This is my Pentax K-x digital SLR camera, which I use when snapping interior design photos (see some here, here and here). It’s red, it’s bold and it’s beautiful!…
And, I’m embarrased to say that’s why I bought it. I selected it purely on looks…. oh, and the fact that it was significantly less expensive than an equivalent Canon or Nikon camera. Geez, I sure hope the camera performs as well, or even almost as well, as a Canon or a Nikon. We’ll see! I’m too new to digital SLR functionality to know at this point. Which is exactly why I wanted to pay a little less for my first digital SLR. I actually read the reviews for this camera on www.cnet.com and it was rated as a good entry level digital SLR camera. You can read the cnet.com Editor’s Review on this 12.4 megapixel camera here.
You can see photos I’ve taken with this camera here, here and here.
The camera does have live view mode, meaning I can press a button and see the image on the LCD panel before I take the picture, like with a point and shoot camera. Alot of digital SLRs require you to look through the viewfinder to take the photo. With this camera I have a choice to use the LCD panel or the viewfinder when framing my shot.
I’m not sure yet, if I made a wise choice in terms of picture-taking ability, but the camera sure does get noticed. When I’m out and about taking photos, like I’m usually doing at all my kids’ activities, people make comments about how cool my camera looks… I tell them it comes in 6 different colors and they are so impressed. Am I shallow or what! So, now it’s time to redeem myself and figure out how this digital SLR camera actually works… hint: I’ve only taken photos in “auto” mode so far.
So, here goes… to learn how to use the features of my red camera, I’m gonna post a “Shot of the Day”…. everyday… okay, well may everydayish. Doublt I’ll really be able to post one each day. Anyway, the purpose is to share with you the settings I used for each photo and how I determined which settings to use. Hopefully, some of the info will be useful to you if you’re new to digital SLRs too.
So check back for my first Shot of the Day.
