# No longer a DSLR virgin.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-longer-a-dslr-virgin/262865 "2012-03-02T09:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-longer-a-dslr-virgin/262865/21 "2012-03-03T20:48:17Z")
> [@OFFICIAL: 2008 ELECTION THREAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192/754): > > Welp, there ya go :rofl > > I’d listen to KBB before me :lol > > BTW wasnt discouraging manual use at all, only way to roll when your shooting a subject and everything ive posted here aside from a couple was all done with me useing manual. More or less meant don’t stress it to much while your getting comfortable with the camera. Maybe it did nto come off right. > > I will add and say Don’t let the cameras manual, guides or anything like that overwhelm you, may seem all complicated at first, like KBB and Crew said just fuck with settings and see what they do. I really haent put my camera down since I’ve gotten it. You learn little tricks and your cameras quirks, much like KBB mentioned with the light metering, and you just keep note of certain things what work and waht dont, so in the future when shooting something you don’t have to spend as much time dicking around. > > I’ve set up my camera and played with lenses in differant settings to find out whats sharp and whats not, what gives me the desired outcome and taken notes. I’ve found for panning shots at drift events I do have better luck on aperture priority than full manual. I understand what you meant too lol, no worries. What I posted above is purely basic info, you could read for days about background blur and focal lengths, full frame DOF vs. crop, dynamic range at certain ISO’s, filters, why not to use the in camera B&W setting, bulb mode and remotes, dead pixels in your sensor, and so on… Learn your camera and how it works then focus on composition, camera raw, rule of thirds, diagonal method, and so on. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-longer-a-dslr-virgin/262865)._