New Camera Help - Nikon D70S

Nightfall
Nightfall Posts: 10,086
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Hoping somebody can give me some guidance with this thing. There are so many buttons and menus everywhere. Like what is VR? I can turn VR off and on from the side of the lens. I assume AF is auto focus or is it auto flash? Also on the side of the lens. How do I turn the flash off? I'm getting bright white spots in the middle of my pictures because of the flash. The more automatic and just point and shoot, for me, the better. Any help at all or a link to somewhere would be appreciated. Some pictures just messing around, had the dial on "auto".

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afterburnt wrote: »
They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    edited June 2015
    VR is vibration reduction. External flash or top??

    Did you get the manual??
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    The flash is on top, built into the camera. When I press the "take a picture" button half way to let it focus it automatically flips up.

    No manual. Just the camera body, carrying case, and a Nikon DX AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G VR Lens. Also says on the bottom "DX SWM VR Aspherical infinity-0.28m/0.92ft".

    If you can't tell by my vocabulary, I have no idea what I'm doing. I just wanted to be able to take decent pictures and he sold it to me for a good price.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    When I got my Sony DSLR I found a for dummies book for my specific model, bought it and read it and it really simplified it for me...

    http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D70-Digital-Field-Guide/dp/0764596780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435710125&sr=8-1&keywords=nikon+d70s+for+dummies
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Mikey081057 wrote: »
    When I got my Sony DSLR I found a for dummies book for my specific model, bought it and read it and it really simplified it for me...

    http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-D70-Digital-Field-Guide/dp/0764596780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435710125&sr=8-1&keywords=nikon+d70s+for+dummies

    That is probably exactly what I need. $4 used? Sold.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    The simple way, push the button half way and when the flash pops up push it back down.



    Link to manual.
    http://cdn-10.nikon-cdn.com/pdf/manuals/dslr/D70S_en.pdf
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Very cool, thank you guys. I have some reading to do...
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    If pushing the flash down still pops it back up, switch to P program and then it should stay down...but will probably use a slower shutter speed so a tripod maybe needed to keep from motion blur... if needed add some light to the subject preferably some nature light really helps .
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    Congrats - that's a great camera - same as the one I have and I've enjoyed mine. Get the dummies book, it's a good start. Honestly, for probably $100 around here, you can take a Nikon Familiarization class - it's an amazing help in learning your controls if the manual ends up being chinese to you.
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    Good suggestion by nbrowser on UV filter.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,983
    edited July 2015
    There should be a "no flash" selection on the mode selector knob (styled like a "real camera" shutter speed dial on most DSLRs). You probably know that by now :- )

    I didn't read through this whole thread (I am - ahem - on a teleconference at the moment!); if you didn't get a link to the manual yet, here's one:
    http://cdn-10.nikon-cdn.com/pdf/manuals/dslr/D70S_en.pdf
    ,,, and a user guide from good ol' :-P Ken Rockwell...
    http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d70/nikon-d70-users-guide.pdf


    Your photos look great to me.
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