Yes, dreams really do come true! I have been holding on to this news for a week- allowing time for my D5000 to arrive at my daughter’s house (as a semi-surprise- she knew I really, really, really wanted this camera for my birthday and that I would give her my old one). My husband surprised me by giving it to me early- I am still in shock! By the way- I did not get the kit lens- he had it bundled with a Nikon 18-200 3.5 zoom- awesome!
I have been playing and playing with it, learning all the fantastic features. It has so many choices for settings. Today I played with setting up the custom user settings. One I set up for sudden action (like a rabbit runs by…) with shutter priority, AF-continuous, dynamic area mode, burst mode, and a custom auto ISO (you can set the minimum and maximum ISO the camera uses in this setting). I am changing and saving new settings as I learn about them. I will say that, although I started with a custom aperture priority setting to take this photo, I ended up switching to manual, my comfort zone (manual could be part of a custom setting too).
And yes, I forgot to change white balance AGAIN when I took this photo!
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Woo hoo! I’m so glad you’re loving your new camera. I’m anxious to hear more about the custom settings. And I never would have guessed that the White Balance wasn’t correct.
Happy Birthday to you! How thoughtful of your husband. Can you see me drooling?