Just got a D60... Bit overwhelmed...

[elliottalb]

When I got my D40 a few months ago I started by using it mostly on P mode, then I concentrated on learning the menus and various functions of the camera, exposure modes, focus modes, flash modes etc By the time I'd spent a couple of weeks taking a couple of thousand shots I had a pretty good knowledge of the cameras abilities and knew the menus fairly well.

At that point I switched auto ISO off, programmed the function button to change the ISO and started usung A and S modes almost exclusively.

I would recommend you do the same, stick with P and ISO auto until you know the camera, then mess with the other modes, that way you are only learning one thing at a time and won't get too overwhelmed.

That sounds like a really really good idea. I'm definitely going to do that. It seems like a really good way of learning things one at a time so I can feel like I'm in control and not so overwhelmed. Thank you!

 

[elliottalb]

I got one of the "Lantern Guide" books for my sony A100, it puts into plain english what the user guides print in gibberish. For $20 it's a good book to have o hand and explains things clearly. I'm sure they have one fore Nikon series cameras too.

Thank you! I'll take a look at that today when I go to the book store. hopefully I can find one for my camera, or a model close to it.

 

[elliottalb]

The "Dummies" books are OK, but I would steer you toward the D40 Field Guide:

Amazon.com: Nikon D40/D40x Digital Field Guide: David D. Busch: Books

I have the D80 version and refer to it constantly.

Good luck, have fun!

Jon

so you'd recommend it even though I have a D60 and not a D40? Interesting. I'll look into that book as well.

 

[Samanax]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D60-Digital-Field-Guide/dp/0470383127/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232213042&sr=1-1"]Here's the Digital Field Guide for the Nikon D60.[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/David-Buschs-Nikon-Digital-Photography/dp/1598635778/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232213042&sr=1-2"]And another book you might want to consider.[/ame]

If you think you're going to get serious about photography, here are two more books that you may want to check out...

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Photographers-Eye-Composition-Design-Digital/dp/0240809343/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232213250&sr=1-1"]The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Photography-Art-Seeing-Perception-Workshop/dp/1552636143/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3C3R4ZI2XQF09&colid=2D1HKU1VP2K9R"]Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography[/ame]

 

[locktyght]

I too am quite overwheled with mine that i have had for about a month.....but damn its fun to mess around with, i have just been working trial and error and making some decent progress.

 

[Jon_Are]

so you'd recommend it even though I have a D60 and not a D40?

Whoops....well....ummm......you know what I mean. :blushing:

Jon

 

[Domokun]

watch videos of reviews of the D60