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• Great course - lots of helpful tips

• April 04, 2011
• By: Yvonne

I attended the class on the weekend in Pickering which was taught by Duke. After I purchased my Sony A380, I tried reading the manual only to put it down in frustration. I tried playing with the features but had no idea what I was doing and why. After taking this course on Saturday, I feel much more confident in being able to shoot outside of the Auto mode. Duke had great examples to bring the techie part of the camera into lay-man's terms. Our class size was small with only 3 students. Lots of one on one time and freedom to ask questions. It's handy that class notes are provided so you aren't spending your time try to jot down all the information provided. It's also nice that the class is brand specific. Now all that is left to do is practice, practice, practice.

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• Very Good Introductory Course

• February 08, 2011
• By: John

I highly recommend this course for those moving up from point and shoot cameras, or those who have already moved up, but have little experience with anything more than the different scene modes. I took this course on Feb. 5th at the Markham location. The class was 5 in total with Francis Livingston as our instructor. The Markham classroom was perfect - small class size, intimate, well-equipped, and good lighting - no complaints. Francis did an excellent job of introducing us to the features of the a33 & a55, and even though myself and another participant had the older a200, Francis knew what capabilities it had and didn't have compared to the newer models. I believe that Francis succeeded in the goal he stated at the beginning of the class - get us to take control of our cameras - primarily by going beyond scene modes. By the end of the course, I was confident in not only knowing how to adjust ISO, exposure compensation, focus mode, and white balance, but more importantly - I knew why, and under what circumstances, I should. I am hoping that Part 2 will be as good, or even better, than Part 1. At the time of this review, I don;t see any dates posted for Part 2 at any locations - but when they are, I will definitely be attending. Thank you for an excellent course, and thank you Francis for teaching it so well...

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• New To DSLR Camera's

• September 25, 2010
• By: Harmony

Well I just took the course today and it was great! The teacher, Chris, was full of knowledge and had no problem answering questions during the class (no fluffing off questions till later). We had a point where an option on my camera was unknown (A500) but he took the time to find how it was done and then showed me. You couldn't ask for a better class. I think it also helped that the class size was small and camera specific. I will definitely be going back to take Part 2 with Chris and "Henry the camera" in Ancaster.

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