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Focus Lock Problem with ist DS
Before I send the body off for a repair quote can anyone think of a legitamate circumstance where this would happen? i.e. I press shutter button half way, get focus lock confirmation in viewfinder and audible beep and then when pressing shutter button fully, camera refocuses before taking the sho...
Posted by Sapphie on 06/03/2008 - 11:19
Focus Lock Problem with ist DS
I found that it happened very occasionally and focusing on something else instead always cured it. Maybe under some circumstances the AF system is confused and doesn't lock properly.
Posted by johnriley on 06/03/2008 - 12:50
Focus Lock Problem with ist DS
AF systems dont like horizontal lines eg venetian blinds
Posted by gartmore on 06/03/2008 - 17:52
Pentax or Samsung?
I bought the GX10 instead of the K10D because it was so much cheaper than the K10D and was just getting back into SLR photography. I bought the K20D instead of the GX20 because I wanted to do my bit to support the Pentax brand because I'd come to respect it after reading so much about the history...
Posted by chirpy on 04/03/2008 - 15:14
K10D with AF280T flash off-camera?
Oh yes, I do remember reading something about this pre-flash setting off slave flashes prematurely. Good to be made aware of this again, thank you. I do use an old portrait lens, which I focus manually, but it has no A setting... :? Might that still work for disabling the pre-flash? Also, do I ...
Posted by Wanderlust on 06/03/2008 - 19:13
K10D with AF280T flash off-camera?
I do use an old portrait lens, which I focus manually, but it has no A setting... :? Might that still work for disabling the pre-flash? Yes it should. Also, do I presume correctly - from putting two and two together - that attaching a small flashgun like the AF160 to the camera, as mentioned by...
Posted by beakynet on 06/03/2008 - 20:09
K10D with AF280T flash off-camera?
I do use an old portrait lens, which I focus manually, but it has no A setting... :? Might that still work for disabling the pre-flash? Yes it should. Also, do I presume correctly - from putting two and two together - that attaching a small flashgun like the AF160 to the camera, as mentioned by...
Posted by George Lazarette on 06/03/2008 - 22:03
Paper filters for photography. Say what?
I'm sorry if this is an old concept to you guys, but tonight I just discovered the mesmerizing joys of paper filters for photography! Oh, how can I describe it? Pictures! Yes! So , You These are unmodified and straight out of the camera. to get more of the story and see some trippy...
Posted by Dubious Drewski on 05/03/2008 - 08:27
Paper filters for photography. Say what?
carve some out of black paper (or black foil) and use them to throw out-of focus, specular highlights into interesting shapes! (ie heart shaped xmas lights behind a Glamour portrait).
Posted by Don on 05/03/2008 - 12:49
Paper filters for photography. Say what?
it's the out of focus specular highlights that take the shape of the filter. any light sources in front or behind the point of focus. Andrew chose his subject matter very well for this technique. without those bright light sources in the background, the effect would just be blury, hazy, foregrounds...
Posted by Don on 06/03/2008 - 13:08
? quiet noise of mirror going up?
The mirror lock-up timer mode is no use for a too-quiet jazz band as the mirror comes back down after every shot. The idea was to stop the sound of the mirror. There is no mode on the K10D to leave the mirror up, and you wouldn't be able to see anything through the viewfinder even if there was. ...
Posted by iceblinker on 08/03/2008 - 14:20
K100D Sensor Clean
Help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a K100D and it is evident from some shots today that it has dust spot or some form of crud on the sensor - slap bang centre! , going on holiday to the US in 2 weeks . Cant afford to waste time sending it for a clean as it may not get back in time ...... whats b...
Posted by microlight on 08/03/2008 - 21:20
PENTAX Watford in store day.
Hi Daniel, Thanks for your comments. Regarding the website, yes you are absolutly correct and the issues experienced in getting new content up have been addressed in terms of the processes, procedures and timescales. This shouldn't happen in the future but as a matter of course I will pass yo...
Posted by PENTAXMike on 11/03/2008 - 14:48
PENTAX Watford in store day.
Thank you for the offer of some sample shots with the 300mm, I may take you up on it since I have to send the lens back to Germany :(. :shock: As I say, address is on my website. :wink: Any further info on when this lens is going to be available? I think it's May time, but I'm sure I saw March so...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 11/03/2008 - 15:03
PENTAX Watford in store day.
Thank you for the offer of some sample shots with the 300mm, I may take you up on it since I have to send the lens back to Germany :(. :shock: As I say, address is on my website. :wink: Any further info on when this lens is going to be available? I think it's May time, but I'm sure I saw March so...
Posted by JohnMcD on 11/03/2008 - 15:56
First Post - Purchasing opinions.
It is well worth having a 50mm lens in addition to your normal zoom - for portraits, low light, still life, macro*, etc. To minimise the expense you could get a second-hand manual-focus Pentax-A 50mm F1.7. It's a very common but very good lens. Look on eBay. * by using extension tubes or a r...
Posted by iceblinker on 17/03/2008 - 14:40
Are my strobes working as intended?
I'm not a pro portrait artist so perhaps I'm not the best person to offer a critique, but to my (untrained) eye I think you have an excellent set of shots there. Friends of mine who recently paid for a portrait session came away with far less pleasing results, so for a first attempt I think you sho...
Posted by hefty1 on 18/03/2008 - 09:43
Are my strobes working as intended?
WB was a joke too - in those green shots, that's a white bedsheet behind me. It turned out to be a more interesting colour than plain white, so I kept it for these shots, but I'm still not going to have that for any future shots. Gives it a cross-processed look which suits these shot I reckon. An...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 18/03/2008 - 17:46
K20D battery gauge going crazy!
Sometimes, I have two fully charged batteries in my K20D and the gauge may show "empty". I take off the grip and then, it might show "full" again. I put the grip back on and it shows "half". Anybody else having that kind of behavior? :o :?
Posted by pentaxian450 on 20/03/2008 - 23:48
K20D battery gauge going crazy!
I had a battery problem with my Samsung GX1S. After slotting a fresh set of AA batteries in, the camera would sometimes register as being completely out of power and not turn on (empty battery sign blinking). Then I'd have to twiddle knobs and keep turning it on and off to get it to sort itself out....
Posted by tobyed on 21/03/2008 - 01:07
