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Anyone using their DSLR for video
I use a K5 and K-01 for shooting personal videos, just for fun. Capturing a good soundtrack needs an external microphone. For indoor shots I normally use a Zoom H2 stand-along microphone and then synchronise this audio to the video on editing. Saves trailing cables back to the camera. A Zoom H1 i...
Posted by mera on 26/06/2014 - 02:03
Anyone using their DSLR for video
Ya see, thats whats so great about this forum ... you can have a fight with someone on the other side the world about whether a K7 is abysmally woeful for video or superb in every way! :mrgreen: Surely one or the other MUST be right ?? :?:D Or is the truth somewhere more in between .... Anyway, ...
Posted by McGregNi on 26/06/2014 - 15:51
Anyone using their DSLR for video
:D Ahrrrgh! , its always that Lightroom thingy popping up again and again and again ... Can't understand why anyone would want to keep it simple - much more fun to make it really really complicated !! :lol: Sledger, referring back to above, you are a real player, and thats great ... I agree tota...
Posted by McGregNi on 27/06/2014 - 12:01
Anyone using their DSLR for video
:D Ahrrrgh! , its always that Lightroom thingy popping up again and again and again ... Can't understand why anyone would want to keep it simple - much more fun to make it really really complicated !! :lol: Sledger, referring back to above, you are a real player, and thats great ... I agree tota...
Posted by Russ on 27/06/2014 - 14:09
Anyone using their DSLR for video
Pentax video gets a bad press around here for sure. But there are links on here pointing to good quality examples, so it must be possible.... What specifically is it about the quality of output (not the camera options or implementations) that people feel is a problem? And has the newer K3 improved o...
Posted by richandfleur on 28/06/2014 - 01:23
Anyone using their DSLR for video
a tripod ... you're not supposed to use SR on a tripod are you??? Agreed about the tripod, but even on a tripod, mechanical in camera shake reduction wouldn't necessarily have a problem with that speed of pan. The case shown in this video is entirely software shake reduction generated. When y...
Posted by richandfleur on 10/07/2014 - 09:54
Anyone using their DSLR for video
I have sensed your frustration at times Yeah I'm actually very passionate about the brand and find it extremely easy to talk it up against the competition in stills mode. The K-30 has a large, full coverage pentaprism viewfinder, excellent sensor, is weather sealed, has two control dials, has a (p...
Posted by richandfleur on 11/07/2014 - 00:45
Flickr
Looks like Flickr is getting back to normal service, as before but slicker........ https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulrookes/14345971727/
Posted by PaulR on 30/06/2014 - 14:49
Flickr
Always liked Flickr. Have a pro account just to avoid the ads! MacLooks like Flickr is getting back to normal service, as before but slicker........ https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulrookes/14345971727/
Posted by Simonmac on 09/07/2014 - 11:24
Exposure Compensation
I'm lucky enough to be visiting a couple of Air-Shows in the near future, and I was wondering how much exposure compensation would generally be required to take into account the brightness of the background(the sky)whilst taking shots of flying aircraft. Also what is considered to be the best foc...
Posted by andy_bell on 04/07/2014 - 12:40
Exposure Compensation
If you're using autofocus, then on a Pentax DSLR check your custom menu item 'link AE to AF point' ... when active this will increase the matrix metered bias to the area covered by the active focus points, and in the case of an in-focus aircraft in the sky, then is likely to increase overall exposur...
Posted by McGregNi on 04/07/2014 - 14:26
Exposure Compensation
I'd use that custom option with caution ;) Do a test first, since I found on the K7 and pre that linking the two wouldn't always give the results you'd expect. It was a bit like centre weighted or spot metering, rather than evaluative-with-the-centre-moved. Perhaps on the 77-segment metering dSL...
Posted by MattMatic on 04/07/2014 - 15:43
Exposure Compensation
(One test is to compare Evaluative, Centre-Weighted, and Spot with centre focus selected on both custom settings.) Matt Careful, don't want to go off-topic there, isn't that another marques's terminology? :wink::lol: I think us Pentaxians have 'Multi-Segment' mode. The K7 is 77 segment actually, so ...
Posted by McGregNi on 04/07/2014 - 17:20
PU+ and JPSS discount
It shouldn't make any difference whether it's new or used if you are paying for the repair. They happily took my money to fix a 50-135mm a while back and gave the discount without asking where it came from. As John says, probably a mix up between warranty and paid for repair.
Posted by Mike-P on 11/07/2014 - 12:59
Focus peaking query.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMAlMQev7Kw I just saw this on youtube and was wondering if this applied to Pentax cameras (K50 in particular), and if so is manual focus assist available on the K50? Thanks... Sorry about the URL but I don't know how to link to the video any other way. lol.
Posted by Snoops27 on 13/07/2014 - 19:56
Focus peaking query.
Focus peaking does feature on some Pentax cameras, The K50 is one of them. It needs to be enabled under the live view options within the menu. The implementation is slightly different, the Pentax version highlights the in focus area as white.
Posted by punkrockemo on 13/07/2014 - 21:06
Focus peaking query.
I probably didn't explain myself adequately. I know the K50 has focus peaking but what I need to know is whether (like in the video)you can zoom in using "manual focus assist" to make sure that the focus is right. (just like in the video). thanks... :)Focus peaking does feature on some Pentax came...
Posted by Snoops27 on 13/07/2014 - 21:23
Focus peaking query.
Yes, you can zoom in with Pentax cameras that have focus peaking. Press the 'Info' button and the magnification increases. Regards David
Posted by davidstorm on 13/07/2014 - 21:37
Focus peaking query.
Yes, as above, press the middle button of the directional group and it will zoom right in. You can then move this zoomed portion around from memory too. Put the lens into manual foucs (if it doesn't have quickshift) and tweak to your hearts content. It will time out back to normal live view after...
Posted by richandfleur on 13/07/2014 - 23:26
Good or bad lens ?
Its an 80's lens, manual focus, and has an 'a' setting on the aperture ring that allows the camera to control aperture directly, thereby giving auto-exposure control in Av and P modes, a remarkable aspect of functionality translated from over 30 years ago to todays modern digital dslrs. Build quali...
Posted by McGregNi on 13/07/2014 - 21:23
