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I just got a beautiful camera for Christmas from the Greatest Man Ever!! [emoji6] and I am new to all those features on the camera, anybody have any tips? I wanna get some accessories; extra batteries, tripod, cleaning kit. Stuff like that, anybody have any suggestions?


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Bows & Bullets said:
I just got a beautiful camera for Christmas from the Greatest Man Ever!! [emoji6] and I am new to all those features on the camera, anybody have any tips? I wanna get some accessories; extra batteries, tripod, cleaning kit. Stuff like that, anybody have any suggestions?


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Sorry didn’t mean to post it in here, should have went in the other thread.


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I bought a kit that came with the extras you mentioned.

look up your particular camera on YouTube. I watched several videos on adjusting mine and it was a big help
 
I’m gonna move this to off topic instead of the BST.
 
Burt Gummer said:
I bought a kit that came with the extras you mentioned.

look up your particular camera on YouTube. I watched several videos on adjusting mine and it was a big help
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Thanks, I have one video on the functions I’m gonna watch we found on YouTube.


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If it has an "Auto" setting, use it until you become familiar with the basics of operating the camera and framing your shots. Then and only then will you be ready to experiment with the optional settings.

As with most things, mastering the basics is 90% of the learning curve.
 
Bows & Bullets said:
I just got a beautiful camera for Christmas from the Greatest Man Ever!! [emoji6] and I am new to all those features on the camera, anybody have any tips? I wanna get some accessories; extra batteries, tripod, cleaning kit. Stuff like that, anybody have any suggestions?


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What camera and lenses?

Get a good multicoated UV filter to protect your lens(es).

Before spending a lot on accessories, get Adobe Lightroom. You will become amazed at how much it improves many images.

And be sure you shoot RAW + jpg to save all the detail in your images to give Lightroom something to work with.
 
JT said:
If it has an "Auto" setting, use it until you become familiar with the basics of operating the camera and framing your shots. Then and only then will you be ready to experiment with the optional settings.

As with most things, mastering the basics is 90% of the learning curve.
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Cool! Thank you!!


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Jake said:
What camera and lenses?

Get a good multicoated UV filter to protect your lens(es).

Before spending a lot on accessories, get Adobe Lightroom. You will become amazed at how much it improves many images.

And be sure you shoot RAW + jpg to save all the detail in your images to give Lightroom something to work with.
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I haven’t really had time to play with it yet, I think it’s the 55mm and the 210mm maybe. Is light room an app?


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I don't know much about the Sony,I'm a Nikon guy, but the basics are the same.
Like someone already mentioned, get UV filters for your lenses, saves your lenses from scratches.
Take lots of pics
Look online, YouTube is probably good, and get to know the basic relationships between Speed, ISO, and F-stop. Once you get the basics of how those 3 work together, you got it made.
Take lots of pics.
Get a good picture editing program, I use PhotoShop and DarkTable. There are thousands out there, they all basically do the same thing, some are more user friendly than others.
Take lots of pics.
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Figure out what kind of photography you will be doing the most, that way you don’t spend a lot of money on things you don’t need. Also, the best advice I ever got was to put thought into the picture I was taking.
 
phideux said:
I don't know much about the Sony,I'm a Nikon guy, but the basics are the same.
Like someone already mentioned, get UV filters for your lenses, saves your lenses from scratches.
Take lots of pics
Look online, YouTube is probably good, and get to know the basic relationships between Speed, ISO, and F-stop. Once you get the basics of how those 3 work together, you got it made.
Take lots of pics.
Get a good picture editing program, I use PhotoShop and DarkTable. There are thousands out there, they all basically do the same thing, some are more user friendly than others.
Take lots of pics.
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Thank you! Those are some awesome pictures!!


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Take loads of pictures. Keep them all; storage is cheap.

Experiment. Do weird stuff standing on ladders and laying on the ground. Use off-camera flash. Try macro.

Take notes on what works and what doesn't, but don't be a prisoner to one method or mode. Post pictures online for critique, but don't expect a lot of really useful help, just see if your judgement aligns with others. If you think something is good, do others agree?


DO NOT DELAY PROCESSING PICTURES!

When I got back from the family beach vacation I had 7000 pictures to sort through. Took me almost a month just to pick all the keepers out. I printed over 300 shots to give to grandparents.

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A quality speed light is essential too.
Depending on what you plan to do, a flip frame bracket is extremely useful for lighting options. Gets the strobe further away from the lens.

I used a high speed turbo battery. Super fast recharge.
Took 580 pictures in 1 hour at a karate event years ago. [emoji6][emoji1787]


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Read the manual, take as many pictures as you can, learn from your mistakes. It's easy now that you don't have to send away film to be developed.
Learn the different modes, because letting the camera pick for you on automatic settings can ruin everything.
Learn which mode to use for what effect. If you want to stop a plane's propeller, you might have a hard time if the camera is metering by aperture priority on a cloudy day. And if you have a still shot that you want to focus on one item in a deep (front to back) array of things, don't go using shutter priority mode...

Long long ago I sold cameras for a part time job during college. One rule we had was that every employee brought at least one or two of their own cameras, and everybody got free film to practice shooting and developing. The idea was to rapidly learn how to take "decent" shots in a lot of different conditions. And we were happy to get a bit of experience because it was always disappointing watching your commission evaporate when the person who bought a $3,000+ kit returned it because "this stupid camera doesn't work". Then you find out that they were trying to take close-up shots of their kid playing soccer from the sideline, but they were using the 50mm prime with aperture priority set at at f/1.4 instead of their 70-300mm VR at 1/500s shutter priority. As salespeople, our job was to get them to understand the difference BEFORE they were ticked off enough to demand a refund.
 
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