| Joined: | Mon Dec 26th, 2016 |
| Location: | Wolfeboro, New Hampshire USA |
| Posts: | 17 |
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New here (obviously) & glad to be here.
I've loved digital photography (well, photography in general) for a long time. Cheap cameras my parents gave me (remember the Kodak Disc?), then got into digital photography in the 1990's (I worked at Staples in the mid to late 1990's, loved the Sony Mavica 91 (yes, the one that took 3.5" floppy discs), then during my time with HP I went though some of their cameras (C200, C500, and a later model (forgot the #), then went with a Sony (step below DSLR) and an Olympus (for pocket use) combo and earlier this year (with last year's Christmas money, gift cards, and saved money) I got a Nikon D5500 kit, it came with two lenses:
AF-S 18-55mm, f:3.5-5.6 GII
AF-S 55-300mm, f:4.5-5.6 GED
Basic, but good and over the time I've gotten some filters to play with etc.
This is also the first camera that I'm really stepping out of the "automatic" and "scene" selections on the camera - actually playing with F-stop, ISO, and exposure time for night time stars (not hard for me to get to areas with little to no light pollution).
I primarily like to shoot scenery (New Hampshire is a relatively small state so I can make anywhere in the state a day trip - but I love the mountains (was there today, too).
I'm mainly here to learn how to get the most out of my camera and even get suggestions for lenses (posted already) and filters etc.