Nikon 4500 Manual mode

mdwoods

I'm starting to understand what all those wierd settings do. You know the ones. They aren't called Auto.

TWQG

I've been stuck in auto mode (with my finger over the flash) for months. This camera is way too complicated Please help.
I know of at least one other forum member stumped with the 4500 too

nwcs

You can get great results when you go to manual. The only thing I haven't mastered is to get the camera to stablize the white point. It does the right white balance every time, but I can't get the white point (the reading for pure white) to stay the same from shot to shot. When I figure that out, I'll have the photography thing permanently nailed down.

mdwoods

Another person suggested the following. I haven't tried it yet.

No need to mess with manual mode. Takes too long. Use Aperture Priority mode with an F stop of at least 6 to get good depth of field. If photographing an NGC or ANACS slab, you'll need to set EV to +0.7 or +1.0 to compensate for the white background .

pmh1nic

Anytime a camera comes with a book and a video you know you're in for trouble .