Nikon D3100 - put to the test today!

As mentioned in the previous post (last night), I had received the "new" second-hand camera but with daylight gone could do nothing more than take a quick shot under incandescent light and then read some details on the use and operation of the device.

But today, armed with an almost-cloudless sky and a strong nor-westerly, I ventured down to the harbour & marina and took about a dozen shots, with some samples shown below.

Click on the image for a larger version.

All photos were taken using the full Auto mode, where shutter-speed, aperture and focus is all controlled by the whizzgiggery inside the camera.
ISO setting was 100 and the image quality set at "JPEG Fine" and the size at "Large".

This is just so easy to use and I love being able to use the eyepiece to shoot and yet have the detailed info available on the rear screen.

Here are another few:-

That big structure is some sort of platformy thing which they take out into the river estuary and those tall posts are lowered down onto the bed and the platform is stabilised. I think it's something to do with the new sewerage line that is going under the river bed.

Here are the lighthouses and these photos compare more than favourably in colour and sharpness with similar shots I took in 2014 with the Panasonic Lumix.

A very nice camera and with a 14-megapixel resolution it is certainly able to meet my expectations and requirements for the foreseeable future.

And it is SO easy to use....or have I already mentioned that?! :)

New camera - Nikon D3100 - first photograph

A "quick & dirty", as the camera arrived today and I didn't get home until nearly dark so have spent an hour or so browsing the manual (PDF) and becoming familiar with the functions and information display (rear screen).

After inserting an SD card (SDHC 16Gb, which holds about 3000 images in "Fine, Large" JPG format or about half that in RAW format) I placed it in Auto mode, made sure the flash was off, aimed it at the far wall of the living room and pressed the shutter button.

Below is the result......no editing and the only light that of the lamp on the shelf unit. Click for larger size.

Tomorrow I'll try it out properly but so far, so very good. :)