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Kx Can not turn on
I know but it's good to know if he does get it to work how to solve the problem even further. The OP is keeping very quiet about it. Doesn't seem to have been back since presenting the problem. Maybe he has a battery problem on his PC too.:D
Posted by polchraine on 03/04/2010 - 00:11
Kx Can not turn on
[quote:3496ace15f="Anvh"]I know but it's good to know if he does get it to work how to solve the problem even further. The OP is keeping very quiet about it. Doesn't seem to have been back since presenting the problem. Maybe he has a battery problem on his PC too.:D[/quote] Maybe he is using electr...
Posted by Anvh on 03/04/2010 - 13:09
Samsung D-XENON 50-200 lens
OK I'm thinking aloud here. If you are convinced the image was in the center of the view finder. What you saw was seen through the lens, so the lens could not misalign the image. I think the same applied to the mirror and the focus screen. Unless something is covering part of one of them and giving ...
Posted by bforbes on 21/02/2010 - 23:20
Samsung D-XENON 50-200 lens
I'm with John on this, I don't think this could possibly be a lens/camera fault. Do you wear specs when taking photographs? If so, it could be that your eye is further back and you will have to 'look' around the edges of the viewfinder, alternatively set the eyepiece dioptre to suit your eyesight.
Posted by gartmore on 22/02/2010 - 07:47
Samsung D-XENON 50-200 lens
Tripod - not yet ;) Good point about the glasses - I'd not thought about that - yes they are virtually the first thing that goes on in the morning. I like Mikew's suggestion of the door for test shots :) OK when possible this week, I'll see what I can do/set up etc and report back.
Posted by techno-terminator on 22/02/2010 - 08:14
Samsung D-XENON 50-200 lens
Just use any support you can find like a table and the self timer then. Just make sure that the camera cannot move when the shutter is pressed which you can do if you put it on a piece of card and trace round the base. Then if it does move you'll know :) Or perhaps tape a block of wood to the card t...
Posted by mikew on 22/02/2010 - 08:23
Me K20 has lost the plot.
I think it is suffering withdrawal symptoms as it has not been out for a while. All the indications are that the "exposure half presses switch" is intermittently shorting so the camera will suddenly try to or actually focus. If I pop the flash up it will give focus assist. I have nothing unusual ...
Posted by Oggy on 22/02/2010 - 21:07
Why did I buy a PC!!??
Thanks for the kick up the butt guys (reminded me of a few things), went out for a couple of beers, calmed down, went back into the shop and got on with it. Eventually found the drivers and found the USB floppy drive! Put original drive back in, formatted both new drives as NTFS. Got window...
Posted by Unlocker on 26/02/2010 - 10:55
Why did I buy a PC!!??
I had an external usb laptop drive go down a couple of weeks ago so took it apart and checked the Samsung drive on their web page and it still had 2 weeks warranty left (result) so sent it back. It was returned yesterday, put it all back in the case, plugged it in .. nothing, not a sausage. Emailed ...
Posted by Mike-P on 26/02/2010 - 11:26
Why did I buy a PC!!??
Simple reason for wanting to use the full 1TB is that I will be installing several hundred GB of flash files for phones. As an example the 100MB flash installation for the Nokia 6230i uncompresses to 1.8GB! An extreme example perhaps, but multiply that enough times and 1TB might not be enough! Th...
Posted by Unlocker on 26/02/2010 - 14:49
Aperture issue with Pentax FA 80-320
I recently picked this lens up with a bunch of other gear and was going to E-bay it but it appears to have a problem with the camera body unable too controll the aperture, all I get is F.... in the top LCD screen. The lens autofocuses and locks on with focus confirmation but aperture control can...
Posted by Clarky on 26/02/2010 - 14:12
memory card reading problems
What size memory card is it? I bought a 8GB memory card a while back and my computer couldn't read it because the built in card reader could only read SD and not SDHC, which is the format for cards bigger than 2GB.
Posted by rscoote on 01/03/2010 - 22:56
Shutter Speeds
Small aperture (e.g., f/16) big depth of field, slow shutter speed (relatively) Big aperture (e.g., f/1.4) shallow depth of field, fast shutter speed. Choice of aperture depends on (a) how much DOF you want (do you want just the subject in focus and everything else blurry? Or everything sharp)...
Posted by womble on 02/03/2010 - 22:40
Shutter Speeds
One thing at a time Emma :) Say there's "X" amount of light falling on your subject. All else being equal, with just shutter speed and f stop variables, as you move UP in f stops (ie f8 to f 22), you'll need to move down in shutter speed to let the same amount of light in. Moving UP in f stops is...
Posted by nass on 02/03/2010 - 22:58
Shutter Speeds
The best way of getting a feel for this is to pick up a film camera with an optical dof preview, and a lens with an aperture ring. Turn the aperture ring with the dof preview lever turned. You will see that the viewfinder image gets more in focus as the aperture gets smaller. It also gets a lot dark...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 03/03/2010 - 07:48
Shutter Speeds
To take this one step further Emma: Load up your P30 with a fast film (my choice was Fuji 400 ASA for many years) and work on adjusting the Aperture to get the Depth of Focus that you want. Do you want the background sharp, or artistically out of focus? Let the body work out what shutter speed to ...
Posted by DoctorJeff on 04/03/2010 - 22:46
Can't get focus lock on
Hi there,was at the first race of Scottish Mx championship at Tain today ,came home downloaded the card ,hardly any of the shot were in focus ,not a happy bunny because we couldn't have had better weather . This is my second outing with the K10D and sigma 17-70 f2.8-f4.5 shooting Mx ,getting ...
Posted by melness on 07/03/2010 - 20:14
Can't get focus lock on
The EXIF says the camera was in manual, were you on manual focus?
Posted by bforbes on 07/03/2010 - 20:46
Can't get focus lock on
it seems to me that a shutter speed of 1/320 is extremely optimistic given the subject matter, you need to up the ISO to around 400 and get the highest shutter speed you can. The pictures seem to have a fair amount of camera shake as well as being OOF.
Posted by gartmore on 07/03/2010 - 22:13
Can't get focus lock on
It doesnt seem likely to be shutter speed. Not at that speed. Nothing seems in focus. I had the same problem with my Sigma 17-70.
Posted by edumad on 07/03/2010 - 23:02
