Nicely done self introduction, Dale! Though young, welcome to the PDML. Jack
Sent from my iPhone > On May 2, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Dale H. Cook <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am a recently retired broadcast engineer who is taking up photography as a > hobby after using it largely only for work and genealogical research over the > last 30+ years. Most of my genealogical photography going forward will > undoubtedly be photographing gravestones in B&W, the preferred format for > those photos (I am a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies). > > I used SLRs for years (most recently a Pentax K-1000). but switched to a > digital camera (a Sony Cybershot) about 15 years ago for convenience. With > retirement I decided to upgrade, and recently bought a Pentax K-70 with a DA > 18-270mm as my walking-around lens. I am still mastering the amazing array of > settings but am making progress. I am using a variety of colored B&W filters > for gravestones, because 1) I am on old guy who was used to doing that with > film, and 2) although I have done a fair amount of image post-production over > the years I would rather get the correct image in-camera than fix it in post. > > Dale H. Cook, 50+ years as an SLR photographer, > Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm lens, using > colored filters for B&W gravestone photography > > > -- > 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.
