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Venturing into the World of primes
Something else which may muddy the waters further - the Pentax-F 35-70mm If you want a compact, light, but very good walkabout lens then this is well worth a look. It supports the theory that zooms with a shorter range are better and is surprisingly useful on digital. You should be able to bag on...
Posted by Dangermouse on 29/08/2010 - 22:46
Venturing into the World of primes
Just loaded second version of Rose photo . Howard you are losing your reds and sharpness due to the high iso. your flower still seems out of focus. try this... Iso 200 f 8 shuterspeeds... bracket a few shots between 1/8 sec to one second. use a tripod and manual focus. set your w...
Posted by Don on 30/08/2010 - 17:16
Venturing into the World of primes
What Don says and/or Drop ISO to 100 or 200. Turn to Aperture exposure and dial in f8. Set the drive mode to 2s timer (so you don't joggle as you shoot). Either focus manually or change the focus point to the middle of the flower. Then twiddle focus/exposure until you're happy. See where...
Posted by dougf8 on 30/08/2010 - 17:33
Venturing into the World of primes
The advantage of a dedicated macro is that you get greater control over focus and how much magnification to apply. With the filter on the FA77 I have a smaller magnification range through the, ahem, "limited" focus throw. The FA77 is significantly smaller (270g / 64mm) than the DFA100 (345g / 81m...
Posted by rparmar on 31/08/2010 - 17:56
Venturing into the World of primes
What are the pros and cons of your set up against a dedicated 100mm ? Is the image quality the same ? Macro lenses are made to have a very flat field of focus with normal lenses this field is mostly curved and when doing macro this field becomes very noticeable.
Posted by Anvh on 31/08/2010 - 18:19
Venturing into the World of primes
The FA77 is significantly smaller (270g / 64mm) than the DFA100 (345g / 81mm) and is built much nicer. If you were to grab the older FA100 you'd get better metal build but it is huge in comparison (600g / 104mm) It also focuses much quicker, since it doesn't have the enormous focus throw of a macro ...
Posted by MrCynical on 01/09/2010 - 19:28
Venturing into the World of primes
As MarkD says, old version of 100mm macro can be had for just under £300, is the new Wr version with rounded blades worth the extra £200 ! The rounded blades do very very little in terms of the out of focus blur, it's the lens optics that really define how that looks since the amount of blades in th...
Posted by Anvh on 04/09/2010 - 15:57
Venturing into the World of primes
Stefan - please do not misquote me to try to reverse my point. Oggy, why are you brining that up again and more importantly lay the blame at me. The last time we had a discussing about this I didn't even quoted one of your comments. :roll: You said that the out of focus areas is quite different ...
Posted by Anvh on 04/09/2010 - 22:04
Venturing into the World of primes
having already bought the non wr version of this lens... I'm not willing to spend the extra money. two photographic rationalizations, (beside the reality of cost)... 1) when shooting stopped down, I'm shooting macro or studio, no out of focus specular highlights for most shots.. 2) when doing po...
Posted by Don on 04/09/2010 - 23:15
Venturing into the World of primes
[quote:3496ace15f="Mannesty"]:roll: Stefan, who cares, as long as the picture pleases . . . . somebody . . . . anybody? I was trying to be helpful and explain things since when is that a bad thing? It's never been a bad thing to try and be helpful. 8)[/quote] I know I can go to far though :oops: ...
Posted by Anvh on 06/09/2010 - 13:10
Venturing into the World of primes
Coming back to the original question... HKW is contemplating the purchase of a prime lens for photographing "anything and everything". That being the objective, a wide-range zoom would seem to be a better choice than a prime, but given that quality was mentioned in a subsequent post, then, as ...
Posted by George Lazarette on 06/09/2010 - 21:53
Venturing into the World of primes
I am taking my first steps into purchasing another lens any advice. in know the question to be answered is " what do you want to photgraph? . The answer is anything and everything that takes my eye. I suppose in all practicality...portraits, landscapes and general walkabout shots. I am quite taken b...
Posted by JonSchick on 06/09/2010 - 22:32
Venturing into the World of primes
According to Photozone, the FA43 (which seems to be the main point of discussion here) beats the DA40 at the same apertures. Not only that, the FA43 is the sharpest Pentax lens Photozone have tested from f/2.8 through to f/5.6. Yes, sharper than the macros. It is sharper than the FA31 throughout its...
Posted by rparmar on 08/09/2010 - 13:22
A question of size
No offence taken Simon. :) Lowe does make "real" backpacks for hiking under the Lowe Alpine name so the question is how much of that do you see back in the camera backpacks from Lowe Pro that are meant for day hikes. I've tried the Primus and that one does seem to offer the support needed but stil...
Posted by Anvh on 30/08/2010 - 18:51
A question of size
It obviously depends where and what type of hiking you do but a camera bag strapped to the waist sounds way too exposed to me, scrambling up scree paths/climbing between rocky outcrops etc runs too much risk. For me comfort on long hikes is very important when carrying quite a bit of weight and ...
Posted by simonkit on 06/09/2010 - 22:35
A question of size
For me comfort on long hikes is very important when carrying quite a bit of weight and I've still yet to see any camera rucksac that has anything like the design features of a dedicated hiking one (freeflow back system, straps designed with weight distribution in mind etc) You haven't seen my last l...
Posted by Anvh on 06/09/2010 - 23:16
Finally calibrated my K10D's AF
Finally calibrated my K10D's AF ...and what a difference!!! A couple of months ago I bought a K10D as a 2nd body to my K20D so I can avoid missing shots while swapping lenses. The K10D was sold with a Sigma 17-70 F2.8-F4.5 I've been disappointed with the 17-70 for a while for it's apparent ...
Posted by Smeggypants on 30/08/2010 - 13:15
Light Problem
Metering mode is like the word say the mode in which the camera meters. I believe there is in the menu the option to change that. Pentax use 3 metering modes. - spot metering - centre-weighted - Matrix With spot metering the camera meters a very small spot on the photo and because that spo...
Posted by Anvh on 03/09/2010 - 17:41
80-320 No go on K10D
Thanks Don, In menus, I found an item called Aperture Ring. The options were Prohibited, or Permitted. The description below states: "pictures can be taken even when aperture ring position is other than A" I switched it to permitted. It now allows pictures, but they are way over exposed. I may have ...
Posted by Donkey on 03/09/2010 - 23:52
80-320 No go on K10D
When set to "A" the lens should work without any problems whatsoever, so clearly something is amiss. I would check that the aperture is closing down pproperly - with the lens off the camera, operate the aperture stop down lever on the back of the lens. Does the aperture move snappily or is it sticky...
Posted by johnriley on 03/09/2010 - 23:55
