Search results for 'back focus' - page 1265
Upgrading to Digital from SLR
Woman, watching some photographers marching along: "they was all out of step except our Steve". Steve, old lad (I'm fairly sure you're not young), don't think by calling me narrow-minded and stupid that you can magically turn the clock back. The reason photography courses are still t...
Posted by George Lazarette on 20/09/2006 - 01:31
Upgrading to Digital from SLR
Pentax always appealed primarily to "advanced amateurs", at least with their 35mm kit. The only truly professional SLR they ever produced was the LX, but in the 60s and 70s they were the most successful SLR maker. So I think they can get back, but it will be a slow process (they don't ...
Posted by George Lazarette on 20/09/2006 - 16:03
Upgrading to Digital from SLR
Pentax always appealed primarily to "advanced amateurs", at least with their 35mm kit. ...... So I think they can get back, but it will be a slow process (they don't have the advertising budget) ....... G I note that this month's BBC Wildlife Magazine has a full back cover advert for the...
Posted by IanReigate on 20/09/2006 - 21:21
IT'S HERE!!!!!!
Lucky I copied it first then. Here is the now missing 'press release' embedded photo's are missing. PENTAX ANNOUNCES K10D DIGITAL SLR WITH TEN MEGAPIXELS, SHAKE REDUCTION AND WEATHER-RESISTANT BODY GOLDEN, CO. (September 13, 2006)…PENTAX Imaging Company announced today the PENTAX K10D digit...
Posted by Mannesty on 12/09/2006 - 20:50
IT'S HERE!!!!!!
Two reasons: finally been able to access my account! :D Secondlly: the K10D - yes, I like my *ist D and *ist DL, but this is such a profound step we hope all the defectors to the dark side come back to the fold. My girlfriend tries to get me to defect to Canon, definitely won't happen if the...
Posted by Pwynnej on 14/09/2006 - 14:13
K10D is Official on Pentax Canada
Popped into 2 of my local camera shops today. In the first, the assistant looked a bit shifty when I mentioned 'the new Pentax', and he asked "what, the K10?", then went into the back room to look things up. When he came back he said they were on an info embargo until Photokina. When I ...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 14/09/2006 - 15:25
K10D is Official on Pentax Canada
(Back on thread) It's also on the German Pentax site, complete with glossy PDF brochure: http://www.pentax.de/downloads/photo/de/Pentax%20K10D/K10D%20Katalog.pdf http://www.pentax.de/_de/photo/products/index.php?gruppe=digital%20slr&produkt=19095&id=uebersicht&year=2006 The broch...
Posted by MattMatic on 14/09/2006 - 16:16
K10D is Official on Pentax Canada
what the hell people!!!!!!!! 919US at B&H.... thats awesome!!!!!! ZaphodB... were you complaining about the price??? I was expecting this camera to come out at 1500-2000US.... when I saw the ACTUAL price at around $900 I was floored!!! I payed $1800 for my istD a long time back! This new ca...
Posted by Joshua Hakin on 19/09/2006 - 02:56
K10D is Official on Pentax Canada
Interestingly "Image 4" (Girl on left with out of focus car and buildings) looks like it was shot with the 70mm Limited. How do I know? 1) EXIF says 70mm, and 2) the lens has a 9 blade diaphragm. Out of them all, that's one of the most interesting in my mind - blown out highlights which...
Posted by MattMatic on 06/10/2006 - 09:44
K10D is Official on Pentax Canada
If you are on a budget, and new to photography, buy the kit lens. But also try to get an SMC Pentax-A 1:1.7 50mm. On Ebay they go for less than £30.00. If you can spend a bit more, buy the -F or -FA version to give you auto-focus. This lens is great for portraits on DSLRs. If you find it to...
Posted by George Lazarette on 20/10/2006 - 08:10
Tips Please
Mostly the default settings are very reasonable, but I would suggest the following: Set the autofocus to centre point only.This means you aim at the spot you want to focus on and the half pressure on the release locks that point so you can re-compose and keep the focus where you wanted it. Sel...
Posted by johnriley on 13/09/2006 - 22:21
k10d delayed?
Daniel, Your quotes really take me back to the early 60's when Japanese companies began exporting to English speaking countries. I wish I had kept those instructions - literal translations, and really cute. The game was to read between the lines and figure out what was actually meant. Kinda fi...
Posted by Anonymous on 06/11/2006 - 13:01
A picture..
Hi all, just thought I'd post up a picture I took in Yorkshire a couple of weeks ago.. don't ask me where it was exactly, I'm rubbish at that sort of thing, but if you need to know I'll ask Mrs. Liam later.. :roll: :P *ist DL | 18-55mm DA @ 18mm | 1/125 sec @ f8 | ISO 200 > A nice c...
Posted by LiamD on 18/09/2006 - 13:12
A picture..
Hi Brian, that's a stunning shot. It looks like the perfect shot for a holiday brochure.. have you got a local tourist board with a few quid spare? I came back from Brugge on Saturday evening, and as the coach exited the train (on the Shuttle) there was one of the nicest sunsets I'd seen in a...
Posted by LiamD on 25/09/2006 - 20:12
A picture..
Didn't make it down to North Yorshire this weekend due to some unforseen circumstance, will try and get down soon though as it looks a photographers dream. Yes! Yorkshire is one of the most photogenic places in the world, but as a Yorkshireman I may well be biased. Unfortunately I cant walk any gr...
Posted by fatspider on 25/09/2006 - 20:31
Pentax *ist DL and non A lenses
Help, I am a new user with Pentax Digital and have a *ist DL and want to use some of my older Pentax lenses from The K and M range, these all being non "A" lenses. Could someone tell me how I can get the camera's metering to work with these older lenses, obviously I'll have to focus the le...
Posted by youngres on 17/09/2006 - 16:27
Pentax *ist DL and non A lenses
set focus on camera to manual "mf" set dial on camera to "M" set aperture on lens. press "AE-L" button on camera.... works for me.
Posted by Don on 17/09/2006 - 21:04
ZigView
Hi, does anyone use one of these.. http://www.zigview.co.uk/zigview-R.htm and the new swivel version which is about to be launched.. http://www.zigview.co.uk/S2.htm I'd love the swivel one, as that has got to be the gadget, but at that price (£249) I couldn't justify it (could even ...
Posted by LiamD on 21/09/2006 - 18:29
ZigView
Hi Liam, I don't think a 'set up and leave it' set-up would react quickly enough to get your shot - I'd guess the bat would be gone by the time the shutter fired. You can just prefocus your manual focus lens, set the camera to autofocus, set the drive mode to 'consecutive' (not single shot) a...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 19/10/2006 - 19:33
Roll Back Firmware ?
After updating DL2 firmware to v1.01 i find that auto iso no longer works in that it will not rise above 200. Can anyone direct me to the original firmware ?
Posted by mxuser on 21/09/2006 - 20:20
