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[LusbyMom]

If people aren't willing to put a little bit of time into reading a few pages, why should someone else spend their time retype what is already spelled out in black and white.

I agree people have to go out and shoot to learn. At the same time, I believe you have to put a little time in to understand the camera and how to use it. I am not pointing the finger at anyone on here, but I see people all the time that won't even read the manual, but want me to explain how get a picture like mine. If I say I was zoomed in at 200mm so I needed a shutter speed of at least 1/250 of a second, they have no idea why or how.

You have to learn somehow, manauls are crappy, but you find out how to change setting. Websites and books, you learn how to get the kind of picture you are going for. Shooting with someone else, you get a hands on use of things you don't understand or haven't figured out yet.

I bought the one you recommended to me Still haven't gotten all the way through it. Shooting is more fun then reading

 

[chipper101]

I have bought several books that JBR has recommended to me and they are good. I sit with my camera in one hand and the book in the other. It also really helps me to have someone that I can turn to if I don't understand something. You have to experiment and try all the settings and that way you learn what each looks like and if it produces the outcome that you want, if not, you go back and try again. I bet I took over 200 shots this weekend and some were good and some were not but I learned what settings I needed for the end result that I wanted.