The camera coach will see you now

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I noticed that one of our local photo places was offering a little something beyond the usual portrait classes. You can now "Schedule a one on one session with our camera coaches.... and get your specific questions answered".

That's all there is to it. $69 later, and you can have a personal one hour session w/ someone who will explain (in a positive, reassuring manner) why your Iskra will always have light leaks.

Hopefully they'll follow this up w/ a psychic/astrological print toning workshop.

 

[Kino]

Will they adjust your chakra and your Chinon simultaneously?

 

[MattKing]

The local Elder College used to offer small group classes for seniors who needed help navigating the controls and menus on their digital cameras and smart phones.
I expect this is simply a one-on-one version of the same.
I wonder how they would react to the frame counter and double exposure prevention on my Baby Bessa?

 

[tballphoto]

now its most likely a 70% lesson on

1. take lens cap off
2. put camera on AE
3. point
4. hit shutter button.

nothing more, nothing less.

 

[guangong]

I needed coaching just the other day. Took a great picture with my Makina 67 with lens cap on. You would think that after almost seventy years of photography I would know better!
I like you response. What makes up the remaining 30%?

 

[tballphoto]

I needed coaching just the other day. Took a great picture with my Makina 67 with lens cap on. You would think that after almost seventy years of photography I would know better!
I like you response. What makes up the remaining 30%?

PAYING THEM

BUYING ANOTHER LESSON

 

[Sirius Glass]

I needed coaching just the other day. Took a great picture with my Makina 67 with lens cap on. You would think that after almost seventy years of photography I would know better!
I like you response. What makes up the remaining 30%?

Everyone's best photographs are with the lens cap on, because they are always perfect.

 

[guangong]

Everyone's best photographs are with the lens cap on, because they are always perfect.

Yep! The ones that got away are always the biggest fish you ever hooked.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

The price is $69 because someone is getting screwed.

 

[Sirius Glass]

The price is $69 because someone is getting screwed.

Do you get kissed too?

 

[Wallendo]

I dan see a "camera Coach" being of some use to someone new to film photography.
On the other hand, I don't expect many newbies to want to pay $69 for a camera coach.

 

[Luckless]

If you think that is somehow bad, you should go look up some prices for certification in software development or industrial processes...

But seriously, less than $100 for an hour of a professional's time to answer specific questions you haven't sorted out answers for yourself yet? That's not that bad if they actually know their stuff and are a decent teacher.

Not everyone interested in photography has had their noses glued to manuals for decades...

 

[ChristopherCoy]

You forgot to put quotation marks around "professional".

 

[Luckless]

You forgot to put quotation marks around "professional".

I don't know what your camera stores are like, but the local one I shop at is damn professional, and thus the reason I keep buying from them rather than ordering online...

But I will say that I find it horribly unprofessional to blindly rag on a business with no context as to the quality of knowledge or service.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

meh... whadaya gonna do?

 

[MattKing]

If Beau Photo or Kerrisdale cameras offered this around here, I would be happy to recommend it to others at that price.
This is what Kerrisdale Cameras does offer if you purchase a digital camera from them: https://kerrisdalecameras.com/digitalcamerapurchasebonuspacks

 

[tballphoto]

If Beau Photo or Kerrisdale cameras offered this around here, I would be happy to recommend it to others at that price.
This is what Kerrisdale Cameras does offer if you purchase a digital camera from them: https://kerrisdalecameras.com/digitalcamerapurchasebonuspacks
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I believe the term is "how white of them"... they charge 200$ OVER MSRP on the D5600,,,,,


We have a saying in retail, " we can give a 20% discount on something because we are charging you 130% MSRP for it"

 

[MattKing]

I believe the term is "how white of them"... they charge 200$ OVER MSRP on the D5600,,,,,

How do you know what the Canadian MSRP is on a Nikon D5600?
Based on my survey of Canadian retailers with an internet presence, their price is the same or lower than the prices of others who offer that (discontinued) model.
B&H sells it for approximately $800.00 USD with the kit lens.
Kerrisdale Cameras sells it for approximately $900.00 CDN with the kit lens, which after currency conversion works out to be approximately $720.00 USD.

 

[MattKing]

I've just checked. Nikon Canada sells the D5600 with kit lens for the same price as Kerrisdale Camera.