>>203273It's cheap for a reason, they stripped off the important parts.
Don't let [M] scare you. Shoot in [P]rogram, see where the camera guesses, then take those numbers to [M]anual. On my Nikon I'm pretty much either in A/S/M. Program kinda sucks on it, but my Sony's Program does great. Aperture on that camera is so small it really doens't make much difference to DOF.
Once I figured out what a "stop" is, photography became a lot easier for me. Everything in terms of light gathering can be related back to that dimensionless "stop" unit - Shutter, ISO, aperture.... Things like your flash level and exposure compensation go in stops already.
1 stop = twice (or half) the light to the sensor/film.
Doubling (or halving) shutter speed = 1 stop.
15sec to 30sec exposure = 1 stop.
1/2000 to 1/1000 = 1 stop.
Same for aperture (f-number) - f2 lets in twice as much light as f4. f4 lets in twice as much light as f8.
ISO is the gain, you'll figure out where your camera shoots best and at which point the images start to get grainy. But the same principle applies - ISO 800 is twice as sensitive as ISO 400.
So at a constant ISO, whatever it may be...
1/1000 f4 = 1/2000 f2.
30sec f8 = 15sec f4.
Shutter stops motion (high shutter speed in
>>203255 to stop the roost and tires), aperture controls DOF. Up to you to figure out what to use to get the picture you want.
