{"id":1994,"date":"2010-05-16T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2011-09-13T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T11:50:05","slug":"rtfm-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/rtfm-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RTFM"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not looking forward to tonight’s long flight from LA to Manila. A coach seat isn’t exactly what you’d call comfortable, especially with an expected fly-time of about 17 hours. But that doesn’t have to be time wasted..not when I have a new “novel” to read!<\/p>\n

With the arrival of the new Nikon D3s’s, it’s time for me to really familiarize myself with these new tools. Having shot Canon for the past 6 years, I’m actually looking forward to learning something new, and getting my hands back on some Nikons. If there’s one thing Nikon excels at, it’s ergonomics. Nothing feels quite as good in your hand as that sculpted Nikon grip and the way the shutter release button is canted at just the right angle to meet your finger. Ahhhhh!<\/p>\n

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\nTime to RTFM (read the * manual)….my gosh, it’s three quarters of an inch thick and contains over 430 pages! Today’s camera manuals are a whole different story from what we were used to seeing back in the film days.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival in Manila, I’m meeting freelance Filipino journalist, Red Santos. We’re heading\u00a0 north of town to shoot the Obando Fertility Festival, so tonight will be my last chance to have an in-depth look and the D3s manual and make any last minor tweaks.<\/p>\n

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\nOn Friday, I shot the D3s’s in Los Angeles during an assignment for an old friend, Dan Tobin. Dan previously headed up the communications department at Education Development Center, an NGO with prorams world wide. Dan now runs Stenhouse Publishers and he needed photos of high school students reading, learning and interacting with teachers. One of the classrooms I was photographing in, lacked a window, so I shot most of it at ISOs over and above what I could have, with my 6 year old Canon Mark II’s. Everything with the D3s’s was great, except that I felt like the focus was a bit slow. I think I’m going to have a look at reducing the number of available focus points, and see if that speeds things up.<\/p>\n

So, on the plane tonight, it looks like I’m going to get a chance to test the effectiveness of the D3s owners manual. Let’s see if it is as potent as an Ambien and a Bud Light.<\/p>\n

Sweet dreams all.<\/p>\n

Ciao.<\/p>\n

Karl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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