Re: Photography Lesson - Pentax

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 19.10.20 um 09:56 schrieb Steve Cottrell:


Aha I should have said she brought me a bottle of Bushmill's :-)


And think of all the karma points.

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Re: Photography Lesson - Pentax

[Steve Cottrell]

On 18/10/20, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:

>did she bring an apple for teach.:-)

Aha I should have said she brought me a bottle of Bushmill's :-)




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Re: Photography Lesson - Pentax

[Daniel J. Matyola]

You seem to be a great teacher, at least when dealing with subject matter
you love!

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:23 PM Steve Cottrell  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
>
>
>
>
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Re: Photography Lesson - Pentax

[David J Brooks]

did she bring an apple for teach.:-)

Dave

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 2:52 PM Paul Stenquist 
wrote:

> Good job! You should have been a teacher.
>
> Paul
>
> > On Oct 18, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Steve Cottrell  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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Photography Lesson - Pentax

[Paul Stenquist]

Good job! You should have been a teacher.

Paul

> On Oct 18, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Steve Cottrell  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
> 
> 
> 
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Photography Lesson - Pentax

[Steve Cottrell]

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

 


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