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Returning to the world of Wide Angle
I sold my Da 12-24mm in order to get the Da 14mm. I was just too frustrated by the minimum focus distance of the 12-24mm. When you're shooting this wide, a strong foreground is often needed I find & you need to get pretty close to help fill the frame. I also found the Da14mm to be more flare resista...
Posted by simonkit on 27/05/2010 - 22:12
Returning to the world of Wide Angle
The distortion of 3D objects at very wide angles is down to the perspective and is one good reason to buy such a lens. Check the thread about the ideal length for a portrait lens and that should explain it better than I can. To be my usual blunt self I can't understand why you bought the lens if ...
Posted by mikew on 28/05/2010 - 07:28
Remote control F
Thanks for the quick replies! I guess the 3rd party ones will be perfectly good then, after reading that K20D remote thread you linked to I'm leaning towards at the moment. It should work fine with a K-7 shouldn't it? Yes, that's good advice, I'm not bothered about any extra buttons, one is ...
Posted by Cerique on 18/05/2010 - 17:39
Remote control F
I received my Pentax Remote F from Brisol Cameras last week after a period on back-order. Their stock no. 015070(?) Coker.
Posted by coker on 18/05/2010 - 22:35
Display characteristics
Sad but true. Was bad even for CRT's but the LCD specs started out wrong and then got worse over time. All you can really do if your not in a professional setting with calibration equipment and a budget to match is try to research the panel type and whether it is really 6-bit or 8-bit, and then ...
Posted by layingback on 20/05/2010 - 08:17
Rapid Obselescence
Bring back Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, that's what I say ;) Actually, I'll have a nice new windows 7 laptop soon from work. It took forever to find a model that didn't have a nasty shiny screen. Why are they all the rage at the moment? K.
Posted by womble on 20/05/2010 - 00:17
Rapid Obselescence
I forgot to mention snap! Has to be the best reason to upgrade to Win7. :?: When you drag a window to the top of the screen it will go full-screen. When you drag it to the left it will open fully but only on the left half of the screen and you can do the same on the right side, that's very hand...
Posted by Anvh on 20/05/2010 - 17:00
Filter for underwater photography - worth it or not?
I think the polariser will be too hard to operate underwater and you'll lose too much light depending on the weather and water conditions. If the purpose of the filter is to colour balance (sounds like a film filter) then you would are right to shoot RAW and sort it out later, I have a proper de...
Posted by gartmore on 27/05/2010 - 15:01
Photoshop alternatives
Tim IIRC on a thread a while back - possibly re the iPad [ certainly it was a Mac v Windows thing ] Stefan said he was thinking of doing a 'Hackintosh ' system .
Posted by techno-terminator on 28/05/2010 - 13:00
Photoshop alternatives
Tim IIRC on a thread a while back - possibly re the iPad [ certainly it was a Mac v Windows thing ] Stefan said he was thinking of doing a 'Hackintosh ' system . That is ethically and morally wrong, and probably illegal (although this has yet to be verified by an EU court). I'm sure Stefan wouldn...
Posted by thoughton on 28/05/2010 - 14:26
Photoshop alternatives
Tim IIRC on a thread a while back - possibly re the iPad [ certainly it was a Mac v Windows thing ] Stefan said he was thinking of doing a 'Hackintosh ' system . That is ethically and morally wrong, and probably illegal (although this has yet to be verified by an EU court). Bwaaahahahahahaha. ...
Posted by Shaky on 28/05/2010 - 19:26
Photoshop alternatives
Thank you all I'll give them a try :) Seems pixelmator is out of the picture then :? I've a special question for Mac users, have you ever tried pixelmator? I have, but why do you care? Are you going to get a Mac now? I said in the Adobe vs Apple topic that with the study I'm wanting to follow ...
Posted by Anvh on 30/05/2010 - 14:04
petition for pro-pentax DSLR....
with the introduction 645D - which is great for boosting Pentax's digital status, but, I am thinking this will set the full frame pentax DSLR I have been dreaming of for the past 18 months back even further, along with any more pentax DSLR super fast lenses... been dreaming about those too. I assi...
Posted by kissmekate on 30/05/2010 - 22:02
petition for pro-pentax DSLR....
Hey all, It was the 85mm 1.2mm, so I am guessing it just isn't available in the UK .... The gal I was working with is fresh off the boat from NY so I am guessing she spent the day in good old B&H... willy wonkas for photographers. I agree with you on the whole it's not the camera... I have al...
Posted by kissmekate on 31/05/2010 - 00:09
petition for pro-pentax DSLR....
There were very few lenses wider than 15mm until APS-C digital came along. Canon's widest 135 format lens is 14mm, which is a lot less wide than Sigma's 8-16mm, which is available in Pentax K mount. 8mm on APS-C is the equivellant of 14mm on 135format. :wink: As for lens speed, the depth of fiel...
Posted by Anvh on 31/05/2010 - 10:38
petition for pro-pentax DSLR....
Well thanks for all your come back.... with respect to all your feedback I am not lusting after the latest technology, crikey! for the first two years of my degree i was shooting with my Dads old asahi and my grandads old rollei, until i bought my Bronica.... I was still shooting weddings on my Br...
Posted by kissmekate on 01/06/2010 - 10:51
petition for pro-pentax DSLR....
There is also the possibility that, if Pentax ever do a full-frame DSLR, they will do it in the way that Nikon did. In other words, DA lenses will still mount on the MZ-D (*), and for those that don't cover full frame (the DA70 does apparently) the sensor will automatically go into 'crop mode' so th...
Posted by MrCynical on 05/06/2010 - 02:00
Full-frame Pentax? I hope not!
Do you think Pentax would sell enough 135 format cameras to clear the cost? Even Sony is struggling in the 135 format market :? What Pentax will do with the 645D is different because lets face it, the model hasn't changed much from the prototype 5 years or so ago and the hardware is almost preci...
Posted by K10D on 06/06/2010 - 13:12
Full-frame Pentax? I hope not!
You always had the option of the sweet spot Kris, you just framed and cropped to suite. I suspect that a lot of people look at focal length and price rather than what had soft edges. Only by throwing away 1/3 of your negative (i.e. 1/3 of your image data) whereas as 15mpx APS-C sensor has the same q...
Posted by K10D on 06/06/2010 - 15:01
Full-frame Pentax? I hope not!
Stefan let's look at just 135 FF and MF. If all the people who wanted a FF have jumped ship then why not those who wanted MF as the Mamiya DM22 is cheaper than the 645D and has a slightly larger sensor. That's indeed an option and possibility but the camera is not the biggest expense that are the...
Posted by Anvh on 06/06/2010 - 15:11
