Originally posted by Omelyjane Дякую! You guys are so awesome! I promise to do my homework over the weekend so I know what ISO, RAW and other jargon you use means
My laptop, which I hate, but that's another story, doesn't have an SD card reader, so I'll have to use the USB cable, which is not a big deal, just an extra step. As far as photo editing, I haven't even thought about it yet. But thatnks for the tip, I'll have to do a bit of a research and see what GIMP and Adobe lightroom are all about. Thanks again and happy Friday!
I wouldn't worry about Lightroom for now especially in the beginning.
Like I said before just read your manual, and take a few notes about which settings you like (Like if you want to disable the flash, or use it for fill-in flash). Later, these notes can be turned into a flip card for when you forget how things work, and believe me, in the beginning you do tend to forget. Thats because all that information and all the settings are too much at first !
In the beginning people usually use the program mode, and select: Portrait, Landscape, macro, sports etc etc. For the scene they want to take.
I usually keep it simple and switch it into Av (Aperture priority). I can use the control wheel to change the size of the aperture, to increase or decrease the "depth of field" (the area in focus).
The camera sets the shutter speed.
You can set the ISO, or using the green button let the camera set the ISO too (Auto ISO). But when the light gets too dark, then you want to watch that the ISO doesn't get too high.
Then in that case you might want to use the flash.
^^^ and thats it, thats what my buddy basically told me, and I thoroughly enjoy photography that way. ^^^^