Yet another new digital photography learner

<p>Just say hi to all you in this forum.<br>

I was once serious about photography , but missed a very long period of time. My first camera was Fujica ST701 film camera. <br>

During the missing period I usually used a P&S camera(film or digital) for family shot.<br>

Today I wish to catch up something in digital photography and get involve again. I believe my basic photography skills in film camera is pretty same as in DSLR camera when taking the shot. (Please correct me if I need to acquire new skills for DSLR :)).<br>

Currently I have an entry level (D3200) DSLR with kit lenses(18-55mm and 55-200mm) to explore and learn. I also add 35mm DX fast lens for low light condition for my initial setup. My targeted interest is landscape and wild life. <br>

Thanks.</p>

<p>IMHO the most important things to understand for a successful transition to digital are:</p>

<ol>

<li>The sensor's characteristics and how they differ from those of film (ex. linear gamma and noise).</li>

<li>Sharpening</li>

</ol>

<p>Some links I like on exposure and development:<br>

http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/linear_gamma.pdf<br>

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1709191<br>

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1709190<br>

"The Digital Negative" book: http://thedigitalnegativebook.com/wp/<br>

On sharpening:<br>

http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=608637</p>

<p>Hi HC...<br>

Welcome back to photography, in the Digital Century. And welcome to photo dot net!<br>

At some point you should add a good tripod to your equipment. That will help you hold the camera very steady for both landscape shots and wildlife shots, particularly in marginal light of morning and evening hours. Also, if you plan to do any future video work, you want a tripod with a silky smooth panning head for video pan shots (when you have to swing the video camera around to track a moving subject). Cheap tripods often use a lot of plastic parts manufactured to low tolerances, the pan head action is 'sticky', it 'chatters' a lot as you pan the camera, and this defect can ruin any video footage that captures it.</p>

<p>Hi Geoff,<br>

Thanks for sharing the website info which consolidates about digital image knowledge in sensor and post image processing background. The Info are very useful to me.</p>

<p>Also thanks for Alan's suggestion about a tripod for wild life shot. Should I buy a mono-pod as well in case I need to travel? My old tripod was very bulky and heavy(about 2kg).<br>

Thanks.</p>