Life's little (photo) lessons - what are yours?

Prefire view camera and removable back camera leaf shutters prior to use, especially in cold weather.

Fire every shutter at least monthly.

Photograph something every week.

Go back to your favorite places. They will reveal new things as you get to know them.

Copy your digital images while traveling to a laptop or cloud storage daily. SD cards fail.
 
chuckroast said:
Go back to your favorite places. They will reveal new things as you get to know them.

Copy your digital images while traveling to a laptop or cloud storage daily. SD cards fail.
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I do this regularly. Last week I was three days in one of my favourite places in Malaysia. Rephotographed several sites I've been going to since, yes, believe it, 1974! And saw new things in all those old revisits.

Copying images daily? Well, yeh. SD cards have never failed on me. But I've accidentally (ha!) erased a few in my time. So I know.

Good points overall. This thread rates five stars for the information we are getting, no end of priceless tips.
 
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wlewisiii said:
Many times, especially if I am out and about doing landscapes in stable light, I'll set the lens to the hyperfocal setting for the appropriate f stop for that light. For f/16 that can mean that a very large area is in acceptable focus and all I need to do is get my framing, snap and move to the next spot. This is especially true with rangefinders but the technique works just as well with (D)SLR & TLR cameras.
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For landscapes I would set the lens at infinity and let the close distance take care of itself.

As for hyperlocal focusing, I've done it since 1963. Even with my Nikon D lenses I often focus manually. Ifyou set your lens at f/8 or f/11 and then do hyperlocal, you'll get okay results every time.

As for f/16 I rarely use it with digital. I did a lot with MF in my film days. Now f/8 satisfies almost all my image-making with now and then f/11 when I need the depth for close-ups, or f/5.6 in shade. Never lower or higher, but that's just me. So maybe f/16 is a new trick for me to try.
 
if you are out and about and carrying a black-body camera, and it's hot, cover it with a hand towel.

I learned this one the hard way. In my film days, in 40C+ degree tropics. Cooked emulsion isn't fun to try to process.

Also last week in Malaysia,when I was out in the sun in a high-30C day. Luckily for me, SD cards don't need them processing in a Jobo.

Oh. And wear a sun hat (not a MAGA cap, please!). Not really photo-centric, but as one other poster has written, a sun cap/hat can be a nifty lens shade.
 
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