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Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
I did read the DPReview tour of Leica and the M9 hands-on. I'm surprised that people are just ditching their DSLRs. After all the M8/M9 are rangefinder cameras with manual focus! I understand that it's probably a doddle to focus when you get the hang of it - but I can imagine some niggles as they cr...
Posted by MattMatic on 14/09/2009 - 10:03
Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
I did read the DPReview tour of Leica and the M9 hands-on. I'm surprised that people are just ditching their DSLRs. After all the M8/M9 are rangefinder cameras with manual focus! I understand that it's probably a doddle to focus when you get the hang of it - but I can imagine some niggles as they cr...
Posted by Don on 14/09/2009 - 10:08
Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
The M9 is just a rich mans toy. Personally I'm waiting for Pentax to produce a retro camera for the masses. The Digital Spotmatic. Pentax already produce a digital Spotmatic, the latest version's called K-7:D Trace the history back and you can see the family grow from as far back as the S1 (maybe...
Posted by Hardgravity on 14/09/2009 - 12:51
Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
I think two things are missing from the pentax line-up one being a digital 110 slr 2 being a pro calibre compact (with hotshoe, sensor from the k7) remember that camera Pentax released with HP a few years back? put a kmount and new sensor on something like that... no mirror, no pentaprisim, op...
Posted by Don on 14/09/2009 - 15:46
Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
The M9 is just a rich mans toy. Ever used a Leica for any length of time? I was wondering the same. I think not......:wink: As a side note....Yes, it will be a niche camera, only available for the onces who can afford it. If I could, I would......believe me. And if it does what it promises it will...
Posted by Malo1961 on 14/09/2009 - 18:54
Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
Malo, now that's more like it, and the price is better. But it has an 'optional' viewfinder, like the pen. With a fixed focus compact,I can live with that. Expected street price US.......$ 2000,- Still a lot of money ! I mean....A LOT! Martin.
Posted by Malo1961 on 15/09/2009 - 12:34
Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
Male Jewelery? I expect N & C will come out with some competing bling for posers and celebs. Me? I will stick with value for money.:D Cost of everything, value of nothing springs to mind:!: Male Jewelery? Bling? I suppose you confuse the M9 with your own camera phone.:lol: And No, N & C won't br...
Posted by Malo1961 on 15/09/2009 - 18:31
Is the game Up for Big C and Big N ?
Male Jewelery? I expect N & C will come out with some competing bling for posers and celebs. Me? I will stick with value for money.:D Cost of everything, value of nothing springs to mind:!: Male Jewelery? Bling? I suppose you confuse the M9 with your own camera phone.:lol: And No, N & C won't br...
Posted by Marcus1 on 15/09/2009 - 20:04
K10D & Telephoto
Funny you should pop up with your comment Top Man as I went "Camera Shop" hunting today in Sth Glos. I asked about adaptors and rings and things to attach a dSLR to my Tasco and from what the bloke was saying,you use the camera and the telescope without the eyepiece lens.I can`t get my head around ...
Posted by alfiemooon on 22/09/2009 - 18:32
K10D & Telephoto
Think of the telescope (with SLR adaptor) as a large prime SLR lens, with manual focus and shutter operation (and no aperture control). You focus the system using the telescope focus adjuster, just the same as if you had an eyepiece in, and check for focus through the camera viewfinder. Recommen...
Posted by El Dingo on 22/09/2009 - 22:43
k10 d focus
ok my sigma 28-300mm is working well and so is my 18-55mm pentax kit lens know my new 55-300mm f4-5.6 will focus but after focus if i turn the focus ring (so it's out of focus along way say infinity ) it will only focus again some time and will fire when it's out of focus any advice as I'm rea...
Posted by pink on 15/09/2009 - 14:22
k10 d focus
I think you may be a victim of the very useful Pentax Quick Shift system. What this does is, after you have locked on with AF, you can adjust the focusing manually to fine tune it. The shutter will release when you continue from the half press to the full press, but the AF system will now show as ou...
Posted by johnriley on 15/09/2009 - 14:56
k10 d focus
Thank you John I think you are right the sigma hasn't got this function as the focusing ring is solid regards James
Posted by pink on 15/09/2009 - 15:04
k10 d focus
The shutter will release when you continue from the half press to the full press Agreed... however, , but the AF system will now show as out of focus. Not with my K10D. With the half-press held, the green in-focus hexagon remains, even when I've quick-shifted way out of focus. The behaviour...
Posted by ChrisA on 15/09/2009 - 15:27
k10 d focus
agreed the behaviour is the same with my k10 James
Posted by pink on 15/09/2009 - 15:31
k10 d focus
Perhaps "may" would have been a better word?
Posted by johnriley on 15/09/2009 - 16:20
k10 d focus
Perhaps "may" would have been a better word? Having now tried it several times, it appears that the behaviour in AF is different than in MF. Set to MF, with half-press held, the hexagon appears and disappears as you turn the focus ring. As you'd expect, the shutter will release whether in focus ...
Posted by ChrisA on 15/09/2009 - 17:02
k10 d focus
The thing that's rarely mentioned is our eyes. It may well be that many people are no longer used to seeing through a viewfinder. I know I've handed cameras to people before now and they've talken a look and said "I can't see through that" before rejecting it and passing it back. When I look t...
Posted by johnriley on 15/09/2009 - 17:08
k10 d focus
When I look through a SLR viewfinder I can see if it's in focus or not. Pressing the shutter release half way makes a lens snap into focus, and I look at the image rather than the green hexagon. In fact, as I think more about it, I never look for the green hexagon. Do people generally find it dif...
Posted by ChrisA on 15/09/2009 - 17:24
k10 d focus
I take pictures in semi-darkness quite a lot, at dance events. Manual focus without a split screen or focus confirmation would be hard. That's very interesting as I tend to shoot under disco lights using manual focus. No split screen either... I suppose it just goes to show that we're all differe...
Posted by johnriley on 15/09/2009 - 17:27
