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Bunch · 09-13-2013, 01:00 PM

Hey there. I've finally decided to jump into the world of decent cameras. I haven't taken real composed photos since classes in high school (I think we used Pentax K100's) some 16-17 years ago. I try to spend a lot of time outdoors, and lately I've been wishing I could take better quality photos than phones and point & shoots allow. So after researching for a few days, almost biting on Ken Rockwell's advice of a Nikon 3100, I luckily stumbled on the Pentax K-30, which from what I can gather, is a better camera for the money. I'm still awaiting it's arrival, but in the meantime I downloaded the manual to get acquainted with it. It seems my learning curve will be very large. Almost daunting. Hopefully some the basic photography knowledge I gained from high school (that point & shoots do their best to make you forget) will come back to me. Bear with me if I ask stupid questions on occasion, but I am familiar with internet forums so I know how to use the search box. I'll try to keep the redundancy to a minimum.

Cheers,
Brady

Yos · 09-13-2013, 02:23 PM

Hi Brady welcome to the forum and that's a nice intro mate

Here there is no silly or stupid question. But it's good you know your way around forums and the search function

Have fun with your K-30 when she arrives and I hope some of your high school knowledge is still there!

Cheers,
Yos

Action Jackson · 09-13-2013, 03:28 PM

Welcome! Experimenting is part of the fun.

Jean Poitiers · 09-13-2013, 10:43 PM

Welcome to PF and bonjour from France ... enjoy the K-30 and take your time/advance at your own pace with the learning curve ... more importantly have fun and please post us an image or two soon ... J

**savoche** · 09-14-2013, 07:17 AM

Welcome aboard! If we couldn't ask "stupid" questions this would've been a very boring place... And it's amazing how seemingly trivial questions can trigger fruitful discussions!

Cheers!

**Kerrowdown** · 09-15-2013, 02:27 PM

Welcome to the forum, the photography skills you've already learned are all still valid, just needing a tweak here and they to update yourself.

Enjoy the new camera when she arrives.

09-13-2013, 01:00 PM	#1
Bunch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 283	Howdy Hey there. I've finally decided to jump into the world of decent cameras. I haven't taken real composed photos since classes in high school (I think we used Pentax K100's) some 16-17 years ago. I try to spend a lot of time outdoors, and lately I've been wishing I could take better quality photos than phones and point & shoots allow. So after researching for a few days, almost biting on Ken Rockwell's advice of a Nikon 3100, I luckily stumbled on the Pentax K-30, which from what I can gather, is a better camera for the money. I'm still awaiting it's arrival, but in the meantime I downloaded the manual to get acquainted with it. It seems my learning curve will be very large. Almost daunting. Hopefully some the basic photography knowledge I gained from high school (that point & shoots do their best to make you forget) will come back to me. Bear with me if I ask stupid questions on occasion, but I am familiar with internet forums so I know how to use the search box. I'll try to keep the redundancy to a minimum. Cheers, Brady

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Yos Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Stockholm Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 533	Hi Brady welcome to the forum and that's a nice intro mate Here there is no silly or stupid question. But it's good you know your way around forums and the search function Have fun with your K-30 when she arrives and I hope some of your high school knowledge is still there! Cheers, Yos

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Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Welcome to PF and *bonjour* from France ... enjoy the K-30 and take your time/advance at your own pace with the learning curve ... more importantly have fun and please post us an image or two soon ... J

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