# No longer a DSLR virgin....

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-longer-a-dslr-virgin/262865/22 "2012-03-03T20:55:34Z")

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> [@OFFICIAL: 2008 ELECTION THREAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192/761):
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> 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.
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> 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…
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> Learn your camera and how it works then focus on composition, camera raw, rule of thirds, diagonal method, and so on.

I have mine pretty much figured out now, but have still come across a few tricks here and there. finding ways to get the desired result easier, or making refrence notes for myself.

Do cannons have Programmed Auto? I know they have shutter/aperature priority etc

I just started reading the book “The Art Of Photography” so far a nice read.

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