If you have never pickup your camera and started shooting with the camera in some jacked up configuration that you were using three days ago, you are a better photographer then I. If you are shooting RAW you can sometimes salvage something. But still, it really is a pisser!
Camera Settings
So, what do you do? My recommendation is to create a startup routine. Computers do this – every time you turn them on they go through their startup routine setting everything to its starting point. You can do the same. Make a habit of every time you pick up your camera for a new shoot you are going to go through your startup routine. Your startup routine should consist of checking the following settings:
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If you are looking at DSLRs (Digital Single Lens Reflex) because you want to get more serious about photography, either treating it as a hobby or perhaps do some professional work, you should give a lot of thought to your first DSLR purchase. Keep in mind you are not just buying a camera you are buying into a system – Lenses, flashes, shutter releases, and even memory cards and software. All of these things can be specific to a band of cameras.
Lots of Choices
I recommend that when you buy your first DSLR that you investigate the entire system you are buying into, because to some degree you will be married to that system for a while. As you grow your own camera system with additional lenses, a flash or two, etc you will end up with a large investment in equipment. If you then decide to upgrade and end up going with another brand you will have to sell all of that equipment (probably at a loss) and upgrade. So it makes a lot of sense to look not only at the entry level cameras in that system, but also the pro-sumer and even pro cameras and lenses. You want to buy into a system that has headroom – room to grow. You also want to be sure the system had equipment you will want to use as you grow. Does the system have a complete range of lenses (both prime and zooms), does it have flashes that will meet your needs, etc.
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