yah. entry level bodies have to perform on the menu

When you go higher end, or professional range, most of the common settings is done from the buttons instead of in the menu. It's not put in some effort, it's actually more easy and fast, it's important.
Doing in menu waste time and need you take off your eye from the viewfinder and look at the menu everytime, this also consume battery power, etc.

Those serious about DSLR, usually look for more convenient controls rather than set everything from menu. If want simple, better get compact digi cam, which now have very powerful and smaller size like those EVIL cameras. Those that "want" a DSLR because it looks cools, yet they want the ease of use, so there is this low end entry level targeted for consumers.


Shame on me... I don't know how to use when someone pass it to me ask me to help them shoot. Since I need to shoot immediately, no time to experiment how to set this and that...

itz eazier to control but have to memorize which button do what function and main/sub dial to adjust what setting
btw, i am enjoying while discovering those function

Don't worry, it's very easy and very fast once; same like menu, first time you also need to explore and find out. Actually, using the buttons is faster and more easy to remember because you will be using it a lot (especially if you shoot in Manual mode). First time, you just need to find out which is which, besides, the button there got 'label' already so you can know what it do; The main key is the dials on camera which does not have label.

Once you familiarize it, you move on high end Nikon cameras, it's mostly the same and you can easily, quickly familiarize and shoot in no time.

If someone pass me the camera, I just shoot and pass it back to them haha~ if under or overexposed the owner have to adjust for me LOL. Cause I don't know how to adjust ~_~

Someone passed me a Canon, so juz use the +/- ev button since it's on A mode n help a bit...

LOL, if Canon on their 7D and above I don't have much issue. Since its either the big dial or the small dial. But if 550D I will -.-...

I got the same case with 550D. A gal passed to me and ask me to help take pics with her friends...i stand there looking at the camera like a noob for a sec and turn it auto then cincai shoot saje.

anyone can teach me?
I'm newbie

D3100 doesn't show the metering in LiveView?

Sifu u should use your monster godlike tools take for them and here your photo as a present for you . Imagine how happy they are seeing the quality .

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Added on April 11, 2011, 4:52 pmHaha u should use your camera and her camera take then ask her for num,msn or email to send it to her . Then show her what your monster lens can do if she using kit

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Apr 11 2011, 04:53 PM

if a very nice looking girls give you D3s with 35mm f/1.8 attached, B+W filter and pass to you and ask you shoot potrait for them.... what you should choose?

1) Run away with D3s then use it yourself
2) Shoot
3) Others...

Girls are famous for taking self portrait.

Purposely spoil the camera

when you focus and recompose sometimes it is under or over expose?

Its tough to damage a D3s ya know, drop from motor also no issue xD

This post has been edited by celciuz: Apr 11 2011, 05:00 PM

Doesn't affect anything (under / over) except if DOF too shallow then OOF

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Added on April 11, 2011, 5:01 pmSpoil the lens. Then get the girls contact and happily ever after

This post has been edited by KTCY: Apr 11 2011, 05:01 PM

sometimes the lighting is just different of what you focused. when you move the camera I found out things can be over or under

It depends how the girls looks like else not worth spoiling the 35mm f/1.8G just for contact xD.

use the AE-L button?

aiks typo... i should type f/1.4