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.

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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?! :)