seeing your work ..enjoy
Cheers and my name is Steve
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Bec,
Fine to read the user manual but user manuals tend to tell you what a control DOES - not what it is FOR.
There is an author, Darrell Young, who has written many "Mastering the Nikon D...." books, but he has not done a book for the D3100. However he has written a book for people new to DSLR photography called "Beyond Point-and-Shoot: Learning to Use a Digital SLR or Interchangeable-Lens Camera".
It shows on Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Point--...=darrell+young
To be honest I have not read this particular book of Darrell's, but I have his D300 book and if he has written in the same style you will gets lots of useful examples of what each camera setting will do and where you would use it.
Robert
Nikon D300 and various Nikkor and Sigma lenses
If digital is a new thing, no worries. The old "sunny 16 rule" still works. Any quick manual supplied?
Greetz.
I also purchase the same kit about a year ago and I must admit to also being quite overwhelmed. I advise looking at some of the you tube videos on setup and operation. They really helped me a lot. Happy shooting.
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Brian
Aspire to Inspire before you Expire
Gear : Nikon D3100; Nikkor 18-55 mm, Nikkor 55 - 300mm, Sigma "Bigma" 50 - 500 and a heap of Enthusiasm
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It's just a whisker over the 1 year anniversary for me since I was in that same position. Fantastic step.
You will be amazed at how fast you'll develop (oops, no pun intended). It's a steep learning curve, but heaps of fun, and the people here make it so easy to learn, that you'll barely notice the learning curve, but you'll definitely notice the results. Welcome about the forum.
Canon EOS 60D ..... EFS 18-200mm f/3.5 - 5.6 IS - 430 EXII Speedlite - "eBay special" Remote Control Unit - Manfrotto 190XPROB w 804RC2 head.
Have fun Bec. It really is a lot of fun. I think you have the right idea about reading the manual.
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