I have taken over 500 photos in 3 days, I pulled out about 50 of the better ones.

Mind you, I do not know how to use the camera yet so I was taking a lot of photos and adjusting the ISO, Shutter speed and Aperture on the same subject until I found what worked. Sort of haha
I barely know what these settings mean so I have a lot of reading to do and learning to do!
but I wanted to share my first experience with everyone

Trisha Pitcher | Flickr

Should be public

basically they are out of focus, grainy, too dark or too light haha

[normhead]

I just set the camera to AV. Then I just select aperture and ISO and let it do the shutter speed.
There are some instances where you want TV or TaV but most of the time AV works great.

Grainy= your ISO is too high. On a K-3 you want to try and keep it under 640 ISO. 800 or 1600 ISO in a stretch, but not higher than that.

Out of focus.- use single point focus, make sure the square is on the point you want in focus before pressing the shutter release.

Too bright or too dark, you need some post processing software to adjust those things.

Looks like you've been having a blast.

[Wildbearfeet]

I just set the camera to AV. Then I just select aperture and ISO and let it do the shutter speed.
There are some instances where you want TV or TaV but most of the time AV works great.

Grainy= your ISO is too high. On a K-3 you want to try and keep it under 640 ISO. 800 or 1600 ISO in a stretch, but not higher than that.

Out of focus.- use single point focus, make sure the square is on the point you want in focus before pressing the shutter release.

Too bright or too dark, you need some post processing software to adjust those things.

Looks like you've been having a blast.

my iso goes from 400-800-1600 ...where is that 640? or anywhere inbetween 400 and 800 haha
and I am trying to find focal points...i only see one tiny red square when I take a picture
I just downloaded lightroom but boy am I awful at it

and I was just using the M on the setting so I will give the AV a shot!

[eaglem]

A wide and varied set of interesting shots.

[Jeff Lopez]

Luna has a man killer look!
Nice pics!

[aslyfox]

I have taken over 500 photos in 3 days, I pulled out about 50 of the better ones.

Mind you, I do not know how to use the camera yet so I was taking a lot of photos and adjusting the ISO, Shutter speed and Aperture on the same subject until I found what worked. Sort of haha
I barely know what these settings mean so I have a lot of reading to do and learning to do!
but I wanted to share my first experience with everyone . . .

not a bad way to learn if you can remember the settings that works

another way to learn is to learn from the experiences of others, whether you read about them or are told about them like normhead did in the first response

the key though, imho, ymmv

is to practice, practice and practice

in other words, take lots of photos and experiment as you do so

remember it is your decision as to what you like

glad you are having fun

thanks for sharing

[normhead]

my iso goes from 400-800-1600 ...where is that 640? or anywhere inbetween 400 and 800 haha
and I am trying to find focal points...i only see one tiny red square when I take a picture
I just downloaded lightroom but boy am I awful at it

and I was just using the M on the setting so I will give the AV a shot!

You need to get into the menus. There is a menu item that will let you select half stop or 1/3 stop ISO setting. I/3 is pretty crucial. I find 2/3 of a stop adjustments works best for me. Also have you histogram turned on on you back screen so you can check your exposure after each image is taken.

WHen you are using AV mode you will be able to set your ISO to 100, that should be your base setting, only turning the ISO up when you run out of light. That will get rid of the noise (grain).

Lightroom or any PP software takes a while. But once you get the hang of it. it's second nature.