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Maybe just me or I have a rubbish K3
... (As we've seen in our other thread - the one on exif data that some of our fellow members so enjoyed :roll: - third party editing programmes can not even recognise and reproduce the data for these custom settings, instead concocting meaningless terms such as ' hard' and 'high' .... terms that ...
Posted by layingback on 02/03/2015 - 16:27
K-S2 Manual now available...
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk/en/digital-slr/downloads/pentax-k-S2.html It has Focus Peaking, as well as some other interesting Focus features in live view. Page 57 of the manual, there was plenty of chatter on the US site about it not being in there, pleased to see it is...
Posted by jules on 24/02/2015 - 11:07
Pentax DSLR EXIF Data in Different Programmes
So could it be the case then that Pentax are not updating or providing their camera - specific data into this MakerNote format? Seriously haven't paid much attention to this conversation, but it's potentially the other way around. It looks like there is a section allowed for, for the company to do...
Posted by richandfleur on 25/02/2015 - 02:50
Pentax DSLR EXIF Data in Different Programmes
---- ExifTool ---- ExifTool Version Number : 9.75 ---- File ---- File Name : my-k-50-and-some-lenses-_1424762782.jpg Directory : . File Size : 362 kB File Modification Date/Time : 2015:02:24 19:29:30+10:00 File Acce...
Posted by SteveLedger on 25/02/2015 - 03:13
Pentax DSLR EXIF Data in Different Programmes
Here's one of my 2013 K-7 files. Note there are two entries for sharpness. Under EXIF it is described as HARD the other (under makers notes) as +4. It would seem to me that Pentax use both. ------------------------------------- ---- ExifTool ---- ExifTool Version Number : 9.75 ---- File...
Posted by SteveLedger on 25/02/2015 - 05:39
Pentax DSLR EXIF Data in Different Programmes
Sigh. Tell me what's wrong with researching a topic before posting on it? :roll: I had. I'd just completed 2 weeks work into extracting EXIF data - specifically PENTAX MakerNotes for another website. [If you don't understand the difference between the EXIF standard and MakerNotes please see ri...
Posted by layingback on 25/02/2015 - 15:36
Pentax DSLR EXIF Data in Different Programmes
I contacted the author of Exiftool and explained the situation re Contrast, etc. After some feedback from the developer, and some sample tests by myself, he has updated his app to provide the data in the way that we see it on the back of the camera. The previous EXIF standard inspired text values ...
Posted by layingback on 16/03/2015 - 09:41
Pentax DSLR EXIF Data in Different Programmes
Well that sounds great, thanks, good job! My main focus on promoting threads like this is to further general awareness and to gain a more common basis for our discussions about the actual photography and equipment, settings etc. It seemed clear enough to me that in the context of checking the EXIF d...
Posted by McGregNi on 16/03/2015 - 16:02
SDM autofocus
Hi everybody, I have a K5II and a MZ7 to which I attach my DA 50-135mm SDM lens, the focus speed with the screw drive on the MZ7 is very responsive, however, as many users will testify, it gets a bit pedestrian on the digital body. Now my thought is this, the digital body and the lens are both capab...
Posted by ajp8422 on 25/02/2015 - 14:53
Pentax FF October?
Their credit scores? Back ache? Chromatic aberrations and other film era lens defects? How fiddly it is to get SD cards out of the slots? Why do birds in the viewfinder look smaller? Is it just me or is my new FF camera rubbish? Finally I can use my M50 1.7 and get the intended ...
Posted by McGregNi on 01/03/2015 - 06:29
Pentax FF October?
Their credit scores? Back ache? Chromatic aberrations and other film era lens defects? How fiddly it is to get SD cards out of the slots? Why do birds in the viewfinder look smaller? Is it just me or is my new FF camera rubbish? Finally I can use my M50 1.7 and get the intended ...
Posted by pgweber on 01/03/2015 - 12:10
Pentax FF October?
Their credit scores? Back ache? Chromatic aberrations and other film era lens defects? How fiddly it is to get SD cards out of the slots? Why do birds in the viewfinder look smaller? Is it just me or is my new FF camera rubbish? Finally I can use my M50 1.7 and get the intended ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 01/03/2015 - 14:24
Pentax FF October?
You forgot "inadequate focus tracking performance". Sure there are almost fifty full-frame PK lenses on the market, but... With items such as the Pentax FA50 (emphasis on!!) macro... Great lens optically, yet... The Pentax 50 macro (given it's mechanical linkage focusing) is also the second slow...
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 01/03/2015 - 15:22
Pentax FF October?
Their credit scores? Back ache? Chromatic aberrations and other film era lens defects? How fiddly it is to get SD cards out of the slots? Why do birds in the viewfinder look smaller? Is it just me or is my new FF camera rubbish? Finally I can use my M50 1.7 and get the intended ...
Posted by BruceStrachan on 04/03/2015 - 12:44
K3...new thread...is it just me?...looks like..
I do think you've set yourself quite a challenge Bruce ... the K3 is a difficult choice of machine if you want to learn about the fundamentals of photography shooting techniques. But then again, it does give every possiblility you might want to explore .... I appreciate that the discussion on ex...
Posted by McGregNi on 04/03/2015 - 16:06
K3...new thread...is it just me?...looks like..
Bruce As was suggested in the original thread - it may be worth experimenting with the 'auto bracketing' function. This allows you to record up to 5 versions of the same shot with different exposure values - you can set the difference to up to 2 stops variance between each shot - you can read ab...
Posted by fritzthedog on 05/03/2015 - 08:46
K3...new thread...is it just me?...looks like..
There is a wealth of info and knowledge available to you here Bruce, so stay with it. If you are having issues posting pictures to the thread then contact the site mods for assistance. You will need to post examples and report back with your experiences often to get the most from the contributor...
Posted by richandfleur on 05/03/2015 - 10:07
Kx and Star Photography
I've seen a lot of very impressive photos of the night sky (not just on here, and many taken with other brands of camera), and have done some reasonable captures of the ISS flypast as a trail, and I'm thinking of getting a bit more into this as the weather gets a bit better. I have a Kx and either a...
Posted by droopsnoot on 06/03/2015 - 13:35
Kx and Star Photography
His Nibs used his K-m in America, either with his very dodgy Sigma zoom or mostly with my Samyang 14mm, and after some playing about with timings got some very creditable photos. Now I admit we were in the middle of Death Valley with zero light pollution at the time, but if he can do it (he never no...
Posted by Gwyn on 06/03/2015 - 14:51
Kx and Star Photography
I think if you use the kit lens wide open and at 18mm you should manage some photos. Star trails will be easier than trying to "stop" the stars. If you cab afford it then something like the Samyang would be good. It is fairly cheap but seems to be popular for this sort of thing. I bought mine for ...
Posted by Gwyn on 06/03/2015 - 19:31
