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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