Going from a D3 to 5D. First shot

pete4130

I swapped my D3 & kit for a 5D and some lenses. Out using it for the first time today. Nothing is in the right place...my fingers are lost on the 5D body. I'm still getting used to the lenses I got with it. It's just not intuitive to me yet!






Only swapped for a week with a work friend, he's shooting his friends wedding this weekend as a 2nd shooter and wanted to use my D3 and my bigger selection of faster lenses to make his first wedding shoot a bit easier/less stressful....switching to Canon....God no! :eek:

Borderfox

Had me fooled for a minute Pete, all systems are hard to figure at first but you soon get used to them

mick-skyline

pete4130 wrote: »

I swapped my D3 & kit for a 5D and some lenses. Out using it for the first time today. Nothing is in the right place...my fingers are lost on the 5D body. I'm still getting used to the lenses I got with it. It's just not intuitive to me yet!

i know what thats like, i went out last night to help a friend with his white balance problem in low light and looked like a complete noob, i ddint know where a thing on his camera was as i use canon and him a nikon... but we got it sorted.

nice shot btw

smelltheglove

Whenever I change cameras I find as many youtube tutorials as I can and sit for the whole evening going over everything one by one. It doesnt matter how well you know one camera changing is hard! Like the shot though

daycent

Your friend could have a tough time at the wedding with a new camera to figure out! Whatever about a landscape etc where you have plenty time to get your head around where the buttons are, at a wedding you have half a second and the moment is gone...

kumate_champ07

with the 1d series it takes a while to learn the multiple combinations holding/pressing of buttons, can be tricky when youre drunk

Ive never used a nikon, i dont really like the shape/style of the d3 and d700 but I like them as cameras

ValueInIreland

Why would you get rid of the best D-SLR available??

kumate_champ07

ValueInIreland wrote: »

Why would you get rid of the best D-SLR available??

to help a friend out! (read his small text)

pete4130

ValueInIreland wrote: »

Why would you get rid of the best D-SLR available??

Yeah it's just for this weekend with a few days for each of us to acclimatise to different cameras. He's already said he's not giving it back and finds it so easy to use. I'm sort of struggling on the other hand a little. The 5D is a great camera without a doubt. I guess the smaller body doesn't allow for dedicated buttons for specific functions. It's fun having it though. I love using new/different cameras as a little challenge to myself.

Thirdfox

Try switching "up" - recently migrated to a D90 from a D40 and all the extra switches/buttons etc do take some getting use to. I'm sure I'll be a bit faster changing the settings eventually but right now I still want to dive into a menu instead of hold down 3 buttons/switches

mikeanywhere

I was just about to ask were you crazy until I read the smaller print lol

ValueInIreland

Sorry - I did not read the small text as it just looked like a signature! You're forgiven....