Just bought myself a D3000!!!! tips?
 

Just came back from Broadway Camera with a brand new D3000 8D!!!!

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camera was hard earned with my own money, manfrotto tripod was a gift from my dad :)

got any tips for a newbie to DSLR? camera is charging only had a few minutes to play with it and take a little self portrait:

edit: at the risk of being flamed some more for this...i will replace my self portrait with street lights lol

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first picture ever on the camera :)

first tip...do not camwhore with a dslr like a girl.

second tip...try to use A mode to start off, get you familiar with aperture and DOF. Use the guide mode as well, from the looks of it, it should be pretty useful.

LOL first tip made me laugh :) just couldnt think of what to break in the camera with.

and ty, will take advice but still gonna play with shutter speed :haha:!

just play with the settings, i got my self a d3000 also
look on the internet for tutorials.
oh and buy a filter before you get shit loads of dust on it!
and put the neck strap on or you'll regret it
PM if you need help, i'm learning also : )

im sorry...whats a filter? lol how much are they and what do they do?

Tips? Go outside and take pictures of stuff! Don't just stay inside. I like to tell people to "See what happens when i do this!" Sometimes you'll find something cool, sometimes it won't work out.

filter manipulates the light entering the lens so you can get an interesting effect...just youtube/google filters on what they can do. The filters you would need are circular polarizer, neutral density filter, maybe infrared filter...but IMO, just learn the camera first, you will want to upgrade lenses and those kit lens are quite unfriendly to filters. Filters can range from 40-200 dollars

btw, the edited picture looks nice!

get a UV filter. it acts as protection against scratching of the lens itself. cheaper to replace the filter then the lens.

Get a good UV or protection filter for your lens, as a filter with shitty coatings like the HOYA brand's cheaper line can noticeably degrade image quality. Get a filter with a multi-coat.

I'm firmly in the never use a UV or protector filter camp, as even a top of the line multi-coated filter can increase what's called flaring and ghosting if you have a bright light source in your frame.

i got mine for 10 bucks at london drugs! it is useful to protect the lens!

my tip is to shoot lots.

read the manual to start and go out and shoot =]

I see you are well taken care of with the D3000!

Shoot lots, shoot everything, bring your camera everywhere (use your brain on this one)... "Tutorials" can only teach you so much, doing it is what makes you better :)

haha thanks captain...was only browsing classifieds cuz i thought my budget would be far less than what i actually had :P

Shoot in manual mode.