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Printing photos
Interesting question Gwyn. Most of my printing goes on handmade photo art cards that I sell, so it's usually 4x6, so I do get to see quite a few. However, I have just begun to print one A4 fav mono image that sums up the experience of each country I have visited, which is framed and hung on th...
Posted by Lilly on 16/05/2008 - 16:36
Radio remote release
The subject of remote releases comes up frequently on the forum but I thought folk might like to know about one that I've just bought. I have a Pentax IR release but that has the disadvantage of only being usable from in front or behind the camera and a limited range, but I've always fancied a ra...
Posted by Bob and his Pentax on 11/05/2008 - 17:17
K10D image file names
Ever since using my K10D, my image file names when imported to my PC have been IMGP6000 for eg., today they have now changed and are being imported as _IGP6000. Has anyone any idea what I may have reset by accident for this to happen, I wd like to get it back to IMGP6000 if I can? Cheers Lilly
Posted by Lilly on 12/05/2008 - 21:39
SOLVED Gimp & UFRAW
Ubuntu installations are less of a pain then windows installations normally. The most important thing with a ubuntu installation or any other OS installation downloaded as an .iso file is to check the disc for errors. With Ubuntu this is easily done during bootup there is a option to check the disc...
Posted by golfdiesel on 13/05/2008 - 14:45
Discussion: Weekly Competition No. 45 "Blue"
Hang'em! Argh! :-) Discussed a few competitions back... If I remember, it was left up to the person posting whether they wanted to go for more images or better quality/higher detailed image. And therefore up the the judge on which ranked higher. The rules are pretty open, so I think everyone ...
Posted by amoringello on 17/05/2008 - 02:46
Race meeting
In a couple of weeks I'll be going to a car race meeting, I'm a bit of a novice about taking shots at meetings like this so I am open for advice. Part of the meeting will be a cavalcade of interesting cars, part of it will be a timed hill climb. I've also got a pass to the paddock so I'll be able...
Posted by richard64 on 17/05/2008 - 17:34
Race meeting
I tried both AF and MF at a drag racing event with my DS camera and Tamron 70-300mm AF and an MF Pentax 135mm. Despite the AF being slower than ideal, I think I got more sharper shots with AF than MF. But your MF skills could be better than mine! Predictive focusing is a good technique, but you...
Posted by iceblinker on 17/05/2008 - 19:48
Race meeting
If you can position yourself so that you can look back towards a bend so that the cars are coming towards you, then all you have to do is to manually focus on the point where the cars are just about pointing straight at you, the just click when they are at that point. A tripod and remote release is ...
Posted by MX veteran on 17/05/2008 - 22:05
Race meeting
If you can position yourself so that you can look back towards a bend so that the cars are coming towards you, then all you have to do is to manually focus on the point where the cars are just about pointing straight at you, the just click when they are at that point. A tripod and remote release is ...
Posted by pentaxian450 on 17/05/2008 - 22:25
Race meeting
I echo all of the above. Unless it was a very good P+S you would have missed it anyway. Have seen so many folks miss shots while it focuses, calculates exposure re focuses and then finally shoots. Def take the 18-55. People milling about in your way etc. On the panning front I put the righ...
Posted by Ardent on 19/05/2008 - 21:42
Finally bought our new Mac! Gonna need some advice please!
I moved to a Mac last year and haven't looked back. I having nothing against PC's and use one everyday at work. However for home use and Photoshopping I would definitely recommend a Mac. For the PC programs I still need I use Parallels for Mac . It runs Windows very quickly as a virtual machine...
Posted by timbo on 19/05/2008 - 20:48
Finally bought our new Mac! Gonna need some advice please!
Thanks for all the virtual OS ideas guys, don't think I'll go that way though, trying to keep the learning curve down a bit! One of the ideas of dual booting is knowing that it will be a pain to use windows, which will help us gradually find ways around it when needed! The main reason for the Vis...
Posted by Unlocker on 19/05/2008 - 23:26
Hello from Belfast
Welcome to the forum, Gareth. I'm going to buck the trend here, I think many of the images are too soft, especially the first two. The first pic of the sign is not sharp and, I'm afraid is not particularly dramatic. The 2nd shot of the buildings is not sharp either. Many of the bike shots ar...
Posted by justgetoutandride on 23/05/2008 - 10:58
What accessory has been unexpectedly useful?
My most useful accessory is definitely a Kaiser shoulder brace type thing that I picked up for about a fiver. It can be used on top of a monopod (good for macro), but I tend to use it on it's own for low light (theatre) stuff as it gives a lot of flexibility in framing - I recently went back to tryi...
Posted by jps on 28/05/2008 - 17:29
Quick focus ring
Has anyone seen much less used one of these before :?: Thought it might help when focusing for macro.
Posted by Clarky on 29/05/2008 - 22:07
Quick focus ring
Not seen one of these! However, it is designed for the 6x7!
Posted by beakynet on 29/05/2008 - 22:56
Quick focus ring
This device is intended for the 67.
Posted by johnriley on 29/05/2008 - 23:07
Quick focus ring
This device is intended for the 67. but since it fits around the lens, surely it would just need shimming down to the size of the focus ring for whatever lens you fancied using it for? It'd look a bit silly on an Auto110, but I see no reason it wouldn't work on a 35mm or DSLR.
Posted by Mongoose on 30/05/2008 - 09:02
Quick focus ring
This device is intended for the 67. but since it fits around the lens, surely it would just need shimming down to the size of the focus ring for whatever lens you fancied using it for? It'd look a bit silly on an Auto110, but I see no reason it wouldn't work on a 35mm or DSLR. Thats what i was th...
Posted by Clarky on 30/05/2008 - 11:19
Quick focus ring
My though that was as it was designed for a much bigger camera, the position of the grip may not be convenient in conjunction with easily holding the K10D/K20D. It is a matter of lens to edge of camera distance. Also, as I understand it, it was really designed for quick shift lense, the focus ring...
Posted by beakynet on 30/05/2008 - 12:22
