Any tips/tricks i should know about the Nikon D7100?
Any tips/tricks i should know about the Nikon D7100?
The tips I can give you is to learn the fundamentals of photography as soon as you can.
I have posted two links that will help you learn how to balance ISO, shutter speed and lens aperture and one that will help you with your composition.
There are really no tricks to using a fully adjustable camera. What you have to do is spend time learning how to use your camera and this can take many years.
Many people want to buy a fine dSLR like the D7100 and start shooting award winning videos with it. Yes, that camera can do the job, but it requires a person with the skills and knowledge to do that.
I have posted a link below that sums up all the skills necessary in order to shoot video.
If you combine the skills as set forth in the camera simulator link, you will be well on your way to producing well exposed images each time you press the shutter release.
Tip 1: Read and study the Owner's Manual for your camera.
Tip 2: Watch this video. http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d7100/index.html
Tip 3: Go to http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/...colour.com and do a site search for tutorials on Light, Exposure, Composition and Depth of Field.
Tip 4: Understand that good photography requires thinking. Start training yourself to think about Light, Exposure, Composition and Depth of Field before you think about releasing the shutter.
Tip 5: All too often people tend to use a digital camera like a machine gun, pointing their camera here, there and everywhere and madly pressing the shutter release. They then wonder why the pictures from their DSLR don't look all that different from the pictures they took with the point and shoot camera they used before.
Tip 6: After you've read the Owner's Manual and watched the video and become familiar with Light, Exposure, Composition and Depth of Field try this experiment: Pretend you only have 72 exposures to use. Once an exposure is used it can't be deleted and reused. Its gone forever. When the 72nd. And last exposure is made go home and download your results. Examine each image and ask yourself if its something you'd want to print and hang on your wall. When the answer is "No" try to determine why. Make notes as to why its "No" and what you can do to correct those mistakes.
The best tip which others have mentioned, is to read your camera user manual. And to keep it handy at all times for easy reference while you are learning how to use the camera.
Once you have learnt the basics of operating your camera - photography tips are not camera model specific - what works with one DSLR will work with them all!
Next learn about the exposure triangle http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/...posure.htm
Your camera user manual will tell you how to use the internal light meter in your camera to measure exposure.
And then about composition: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/...thirds.htm
And learn about depth of field: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/...-field.htm
Then learn about lighting: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/...search.htm
Ultimately learn to visualize the shot you are about to take, and what you want it to look like. Learn not to just shoot randomly and hope for the best. Even a little consideration or planning of your shots will make your photos better.
Buy books on photography (or borrow from your library), learn from others, take a class, join a photography club, find photography sites and forums online - and practise, practise, practise.
Don't drop it.
Don't get sand or water in it.