On Nov 20, 2010, at 7:17 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Well, the session went quite well. > > A bit of a pain with two different Canons and 1 book, but we pushed through. > > One thing for me, is i have re confirmed my reasons for not buying a > Canon Dslr. Man, what a PITA their menu system is. > > I think they now have a decent grasp on Tv, Av as well as M mode and > AF point adjustment and ISO. > > The thing that impressed them the most was showing them the Histogram > and blinky features. They both quickly saw the importance of these > features, and used them on our walk around of the farm. > > Oh, and one of the ladies is an ex KX shooter and gave me an M 200 F4 > as a thank you gift. >
That's a nice gift. The M200 is very compact yet still quite good. Paul > Dave > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: >> As long as you don't have to write anything on the white or black board, >> Dave /wink wink, nod nod/ >> >> I think the proper thing to say here is "break the leg". But I surely don't >> mean that literally :-). >> >> Have fun! >> >> Boris (who had to give a full 1 hour presentation on subject of what darn >> gadget to buy to the whole crew of his present employer) >> >> >> On 11/20/2010 2:11 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>> >>> I'm teaching a class Saturday, at noonish. >>> >>> Two of the horse show managers i worked with the past 10 years have >>> bought DSLR cameras recently and want to break free from the Auto >>> mode, and asked if i could swing by for a few hours Saturday and go >>> over non Auto modes , and basically show them how to work them. >>> >>> I said yes. >>> >>> One has the fancy Rebel, the other the 60D, i think she said 60D. >>> >>> I'll show up with the K10D or D200 which ever has a battery in it.:-) >>> >>> Finally a chance to help rid the world of Auto settings photographers. >>> >>> Dave >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
