Just got my Canon D6. Tips and tricks anyone?

[Berglid]

Hello fellow members, I just got my Canon D6 with the full frame 24-105mm lens and a manfrotto tripod. Im going to use this to document my four week trip on Iceland this summer. Hopefully I will deliver some articles to expo plus a travel story on the forum.

Does anyone have some tips and tricks about this camera? And also, Im looking into getting a wideangle lens. Whats your favorite wide angle lens?

 

[Applejack]

Is this your first DSLR?

 

[workerdrone]

Yeah, kind of tough to give advice without having any idea of your level of experience - but my #1 tip I guess would be -

Bring enough memory cards and battery to make sure you don't end up with a dead camera for either reason, and make sure you shoot RAW.

Even if you don't have any idea what to do with RAW images, shoot RAW+JPG and save the files for later. If it's a very special trip that you might never repeat, you don't want to miss out on the fantastic image quality that you're paying for with a full frame camera and L glass.

Post processing is so important to the final image, and the PP software just keeps improving year after year. I really enjoy revisiting my old RAW images from years and cameras past, and giving them the treatment with the latest processing software and my always improving processing skills - it's like traveling back in time and giving myself a better camera back then.

You can also simulate having a wider lens than you do (and 24mm is a nice classic wide view) by shooting some overlapping images and then later blending them on the computer ( 'stitching' photos). Just shoot in manual so the exposure doesn't change between images, and overlap by 1/3rd or so.

 

[mtnbike28]

Not sure how soon your trip is, but if you get into a jam, shoot on the green square mode. I never suggest that except for folks on a lifetime trip and no time to learn their gear.... the camera will surprise you, and you can enjoy the trip and not stress so much on using the camera. For wider, I loved my 16-35mm f2.8.

Have a great trip!

 

[workerdrone]

And, OP is AWOL