soubriquet 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 It's all them-there newfangled gubbins mate. My MX has a button, a dial and a lever on the top, and three rings at the front. I'm still trying to work out what the "command dial" does. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 The D200 manual is not all that useful. It just tells you what the buttons are for and thats it. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 so download and print the few pages explaining just the basic functions and dials. No need to print the whole lot... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 set it to Manual and play with the aperture and shutter speeds and see what you like. Then start playing with bracketing. That's what you did with your MX right? Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Knowing what the buttons are for is helping me no end. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 then do the BP thing. It's a 2 pager. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 you don't need to bracket with the d200, or d40 Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 why is that kuma? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 just use the histogram to dial in your exposure Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 eh... I've not got to learning the histogram yet. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 What sort of standby times do you get with the camera on, but idle? Link to post Share on other sites
Pete the Shoemaker 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I've had the D80 for 6 months or so now. Great camera, very pleased I got it. Considered the D200 but for me I didn't see it as much more (for what I need) and I liked the lighter 80. I've got one of the cabinets - present from a photographer friend. The camera and lenses all look happy and snug in there. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Not tried that either soubs. I love my camera too much to neglect it. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 It's just I'm sitting here working through some of the gizmology, and not sure whether to turn the camera on and off all the time or just leave it quietly idling. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 you can leave it on soubs. the battery on that thing will last you for weeks i think...well, at least 1! re: histogram http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/exposure/exposure.htm and http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/histograms-1/histograms-1.htm I shoot nearly all the time on manual. I decide the aperture or shutter speed depending on the subject. ie a snowboard shot gets 1000 shutter speed, or if I want to make the background blurred on a portrait shot I will go for a wide aperture. you line up the lines in the viewfinder and take the shot. check the histogram to see if you have any highlights blown (ie you have lines touching the right side of the histogram). If you do then you either bump the shutter speed up or lower the aperture. shoot. check. repeat til you have a good histogram. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 yeah the dslrs don't chew power like the normal fully auto digis do. I wen through 4 weeks in Europe and about 600 shots on one battery Soub Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Thanks kuma Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 a lot of info on those lines. So the thing to do is to avoid getting lines on the right of the histogram Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 yeah, just push them as far right as you can go without hitting the right edge. thursday, do you have your function button on the front right side set to spot metering? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 yeah I use spot, rarely matrix Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 matrix is your friend, man you should use it more Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Soubs, my English manual came today. I had seen it online but I'm really glad that I got it in book form now. For me it is so much better having a small book than viewing manuals online and it does tell you much more than just "what the buttons do" in it's 200 pages. It may not be a complete megaguide, and some of the people here obviously don't think so, but I think it is worth having. Ask the place where you got the camera they might be able to get it to you for free. I just paid 700 yen. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Flashes: SB800 SB600 SB80DX views, recommendations please. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I got the SB400 after doing research and concluding it would be more than enough for my needs. Nice and small it is too. Haven't used it yet so no reports at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 what's the flash for? thursday Link to post Share on other sites
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