Hi, I've been lurking for a few days here. I'm from the Midwest. I bought my first DSLR about two weeks ago, a K-x with the 18-55mm, 55-300mm lens kit. I've got a 50mm M f/1.7 on the way, as well as a polarizer and graduated filter. I also picked up a cleaning kit with rocket blower and a manfrotto tripod and head. No one told me the peripherals were going to cost so damn much. I feel like I'm hemorrhaging money. LOL It's sad but true.
I know next to nothing about photography. I've read "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson and "The Digital Photography Book" by Scott Kelby; both have been a good introduction I think. I'm currently reading "Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography" by Brenda Tharp. Next on the list is "The Photographer's Eye" by Michael Freeman. If anyone has suggestions as to which other books I should be reading, I'm all ears. I've never used any image manipulation type software other than Picassa. I'm a Linux user and have evaluated Bibble 5 for a couple evenings. It's crashed on me a few times and sucks all available memory and some swap when it imports RAW and builds thumbnails. I might have to break down and get a MAC at some point, if all Linux image software is this crash prone. Bibble does have some cool tricks though. I really like the heal/clone thing but I suppose other software packages have something similar. OK, I do have a question: Is there a page defining the acronyms used here, like: PESO, GESO, PAW? If not, could someone enlighten me? Thanks, Kent -- 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.
