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Setting up

Getting it working properly the first time.

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A white and black mirrorless camera fitted with a very thin pancake prime lens — A pancake prime adds barely any depth, keeping a mirrorless body pocketable.Photo: nbela67 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

Close-up of a mirrorless camera's open lens mount showing the bare green-tinted image sensor

Setting up

Setting up a new camera so the first shoot is not the test

Batteries, cards, mount hygiene and a backup routine, worked out in numbers, so a new body is ready before anything important is in front of it.

Updated 11/3/2026 · 7 min

Photo: Islander61 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons