This post is for the gear lovers, those who welcome GAS undaunted along with their newest camera.
When you purchase a new camera, of course after you've read all the site reviews and sometimes even customer reviews, what do you do to test it. There it is.. in your hands.. do you read the manual first to see where everything is or are you compelled to just turn it on and start shooting no matter what happens? Because you are in 'test mode' do you leave all the accessories short of the battery charger in plastic wrap or do you open it all up, spread it all out and make it your own not worrying whether you want to keep it or not. You can always resell if you don't return it, right? Are you scientific about testing the camera, setting up lab simulations and shoot on manual at each ISO or would you rather pick through the cameras processing options, special effects, panorama, HDR, etc.. Just curious as there seems to be a lot of cameras on the way to new homes, GR and otherwise-- what will you do to test yours and decide if it is a keeper?
A few years ago when I bought my little DSLR I never thought of testing, I was lucky I could operate it! I didn't know about exposure triangles or the rule of thirds though I've always had a good eye-- or that highter ISO, I came from simple film cameras, might actually fail me. I bought, I worked with it, I learned it and worked within it's capabilities and that was that. Now armed with knowledge I know it's weaknesses and I can read reviews to learn the weaknesses of the newest tech and it doesn't seem so simple. So.. how do you do it and why do you do it that way? Several of the camera reviews on this site, by members, piqued my curiosity
When you purchase a new camera, of course after you've read all the site reviews and sometimes even customer reviews, what do you do to test it. There it is.. in your hands.. do you read the manual first to see where everything is or are you compelled to just turn it on and start shooting no matter what happens? Because you are in 'test mode' do you leave all the accessories short of the battery charger in plastic wrap or do you open it all up, spread it all out and make it your own not worrying whether you want to keep it or not. You can always resell if you don't return it, right? Are you scientific about testing the camera, setting up lab simulations and shoot on manual at each ISO or would you rather pick through the cameras processing options, special effects, panorama, HDR, etc.. Just curious as there seems to be a lot of cameras on the way to new homes, GR and otherwise-- what will you do to test yours and decide if it is a keeper?
A few years ago when I bought my little DSLR I never thought of testing, I was lucky I could operate it! I didn't know about exposure triangles or the rule of thirds though I've always had a good eye-- or that highter ISO, I came from simple film cameras, might actually fail me. I bought, I worked with it, I learned it and worked within it's capabilities and that was that. Now armed with knowledge I know it's weaknesses and I can read reviews to learn the weaknesses of the newest tech and it doesn't seem so simple. So.. how do you do it and why do you do it that way? Several of the camera reviews on this site, by members, piqued my curiosity