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Pentax MX-1. Couple of questions
Hi I am a confirmed Pentax user and have a K5-IIs with a range of lenses etc, however I have found that the camera with any lens on it really is a little on the large size for hiking up and down mountains. Yes, it is in my back pack but having to put down the back pack, get the camera out, tak...
Posted by mountainwalker on 19/08/2014 - 17:45
problem viewing images on Pentax software
I just bought my first DSLR a Pentax K50, took quite a few shots in differant situations, starte dwith JPEG´s no issues, but everyone seems to say you have to shoot in RAW, so tried it for a couple of days, I loaded the software supplied with the camera and tried to open up and have a look at the im...
Posted by BruceStrachan on 06/10/2014 - 06:59
F-stop and aperture value, question, please?
I've never got a definitive answer to this, but I assume it means that the f stop is the value set and the aperture value is the maximum aperture available at that zoom position. We could check this by seeing what value a prime lens recorded as opposed to a zoom. The prime may itself vary slight...
Posted by johnriley on 16/10/2014 - 13:16
F-stop and aperture value, question, please?
I've never got a definitive answer to this, but I assume it means that the f stop is the value set and the aperture value is the maximum aperture available at that zoom position. We could check this by seeing what value a prime lens recorded as opposed to a zoom. The prime may itself vary slight...
Posted by Gedski on 16/10/2014 - 13:33
Flucard. Users thoughts?
Been tempted by the Flucard From the little I've read on it, there appears to be a delay between pressing the shutter on the tablet/phone and the camera reacting. This would make it useless for wildlife or macro photography with beasties. Do those who have one find the info on a delay to be tr...
Posted by Blythman on 16/10/2014 - 15:19
Flucard. Users thoughts?
I bought one when it first came out and have hardly used it since. I have not found any lag at all between pressing the button on my tablet and the camera reacting - I would say that it is fairly instantaneous. I was a bit disappointed that the resolution on my HD tablet is not higher ( 720). It is...
Posted by miles500 on 16/10/2014 - 16:33
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Boy do I need help, please. Forgive the preamble but it does serve a point. Using a Canon 700D, for birds in flight shots, I just put the shutter speed to +/- 1000th and fired away and got a lot of good shots. Right thought I, just do the same with the K-50 and Bob's me uncle. Wrong! As you can s...
Posted by Gedski on 17/10/2014 - 13:55
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
The 55-300 is a good lens and is great value for money, but it is targeted at the 'consumer' end of the range. Undoubtedly some people will disagree, but when I had one I found it wasn't great for sports or anything that requires fast focussing such as birds in flight. A better bet for that sort ...
Posted by percy on 17/10/2014 - 15:13
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
simonarron, When I did my second effort a little earlier, I did just that and there is an improvement. percy,I think that the prices of the lenses you mention may be too expensive for me but I will check them out. I am working towards the Pentax prime 300mm lens though. Faint heart and all tha...
Posted by Gedski on 17/10/2014 - 16:13
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
I have not attempted to capture birds in flight, but I wonder if you could try increasing the ISO. The Pentax 16MP sensor cameras have very good ISO performance, producing little noise up to at least ISO 1600 in good lighting. You could try e.g. ISO 800 and then use e.g. f/16, to give a greater dept...
Posted by MrB on 17/10/2014 - 17:31
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
That's what I've been doing, Keep them both pressed at the same time, the auto focus follows the subject much much quicker and accurate, you'll still need to nail your exposure which may mean manual, compensation or metering from the grass or similar.
Posted by Chrism8 on 17/10/2014 - 18:20
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
That's what I've been doing, Keep them both pressed at the same time, the auto focus follows the subject much much quicker and accurate, you'll still need to nail your exposure which may mean manual, compensation or metering from the grass or similar. I'm guessing not with a 55-300mm though?
Posted by Mike-P on 17/10/2014 - 18:26
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Chris, I've just been through your shots as well and very good they are too. Were they taken using a 55-300mm lens? This thought just entered my mind. If I put the K-50 into 'auto' mode, or 'P' mode, shouldn't I then get a decent shot regardless? Then by using the settings as a guide, then get an...
Posted by Gedski on 17/10/2014 - 19:18
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
With this stuff there is both not much to adjust and an awful lot to adjust :? Basics, we'd want a fast shutter speed, and an aperture with a wideish depth of field to make focus less critical. Thinking 1/1000 and f 8 - f 12 sort of thing. Too closed down say f 16 - f22 and there wont be much...
Posted by richandfleur on 17/10/2014 - 21:07
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
I use tv mode and 800-3200 iso with the 55-300 lens have a look at my red kite pic. Hope this helps The red kite shots are super. They have given me encouragement to keep going. Thank you. Also my thanks to the rest of you guys. I will get back to you all over the weekend. richandfleur, you've...
Posted by Gedski on 17/10/2014 - 21:32
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
[quote:3496ace15f="Chrism8"]Try shooting with your thumb on the AF button, on the right of the screen at the same time as your forefinger the shutter release, I've only tried this technique recently and have achieved the best in flight shots I've ever achieved and shot a motor rally last week with 1...
Posted by percy on 17/10/2014 - 21:40
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
[quote:3496ace15f="percy"][quote:3496ace15f="Chrism8"]Try shooting with your thumb on the AF button, on the right of the screen at the same time as your forefinger the shutter release, I've only tried this technique recently and have achieved the best in flight shots I've ever achieved and shot a mo...
Posted by spinno on 17/10/2014 - 21:51
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
I've been shooting with pentax for over 30 years and a couple of years back was tired of missing birds in flight shots, so I had a brief foray into Canon world to see if it was me or the Pentax. I can say from that it's definitely pentax, the Canon would nail shots I could only dream of with Pentax....
Posted by walt on 17/10/2014 - 22:41
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
As I said before when you were asking - the K50 is a great camera but it is a pipe dream to think it will focus like the budget Canon 700D I go birding with my friend all the time and he has the 700D with a Sigma 150-500mm and he gets better shots consistently than I do with a K3 and the same lens. ...
Posted by dcweather on 17/10/2014 - 23:16
First 'go' with the K-50, Oh! Dear!
Just looking at the bif shots you've posted in the Gallery, are you using centre focus? If so, it's really only the blackbird shot that has the target dead-centre. Could it be that focus mode on your K50 is set up differently to how your Canon was?
Posted by JohnX on 18/10/2014 - 13:49
