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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kb57" data-source="post: 3414957" data-attributes="member: 133932">Thanks Mike & fstop for the advice and comments , much appreciated.  I have started shooting in RAW - in fact I'd started with the FZ200, but I must admit I really have a lot to learn with post-processing - so I set up the D7200 to write RAW to one card, jpeg to the other.  I've also downloaded the Nikon DX-D software to get me started - I had been using Raw Therapee with the FZ200 but found it a bit complex, and difficult to really improve on the JPEGs.I hadn't figured out how to change the ISO settings when I took my 'spuggy' picture - I later switched to auto ISO with a 3200 maximum value (thanks Mike, its good to know that is a reasonable limit).  I then took a picture of a coot and chick in poor light in aperture priority mode, finding the camera was selecting too low a shutter speed, rather than boosting the ISO. The next evening, with better light, I switched to manual mode so I could set both aperture and shutter speed and allowed the ISO to do its own thing - much easier than my old 35mm days!  Weather forecast seems better for the weekend so I'm planning on spending a lot more time getting to grips with it, and will hopefully be able to post some more pictures.</blockquote>