areilla10
02-12-2009, 10:52 AM
Greetings all!
Glad to have found this forum. I just bought a new Olympus E-410 for my birthday the other day and I have no idea how to use it! I took a couple of photography classes in high school and loved it so much I ran out and bought a Pentax K1000. I just LOVED that camera. I still have it, but it needs some serious repair. My next camera was a Canon AE-1, which I also still have. This one was even better because it had a timer (!) and came with a zoom lens and all sorts of goodies. This camera has given me some pretty amazing shots over the years. I've had it since high school.
But time marches on and I'm not afraid of the digital age. I've been wishing for a digital equivalent of my old Pentax with its barebones simplicity. Something with all the important features that allowed for the same kind of flexibility, but with the robustness of a Tonka toy. I settled with the E-410.
So...now that I have it, I have to figure out how the thing works. If anyone has links to crash-course, complete-idiot's-guide type tutorials it would be much appreciated. I know 35mm SLR's but I need to figure out how to translate what I know so far to the digital format. White balance? Noise filters? What the heck are all these things? What are the 35mm equivalents? Any direction would be appreciated. Many thanks!
E.
Glad to have found this forum. I just bought a new Olympus E-410 for my birthday the other day and I have no idea how to use it! I took a couple of photography classes in high school and loved it so much I ran out and bought a Pentax K1000. I just LOVED that camera. I still have it, but it needs some serious repair. My next camera was a Canon AE-1, which I also still have. This one was even better because it had a timer (!) and came with a zoom lens and all sorts of goodies. This camera has given me some pretty amazing shots over the years. I've had it since high school.
But time marches on and I'm not afraid of the digital age. I've been wishing for a digital equivalent of my old Pentax with its barebones simplicity. Something with all the important features that allowed for the same kind of flexibility, but with the robustness of a Tonka toy. I settled with the E-410.
So...now that I have it, I have to figure out how the thing works. If anyone has links to crash-course, complete-idiot's-guide type tutorials it would be much appreciated. I know 35mm SLR's but I need to figure out how to translate what I know so far to the digital format. White balance? Noise filters? What the heck are all these things? What are the 35mm equivalents? Any direction would be appreciated. Many thanks!
E.