Comments on: 12 Ways To Never Miss A Photo Opportunity

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:47:21 +0000

Yeah, it can definitely do that. (as well as using live view to shoot/focus)

By: ratkellar

ratkellar — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:09:45 +0000

I don’t chimp on the scene, but I have run down my battery chimping inthe car or elsewhere. Beware!

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:13:38 +0000

Just had a instance of not checking (thoroughly enough) my settings before shooting. I was in manual, but luckily I was shooting RAW (as always) and the exposure wasn’t bad enough not to recover.

By: Katja Nina

Katja Nina — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:39:26 +0000

good tips! for me it has happened few times that I forgotten something or settings were completely incorrect for a photo and that is so irritating! But then again I do learn from my mistakes…

By: jimbarman

jimbarman — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:46:06 +0000

ever tried to get a photo of a Salmon leaping

By: Neil mackenzie

Neil mackenzie — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:09:05 +0000

Just make sure you format your card, every time you download your photos.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:42:30 +0000

I agree with Grady, that it’s not that you shouldn’t chimp, it’s knowing when to do it.

Don’t do it after every shot or anything, but I’ll check my histogram to make sure I’m getting proper exposure after I shoot a few. If you just keep shooting and one of those other tips has passed you by and bitten you in the rear, you’ll just keep shooing like that unless you happen to look at the screen or figure it out other wise. (or worse, when you get home with what you thought were good shots)

When to chimp would vary for your subject and shooting situation. (that sounds like a post topic someone should write)

By: Tyson

Tyson — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:29:22 +0000

“Keeping your eyes out for the unexpected” is how I have gotten some of my best photographs. Great advice!

By: Bran Everseeking

Bran Everseeking — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:10:36 +0000

I need to add one thought to earlier comments: Never! Ever! leave your camera without media. even if you think its just a few minutes while you move images on to the computer…. and if you can avoid it do not connect your camera to the computer as that too puts it out of service.

By: Grant Stringer

Grant Stringer — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:34:32 +0000

Nice list of tips. I have had to learn a few the hard way and I missed a fair number of shots in my time.
One that I have been caught by on more than one occasion is when the misses has borrowed my camera and left the image size on small and I havent noticed. AAAAAAARRRRRRHHHHHH!