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Where to now? Upgrading my K5
I bought an external hdmi connected monitor from a member a little while back. I do a lot of manual focus macro work and my old eyes are not too clever any more. The monitor is a wonderful tool and would certainly be suitable for jewellery shots and the like
Posted by davidwozhere on 01/06/2017 - 00:55
Where to now? Upgrading my K5
I bought an external hdmi connected monitor from a member a little while back. I do a lot of manual focus macro work and my old eyes are not too clever any more. The monitor is a wonderful tool and would certainly be suitable for jewellery shots and the like Yep, agreed. As much as I like the optic...
Posted by richandfleur on 01/06/2017 - 03:42
Where to now? Upgrading my K5
Good morning gents, @richandfleur My current setup for jewellery is sound for now as I do use PK_Tether and Lightroom's hot folder - works fine until PK_Tether decides to freeze my camera and I have to reset everything. I never auto focus when photographing jewellery though - messes up my stacks....
Posted by Kamis on 01/06/2017 - 10:59
Where to now? Upgrading my K5
As above, what aspect of the tether do you need? An hdmi monitor will allow you to focus easily (much more precisely than an optical video finder) and review back zoomed into to confirm focus. Personally I'd find eye tracking AF much more useful for portraits, but Pentax doesn't have that y...
Posted by richandfleur on 05/06/2017 - 20:39
Where to now? Upgrading my K5
I've recently upgraded my K3 to a K3II. I love it (see my gallery on here) With the very quick to focus new PLM KAF4 zoom I've found it the best yet. 4.5 stops extra on the shake reduction too. Bargain new in SRS refurb sale https://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/used-refurbished/refurbished-pentax-eq...
Posted by wvbarnes on 07/06/2017 - 19:17
UK Warranty experience.
Having seen some horror-stories about warranty repairs, when my K1 failed last Friday I started re-thinking my (photographic) plans for a trip I'm taking to the Alps during the first week in July. I took the camera to JP Johnsons (quite near to me) at around 17:00 Friday. At 11:30 this morning (...
Posted by DaveKitson on 06/06/2017 - 18:19
Pentax K1 Battery Grip
I've had another think, and I think I was correct the first time. The CoG is the point through which the weight of a body acts. So as jeallen01 said if the weight is at the front of a lens the CoG will be towards the front. By adding weight to the back of the lens/camera you move the CoG towards the...
Posted by bforbes on 12/06/2017 - 22:07
Pentax K1 Battery Grip
I've had another think, and I think I was correct the first time. The CoG is the point through which the weight of a body acts. So as jeallen01 said if the weight is at the front of a lens the CoG will be towards the front. By adding weight to the back of the lens/camera you move the CoG towards the...
Posted by jeallen01 on 12/06/2017 - 22:17
Pentax K1 Battery Grip
That's fine if your talking about a tripod or monopod support, it's not quite the same for hand held. In that case you may not be able to move the support hand forward, say because of the position of focus or aperture rings. Then you need to have a balance around where the support hand sits comforta...
Posted by bforbes on 12/06/2017 - 22:29
Pentax K1 Battery Grip
I added relatively long Arca-compatible tripod bars under the handgrips of both the 100-300 F4 + 1.4x TC (on the K-3) and 150-500 (on the K-5 - so far) lenses, and they allow me to position the palm of my left hand under the bars to support the combos so that I can still rotate the zoom and focusi...
Posted by jeallen01 on 12/06/2017 - 22:44
Pentax K1 Battery Grip
I added relatively long Arca-compatible tripod bars under the handgrips of both the 100-300 F4 + 1.4x TC (on the K-3) and 150-500 (on the K-5 - so far) lenses, and they allow me to position the palm of my left hand under the bars to support the combos so that I can still rotate the zoom and focusi...
Posted by bforbes on 13/06/2017 - 09:14
Pentax K1 Battery Grip
This is all about "whatever works for you/me": - "my solution" works for me because the balance is reasonable, I can rotate the focus rings whilst supporting the lenses, and I can swop quickly between camera/lens combos - Barrie's solution doesn't work for me because the balance feels "wrong" to ...
Posted by jeallen01 on 13/06/2017 - 10:01
Pentax K1 Battery Grip
This is an interesting shoulder support solution to steadying a camera from a woodworker.. http://athan.se/diy-shoulder-rig/ The focus handle looks a bit Heath Robinson until you look at the excellent results it produces in the demo movie. I think the parts are from an RC shop. Also look at...
Posted by Algernon on 13/06/2017 - 11:44
Question on Pentax tele-converter and SDM lens.
I have a Pentax K-F2 camera. Lens is a smc DA 18-270mm ED SDM. This is an auto-focus lens with hyper-motor in the lens and no mechanical focus-coupler to the body. I have seen a tele-extender by Pentax: smc Pentax-F 1.7X AF adapter. it is not clear if it will convey the focusing informati...
Posted by Teaman on 11/06/2017 - 18:43
Question on Pentax tele-converter and SDM lens.
The Pentax 1.7X is not designed to transfer the AF from the lens. It was originally designed so you could have Auto focus with a Manual lens. I think the original instruction was to set the manual focus lens at infinity and let the 1.7x do the focusing for you. In practice I found you were better ...
Posted by bforbes on 11/06/2017 - 19:25
Question on Pentax tele-converter and SDM lens.
The Pentax 1.7X is not designed to transfer the AF from the lens. It was originally designed so you could have Auto focus with a Manual lens. I think the original instruction was to set the manual focus lens at infinity and let the 1.7x do the focusing for you. In practice I found you were better ...
Posted by LennyBloke on 11/06/2017 - 21:11
Question on Pentax tele-converter and SDM lens.
SDM will work with the and adjust the focal length as reported by the lens. Alternatively the will also work with SDM lenses but it doesn't adjust the focal length. The Pentax 1.7x converter is really an adapter for converting a manual focus lens into an AF lens and does it really well. It's ...
Posted by JAK on 11/06/2017 - 22:24
Question on Pentax tele-converter and SDM lens.
SDM will work with the and adjust the focal length as reported by the lens. Alternatively the will also work with SDM lenses but it doesn't adjust the focal length. The Pentax 1.7x converter is really an adapter for converting a manual focus lens into an AF lens and does it really well. It's ...
Posted by LennyBloke on 12/06/2017 - 12:41
Electronic level display
Thanks Bill. Its now back to normal. David
Posted by davidtrout on 28/06/2017 - 14:37
KP review in Outdoor Photography
Excellent Magazine, they just do one review a month and the rest is all about taking photographs. I was lucky enough to be bought a subscription for Christmas. When it runs out I might go for the half price digital option on my tablet. Everything I've read about the KP leads back to it being ...
Posted by wvbarnes on 29/06/2017 - 17:31
