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K5. How do you rate yourself???
... I have spend nearly as much for a 300mm auto focus pentax prime lens. the motivation being that I have seen others produce stunning pictures beyond my efforts with lesser lens. Maybe, just maybe the K5 will help me use this lens to better effect. The cunundrum being that I will never know...
Posted by sterretje on 23/11/2010 - 05:48
K5. How do you rate yourself???
Not sure these days that buying expensive equipment means anything other than satisfying wants. Unless, of course, you are a proffessional photographer making money at the game. I have spend nearly as much for a 300mm auto focus pentax prime lens. the motivation being that I have seen others...
Posted by gartmore on 23/11/2010 - 08:08
K5. How do you rate yourself???
Loosely speaking professional has implied "good quality". Pedantically professional means that it is being done for money. Do you take photographs predominately to sell or for your own use? That is more the indication of professional / amateur. Agreed, spending GBP1000 on a hobby indicates that ...
Posted by timd on 23/11/2010 - 11:05
K5. How do you rate yourself???
I take better pictures with the K-5 than I did with the K20D. I never got on with the K20D and was frequently very disappointed in the photos it produced. It got to the point of me just not taking photos. With the K-5 I am back to mostly acceptable, occasionally good, photos, and no need for ages...
Posted by Gwyn on 23/11/2010 - 12:28
K5. How do you rate yourself???
I have invested in two 300mm lens recently. A 300mm 645 lens with an adapter and the 300mm FA. 4.5 IF auto focus. I have a sturdy tripod to suit Previously I have used the Tamron 70-300mm, The Tamron 500mm mirror and once tried the Pentax 400-600 F8-F12. My results have not been good. I know...
Posted by thoramay on 23/11/2010 - 21:00
K5. How do you rate yourself???
But I have to say that I got good results with the 300mm on a *istD (as well as later cameras). The problem with any long lens is getting moving subjects in focus. And here the new focussing system on the K5 might be a considerable step up from whatever body you are using at the moment. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 23/11/2010 - 21:16
K5. How do you rate yourself???
Problem is, the F* 300 IS good glass. I'm waiting to hear what the perceived problem is. If it's just a matter of getting focus, then the K5 might help. But coming to what you said, all the Pentax DSLRs have good image quality. The main improvement over the years has been in resolution. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 23/11/2010 - 21:31
K5. How do you rate yourself???
Only the best, George. Just need a real opportunity to give the 300.F4.5 a good work out. It is not my experience that the medium format are less sharp. Beyond the Pentax 300mm medium format I have tested the 150mm Mamiya plus the 500mm Mamiya through an adapter. In my opinion, for what it i...
Posted by thoramay on 24/11/2010 - 09:58
DSLR's banned in public
A friend of mine just came back today from Kuwait and I spoken to him about this. Yes there is a motion towards 'banning' Digital SLR's but it is more on the pretext that people complain that pictures have been taken of them without their prior content. There is no move in a full ban of Digital SLR'...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 26/11/2010 - 15:10
DSLR's banned in public
[quote:3496ace15f="Gwyn"]I wonder if one of these is any good, used with live view? http://flipbac.com/ Gwyn! That's an interesting product, thanks for the heads up! Alleen de foto is wel in spiegel beeld :) I mean that only the photo is mirrored :oops:[/quote] Not a problem to anyone used to 6x...
Posted by Algernon on 27/11/2010 - 20:37
DSLR's banned in public
If you go back to the article in the Kuwaiti Times, they have added a retraction and an apology. Heads are probably gonna roll in their editorial department! ;)
Posted by Pentaxophile on 28/11/2010 - 01:07
DSLR's banned in public
If you go back to the article in the Kuwaiti Times, they have added a retraction and an apology. Heads are probably gonna roll in their editorial department! ;) Maybe not. Very easy for such ministries to do a reversal due to public/global outcry and put it down to a newspaper error. They took th...
Posted by K10D on 28/11/2010 - 06:04
DSLR's banned in public
Nope, Copyright is worldwide and has nothing to do with borders. If you want to work for any agency....Dutch, British, German, American or any other they all have the same statue you are have to obey with. If copyright would be bound to a specific country I could do with your pictures what I want a...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 28/11/2010 - 08:34
In camera raw processing
Ian, you'll see the advantage of RAW when pulling detail back into 'burnt out' highlight areas and extremely dark shadow areas. The RAW file contains a little bit more information than a jpeg which allows this. Typically RAW converters offer better noise reduction results compared to in camera jp...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 27/11/2010 - 18:38
In camera raw processing
Ian, you'll see the advantage of RAW when pulling detail back into 'burnt out' highlight areas and extremely dark shadow areas. The RAW file contains a little bit more information than a jpeg which allows this. Typically RAW converters offer better noise reduction results compared to in camera jp...
Posted by philstaff on 27/11/2010 - 18:46
In camera raw processing
GIMP / UFRaw. It's free and usable and effective. A quick comparison with a shot I took a couple of weeks back... one is out of the camera with the in-cam processing, the other uses auto WB, a minor curve change, Blackpoint increase and saturation is +0.2. Spot which one's which? Bret
Posted by bretti_kivi on 27/11/2010 - 18:46
Going from Paintshop Pro to Elements - any top tips?
Thanks to the post from Hyram about Amazon Black Friday we are soon to be the owners of Elements 9, having used Paintshop Pro XI til now for anything beyond what FastStone can do. Can anyone out there who has gone from PSP to Elements give us any top tips on 'translating' between the two? Or...
Posted by Eastridge on 28/11/2010 - 10:14
Timer Remote Control Pentax k20d
All I can say about the one I have got is that it is well build and £ for £ I would get it again. I did my resarch on those for a couple of month and came across quite a few but the on I have got is working without any fail. What also was good was that I got 14 days full money back if I would not ...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 02/12/2010 - 08:08
A3 Printing Paper
Hi all I nearly fell on my back when I seen today how much Staples is charging for 260grm A3 Glossy photo paper. Has anyone a reliable and 'cheap' supplier of A3 glossy paper? I know that it is way more expensive then A4 but again and again I find the need for some A3 Glossy but UKDVDR where I u...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 01/12/2010 - 11:43
some panorama portrait orientation advice please
If I want to take a series of images to stitch for a panorama and turn my tripod head to fit the camera in a portrait position thus gaining more foreground etc. the camera and lens is now no longer pivoting over the turning centre of the tripod, and in fact is, I think, moving away from the subject ...
Posted by adwb on 04/12/2010 - 15:56
