Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:28AM EDT
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A number of you wrote to say how much you enjoyed the digital camera advanced tricks post I wrote last week, but a few offered a complaint: What about tips for absolute beginners who can barely figure out how to turn on the flash, much less do a long exposure and muck with the white balance. I talked to my pals at Digital Photography School, and together we came up a good list of beginner photography topics. (All of these link to DPS pages for extra detail, so click away.)
Here's how to get the most out of your digital camera.
OK, you made it this far, you're probably a better photographer already. Now you need to practice. Luckily, camera memory is cheap and can be reused thousands of times. So get out there and shoot some photos and you'll soon find your skills improving markedly.
Special thanks to Digital Photography School for collaborating on this list for Yahoo! Tech readers.
Join in the discussion. Here you'll see the comments in the order they were posted.
Thanks for your decipher. I have made mind to buy a camera which could record my joyous life.By the way,could you recommend a brand of digital camera which is cheap and hight-quality?
This is supposed to be tips for beginners? I didn't understand much and I don't consider myself stupid. There is too much technical jargon here.
I thought it was great and I just learned alot in a small amount of time- the photos showing the results make the points very clear! Thanks!! I'll stay tuned for more!
Just moved from point-and-shoot digital to DSLR (the prices on used equipment are phenomenally low). I'm sooo glad to be back in the SLR realm. No shutter lag and more control over my images. You don't worry about megapixels and the effect of zoom when you're zooming with glass. Gets you the benefits of the old film world and the immediacy and low cost of digital. Did I mention shutter lag? My Nikon shoots 2.5 frames per second if I want it to.
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1 Posted by lavkumarkhachar on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:57PM EDT Report Abuse
Could you let us have the name of a book best for the beginner? I am sure there must be several. I have just got a digital camera and it surely is fun, but having been a fairly good photographer earlier in life with convential cameras and films, this is a very new medium. Cheap yes, but the language a trifle confusing.