Re: New to Canon R7 - put it another way
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jeffnles1 wrote:
itsallBb2me wrote:
Why would you spend good money on a new camera if your highest goal is to make it behave like older cameras?
If I gave that impression, it was lack of clarity on my part. I am not trying to make the new camera behave like my old camera. What I am trying to learn would be a few things:
1: different names Canon uses for the same thing as Nikon (example, Canon calls it TV priority where Nikon calls it Shutter Priority) but there are others.
2: the interplay between the different configuration settings and how changing setting "A" may impact setting "B".
3: for others who shoot similar subjects as I do, what settings and customizations have worked well. Not that I would necessarily be setting it the same but it is good to learn from others who have already been through trial and error.
4: lastly, yes, some settings I used on my old cameras worked very well for me and I am interested in learning which, if any, may be carried over to the new camera, what still makes sense in the new world and what I need to re-think.
Again, if anything I said came off as having a "highest" goal or any goal of making the new camera behave like the old one, it was lack of clarity on my behalf.
Jeff
All of your points are well taken. It was certainly never my intention to suggest that photographers refrain from experimenting with every aspect of camera function and use. I simply meant to recommend that, before undertaking a deep program of resetting a new camera, (especially by importing favorite settings from previous cameras) they should first become familiar with the new camera’s way of doing things, especially where there might be significant new improvements over basic functions (e.g. AF, tracking, animal/eye detect, etc.)
Besides, fiddling with settings and functions is part of the fun of photography.