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My dad complained about metering issues with his D80 when he had one. I thought matrix metering on the D300 was pretty accurate (but I was coming from a D100), but I usually used center-weighted anyway because I felt it worked even better.
Gentoo said:
Oh yeah, when I ordered my D90 the site said please enter your credit card so I did. Now the damn floppy drive is jammed! LOL
Gentoo, you have to fold it in half and stick it in the CF slot in your -card reader-. People, wise up!
My problem isn't so much the camera settings (been doing this Waaay too long), it was trying to learn enough about the different image editing programs to figure out which one I wanted to use -- still haven't figured it all out. I use elements, NX2 and Lightroom. I'd love to get proficient enough, and satisfied, with just one to dump the others and get really good with that one.
I started photography too long ago to remember initial difficulties, but when leaping into digital with my D90, I remember thinking WB, what's "white balance"? Overcoming my first thought of the civil rights movement in the 60's, I realized it was like having built-in FLB or FLD filtration. That helped, now ... histo what?
Jonny, Ansel Adam's zone system was never made to be simple. He designed it that way. I always thought it just about as easy as carrying a view camera.
Somehow I find Nikon cameras very user friendly, maybe I am just used to them but that is also a great thing that they managed to stay consistent about how things are done over the years.
SB-600 is another story, it keeps confusing me all the time ...
From the SB-600 manual:
Recalling the underexposure value in the TTL auto flash mode
Press the ZOOM and MODE buttons simultaneously to recall the underexposure value (p. 29).Resetting the settings to default values
Press the MODE and POWER buttons simultaneously for approx. 2 seconds to reset all settings, including the custom settings, to their default settings.Button lock
Press the MODE and – buttons simultaneously for approx. 1 second to lock the functions of the control buttons (except the band FLASH buttons) to avoid accidental malfunction. Press the buttons again to release the lock.Switching to Custom Settings
Press the ZOOM and – buttons simultaneously for approx. 2 seconds to enter the Custom Settings mode (p. 52).
Couldn't be simpler, mb. ;-)
ted2001 said:
Jonny, Ansel Adam's zone system was never made to be simple. He designed it that way. I always thought it just about as easy as carrying a view camera.
You're probably right.
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