Tuesday, May 10, 2011

STUDYING MY NIKON D90 CAMERA MANUAL

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A HYACINTH FLOWER IN OUR DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING 

Darkened skies threatened rain all day & aside from a short late afternoon shower we escaped the traveling rain fronts moving through the area all around us.

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ALRIGHT MR. HITCHCOCK.....I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP NOW!! 
Aside from edging some flower beds this morning my day was quiet.  Sat on our front porch for quite awhile in the afternoon watching & listening to all our front yard birds.  Figured it was a good time to haul out my Nikon D90 manual & do a little reading.  And, may I add how nice it is to actually have a manual to read….anywhere I chose to read it.  With my carry around Canon Power Shot  SX210IS the manual is only available ‘on line’ & boy does that ever irk me!!  Wished I had known that before buying the camera.  Not much good having a camera manual on the computer if your out in a forest somewhere or on a desert trail with a camera question or problem.   From a guy who takes photos most every day, a handy printed manual in a camera bag is worth it’s weight in gold.

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PART OF A SECOND MALE BALTIMORE ORIOLE CAN BE SEEN JUST OUT OF FOCUS RANGE AT THE BOTTOM
The reason for going through my camera manual this afternoon was simply to further understand the many workings & advantages of my very sophisticated camera.  Impossible for an aging memory like mine to understand & retain all that techno info.  Again, a handy accessible printed manual is essential for somebody like me.

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If my photography interests were limited to just point & shoot pics with the camera set on it’s Auto settings I suppose there would be no need to bother with reading any manuals.  Just point & shoot!!However, I haven’t been satisfied with my photography for quite awhile so I’m feeling a need to take my current advanced amateur photography skills up a notch.   My D90 is a lot smarter than I am so figured it was about time I get myself up to speed with my camera's further capabilities.

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Kimberly & Jerry Peterson from HIT THE ROAD JACK have landed on our blog supporter’s list as followers 273 & right behind them I just noticed George Sharrer has slipped into slot 274.  Welcome aboard folks & thanks for taking an interest in the Bayfield Bunch:))
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And ‘OMG’….just weeks after telling JUDY, our very own Bird Lady of Blogland, that after living the majority of my 66 years in southern Ontario I had never seen a Scarlet Tanager…..well, guess what I saw this morning in our front yard.  Yep, my first ever male Scarlet Tanager:))
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GROANER’S CORNER:((   Stranger: "That is beautiful child you have there."
Mother: "That's nothing. You should see his photograph."

Keep in mind that sometimes the quickest way to make money at photography is to sell your camera.

And remember......having a camera makes me no more a photographer than having a hammer and some nails makes me a carpenter...........10-4:))

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16 comments:

  1. Al, that's a very nice photo of the scarlet tanager with the white blossoms! Do you shoot your bird photos using "burst mode"? You are always able to catch such great shots!

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  2. Hi Al , please follow the link to manual of Canon Power Shot SX210IS

    http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/4/0300003224/01/PSSX210IS_CUG_EN.pdf

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  3. I so agree with you in so many ways about having a camera's instruction manual in hand! I have one for my Canon, and keep it in the camera bag I sling over my shoulder.

    What a great shot of the scarlet tanager in the tree blossoms! So glad you noticed him. :)

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  4. I just ordered a D5100 body. It is somewhat on a par with the D90 but has more megapixels. But it has less features in some areas and more features in others. I just ordered it because it is the newest camera that came out in April. I'm sure it will challenge me beyond my capabilities.

    Time will tell what I do with it. I need a new lens too, but that will have to come when the funds become available. For now I only have an 18 - 70 AFS DX ED. And I have a 55 - 200, but it is a 5.6 f stop, so it isn't bright enough to do anything with.

    That new 18-200 looks neat, but it is almost a grand. More than the body.......

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  5. its all a learning curve!..nice to have an actual manual to read!!!
    congrats on the tanager!!

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  6. Great pictures today. Are you using the D-90 for those pix? What lens do you use? Do you take shots in burst mode or are you able to get them with just one shot? Do you bracket your shots? I really love your photography. It makes me want to get myself in gear and learn to use my big camera.

    I bet you're still pretty sharp and will have that manual mastered in no time!!

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  7. You set the photography bar pretty high already, Al, what is next?? I'm still going to buy the D90 before I go to Alaska, and maybe just use (and insure) my daughter's lenses.

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  8. Your Hitchcock bird is just too cute. So angry. I can't believe you can make your pictures any more gorgeous than they already are. I'm lucky mine are in focus at all. Good thing I know how to appreciate everybody else's pictures.

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  9. Now I know what kind of camera you use for your incredible pics -- thanks for sharing that info!

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  10. Beautiful photos Al. In the pics where the Orioles and the Tanager are perched, is the tree(s) a Cherry?

    John
    relaxedrush.blogspot.com

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  11. I have to agree with you Al...I like a manual...one that I can keep right in my camera bag and I do just that. I have a new canon rebel 2ti and I'm trying to move beyond the "point and shoot" phase as well. So much to think about and remember....don't know if my brain can hold all this new information! LOL!

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  12. We think your photography is already great. Can't imagine how much better it will be from reading the manual, but we'll be watching. Love, love, love the bird shots today. Especially the Scarlet Tanager among the pretty white flowers. Thanks.

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  13. Yup, us older poops need a manual! And secondly we need to read it. Not that just reading it will do any good at all, we have to take practice shots with everything we read. Then we still won't remember how to do it. But we WILL remember that there was something in the manual about that, so we can go back and read it again when we need it!

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  14. Al, I can't imagine your photo's getting any better they have always been great.

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  15. I feel the same about a manual. My new phone has an on-line manual, but I found a link on the manufacturer's site for a printed manual to be mailed to me, free. Haven't gotten it yet, but maybe your camera manufacturer has the same option. I actually saw a scarlet tanager in our yard (western Kentucky) a couple of years ago, never before or since. Love your photos!

    B Hart

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  16. GREAT photos Al... I never see a problem with any of your photos!!! They are always fantastic...☺
    Have fun
    Donna

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