So how do you dog ear a computer screen.My user's manual is dog-eared, sticky-flagged, soiled, and bent, and I'm about half-way through it!![]()
i just started shooting (1 week in) with my camera and i've gone through a portion of the manual but not the whole thing. I'm to the point where I feel like I should go back and learn the ins and outs, i would say.Thanks for the laugh this morning. I agree that flipping through a long manual is rather daunting but I have never regretted doing just that for any camera I have ever owned. It really is important, for me at least, to know all the ins and outs of a camera I am not familiar with and manual usually helps me get started.Hey, man, if I can't write it on my palm, it's too much.
thats why i wish i had a physical manualWhat works for me with most new products is I'll sit on the couch with the manual and the product. Throw an old favorite movie on in the background (so it doesn't require your attention, but you can look up every once in a while for a break of the monotony) and just go through it chapter by chapter, making sure to find and test out what's being referenced. Press the buttons referenced, see what they do, take a shot of the living room, see the result. Goodfellas is a good movie because it's pretty long, so it gives you plenty of time to get through most of the manual.
The way I used to learn sophisticated computer programs was suggested to me by a friend and it worked very well. He sat me in front of a computer and had me start working on a document. He then said, "call me when there is something you can't do," and walked away. I think that method works well with manual - when you want to do something and don't know how, look it up. Reading it all the way through will not produce much in the way of results - except that you will probably learn that it is possible to do things you never thought to ask about.Is there a short cut to learning the camera, im more of a hands on learner. I've got a nikon d3300 should be here tomorrow and i've downloaded the manual. Is there a short cut to learning the camera or can anyone recommend the really important parts. It's like pulling my hair out reading that thing.
http://download3.nikonimglib.com/archive1/Wywwt00lh46s0109T7E089fAaV06/D3300RM_(En)02.pdfthats why i wish i had a physical manualWhat works for me with most new products is I'll sit on the couch with the manual and the product. Throw an old favorite movie on in the background (so it doesn't require your attention, but you can look up every once in a while for a break of the monotony) and just go through it chapter by chapter, making sure to find and test out what's being referenced. Press the buttons referenced, see what they do, take a shot of the living room, see the result. Goodfellas is a good movie because it's pretty long, so it gives you plenty of time to get through most of the manual.