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Originally Posted by The Black Rabbit  Very good post.
I agree with everything there (especially the "have fun" bit - easy to overlook that), apart from the ISO advice.
Ok, I'm a newbie to digital photography, but have learned a lot in a few months.
One of the things I've learned that with a camera like the s9600 bridge, there's no much point going to ISO400 - too much noise. I'd stick to the lowest ISO you've got with a camera like that - maybez as low as ISO 80.
Thats one BIG difference between bridges and DSLRs. DSLRs may be fine with ISO400 and above, but bridges struggle. Or my FZ20 bridge does anyway, and I'm pretty sure the Fuji s9600 is no different at all.
This will obviously increase your shutter speed to probably more than 1/250th second, unless you've got bright light on your side.
Thats too bad I'm afraid. a £300 bridge is no match for a £400 DSLR body and a £400+ lens.
I have the same issue though - and one can begin to get around it by using a little known skill - fieldcraft.
And of course, PATIENCE!!! (Already mentioned also.)
Doug |
Got to agree with you on this. It was the poor ISO performance that made me change to a DSLR. Anything much above ISO 100 was pretty hopeless.
I'm sure Pete knows this very well, I think he just missed the point the user was using a bridge camera and not a DSLR.