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Is the Pentax K1000 Really the Best Student Camera?

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Pentax K1000 overview The Pentax K1000 was introduced in 1976 and remained in production until 1997. An estimated three million (plus) units were sold. Production moved from Japan to Hong Kong in 1978, and then to China in 1990. To keep labour costs low, the Chinese cameras were made using a number of cheaper components. Chinese K1000s can be recognised by the absence of the "Asahi" name and logo on the pentaprism cover. The non-Asahi cameras are best avoided. What you get with a K1000 is a completely manual camera with a micro-prism spot focusing aid. Exposure control is determined via a battery-powered integral light meter that employs an open aperture, centre-the-needle system. Shutter speeds range from 1 to 1/1000th seconds, along with Bulb and a flash X-sync at 1/60th second. The K1000 accepts all manual focus lenses with the Pentax K bayonet mount (introduced in 1975), and K-A mount (introduced in 1983), and essential any subsequent K lenses with a sep...

The Fastest Way to Improve Your Photography Skills

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Receiving a new camera as a birthday or Christmas gift can be a thrilling moment. Suddenly thrust into a new world with strange words like "aperture," "ISO," and "shutter speed" can quickly deflate the joy found in the new camera. Understanding the vocabulary is just part of learning how to use a camera. Developing the eye of a true photographer takes time and training. You don't have to spend a fortune to get a feel for the art of photography if you take an online course, surf for that reputable school and settle for the best. These types of classes provide training, assignments, and feedback from professional photographers. Before you begin, take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the three pillars of photography, and you'll feel much more prepared to jump in to taking classes and pictures. Aperture Aperture is the hole in the camera that allows light in. When you adjust the aperture, you are either making the hole larger to...

Easy Ways to Learn Photography At Home

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There are many ways to learn photography, but they all too often can feel out of reach. For example, taking a class at the local university can be expensive and time consuming. Even if the class is taught at nights or on the weekends, you will have to be accepted to the college before you can take classes. The whole process is overwhelming. There are other ways to learn photography that don't include high school transcripts or SAT scores, they include hiring a tutor or asking friend, reading instructional books, and taking an online photography school class. The path you chose will depend on the way you learn.  Tutoring Perhaps you learn best by watching someone else do a task first. When you watched your older brother ride a bike, you took in how his legs moved, the way he sat on the seat, and how he leaned when he went around corners. All of this information was channeled through your mind and into your muscles. You imitated his movements and were soon racing around...

Online Photography Courses Train Successful Wedding Photographers

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Have you always loved looking at pictures of weddings? When you see a bridal party, do you stop and imagine yourself with a camera in your hand? If so, then you should follow that dream and become a wedding photographer. It doesn't take years of schooling. In fact, online photography courses can train you in wedding photography in less than a month if you have some previous knowledge about cameras. If not, it may take a couple months, but that's not much time to invest in training for a new career. Taking Classes One of the reasons you'll want to sign up for online classes is that it sends out a signal to the world that you are serious about wedding photography. Not only are you learning from some of the top photographers in the field but you have the opportunity to ask them questions. Taking time to learn the craft and earn a certificate speaks volumes to current and future clients. You can post your training on your website and include it on your business...

The Hottest Camera Names in the History of Photography

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In 1756, Johann Christoph Voigtlander founded and gave his name to the Voigtlander optical company. Voigtlander is both the oldest name in cameras, and the most enduring. Between 1929 and 1956, Voigtlander produced a range of medium format folding cameras all called "Bessa", another long-lived name. In 1898 the Voigtlander company issued stock, and in 1925 Schering (a German pharmaceutical company) became the majority shareholder. In 1956, Schering sold its shares to the Carl Zeiss Foundation, and Voigtlander and Zeiss integrated. In 1972 Zeiss/Voigtlander stopped producing cameras, and the Voigtlander brand was sold to Rollei. In 1982 Rollei collapsed and Plusfoto took over the name until selling it to Ringfoto in 1997. Today, the German company Ringfoto is still producing Voigtlander branded cameras and lenses. Their 35mm rangefinder, and medium format models all use variants of the name Bessa (e.g. Bessa III W). In 1999 Cosina leased the rights to the Voi...

Choose the Best Wedding Photographers by Avoiding These Common Mistakes

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The perfect wedding day to most women is a beautiful wedding ring, a brand-new surname and the perfect man. Everything about the wedding day is planned and decided well in advance including the venue, the dishes for guests and the even the band playing the most romantic songs. When it comes to picking the right photographer however many couples consider it a nightmare. It is very important to choose the best wedding photographer who would be able to perfectly capture the most amazing moments of your life. Picking a photographer recommended by a close family friend or a family member is a very big mistake made by a lot of couples. When it comes to food or music it is very easy to get away with bad choices. However wedding pictures need to look beautiful because they would be referred to for ages to come. When you browse through your wedding album later in life, you should always have a nostalgic feeling. Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life and you w...

Wildlife Stock Photos - Boost Your Content Using the Best

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When you have a website, it is quite certain that you need images to make the content rich and engaging. That is because graphics or photos speak more words than the plain text. Also, images give a flair of beauty to the website and thus today, you do not find any website without an image. Wildlife stock images are the online collection of the images of birds, animals, jungle and nature. While for the websites on other subject, sketch work or things the like may work, for the content on wildlife, using real photos become mandatory. What are wildlife stock photos? Online collection of photos is popularly known as a stock photo website. The stock photo websites house a great collection of images on various subjects such as humans, technology, automobile, wellness, and gadgets etc. One of the categories we find on these websites is wildlife stock of images. This category is a broad category under which the subcategories may include images of birds, animals, insects, landscap...