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Daylight scenery images

Started Jul 10, 2019 | Questions thread
Tom Axford Forum Pro • Posts: 10,095
Re: Daylight scenery images

Sowndy wrote:

Hi everyone, I am a newbie here so many thanks indeed for providing this excellent forum I am hoping to make good use of.

Having owned several chunky great SLR's in the past, such a Nikon F2, that I hardly ever took away on long trips, I wanted camera with interchangeable lenses, good flexibility and versatility that was compact enough to fit in a pocket if necessary. Having nearly all my money locked up in property and being a pensioner I wasn't able to spend much on photographic tackle and I was tired of the difficulties my TZ60 was giving me on long range zoom shots, so I invested in a used GX7 which will hopefully soon become a GX8.

My main area of interest is scenery and outdoor photography of all kinds such as the NZ image below. I assume a number of you people are of like mind, so if you would be so kind as to let me know the best GX7 camera setting for this type of shot I would be very grateful.

There is no "best" camera setting for all circumstances, and personal preferences come into play as well.

However, as a general starting point, I would suggest setting Aperture priority mode to f/5.6 and set "Daylight" White Balance.  That is what I do a lot of the time.

Good luck!

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