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Infra Red Landscape
What intrigues me about the 'colour' ones are the funny shapes around the centre and top of the image. Not sure what caused these. Reflection of lens from back of filter? That's what it looks like to me - I've seen something similar myself when shooting IR with a Cokin filter. Where in the holder...
Posted by niblue on 30/05/2006 - 17:24
Infra Red Landscape
normally I think having ones shadow in the image is a mistake, but this one works for me. I took some shots with my shadow in it and some without (I was using the 2s mirror lockup to give me time to back away) however the one I preferred the exposure on was this one which just happened to have me in...
Posted by niblue on 22/06/2006 - 16:44
Infra Red Landscape
not a bad idea, but some of us work for draft, and others can get really pricy with the single malt scotches.....mind you you do tend to get what you pay for....just don't submit your orders close to closing time....everything tends to get blurier (soft focus) as the girls get prettier (glam shots)
Posted by Don on 23/06/2006 - 23:36
K100D and K110D
Mirrors induce problems because the light is refracted twice, once when it enters the glass of the mirror (at an angle), and a second time when it exits, having bounced off the silvering at the back of the glass. With a penta-prism, the light enters at a right-angle, bounces around inside, then e...
Posted by George Lazarette on 07/06/2006 - 14:37
K100D and K110D
Think about it. To bounce off the silvered surface at the back, the light has first to go through a layer of glass - at an angle. Then it comes back out again, at an angle. This happens several times before it exits through the view-finder. With a prism, the light enters once, at right angles,...
Posted by George Lazarette on 08/06/2006 - 11:05
Compact Digitals
I can't answer specifics about Pentax compacts, but I believe they have thier place. All compacts have slow reflexes and shutterlag, but with good tecnique you can overcome these. when possible use manual focus or prefocus, then recompose wait for the right moment and fire. use burst mode and ...
Posted by Don on 20/06/2006 - 14:54
K100D AVAILABLE ON EBAY
"delivery only"? "we no longer accept Pay Pal"? I suspect the camera fell off the back of a truck, if you know what I mean.
Posted by Arthur Dent on 26/06/2006 - 15:07
Photographing motion istD
I have an istD and a pentax automatic lens. I tried to take some pictures of horses during a training session. I first tried to set to manual and get a fast shutter speed with an ISO of 200. It was shady and for proper exposure I could not get as high a shutter as I wished. I had the camera se...
Posted by Ava on 30/06/2006 - 15:00
Photographing motion istD
Ava, My recommended settings for the *ist-D are as follows: 1. Set the AF to centre spot only. That way there's no mistake where it's focussing. 2. In the custom menu, disable the "autofocus on half press" of the shutter. It's the "AF with Press Halfway" setting. You have ...
Posted by MattMatic on 30/06/2006 - 15:26
Photographing motion istD
I quite agree with John. Thanks for the suggestion JointComms :D Maybe they could let me have the new DSLR on loan so I can write an "English" manual for that :P :D (Dream on!) Note that the *ist-DS has many of the same facilities. You can set it so the "OK" button on the ba...
Posted by MattMatic on 01/07/2006 - 21:07
NiCD vs. NiMH
I wonder if the trick for li-ion's will work with nimh's? run'em flat dead and full recharge for two cycles every month or two to bring'em back up to capacity? I had that problem with a different brand digicam, almost threw out an $85.00 battery when I learned that trick...it's still in use today. ...
Posted by Don on 03/07/2006 - 14:37
Raw setting
If you start shooting RAW you have to take some things in account. 1) your workflow will dramatically change, but once you got the hang of it the results will be great. 2) you need to profile your monitor, either with Wiziwyg or with a hardware profiling device. 3) invest in memory cards......
Posted by golfdiesel on 02/07/2006 - 10:23
A visit to Ypres
Very nice shots. I visited the area and the graveyards back when I used to live in Brussels and the sheer volume of graves (plus the huge number of names of missing men who's bodies weren't found) was a very sombre experience.
Posted by niblue on 02/07/2006 - 23:07
Moose moment
these animals will spend up to half thier days in marshy waters foraging on aquatic plants, hence the enlongated face and the nostrils which can seal out water. the cow by the road is very young (no calf, and very small), by moose standards she's got another head and shoulders to grow. I wish I'd f...
Posted by Don on 04/07/2006 - 15:18
Bargain *ist DS
:lol: i got an *istds off jassops about four weeks ago :( mind you its going back as its developed a fault caused by them putting the wrong batteries in and the polarity was reversed but thay are getting me a replacment :lol:
Posted by ali studio one on 05/07/2006 - 17:59
Images from Liepaja, Latvia
Images from Liepaja in Latvia, had a short break (5 days) visiting my wifes relatives. To be honest I didn't know what to expect, but on the whole I was pleasantly surprised with what I found. The visit was a short holiday (5 days) to visit my wifes relatives and see a some of the country. Gettin...
Posted by McBrian on 15/07/2006 - 22:18
Tarn Hows, The Lake District, England
Hi John, we were there Thursday.. just stopped off to have a look on the way back from a walk up a mountain.. :shock: :P It is nice there. I tried quite a few of this type of shot, holding the camera at about 6" from the ground, with the 18-55 at it's widest, and this was one of the ...
Posted by LiamD on 17/07/2006 - 17:37
Hi Honey
that is very impressive for a handheld shot. Focus is in the right place and the colours are lovely. You sometimes see good things written about Soligor lenses.I t might be worth investigating some of their others.
Posted by smc on 18/07/2006 - 12:37
Hi Honey
Hi smc, and thanks.. I upped the saturation of the magenta (for the clover) and yellow a touch (it highlights the greens a lot more than upping the green itself), and sharpened it for the web, but it's not far off the image that fell out of the camera. :lol: As far as the lens goes, t's a c...
Posted by LiamD on 18/07/2006 - 13:25
Took the DS to Farnborough
Thanks for the comments Guys. I went to the airshow today. I took my father, who when I was a lot smaller used to take me to these events, my brother and my 11 year old nephew. The day started off fine and we had a good look around the static displays but the weather closed in for the flying ...
Posted by GlynM on 22/07/2006 - 20:50
