Newbie with some questions...

[CodysNikon]

Hey all I stumbled upon this website after buying my camera yesterday hoping to find a very knowledgeable forum and I can honestly say I am impressed. I am VERY new to this stuff and no absolutely nothing but after looking for about a week I finally bought a Nikon D3100 kit. I love the camera so far and feel like it will fulfill my needs as it will be used for mainly everything from my car meets/shows to trips across the world.

Ok now for the questions:
1. First of all I noticed that you could hold down the shoot button on the Canon T2i and will take a bunch of pictures continuously while my Nikon won't. Is there a setting I can use to do this or is it brand specific?

2. Second I am still trying to figure out what would be the best settings to use to get the best picture all the time. I realize that there are different settings but I mainly use the camera while things are moving. I seen that you can freeze the image but keep the background looking as if it was moving, so how would I best do that?

I hope to learn a lot and I hope this wasn't to much but I'm already shooting a family members baby shower this weekend so I need to learn quick.

 

[thingsIsee]

Well you said you just got the Nikon last week, but you all ready had a T2i and want to know about the settings.
I do not have a Nikon, but I am sure it will do the same thing as the T2i did. In the manual there should be a chapter on single shot, continues shoots. That should be the easy part.

The best settings for to get the best picture. There is not a setting for that, rather than all the setting set to meet the lighting, subject, lens environment needs. For stop action, lots of light and fast shutter. Panning the camera with the subject and ensuring the focus is spot on and fire. This will blur the back ground and stop the subject. Takes lot of practice to get it right.

For all other needs if you are new to the camera best advice is to read the book it came with and use the camera while doing so.
Ie.. menu look at the book find it on the camera and continue.

 

[adversus]

1. This is continuos mode. Nikon's out of the box default to Single shutter release mode (one shutter click = one exposure). I don't have a D3100, but if the firmware is similar there's a Shutter Release option in the Shooting Menu. Or, check your manual for Shutter Release (Single, Continuos, Quiet, etc.)

2. Learn the exposure triangle. A quick Google search will yield hundreds of helpful pages.

The easiest way to freeze your subject while blurring the background is by panning your shot with the subject.

 

[RockstarPhotography]

the d3100 has continuous shooting. look it up in your manual.

 

[CodysNikon]

Thanks for all the info and I don't have a T2i I just played with one at the store. I should read the manual but figured asking would be easier and thought there might be some other tips to go along with it but thanks for the great info. I know a lot about my Mustang and I am by far no newbie on my mustang forum so to be one on here is weird. Hopefully I will get better and make this into a hobby/side job.

Thanks

 

[NiciMarie]

I'm a newbie with a ND3100 and this is my first post so pardon my lame response and lack of technical lingo:

There is a slider right next to the shooting button, if you slide the slider down to the area that has like two or three squares that is the option for continuous shooting. I hope that makes sense! If not, sorry! If so, Great! ha

nici

 

[12sndsgood]

yeah best thing you can do is read the manual. then read it again, then read it again till stuff starts sinking in. there really is no one golden setting unless you just want to keep it on automati all the time. which is fine starting out but will really limit you on the type of pictures you could come up with. dont be too concerned with being new to cameras. evereyone was at some point. just try and soak up as much info as you can and keep an open mind and post up your pics for people to have a look at. its a good way of quickly finding out what your doing right or wrong.