New to Canon R7

Distinctly Average wrote:

jeffnles1 wrote:

MarshallG wrote:

How do you want to shoot?
There are so many approaches to photography, and so many different genres, that we’d overwhelm you if you don’t tell us more about how you want to use the camera.

Some photographers are very technical, and they want very minute control over all the exposure and focus settings. Others just want to shoot. Others are in-between. I don’t know how much knowledge you have about photography, so it’s hard to point you in the right direction.

If you’re an experienced photographer, what I’d say is that new cameras have sensors so good that you can choose both aperture and shutter speed, and the camera will set an ISO value which will give you a great result.

Thanks.

I've been shooting nature, wildlife, landscapes since about 1980. I've owned a lot of cameras in that timeframe but mostly Nikon. I had a Minolta in the earliest days. The camera system I just sold was based around Nikon D500.

Here is my Flickr Page to give an idea of what kind of stuff I typically shoot.

I'm not a "pro" but I'm also not a beginner. Mainly what I'm looking for and have been finding online and in the manual (all 963 pages of its glory) is what the are the capabilities and what the different settings will do for me. The challenging part is learning how setting "A" will impact setting "B".

Some of the video tutorials are geared toward someone who is buying a first camera. Here is how you turn it on, here is how you change lenses and lengthy explanations about what aperture, ISO and shutter speed are.

Bottom line, I think I have one set up that will work and saved it to C1 so I can at least establish a baseline. I'm sure before I settle on a "best" configuration for me I will have gone through several trial and error phases.

Jeff

Nice gallery there. Thanks for sharing that, some lovely shots.

Thank you.

Jeff