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LR/Enfuse
I had a play with your underexposed image in PSE8 - nothing complicated, just lightened the shadows, increased mid-tone contrast a bit and tweaked saturation a little. Maybe you think it looks "rather flat". It's my guess at what it probably looked like. It looks like Enfuse works, to so...
Posted by andrewk on 24/09/2013 - 20:45
Choose your weapons (For doing jobs)
For weddings the Sigma 24-70 f2.8 would be good. Wide enough for groups, long enough for back of church to front also note F2.8. On the other hand when I did wedding photos with my 645 I had one lens. The 75mm leaf shutter and a spare (Eqiv) to a 35mm on a K5. Plus a spare 35mm camera with a 50mm pr...
Posted by vic cross on 24/09/2013 - 20:51
Choose your weapons (For doing jobs)
The tamron 17-50 whilst good is not good enough for weddings, the focus is noisey and slow for inside churches. I would be concerned with using a 24-70 particulalry inside registry offices which can be notoriously small. The 50-135 is a great portrait lens, particularly for model shoots. As fo...
Posted by cabstar on 24/09/2013 - 21:37
Choose your weapons (For doing jobs)
The Tamron 17-50 is great. Yes the screwdrive AF is noisey and although this isn't a problem normally, in low light it hunts - and in that situation the noise is majorly embarrassing when you have a model waiting for you to 'take the goddam shot'. With a couple about to take their vows in front of y...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 24/09/2013 - 22:15
Pentax v Canon
Just come back from a holiday to the Harz Mountains in Germany. One member of the party had a Canon DSLR and I asked which one it was, he said it was an old model without telling me which one. Then he saw mine hanging from my neck. He said, "Pentax, what a great camera!" Later in the week his wife s...
Posted by walkeja on 25/09/2013 - 12:04
Motorsport advice
I'm also going to Snetterton this weekend, Ralph, albeit for the Vintage Sports Car Club's seasonal finale on Sunday. Saturday's Aston Martin OC meeting takes place on the '300' circuit - the longest of the three at the venue - and there is an elevated grass bank in the centre of the track, just ...
Posted by simonarron on 26/09/2013 - 07:20
Split focus screen for K-30
Hello, I'm thinking about getting a split focus screen for my K-30. I use a lot of manual lenses and I really get jealous when borrowing my dad's old Pentax ME. Focusing on the same lenses just seems to be so much easier. Has anyone used a Katzeye with the K-30? The focusing screen is quite br...
Posted by eddyc on 27/09/2013 - 11:56
Split focus screen for K-30
I have a Katzeye screen installed in my K30, wouldn't change it back now as I find it esentiatial for critical focus work and I've yet to have any exposure issues, but them I'm working at f8 ->. I got it with optibright (also focus and thirds grid) which I find very useful. One thing to bear i...
Posted by McBrian on 27/09/2013 - 12:15
Split focus screen for K-30
Why not just use focus peaking on the K30 I use manual focus lenses and it works for me
Posted by geordie01 on 27/09/2013 - 12:28
Split focus screen for K-30
I have a Katzeye screen installed in my K30, wouldn't change it back now as I find it esentiatial for critical focus work and I've yet to have any exposure issues, but them I'm working at f8 ->. I got it with optibright (also focus and thirds grid) which I find very useful. One thing to bear i...
Posted by eddyc on 27/09/2013 - 13:13
Split focus screen for K-30
I'm a big fan of the Katzeye but I don't have focus-peaking or even live-view on my K200D. I find the KE essential for using my many manual lenses. Bear in mind that a new KE screen may need to be calibrated - I had to buy and install viewfinder shims with mine to make it 100% accurate, and that...
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 27/09/2013 - 14:07
Split focus screen for K-30
I'm a big fan of the Katzeye but I don't have focus-peaking or even live-view on my K200D. I find the KE essential for using my many manual lenses. Bear in mind that a new KE screen may need to be calibrated - I had to buy and install viewfinder shims with mine to make it 100% accurate, and that...
Posted by eddyc on 27/09/2013 - 15:44
Split focus screen for K-30
I'm a big fan of the Katzeye but I don't have focus-peaking or even live-view on my K200D. I find the KE essential for using my many manual lenses. Bear in mind that a new KE screen may need to be calibrated - I had to buy and install viewfinder shims with mine to make it 100% accurate, and that...
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 27/09/2013 - 22:44
Split focus screen for K-30
I guess that makes complete sense. I did wonder how the screen was immediately able to "know" what was in focus and what wasn't. :roll: How did you judge whether it was correct or not? Taking test shots at very wide apertures? Thanks for the help :)
Posted by eddyc on 28/09/2013 - 14:47
Split focus screen for K-30
I guess that makes complete sense. I did wonder how the screen was immediately able to "know" what was in focus and what wasn't. :roll: How did you judge whether it was correct or not? Taking test shots at very wide apertures? Thanks for the help :) Yes, exactly. Test shots, wide open with th...
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 28/09/2013 - 18:48
Split focus screen for K-30
If you press the middle button during live view it zooms in (electronically) further, which allows for very precise focus peaking adjustment. Just thought I'd mention that. Works exceptionally well especially if you are using a tripod at the time.
Posted by richandfleur on 28/09/2013 - 21:07
Split focus screen for K-30
Thanks. I've tried that a few times but do tend to forget. I'll remind myself to give this another go.
Posted by eddyc on 01/10/2013 - 15:28
Split focus screen for K-30
Well! My Katzeye focus screen has arrived safely and I've fitted it in. I'm concerned about the calibration though. It is really fiddly to tell if it is all right. On a Pentax AL SMC DA 35mm f/2.4 the autofocus doesn't seem to give the same result as the focus screen. The split screen is still sl...
Posted by eddyc on 11/10/2013 - 10:24
Split focus screen for K-30
Use the live view to get a correct focus at the sensor. Then, without touching the focus, look through the viewfinder and see if the Katzeye agrees. If not, change the shimming! Live view is great for checking focus (since it show the focus at the only point in the system that really matters - th...
Posted by Cuchulainn on 11/10/2013 - 12:43
Split focus screen for K-30
Oh, and I used paper shims before, but if you want to be fancy, SRS used to be able to sell a set of official Pentax brass shims. They were a reasonable price, so it might be worth calling them and seeing if they are able to get them for the k-30
Posted by Cuchulainn on 11/10/2013 - 12:44
