You should invest in a good set of rechargeable NiHMs or buy disposable
Lithiums, .
When I was using the *ist-D and Ds exclusively I would wear out a
package of 12 of the rechargeable, recharging them about once a week, in
about a year and a half. They probably would have lasted longer if I
had a better charger, but at $24.00 for a package of 12 it didn't seem
to to be an onerous cost. Now that I have a K20D the *ist-Ds is just a
backup and/or carry to sketchy places camera. I bought a package of 12
disposable energizer Lithium batteries. They get between 600 to 800
shots in constant use and the package has lasted about a year and 1/2 so
far with occasional use, though I'm on the last set of four.
On 11/24/2010 10:32 AM, Eric Weir wrote:
On Nov 24, 2010, at 6:11 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Eric, once you invested your money, digital is free. You can shoot as much as
you please and learn simply by trial and error. Given instant feedback your
learning curve may be relatively short.
Thanks, Boris. You forgot about batteries. [On my camera at least alkalines
last a ridiculously short time.] That said, trial and error on digital
instructs more rapidly, and may just instruct more. I'm glad I made the switch.
I don't think it would make sense to shy away from LR3 or any other RAW
processing software at this point. You can simply sit down in front of the
computer and learn it by trial and error.
I'm not shying away from LR3, and I've being doing it largely the way you say
-- just trying things. And though I have a long way to go, it's working.
I was shying away from raw -- till last night. I'm over that now.
The web is full of LR guides and other material that is very easy to google
out. But the more you actually try things, the more fun you have, the more you
learn in the process and the more satisfaction you get from your hobby.
That seems to be the way it's headed. For the moment I'm relying on the videos
at Adobe and the LR3 help pages for guidance.
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