Thread: Flickr: Discussing Just finished up my first shoot! in Nikon D40/x/50/60/5000/3000 and Friends Club

yes...if I remember correctly, one reason I almost went with the canon was cause I it had a iso indicator in the view finder. And there are times that I really do miss the histogram on the evf on the canon powersho s5is that I borrowed from my friend on extended loan (though I really do NOT miss the evf).

Some friends of mine asked me to do some photos of them for christmas cards, just finished up the editing and such tonight. It all went well enough, other than waiting for the rain to stop. I can't post any of the photos yet, but I will once my friends are happy. Had a heck of a time with exposures, with the heavily overcast skies and very pale subjects. Once I finished up I discovered why. For some reason I had my exposure compensation...

me too...sometimes I forget to change the ISO level and keep wondering why my photos I take in the daylight have lots of noise.

ISO for me too. Even now when shooting with D30 and top LCD screen, I still make the mistake. I wish there was some revert to a set ISO function.

Re not noticing (some) settings - would this be one plus of the top LCD on the old D50 and the D80/90 and above?

Totally. Shooting wide open and wondering why my shots were soft even when I had steady hands.

I still make newb mistakes, although these days they have to do more with screwing up my film development than in-camera settings. : )

How about shooting all day in the summer sunshine at ISO 1600 leftover from the night before...still kickin' my butt for that!

Major ISO error, here!! Was shooting night shots one evening. Next day took some great shots of the sun and clouds from an airplane window...with the ISO from the evening before!! Arrrrgh!! But - thanks to a bit of tweaking in NX2 - they ended up being ok. whew!

Iso errors are the most common, do them myself at times....