K10D and K100D downloadable e-books.

If you own a K10D or K100D, we have a Book dedicated to each camera. We have added the e-book for each camera that can be purchased for only $15.00 and can be downloadable immediately after payment. It doesn't get much faster that that.

You can buy the printed books here: http://www.pentaxdslrs.com/

You can buy the e-books here: http://www.k10dbook.com/Purchase%20PDF.htm

Thanks for reading,

Yvon Bourque

You can email me if you don't like to leave comments yvon@k10dbook.com

How the West was once.

Pioneertown in California is another great place for photographers. The following description was imported from many sites describing Pioneertown. I was there with my faithfull Pentax K10D and took those unique pictures.

Though Pioneertown was built as a real town in 1946, it was also built as a movie set by a group of investors who envisioned an 1870’s frontier town that functioned as a living movie set. Western stars including Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gail Davis (Annie Oakley), Duncan Renaldo (The Cisco Kid), Leo Carrillo (Pancho), Gene Autry, The Sons of the Pioneers (for whom the town was named), Jock Mahoney (The Range Rider), and Russell Hayden, (Hopalong Cassidy movie series) all walked these streets packin’ six guns.

Other movie greats including Barbara Stanwyck, Jackie Coogan, Dick Jones, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Skerritt and Barry Sullivan all made movies here from 1948 to 1998. The atmosphere of the ‘old west’ lives on in the town that has kept most of the original buildings and has its own Pioneertown Posse. It is a treat, for young and old alike, to roam the streets; take photos; visit the Post Office Museum; bowl in the bowling alley where the first strike was bowled by Roy Rogers; ride the Rattlesnake Gulch Railroad Line, a one of a kind miniature steam engine replica that takes passengers around the bowling alley and shooting gallery, and relive an exciting part of Hollywood and Western Film history.

The Pipes Canyon Preserve is a fantastic place for hikers, and horseback riders. It is a 20,000 acre natural wildlife corridor that connects the Joshua Tree National Park with the San Bernardino National Forest. The Preserve’s Canyons offer superb wildlife and natural habitat viewing.

Pioneertown is located five minutes northwest of Yucca Valley on Pioneertown Road and is at an altitude of 4,000 feet in a high desert basin of Joshua Trees. It is, on average, 20 degrees cooler than Palm Springs and makes for a fascinating desert destination.

Thank you for reading,

Yvon Bourque

New Pentax K100D book shipping soon.

Dear Pentax users and friends.

We will soon publish our newest book; PENTAX K100D “Everything you need to know…and then some”. We were hoping to complete the K100D book by the end of June, early July. Everyone here thinks that I got a little carried away in wanting the book to be the best book on the market for the money. Consequently, my schedule has slipped a little. The book will ship in about two weeks (around mid-August).

We received a lot of comments and suggestions following the release of our first book the PENTAX K10D “Everything you need to know…and then some”. Our new book on the K100D/K100D Super will contain most of the suggestions received from the readers of the K10D book. That will include more photos of the camera, menus, lens, etc., in order to make learning the virtues of the camera as easy as possible. We have also included a basic photography section where entry-level photographers and point-and-shoot up-graders can understand the basic of photography. The relation between Aperture, Shutter Speed and Sensitivity are clearly explained. Composition rules-of-thumb, Bokeh, standard practices are included in that section.

One of the most confusing operations of any DSLR is undoubtedly the use of Menus and Sub-Menus to change the camera modes and settings. All options and settings requiring the use of the LCD screen are explained step-by-step with a picture of the screen for each step. It can’t be easier.

I am honored that you are reading our blog and perhaps considering purchasing our new book on the K100D. In the meantime, you can visit our website http://www.k10dbook.com/ and add your name to our waiting list for the K100D book. Please continue visiting this blog and letting us know your wishes and comments.

Do not hesitate to leave us comments in our Blog. We would also like to know what you would like us to put in our blog. If you have any editorial material and photos you’d like to publish on our blog, send text and photos to yvon@k10dbook.com . Similarly to our books, we want our blog site to be your blog site.

Regards,

Yvon Bourque

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