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About to buy first DSLR and need your advice
I think you were quite right to be prepared to pay a bit more for the assurance of the back up of a good retailer. These days everything is so concentrated on Price that many people forget that a good deal is a good deal for both sides and includes the level of service and overall satisfaction. A...
Posted by johnriley on 25/02/2006 - 09:24
About to buy first DSLR and need your advice
Hi, as we've moved on to service in this thread, I'd just like to mention a seller on ebay that I dealt with this week. I bought a 49mm Cokin A adaptor for my 35-80 that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. The supplier, who had been selling clearance stock from a couple of closed down photograph...
Posted by LiamD on 25/02/2006 - 18:32
And Here's Pentax Coming up on the Blind Side !!!!!!
It is true that to double the resolution, you need four times the pixels. However, 10 megapixels will give us a little more cropping room, and by the time you get near 20 megapixels you need a medium format back unless you want the same problems that plagued the 8 megapixel mini-sensors. For pra...
Posted by Arthur Dent on 27/02/2006 - 14:47
news on the 645D about crop?
Ken has some really strong opinions, but a lot of them are just hilarious. Why do you have 11 AF points when all you need is 1? Why do you need 77 segment metering when all you need is one? Someone needs to call for a whaaaambulance. Philip, he has compared one brand to another. He has quoted fact w...
Posted by K10D on 10/03/2010 - 07:53
news on the 645D about crop?
I shoot all my APS C DSLR's using only the centre focus point so I do only need one AF point. I generally use centre weighted and spot metering as well. Do you complain that your DSLR has 10 extra AF points you never use? Do you complain that your camera has matrix and centre weighted metering? T...
Posted by PG on 10/03/2010 - 08:06
Autofocus control options
Hi, I don't know how many of you are aware of this, but on the DL, and I'm assuming all the *ist D range, you can change the autofocus control from the shutter release button to the OK button on the rear control dial. I found this out a few days ago, and it helps a great deal when focussing on f...
Posted by LiamD on 06/03/2006 - 14:21
Autofocus control options
Aw heck! I wish I had found that out a while back! I take a lot of action shots at various running and orienteering events, and one of my biggest bugbears is unnecessary AF hunting. On the up side, the addition of Auto ISO in the latest DS firmware has been very useful to me.
Posted by Ammonyte on 06/03/2006 - 20:18
Ist D Firmware upgrade
ok feel quite dumb now! changed my search terms in google and found what i wanted am now getting much better functionality with my 50mm 1.7 manual focus lens :D
Posted by dexteruk on 12/03/2006 - 02:23
RAW vs. JPEG
mixed halogen and flourecsant lighting at a play Is a predicament to be sure. You may have to mask your subject and various background elements and create seperate layers and adjust each later seperately. A tremendously time consuming endeaver. Best to focus on the skin tones or most important ...
Posted by Don on 12/03/2006 - 14:25
RAW vs. JPEG
Once I started shooting RAW I couldn't go back to jpeg. I found RAW+Capture One a killer combo. I prefer to invest in memory and get this peace of mind, less things to think about in the "field" (I have enough trouble dealing with composition :wink: ).
Posted by Fernando Terrazzino on 12/03/2006 - 17:08
RAW vs. JPEG
hmmz ok. back to fiddling with the monitor settings and wiziwyg. I have noticed that setting the right contrast and brightness is better done with the graphics driver controls then with the monitor settings. Ordering a couple of test prints is something I was planning on doing. Just holding th...
Posted by golfdiesel on 15/03/2006 - 12:40
From the armpit of Africa
Greetings from a hot and sticky Yaoundé. I just wanted to say a big thanks for all the great tips and advice on this forum - it has been a huge help being so far away from WH Smiths et al. I purchased a *ist DS with the Pentax 18-55 lens last year after having been away from 'proper' photography for...
Posted by promhandicam on 13/03/2006 - 23:14
Firmware 2.0 update for Ds
I was put off by the warnings about the batteries needing to be fully charged and having to send the camera back to pentax if they were to fail during the period of the download. I'm suprised by the lack of umph! of your batteries though. When you said they were performing badly I hadn't imagine...
Posted by slofts on 17/03/2006 - 12:15
DL question about hockey.
If by an "analogue lens" the man meant any lens other than a DA lens, then of course you can use them on a DSLR. However, you are going to want something pretty long if you are up in the stands. I doubt that 200mm would be enough. I would suggest you consider the SMC Pentax-FA 1:4.5-...
Posted by George Lazarette on 20/03/2006 - 07:47
Best Digital Camera by Pentax
I think Pentax will do whatever they think is best from a financial point of view. They are in business to make money, they do that in part, by making cameras and lenses and if a change of technology seems necessary, they will do it, I'm sure. They made the change from screw to bayonet mount once...
Posted by Mannesty on 22/03/2006 - 13:06
lens tele extenders
John. The short answer is yes :D There are several teleconvertors available for Pentax K-mount. Look for an autofocus K mount and you can't go far wrong. (I have the Pentax 1.7xAF convertor which also allows autofocus when using older manual focus lenses. The quality is pretty good indeed.) Ther...
Posted by MattMatic on 24/03/2006 - 14:34
lens tele extenders
John. The short answer is yes :D There are several teleconvertors available for Pentax K-mount. Look for an autofocus K mount and you can't go far wrong. (I have the Pentax 1.7xAF convertor which also allows autofocus when using older manual focus lenses. The quality is pretty good indeed.) Ther...
Posted by Snapper on 24/03/2006 - 18:07
lens tele extenders
So I take it then that the *ist DL is a K-mount Yes, any K-mount lens will fit but the available auto functions will vary. KA series lenses are best for manual focus, F and FA series for autofocus. You're obviously aware that the DA lenses are autofocus but optimised for DSLRs and so you have...
Posted by Kimbo on 24/03/2006 - 19:43
lens tele extenders
As with most things AF, the performance of the converter depends more on subject brightness/contrast than anything else. The AF 1.7x converter is primarily designed for use with fast prime lenses but can still be quite effective with slower zooms. Even in low-light situations, you can switch the c...
Posted by Kimbo on 25/03/2006 - 19:55
lens tele extenders
Mike, The 1.7xAF disengages the lens' focus, and it focuses internally. In many ways that's a benefit because there's only a small amount of glass to move. But you have to just watch that the lens itself doesn't creep, or get accidentally moved. Adjusting the lens focus manually changes the range ...
Posted by MattMatic on 31/03/2006 - 07:13
