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Advice from K1owners. please...
It's a good question, but the answer will depend on the individual. For the results I want from the K-1 I shoot in JPEG with these settings: sRGB, Natural with +1 sharpness, ***quality, centre point focus, centre weighted metering, AF and exposure locked together, -0.3EV, ISO as required but gene...
Posted by johnriley on 03/09/2017 - 22:07
Advice from K1owners. please...
It's a good question, but the answer will depend on the individual. For the results I want from the K-1 I shoot in JPEG with these settings: sRGB, Natural with +1 sharpness, ***quality, centre point focus, centre weighted metering, AF and exposure locked together, -0.3EV, ISO as required but gene...
Posted by jules on 03/09/2017 - 22:26
Advice from K1owners. please...
1. Use the Auto-Focus Fine Adjustment settings for each of your lenses. It can make a big difference. Hows that with zooms?
Posted by jules on 03/09/2017 - 22:27
Advice from K1owners. please...
A few more tips.... Getting the card out of slot 1 is more fiddly than slot 2. So i use 2 as my first card. How to make the camera record to slot 2 first.... put a card in slot2 only and switch on, then switch off and insert a card in slot 1. The camera will now use slot 2 first. To check if y...
Posted by pschlute on 03/09/2017 - 23:08
Pentax K-1 firmware update version 1.42 released
1): Faster focussing when taking pictures of sleeping cats. 2): SR now works with twigs narrower than 5mm 3): Out of focus ( OOF ) is now called 'Super Bokeh' :lol: --
Posted by Algernon on 16/09/2017 - 19:05
Best SRL and Lens to photograph oil paintings?
Macro is ths best way with lenses if you are doing that as finer detailed photos which then counts out the k1 as there is no deal ff macro lens yet Of course there are FF macro lenses even AF ones such as the ..... http://kmp.pentaxians.eu/lenses/normal/fa50f2-8-macro/ One of the sharpest lense...
Posted by Algernon on 17/09/2017 - 13:37
Best SRL and Lens to photograph oil paintings?
I think any of the recent Pentax DSLR's would be ideal, obviously the higher the resolution the better within reason. I would probably recommend any of the K-3 variants, or a KP. I am basing this on an assumption that a K-1 would be overkill, I don't think you would need as much resolution as the ...
Posted by davidstorm on 18/09/2017 - 20:50
Do I need K-5 firmware update 1.02?
Thank you. I have contacted JPS, via their website contact form. I'll let you know if they get back to me.
Posted by LornaShaw on 03/10/2017 - 05:22
Do I need K-5 firmware update 1.02?
@JAK - I've bricked enough hardware, my own and clients', to have developed a serious habit of reading the documentation, and when finding something that indicates my hardware is NOT UPDATABLE, to not proceed. having worked with software and hardware updates for decades, I can assure you, that l...
Posted by LornaShaw on 06/10/2017 - 21:20
Do I need K-5 firmware update 1.02?
Despite what I just said, the K-5 updates listed are: Changes to V1.16 Correspond to HD PENTAX-DA AF REAR CONVERTER 1.4X AW. Improved stability for general performance. *Contents of [Version 1.15] and earlier version will be also updated. Changes to V1.15 Correspond t...
Posted by JAK on 06/10/2017 - 21:55
Astronomy and Live View on KS2
I am really chuffed with my recent purchase of a KS2. Streets ahead of my K10D - which is still a nice camera. I have a problem with it tho'. My main excuse for buying it was for Astrophotography and it has yielded some very good astro pictures with my 70-250mm zoom. I recently got myself a good (...
Posted by sophiecentaur on 06/10/2017 - 15:28
Astronomy and Live View on KS2
No worries, just pointing this out for anyone else who may encounter a similar issue. The exposure of the live view screen (not talking about the photo taken, just the image displayed on the rear screen) is governed by the metering mode set. When set to whole of frame, or centre weighted, the ...
Posted by richandfleur on 09/10/2017 - 02:30
D-LI90 BATTERY LIFE
Thanks to all for your comments. Given the exorbitant cost of Pentax batteries I will invest in a couple of generic ones shortly. I left my "faulty" battery in the charger complete with flashing light whilst I went out for a couple of hours. When I came back the green light was solid and several hou...
Posted by User_removed on 13/10/2017 - 07:43
Depleted battery in Kx
I really doubt that it was done deliberately, that would be very stupid as it would knowingly cause a hugely expensive recall situation. I would think that a component in a particular batch might be suspect, in which case a known fault will exist but not all cameras would be affected. I would con...
Posted by Joats on 24/10/2017 - 13:20
Depleted battery in Kx
Do you happen to know the power needed as Maplin do sell multi adapters which I feel sure would work. There's nothing overly special about a power adapter providing it is the right voltage and can supply sufficient amps, and is a power supply and not a charger. Strangely, my previous camera was ...
Posted by JAK on 24/10/2017 - 13:44
Depleted battery in Kx
Do you happen to know the power needed as Maplin do sell multi adapters which I feel sure would work. There's nothing overly special about a power adapter providing it is the right voltage and can supply sufficient amps, and is a power supply and not a charger. Strangely, my previous camera was ...
Posted by Joats on 24/10/2017 - 14:37
Depleted battery in Kx
I understand that you might feel angry about your camera, but some way forward is needed to resolve your issues. It isn't a problem with every copy of the camera, although it is a known potential problem. After the two year warranty is passed then it will be chargeable as a repair. It isn't a DIY re...
Posted by Joats on 24/10/2017 - 16:07
Depleted battery in Kx
That wasn't actually a Ricoh product, Pentax were owned by Hoya then. Recent cameras are much more reliable. Don't base future buying decisions on that camera where they were trying to make it more user friendly having AA batteries at a time Lithium batteries were pretty pricey. As a result Tim...
Posted by JAK on 24/10/2017 - 16:43
Depleted battery in Kx
Update on the battery situation. Used the camera powered by Duracells to photograph cycles for a website. Batteries lasted about a dozen shots before battery indicator showed batteries half depleted. Turned the camera off for a minute and then back on again. Full battery green indicator comes on, so...
Posted by Joats on 05/11/2017 - 15:58
London camera exchange.
lCE in Chester had no Pentax, no Olympus, no Panasonic, no Fuji, no Leica or anything else except Canon, Nikon and Sony. They said nothing else sells except those three, I asked how can you sell something if you don't stock it....they just walked off :roll: Curious then that Jessops had Panasonic, O...
Posted by RobL on 12/11/2017 - 21:21
