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Buying from Hong Kong Advice
I know someone here in Holland who regularly buys from Hong Kong. He has a regular contact there, who is well known in Dutch photographic circles. To overcome import duties and VAT things are sent via DHL and labelled as repairs. Just once was he phoned up by customs about a lens and he said yes it ...
Posted by George Lazarette on 26/05/2007 - 09:43
Buying from Hong Kong Advice
I have a friend who makes quite frequent trips out to Hong Kong, and I was considering asking him to buy a lens for me out there and bring it back. I don't think there would be any customs problems with bringing one lens, but does anyone know if the pentax warranty that would come with out would be ...
Posted by Mr. Ist on 26/05/2007 - 16:35
Buying from Hong Kong Advice
I recently bought something from the USA, $160 total inc. p&p and when it arrived the package was marked Contents: documents Value $10. I didn’t ask for it to be labelled as such and was expecting that I may get charged import duty. One thing that would worry me about mislabelling the value o...
Posted by Dave_Evanson on 27/05/2007 - 15:30
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In a Few Words... Don't Censor Me... Makes me Very Nervous. Ben :x You're a professional, not God, and you have as much say as we all do. You know how to handle it. :wink: What are you nervous of? By the way, I think your style is unique and something we don't see much of. I like...
Posted by benjikan on 29/05/2007 - 13:17
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Where in what I said even alluded to my being a God? Just as a simple human being, I don't like to be censored..It's as simple as that, no more no less. You censor me, I get my back up and do one of two things...Turn and walk away to an environment more conducive to freedom of expression, or fight...
Posted by ChrisA on 29/05/2007 - 13:26
Pentax 80-320mm on K100D
Taken yesterday with my K10D and 80-320mm: This one was taken a while back with K10D, 80-320mm and 20mm extension tube:
Posted by javam on 29/05/2007 - 10:15
Pentax 80-320mm on K100D
Does the fact that the K100D is only a 6 mp camera make it any less a performer ? as opposed an 8 or 10 mp DSLR ?? Nope. The K100D is a great camera. The shake reduction will be a very good addition for the 80-320mm. The sensor is the same as in all the Pentax 6mp DSLRs - with good technique and wor...
Posted by MattMatic on 29/05/2007 - 10:24
Pentax k100d and k110d?
There could be a number of reasons: Focus assist lamp mode on the flash attempting to light the subject for focusing. You are below the minimum focus distance and the camera's focus system is attempting to increase contrast by lighting the subject. You are blocking too much light from reach...
Posted by Tyr on 31/05/2007 - 14:30
Pentax k100d and k110d?
Problem #1 is nobody appears to sell these as body only and I don't particularly want the 18 to 55mm zoom that is usually bundled. Seems a peculiar range to me - my old 28 to 70mm is lightweight and means that I rarely changed lenses. have you taken the 1.5x crop factor into account? the 18-55 on ...
Posted by Mongoose on 06/06/2007 - 10:47
Pentax k100d and k110d?
Isn't it a shame that the only model in Pentax's current line up with a pentaprism and 0.95X viewfinder magnification is the K10D? The *ist DS had the same pentaprism and viewfinder, but that's been replaced with models with pentamirrors and 0.85X. I couldn't agree more, I think they should have ...
Posted by Mongoose on 08/06/2007 - 13:58
First Photo K10D
Clipping out the dark regions caused the reds to darken and look a little underexposed, especially on the lower two flowers. It probably was not necessary, in fact going back now to look at it unedited it is better. Here it is: removed This is what happens when you like to play with a Devel...
Posted by Tyr on 31/05/2007 - 16:15
PEF or DNG ?
I'm surprised that anyone uses PEF now to be honest, DNG is less processing and more future proof - as unlocker mentions storage costs are now pretty insignificant so why not make life easy:wink: Simon I was originally indifferent between the two and initially wanted to do DNG but then found thi...
Posted by Smeggypants on 27/03/2011 - 05:58
PEF or DNG ?
No he doesn't. he says Our test camera displayed unattractive purple fringing in strongly back-lit images (mostly manageable in Adobe Lightroom if shooting PEF RAW) He doesn't mention any comparison between PEF and DNG regarding PF. When I find time I will shoot a similar strongly back li...
Posted by testdasi on 27/03/2011 - 10:47
PEF or DNG ?
No he doesn't. he says Our test camera displayed unattractive purple fringing in strongly back-lit images (mostly manageable in Adobe Lightroom if shooting PEF RAW) He doesn't mention any comparison between PEF and DNG regarding PF. When I find time I will shoot a similar strongly back li...
Posted by Smeggypants on 27/03/2011 - 15:59
K10D refuses to fire in low light
In manual, it should always fire regardless if the camera's "brains" think the scene is under exposed. If you pup up the flash, it should give some pulses to try to help focus in low light. Alternatively, the 360/540 flash units have a red light that will shine a pattern to help focus...
Posted by amoringello on 01/06/2007 - 10:43
K10D refuses to fire in low light
If your custom settings are the defaults then the camera needs to focus before it will take the shot. In low light this can be hit-and-miss (for any camera, not just the K10D). My personal setup is to set the half-press of the shutter to NOT focus, and to use the dedicated "AF" button ...
Posted by MattMatic on 01/06/2007 - 10:58
K10D refuses to fire in low light
Right, I was using a manual lens so focusing was a bit of a problem. I think I'd get annoyed at having to focus using a separate button most of the time. It seems to only happen with my A50 1.7, although I didn't use the others much because of the low light. Oh and the camera was set to manual...
Posted by Tyr on 01/06/2007 - 15:21
K10D refuses to fire in low light
With a manual lens the camera will not fire if it is not in focus and set to AF. If you set it to MF it will fire, in focus or not.
Posted by johnriley on 01/06/2007 - 15:30
K10D refuses to fire in low light
Aha! To expand on John's comment: * If you have the focus switch to AF.C or AF.S then the camera will ONLY fire the shutter if it's in focus (this is called "snap focus") * If you have the focus switch to M then the camera will fire anytime. Assuming you haven't changed the custom sett...
Posted by MattMatic on 01/06/2007 - 15:52
Is Lowepro Slingshot really that good?
Hello there! I'm wondering - is that fancy really as good as it sounds? I mean - how easy is it in real life to use it, sliding from back to front. I'm not a pro or something, but i travel a lot, and i constantly have that same old problem of changing lenses over and over again. Right now i...
Posted by Jealousy on 04/06/2007 - 11:48
