Welcome aboard, Kent!
First of all, you don't want that old M-50/1.7 -- let me take that off
your hands.
Secondly, with regard to editing software, you might give The Gimp a
try. Being a WinXP guy, I don't know if it would be as much of a
resource hog as Bibble, but I'm sure someone on the list will be able to
tell you that.
As for the acronyms, it looks like Christine has that all spelled out
for you, as it were.
Aside from that, just email me off-list and I'll give you a snail mail
address where you can unburden yourself from that junky old prime lens.
Best,
Walt
On 12/4/2010 11:57 AM, Kenton Brede wrote:
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
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