did she bring an apple for teach.:-) Dave
On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:52 PM Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Good job! You should have been a teacher. > > Paul > > > On Oct 18, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > > Hidehi PDMLers > > > > A friend of my wife's has been after a 'digital camera lesson' for some > time, and she finally came around last Friday. I had been dreading it, but > actually it went very well. She's a musician (violin) and artist. > > > > She's in her 60s and many years ago had used 35mm cameras and even > developed her own film, and printed. But this new-fangled digital was > giving her a headache... > > > > I pinched a few pics of the interwebz and printed them out, breakdown of > a mirrorless and DSLR, f-stops, ISO sensitivity etc - I knew she had a DSLR > and was prepared for her to produce a Canon - but no! Out came a Pentax > Kr.... > > > > The lesson was about 90 minutes and started with basics, progressing > onto exposure and how crucial the lens choice was and so on. The one thing > that threw her was the mode dial up top. So we went through the whole PASM > thing, and I explained what each meant. She was very enthusiastic and > despite my providing some primer sheets, she took notes in a booklet. I had > my Olympus Pen F on hand, and of course then sensor sizes needed > explaining. > > > > When we got onto how aperture affects the photo, I retrieved my K50/1.4 > and put that on her camera (which only had an 18-55 kit lens) and let her > have a play - she was amazed that the lens worked and illustrated perfectly > the concepts discussed using the live preview facility. She was astonished > to learn that you can pick up a 50/1.7 for peanuts off eBay - and > apparently spent the evening scouring for some bargains. > > > > I also had my MX at hand, and that was great for showing how the shutter > works, stripped of lens and back. So much better to have the hardware in > front of you to illustrate theory.... > > > > That's all really. Found the Kr to be a usable camera, perfect for her. > Some of the menus were a bit confusing, but got there. And the rubbish up > there on the mode dial! Get rid of it all and just have PASM (although it > took me a minute to figure out that Sv was not 'shutter priority' haha - > the Pentax obviously being 'PATMS'....) > > > > Work picking up a bit for me finally, and been shooting some more > sailing things, got a 30 minute doc about a gaff-rigged cutter built in > France in 1913 called the Jolie Brise coming out soon, so will post a link > in case anyone's interested. All shot on a (new to me) Sony PMW-F3. > > > > Meanwhile, more boat building tomorrow! Filmmaker, photographer, and > also now rigger, cabinet-maker, plumber and electrician. > > > > Needs must... > > > > Cheers all > > > > cotty > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
