Hello all- Just ordered my new D90- I'm excited and tried to do my research. However I really don't plan on shooting any blurry video, even though this is Nikon's "exciting new feature" on ; dslr. Anyone have one of these? Any tips, tricks or advice for a new user? What publication would your recommend for this camera? Thanks! Newbie Ryan
Congrats! First of all, which lens(es) did you get with it? ; Have you used an SLR before? ; The first site I recommend that you go visit is Nikon's Digitutor: http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d90/index.shtml Have fun and enjoy!
welcome, and the first publication i always reccommend is the owners manual, read it, re-read it, practice, and keep re-reading it again until you camera functions become second nature and pretty much from memory you can't go wrong knowing your equipment
Congrats Gary! 1,000! Just noticed you hit the mark on this post...so congrats and welcome to the 1,000 club!
I find that pushing every button and experimenting to see the results works best for me. Also, don't overly judge your results while experimenting until you see the photo on your computer. Make sure that your imaging software shows the exif data, so that you can see what you were doing. Exif beats the hell out of pen and paper from the film days!!
Congrats on the purchase Ryan & Welcome to TMIP. I think Roger & Gary are giving you the BEST advice you could receive. I have found that when taking pictures, try shooting the same shot on different settings & study the images afterwords, using the exif data to detemine what works best under the conditions you were shooting. Takes lots of pics & study them.
My parents just got one of these as well, and they are still learning to use it. They used it to shoot their first video of the dog playing in the yard and said it was very user friendly.
Welcome to the dSLR club! ; Ditto on the manual and the website Roger gave you (great link, Roger!). ; Get to know your new camera. ; It helps to have the camera in your hand while reading the manual. I found that to be a huge help. ; Now, with that in mind, when you are out shooting with your new camera, have the manual with you at all times. ; I didn't when I first got mine and, when miles away from the manual, I would hit a button or set a menu option by mistake and didn't know how to reverse it. ; :
Thanks everyone for the advice! I'm upgrading from my D40, so I can give that one to the girlfriend. A 18-105mm and a 70-300mm come with the camera.
I also recently upgraded to the D90 and am giving my D40 (the camera from which I'm upgrading) to my fiancee. I am loathe to actually recommend his site, but I've found (so long as you read other sources as well) Ken Rockwell has pretty good camera manuals on his site. ; They usually are much better than the basic manuals that come with the cameras. ; So if you don't mind his over-the-top style and take some things he says with a grain of salt, his information can be very useful.
