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Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 19:09:08 No.3090450 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>3090484 >>3090568 >>3090722 >>3091086 >>3091413 >>3097377

So I just ordered a Sony A6000.

I have always wanted to get into photography and this is my first proper camera (inb4 memes).

Are there any good youtube playlists, ebooks or online guides out there that I can watch/read to help me get started and learn how to take good photos?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 19:10:58 No.3090452 Report

Quoted By: >>3090453

just get a Sony A6000.

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Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 19:12:46 No.3090453 Report

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>>3090452

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Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 19:18:16 No.3090461 Report

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Never mind I just saw the wiki.

Feel free to post anything you might think would help me though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 19:40:35 No.3090472 Report

Quoted By: >>3090473

Understanding exposure by Bryan Peterson is a great boook for starting. He explains the basics, shows a lot of examples and gives some useful tips there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 19:43:52 No.3090473 Report

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>>3090472
Thanks, i'll check it out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 19:56:35 No.3090484 Report

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>>3090450
I like ken rockwell's stuff, very on point with little unnecessary fluff. Go search the catalog for the sigma 60mm 2.8 thread too, that one is probably of interest to you.

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Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 20:36:18 No.3090505 Report

Quoted By: >>3090551

Literally just binge watch DigitalRev TV

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 21:38:00 No.3090541 Report

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Cambridge in colour has really good tutorials on everything from the very most basics to some pretty advanced stuff. Good luck your photography journey OP, it sucks to be bad but one day we'll all be good.

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Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 21:56:06 No.3090551 Report

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>>3090505
Why would he do that? Digitalrev wont teach him anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 22:07:35 No.3090560 Report

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>>3090551
It'll teach him how to be a gearfag ;)

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 06 Jun 2017 22:15:02 No.3090568 Report

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>>3090450
Step your game up to a Sony A7RII and get the best in the business.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Jun 2017 02:30:17 No.3090722 Report

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>>3090450
Understand the fundamentals:
Proper lighting and how DoF and Composition works.

Learn your camera, Auto controls are for fags -real men use M mode. AF is fine ish (i usually find myself adjusting it thanks to the zoom focus assist)

Auto is really nice and if you need it in a pinch (events or something) and you're not fast enough in Manual.

Everyone and their mom has a photography tutorial video - actually i'm lowkey pissed that i took a photo class at college and we literally watched youtubes

(But got to work in film so >>>>)

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Anonymous Wed 07 Jun 2017 17:38:41 No.3091082 Report

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Thanks for the suggestions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Jun 2017 17:50:53 No.3091086 Report

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>>3090450
Get a good manual prime lens with aperture ring and Depth of Field scale on it so you can learn how the scale works, and how aperture affects the image.

Usually I recommend getting a really wide angle like the Rokinon 12mm F2,0 NCS, since wide angle doesn't really need autofocus as much as shallow angle does.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Jun 2017 23:49:47 No.3091237 Report

Quoted By: >>3091239

>get a tripod
>shoot in manual and auto to learn how the settings affect exposure
>keep ISO as low as possible unless you're going for a gritty/grainy look
>Shoot RAW or RAW & JPEG if you edit and share images online
>the a6000 is fun to shoot at night, play with long shutter speeds and watch night time look like day time
>bring your camera everywhere you can
>have fun

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Anonymous Wed 07 Jun 2017 23:51:39 No.3091239 Report

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>>3091237
Oh and turning on airplane mode will save a lot of battery

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jun 2017 09:42:19 No.3091413 Report

Quoted By: >>3091631 >>3097407

>>3090450
Could have had a a6300 for a few hundred more and got 4K video.

You failed.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jun 2017 13:09:15 No.3091486 Report

Quoted By: >>3091631

What kind of lens(es) do you have? The 16-50 although, compact, isn't great and the 18-55 (which is bulkier and older) seems to perform better.

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Anonymous Thu 08 Jun 2017 17:57:58 No.3091631 Report

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>>3091413
>4K video
If I wanted memes i'd browse 4chan.
>>3091486
Just the 16-50 kit lens, i'll be getting this soon though.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005JZ7ZEU/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=L92MGOGZK5UR&coliid=I200M0WGN7N0CK&psc=1

Seems like it is much better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JaD52bIwcU

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 06:40:14 No.3093019 Report

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Found this site today, lots of free videos and stuff.

https://www.photographycourses.biz

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 16:01:59 No.3093205 Report

Quoted By: >>3093206 >>3093417 >>3093594

So I got time to take out my new A6000 today.

However there seems to be something not right with the RAW files. Maybe it is just me being a noob and this is what RAW files are supposed to do.

Anyway, the RAW files seem to have a globe type of effect to them where they curve around the edges.

Hard to explain so i'll show you.

This is the RAW
http://www116.zippyshare.com/v/tq2ncLG7/file.html

And pic related is the jpeg.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 16:05:11 No.3093206 Report

Quoted By: >>3093207

>>3093205
>what is barrel distortion

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jun 2017 16:06:25 No.3093207 Report

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>>3093206
What is me being a noob

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 00:10:53 No.3093417 Report

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>>3093205
It's distortion due to your lens. If your using Photoshop or Lightroom theirs an option to correct lens distortion.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 05:44:16 No.3093594 Report

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>>3093205
It's your 16mm lens, it distorts the image quite a bit, which can be interesting if you mean to do it...but you didn't. Learn how to use your lens in different ways, or use an other one.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 05:58:12 No.3093601 Report

Quoted By: >>3093940 >>3093943

>>3093417
>>3093594
Ok thanks.

But how come it only distorts when shooting RAW and not Jpeg?

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 06:00:36 No.3093603 Report

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>>3090560
Can confirm. Happened to me...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 21:01:29 No.3093940 Report

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>>3093601
Yeah, I think there's an in-camera distortion correction but it only works on the jpgs

Also the distortion only seems to be noticable at the widest 16mm, maybe a little at 20mm or whatever. There's a darkened curve and distortion around the edges

But I do a profile correction in Lightroom along with camera calibration etc anyway and it corrects the RAW

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jun 2017 21:15:03 No.3093943 Report

Quoted By: >>3094202

>>3093601
That is how your lens looks, but the camera itself can and will apply lens correction profiles when it generates JPEG.

RAW are supposed to be only barely / not at all changed sensor data, and your RAW editor likely only applies lens correction profiles if you explicitly tell it to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Jun 2017 06:39:51 No.3094202 Report

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>>3093940
>>3093943
Thanks, it is good to know these things.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Jun 2017 03:06:29 No.3097377 Report

Quoted By: >>3097577 >>3097609

>>3090450
Hi I also recently purchased this camera as a starter camera! can someone please give me a rundown of the absolute best settings to shoot in Black and White?

My problem is the shutter speed seems slow and then the image has a lot of noise.

please please help. I want to get better!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Jun 2017 04:42:28 No.3097407 Report

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>>3091413
It's more than twice the price.

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Anonymous Sun 18 Jun 2017 13:57:13 No.3097577 Report

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>>3097377
aperture priority

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Anonymous Sun 18 Jun 2017 16:05:49 No.3097609 Report

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>>3097377
There is a B&W setting. Press the FN button, click on the creative style menu and choose B&W.

Take picture in manual mode and enjoy B&W. Here is one I took the other day >>3096321

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