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I have never touched a camera. So I bought one and gave myself 7 days.

I have never physically touched a camera. Not once, in my whole life. So I am not a beginner — I am below beginner.

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PublishedSep 26, 2026
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I have never physically touched a camera. Not once, in my whole life. So I am not a beginner — I am below beginner.

Last week I bought one anyway. This is me opening it, finding out what is in the box, and setting myself a deadline: seven days to learn photography. Not point-and-shoot — manual mode, every photo, plus the editing.

Fair warning: about six of these minutes are me fighting the plastic.

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I asked Gemini which camera to buy and it told me 3.5 to 5.6 aperture and 16 to 50 focal length were good. I still have no idea what those numbers mean. By day seven I should.

You are completely welcome to roast my choice in the comments. Please do.

Prayogsala is the Nepali word for laboratory. I use it for mine — everything I try over the next two years gets filmed, written up, and counted, including the parts that do not work.

→ prayogsala.com Built at Wagle Universal Solutions → wagleus.com

I am not an expert. I am the experiment.

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