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What's happening here?
Just thinking about this, the wheels are shiny and shaped, there is a chance that they are reflecting light only from certain positions as they rotate. If this is true, you wouldn't need SR to produce the effect - effectively the wheel is causing its own strobe effect (ie a flash only in certain ori...
Posted by ChrisA on 02/06/2008 - 20:00
What's happening here?
If this is the same as what amoringello meant, then I agree, but I didn't really understand what he was driving at. :( Sorry. Yeah that is pretty much what I meant. Just by watching cars go by with my own eyes I can see the effect. At the right speed I'll see flickering and sometimes even a bac...
Posted by amoringello on 02/06/2008 - 20:32
Placed my order
Well done on getting the camera. Sub 2mb JPEGs are normal if there's not a lot of fine detail in the image - which there can be if much of the scene is dark or out-of-focus, for example.
Posted by iceblinker on 05/06/2008 - 10:13
Placed my order
ah cheers iceb, most of my first tests were on the 50mm at 1.4-2.0 so plenty of out of focus background. i'll do more playing. shake reduction seems pretty good where you need it. I'll try and get some first shots uploaded tonight, here's hoping for a good sunset in my village today.
Posted by bigcog on 05/06/2008 - 10:23
Placed my order
well I've had the K10D for about 8 days and am starting to get some pictures I am really happy with. I have still not bothered with RAW and have adjusted the in camera sharpness, contrast and stayed with JPG for now. Main things I have done so far that I have really liked/noticed: 1. Indoor shots...
Posted by bigcog on 12/06/2008 - 12:40
Placed my order
Promised I would post some pics on here. My panning technique so far sucks a touch but I managed to catch some shots of a Barn Owl today at Asham Bryan Agricultural Show in York. These two below on Flickr are cropped a little and not completely in focus but quite happy with these as first goes.
Posted by bigcog on 15/06/2008 - 01:10
K20D purchase
Well, yesterday or the day before I was going to purchase the K20D from SRS online, at £799 - Pentax K20D, 18-55MKII, Grip. My parent said that they wanted me to wait till a cheque cleared first (I'm very eager to get it, I've just sold my K100D+18-55) So today I went on the SRS site and the price...
Posted by ikillrocknroll on 04/06/2008 - 21:20
K20D purchase
Well if anyone wants any tests shots taken to show various ISOs etc, then I will (I know most of you will have seen some already but yeah) It really is superb ISO 1600 shots are plenty usable and 3200 resized are probably fine for web, or print with noise reduction. One final thought, becaus...
Posted by ikillrocknroll on 07/06/2008 - 17:56
K20D purchase
One final thought, because I focus with my left eye, Ive always turned the camera the other way that the grip faces, its gonna take getting used to turning it anti clockwise, but it is so much comfier! And no more losing that damned remote :lol: Let me guess, you are right handed just as I am, I h...
Posted by golfdiesel on 08/06/2008 - 19:28
K20D purchase
One final thought, because I focus with my left eye, Ive always turned the camera the other way that the grip faces, its gonna take getting used to turning it anti clockwise, but it is so much comfier! And no more losing that damned remote :lol: Let me guess, you are right handed just as I am, I h...
Posted by Gwyn on 08/06/2008 - 20:25
K20D purchase
hmm, I might give Chris at SRS a ring, a K20D body is about 150 Euro's cheaper then here in the Netherlands... :( I did that - then he told me how much the postage would be :shock: plus if there is a problem it has to go back to him, more postage :shock: Yikes. Cheapest I've seen a K20D body, fro...
Posted by Gwyn on 08/06/2008 - 20:28
K20D purchase
hmm, I might give Chris at SRS a ring, a K20D body is about 150 Euro's cheaper then here in the Netherlands... :( I did that - then he told me how much the postage would be :shock: plus if there is a problem it has to go back to him, more postage :shock: Yikes. Cheapest I've seen a K20D body, fro...
Posted by Hyram on 08/06/2008 - 20:46
K20D purchase
hmm, I might give Chris at SRS a ring, a K20D body is about 150 Euro's cheaper then here in the Netherlands... :( I did that - then he told me how much the postage would be :shock: plus if there is a problem it has to go back to him, more postage :shock: Yikes. Cheapest I've seen a K20D body, fro...
Posted by Pwynnej on 09/06/2008 - 09:28
K20D purchase
The only advantage to the strong Euro is that the dollar is low - which makes petrol a bit cheaper for us - if the dollar was strong petrol would be a completely ridiculous price for us as opposed to merely a ridiculous price. I believe that the fact there are still so many K10Ds available here h...
Posted by Gwyn on 09/06/2008 - 10:55
K20D purchase
It was a real shame I couldn't get anything in the US lens wise. I hope the lack of Pentax lenses was due to popularity there - certainly in a couple of shops they had sold out in the last day or two before I got there and were waiting on a new order, which would imply popularity. Sadly I was never ...
Posted by stevejcoe on 19/06/2008 - 15:41
K20D purchase
Yes you'd have to pay the taxes when importing and that would cause an increase in the price of about 8-10% when getting the swiss 7% back. Wait until november, Switzerland will become a part of Schengen so no more customs.
Posted by Ohawa on 24/06/2008 - 14:17
K20D purchase
Just going back briefly if I may to the “grip or not to grip question”. I use grip always fully loaded with the additional battery, SD Card and remote control installed, while each of the described elements in its own right weigh very little. I find the combined total gives me the extra stability...
Posted by kerrowdown on 24/06/2008 - 19:28
K20D purchase
Well, yesterday or the day before I was going to purchase the K20D from SRS online, at £799 - Pentax K20D, 18-55MKII, Grip. My parent said that they wanted me to wait till a cheque cleared first (I'm very eager to get it, I've just sold my K100D+18-55) So today I went on the SRS site and the price...
Posted by hugh jass on 28/06/2008 - 11:53
K20D purchase
I hear a lot of talk about guarantee, but here in Canada, I bought my K20D (and K10D) with a Pentax 2 years international guarantee. It is the standard Pentax guarantee here, so why can't you have it? In Europe you get a two year guarantee in the country of purchase. Outside that country it is only...
Posted by Gwyn on 28/06/2008 - 12:40
K20D purchase
I hear a lot of talk about guarantee, but here in Canada, I bought my K20D (and K10D) with a Pentax 2 years international guarantee. It is the standard Pentax guarantee here, so why can't you have it? In Europe you get a two year guarantee in the country of purchase. Outside that country it is only...
Posted by pentaxian450 on 28/06/2008 - 19:22
