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Manual focus with *ist-D
Liam - the beep is a good point. However, apart from being distracting when you're doing low-light candids, it has another small problem. As you focus, if you rely only on the beep you could have focussed past the point and never be 100% sure you're actually correct. That was my point regarding the...
Posted by MattMatic on 26/04/2006 - 11:39
Manual focus with *ist-D
Sorry if this is too obvious, but with manual focus you turn the focusing ring until the image looks sharp in the viewfinder...All these electronic add-ons are not helping this process.... In reasonable light I don't have a problem seeing the point of focus, although I do acknowledge that not eve...
Posted by johnriley on 26/04/2006 - 16:54
Manual focus with *ist-D
LOL! With my eyes, especially in low light situations, I need the AF :D Matt
Posted by MattMatic on 26/04/2006 - 17:35
Manual focus with *ist-D
Of course you need to ask the camera to check the focus for you.... ie if you operate as I do with the af with shutter halfway press disabled, then you need to hit the af button otherwise the camera does not bother to check. strange I find using the af button in normal (AF) operation a joy to use ...
Posted by stanwax on 27/04/2006 - 20:43
Welcome to the Pink Flamingo!
Pink flamingos bring back some happy memories... Alcohol infused teen-aged boyz with raging hormones, trying to impress party girlz by running through the neighbourhood trying to hunt and catch pink plastic 'mingos on the neighbours lawns...getting a young nurses phone number at the E.R...failing t...
Posted by Don on 09/04/2006 - 22:00
Sports Photography settings and which teleconverter ist DL
On any DSLR, the quality deteriorates as the ISO rises. For best results you need to use 200. 400 is almost as good, and 800 is not bad, but noticeably worse than the other two. 1600 and 3200 are only for use in extremis. Quality is poor, and in the case of 3200, very poor. What you are s...
Posted by George Lazarette on 11/04/2006 - 14:05
Sports Photography settings and which teleconverter ist DL
I have just come back from trial and error session with a moving subject running about the garden. Camera struggled at auto picture 800...blur. Things were worse in AV 800 iso as suspected and the best results were 3200 auto pic .I didnt try 1600. Please eexcuse my ignorance. I do try things and ...
Posted by sports_mad2004 on 11/04/2006 - 18:58
Sports Photography settings and which teleconverter ist DL
Basic photography course, Part 1. 1 The principles of digital and film photography are EXACTLY the same. 2 Every film and every sensor has a specific sensitivity to light, so that a fixed amount of light is required in order to give a perfect exposure. (Note that if you use a higher sensiti...
Posted by George Lazarette on 11/04/2006 - 20:40
*ist D L2 exposure problems
Your camera should be able to tolerate a moderate amount of backlight, in the multi segment metering mode. ( green mode, access thru menu) a+.5 to +1.5 ev compensation adjustment should help with more pronounced to severe backlight with +1.5 to +2 for severe backlight plus water/snow reflections....
Posted by Don on 12/04/2006 - 20:26
*ist D L2 exposure problems
Kimbo, Matt your points are taken. As a former film shooter, I don't think my camera handled the difficult shots as much as "print film" lattitude, which I considered as another tool, when doing weddings. The switch to digital meant going back to "slide film" rules and techniques...
Posted by Don on 15/04/2006 - 14:05
*ist D L2 exposure problems
From my personal point of view, speaking purely as an amateur, I think that the 'AFE' (Auto Flipping Everything - I tidied that up a bit) capability of modern digital cameras has limited use. With all auto features turned on, you will be relying on the camera to automatically choose focus (even the ...
Posted by Mannesty on 15/04/2006 - 15:26
CA (chromatic aberations)
With the advent of digital photography, some problems have reduced and others have increased in importance. For example, the need to spot prints to remove blemishes has now gone (thank goodness for that) but Chromatic Abberation has taken on a more important status. CA is basically where the colo...
Posted by johnriley on 15/04/2006 - 18:08
CA (chromatic aberations)
I thought it was funny :D I had a Rikenon 35-70 (F4 I think), back in my ME Super days and was never disappointed with it. The camera came with the M50mm F2 and the Rikenon was my first zoom lens, perhaps not great but it was ok!
Posted by Kimbo on 16/04/2006 - 14:21
Watch the birdie..
You sure its not a stealth pigeon ? Great pic, I like the top down view. BTW, I live in High Wycombe, about 5 miles from Stokenchurch. The sky is full of Red Kites over there because its where about 20 pairs were released some years ago and boy have they multiplied. I stopped the car one day l...
Posted by Mannesty on 18/04/2006 - 19:37
Cable release or Cable Switch
Saso - no there's no delay. It behaves exactly like the button on the body (including the ability to disable focus on half-press in the custom menu). Thread worth checking: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1664&highlight=cs205 and the DIY version: https://www.pentaxuser.c...
Posted by MattMatic on 20/04/2006 - 14:01
Beautifull model under lights
Turned my back for 1 minute and there he was.....posing.
Posted by McBrian on 22/04/2006 - 23:07
More on RAW files.
Hi Matt, thanks for that. I reckon my shots were in the 1-1.5 stop under exposed, as I did bracket some manually within that range with good results. I also had a play with setting the exposure to the autofocus (spot) with a midtone in view, and that sort of worked. As far as sharpening go...
Posted by LiamD on 24/04/2006 - 18:23
Post Processing Tip, Colour Corecction Technique
As the ranks of this forum continue to expand with increasing usage of Pentax digital equipment how's about creating a sticky with some of the more obscure/hidden/personal techniques that we use to post process our digital images. If I may I would like to start the ball rolling with a basic one. ...
Posted by McBrian on 30/04/2006 - 18:40
Possible Bargain
. . . . they are back again and this one seems to have a D-BG1 attached which I don't recollect seeing before. Might be worth keeping an eye on - the seller says that ebay pulled the auction last time. However as Sergeant Phil Esterhaus in Hill Street Blues used to say: 'Hey, let's be careful ...
Posted by promhandicam on 13/05/2006 - 21:47
Tempted to do a rude groyne joke here, but won't...
Nice picture Liam, I know Watchett via several geology field trips. As it happens I was down in Somerset at the weekend myself. Stopped off at Stonehenge on the way back, and took the usual picture postcard view. Pentax *ist DS 16-45mm AF lens, circular polariser and ND grad filter 1/45 at f16 ...
Posted by Ammonyte on 04/05/2006 - 20:50
