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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-07-2016, 08:32 AM
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Welcome aboard.
I made the jump in 2012 and it was frustrating. Always used Pentax or Ricoh SLR's and when I decided to go digital (I still wince a little here as I am addicted to the smell of fixer.) and typed "pentax forum" into Google and wound up here. I didn't even know if Pentax had a DSLR or not. I got a K5. It was a very frustrating experience simply because the cameras have all these different modes and settings. And the manuals are good at telling you how to select something they don't tell you whatever you are selected actually does.
The learning curve was steeper than I imagined and a almost decided to just go point and shoot when I put my old SMC 55mm f1.8 lens (42mm mount) on the camera and went full manual. Suddenly things started to make sense again. As a bonus, that lens rocks as much today as it did when I first got it some 45 years ago. Great piece of glass.
Start with manual mode and work from there. Ask questions here. Pretty friendly bunch. BTW, I worked for Kodak for a long time. My career covered a lot of areas and some were even related to photography.
Are you in the Binghamton, NY area?
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