Comments on: About Stop Shooting Auto http://stopshootingauto.com You're smarter than your camera Mon, 28 May 2012 04:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: malexandra1957 http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-2184 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:52:19 +0000 #comment-2184 Thank you so much1

]]> By: stopshootingauto http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-2183 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:26:52 +0000 #comment-2183 I’m not familiar with the Nikon’s controls, so I had to go find the online users manual. It’s here: http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/kie88335f7869dfuejdl=-cww2/D40_en.pdf

If you look at Page 43 of the manual, it says:

“Rotate the command dial to choose a shutter speed (see the illustration at left, below). To set the aperture (below, right) rotate the command dial while pressing the (UNTYPEABLE SYMBOL) buton (to display shutter speed and aperture in the monitor, press the (UNTYPEABLE SYMBOL) button).

Probably your best bet is to pull up the manual and look for yourself.

Focal length is the size of your lens, basically. If you have a zoom lens, then you can adjust the focal length by twisting the lens.

If you want to understand why shutter speed is important, find a moving well-lit object and try to photograph it. Use shutter priority mode, and then try catching shots at low shutter speeds (1/30, maybe) and at fast shutter speeds (over about 1/200).

]]> By: malexandra1957 http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-2153 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:19:05 +0000 #comment-2153 Help! (And I hope I’m not posting this twice)

I’m so confused on how to adjust for shutter speed. I have a dial on my Nikon D40 that allows me to 1) change my f stop and 2) when I push my exposure +/- button, it changes my exposure.

Exactly how am I changing my shutter speed? When I use this knob, I notice that my speed changes. Is this it? This, to me, is the most challenging aspect of taking pictures.

I get ISO, usually. I am usually always in Aperture mode.

Focal length…this is the size of my lens and I can adjust for focus by twisting my lens. Correct?

I so want the “light bulb” to go off in my brain, but shutter speed…oh, I’m so challenged. I just don’t want to get “lucky” with my shots without understanding why shutter speed is so important.

Thanks much,

Michele

]]> By: malexandra1957 http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-2152 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:13:13 +0000 #comment-2152 Can I ask you a few questions. I have a Nikon D40. On the camera, there is a dial I use that either controls my Fstop, or, if Press on the exposure +/- button, will adjust by exposure.

Here’s my questions: Do I also use this dial to change my shutter speed? I’m so confused with shutter speed.

I get the ISO, I think. I know that the less light I have, I should up my ISO higher. My focal length is the length of my lens, correct? And , I’m able to adjust the focus by moving the lens body.

But it’s this darn “changing the shutter speed” especially in A mode. I’m usually in Aperture mode.

Thank you!

]]> By: stopshootingauto http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-951 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:55:58 +0000 #comment-951 The best thing to do is to go to Canon’s website and download a PDF of the manual. You can find it on this page:

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=DownloadDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=314&modelid=11933

If that doesn’t work for you, go to Canon’s website and click around until you get to EOS system cameras, then look for a download link at the top of the page.

]]> By: Sandy Horvath http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-949 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:14:34 +0000 #comment-949 I lost my canon 5d owner’s manual and I’m trying to set my bracketing in AV. I do the settings and I can shoot one bracketed photo of 3 and then when I push the shoot button again it flashes an icon in the view panel. How do I set the camera so that I can take multiple bracketed photos of different scenes?

]]> By: stopshootingauto http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-281 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:21:17 +0000 #comment-281 I’m a huge fan of trial and error! It’s how I’ve learned much of what I know. The trick is to approach it methodically– don’t just shoot, but rather set up experiments and look at the results. Look at a shot, see what you liked about it and what you’d want to change, and then try to improve on the last round.

]]> By: Dave http://stopshootingauto.com/about/#comment-280 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:17:03 +0000 #comment-280 good stuff, I do a lot of trial and error, maybe by reading more, I can cut down on trials and errors:)

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