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Pentax MX-1 Announced!
I just tried/ pretended to do that with my K100d and a thought crossed my mind , How does that work if you want to Manual focus ? It doesn't have a focus ring, so... I'm sure there'll be a way of manually focussing it, but with the inherent DOF of this sort of camera, AF is probably the way forwa...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 07/01/2013 - 17:46
Pentax MX-1 Announced!
If they want to make something of the cameras having a "super macro mode" (and believe me macro capability is certainly high on the list of a lot of advanced compact users) then it should have the connections to make sure it can do so to get the best output possible. No faffing about with a doity...
Posted by Mike-P on 07/01/2013 - 20:22
Pentax MX-1 Announced!
This isn't the best place to start a discussion on the merits of flash, so I'll start one in the flash section. Back to the MX-1! :)
Posted by johnriley on 08/01/2013 - 09:22
Pentax MX-1 Announced!
Using the MX name for a compact (1/1.7", 28-112/8.4-11.7 FF equiv.) is a bit odd. The MX-1 seems to be an Olympus XZ-2 clone with less functionality (no touchscreen, no lensring control dial, no hotshoe and no optional EVF) [*]. Probably, the XZ-2 and the MX-1 can be traced back to the same manu...
Posted by froeschle on 08/01/2013 - 10:32
Pentax MX-1 Announced!
I like the retro styling and the hark back to the original MX and its logo, will I buy one? Probably not, who will buy it? High end compact market is already done very well by the big boys and with compact sales being being hit by mobiles I do worry about sales if this, I don't see many people using...
Posted by cabstar on 08/01/2013 - 12:49
Free CS2
The link supplied above now takes you to the main Creative Suite page. I guess Adobe has decided to remove this facility now. And now it's back again . . . :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :? :?
Posted by Mannesty on 09/01/2013 - 21:56
Enlarging photos to hang on the wall, what's the best size please?
If you're going to permanently (or at least 'semi-permanently) mount it I'd get some mountboard, a can of spray-mount, a craft-knife, metal ruler and a roll of sticky-back-Velcro-tape... Stick the photo to the mountboard - carefully cut the board to size (ruler and knife) - then use Velcro-tape t...
Posted by DaveHolmes on 24/01/2013 - 10:45
Enlarging photos to hang on the wall, what's the best size please?
If you're going to permanently (or at least 'semi-permanently) mount it I'd get some mountboard, a can of spray-mount, a craft-knife, metal ruler and a roll of sticky-back-Velcro-tape... Stick the photo to the mountboard - carefully cut the board to size (ruler and knife) - then use Velcro-tape t...
Posted by AuraTodd on 24/01/2013 - 10:49
Carrying spare battery
Hi TT A few more ideas in :- https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/plastic-batter-cover-32840 A problem I faced a while back regards Bernard
Posted by Frogherder on 14/01/2013 - 16:35
Sublime > Ridiculous (a camera + a lens both fail within 5 mins) > Sublime
A 4 day birding trip to the amazing area of the huge Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, China, to see Oriental Cranes (90-95% of the world population winter here), Hooded Cranes, Common Cranes, White Naped Cranes and Oriental Storks went from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. All target bi...
Posted by Frogfish on 14/01/2013 - 17:10
L Plate Bracket
I could see a use for one of these when trying to do some studio type shots for a couple of recent PU competitions. Due to the movement limitations of the tripod head, a seemingly small change in composition resulted in a completely new setup, sometimes even resulting in a change from pan and tilt t...
Posted by bforbes on 24/01/2013 - 14:34
Lightroom Export NIGHTMARE!!
Thanks Barrie, I think that brings us back neatly to explaining the benefits of making sure everything is sRGB, camera and Photoshop/Lightroom.
Posted by johnriley on 19/01/2013 - 14:10
Scanning slides for Powerpoint?
For the purposes of Powerpoint then images of a modest 1000 pixels on the longest side will be quite big enough. That is pretty dismal, compared to a good Kodachrome transparency taken with our old Spotmatics. No wonder that most of the Powerpoint presentations that I have seen have looked so fuzzy!...
Posted by OldTaffy on 21/01/2013 - 14:15
photographing the moon
As a quick starting point, for getting a working exposure setting, I found setting auto exposure to point works quite well. Metering the moon then sets the moon to around mid grey. You could then try some +ev to get a brighter result or go to manual exposure using the auto exposure value as a star...
Posted by GlynM on 21/01/2013 - 10:19
Glasses with transition lenses.
It appears that nobody has picked up on op's point about colour saturation. I too wear varilux lenses and have observed a similar effect. I find that a polarising filter is useful for improving saturation close to that which observe through my specs You seem to have exactly understood my point I wa...
Posted by Horst on 27/01/2013 - 10:39
Thumbnails are smaller, can you explain what went wrong please?
Restore the images out of the recycle bin before you lose them! They will go back to the original file they were in. If it were me - this is what I would do Once restored - rename the file they are in (left click on file folder - then right click - select rename - type in new name - return. th...
Posted by fritzthedog on 28/01/2013 - 15:57
Thumbnails are smaller, can you explain what went wrong please?
Restore the images out of the recycle bin before you lose them! They will go back to the original file they were in. If it were me - this is what I would do Once restored - rename the file they are in (left click on file folder - then right click - select rename - type in new name - return. th...
Posted by AuraTodd on 28/01/2013 - 17:51
Graphics Card
As a caveat, I don't use either Windows or Photoshop any more but: In general I think wear is pretty much a non issue on any current generation SSD especially if you adopt a conservative approach and leave a bit of spare space on it. Personally I like to keep at least 20% free but with modern wea...
Posted by gwing on 06/02/2013 - 13:28
Graphics Card
Cheer's for the advice robbiec and all the others who are sharing their knowledge. More food for thought. cabstar you are right and you are wrong. Depending on your approach you can save hundreds of £s on an off the shelf unit by buying bargain basement parts and assembling them yourself, or you...
Posted by Lü on 07/02/2013 - 06:19
Graphics Card
Cheer's for the advice robbiec and all the others who are sharing their knowledge. More food for thought. cabstar you are right and you are wrong. Depending on your approach you can save hundreds of £s on an off the shelf unit by buying bargain basement parts and assembling them yourself, or you...
Posted by cabstar on 07/02/2013 - 10:24
