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Old 12-27-2008, 09:42 PM   #17
AngieDoogles
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Originally Posted by Marilyn View Post
Thank you Angie for the encouragement and offer of help. I took a photography course once, but that was many, many moons ago, and not sure I actually remember very much. Nikon has a video tutorial, but it is currently out of stock, but I do hope to learn how to work with the manual settings. I've taken some nice pictures already on auto and by turning the flash off and using the available lighting. The only problem is sometimes the shutter is so slow, I need a tripod because it's just not possible to hold still enough to eliminate the blur. I'll have to start another thread on Christmas lights and post some that I took so you can see. I think they turned out well even if I was shooting on auto.
That's awesome! If you right click your photos, and click "properties" you can find out what settings the camera chose for you. If you want to use a faster shutter speed, you can widen your aperture (by lowering the F-number). It will allow more light in so you get the same exposure but without the motion blur caused by the slow shutter speed.
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