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Duty free in the Caribbean???
Hi Vic, I'm not sure about Pentax BUT when we went on our silver wedding cruise in he East Caribbean we bought a bargain quality compact for our son in Boolchands in St Marteen. You can Google them. It was a massive shop with everything available to play with and knowledgeable staff. At the time...
Posted by wvbarnes on 17/10/2013 - 21:25
Duty free in the Caribbean???
Hello As well as Bouchards in Phillipsburg, there is Musicman as well. I've bought stuff from both in the past. Some good news -- I bought a Pentax lens from the Musicman store several years ago. A few months after buying it the auto focus broke. It was repaired under warranty in GB by Pentax. ...
Posted by derekH on 20/10/2013 - 12:18
Not for sale
I hope I never have to totally unpack my camera bag [ Lowepro event messenger 150 ] yes I take the iPad out of it - but the other stuff in it ....... Lets just say as well as camera with 1 lens on it , there's at least another in it plus lens cloths , spare battery, card cases, pens,notebook, w...
Posted by techno-terminator on 24/10/2013 - 10:51
Not for sale
Gatwick to Edinburgh 2-3 weeks ago no problem 4xEN-EL4as and 2x2CR5s and the Samsung GS3 and iPod... why has it taken so long - the Z-1 uses lithium batteries and it's 20 years old! what's triggered these concerns? Cast your mind back a few years, when we had the horror stories of Sony laptops "s...
Posted by steven9761 on 24/10/2013 - 11:01
Not for sale
Flying to Norway I had to take my camera, all my lenses and my spare lithium batteries out of their bag and put them through security separately. First time I've had to take everything out, but the spare batteries regularly get checked to make sure they are packed properly and can't short. Mine ar...
Posted by Marselus on 25/10/2013 - 00:04
remote ttl flash
Thanks for posting the link Brian. I understood Pentax to be left a little wanting in the area of flash control. I just didnt realise how much... But I guess if a little inconvenient, its saved me money. I gave up using flash on my Pentax's three years back. Very occasionally I use the pop up flash....
Posted by K10D on 23/10/2013 - 13:09
DxO Viewpoint 4
I've just acquired this program, and thought I'd give it a quick bash. Here's the original image: ..and here it is again, with the back wall running at true vertical (as opposed to leaning in due to lens distortion): The difference is quite subtle, so I think it will be a useful t...
Posted by steven9761 on 29/10/2013 - 15:29
'Taking the waters'
It depends on the actual speed of the moving water of course, but I think a 'middle ground' approach usually works best. I'm not a fan of those very smooth and blurred effects, but just enough to show the flowing motion is best I think. The range from say 1/4 to 1/20th would work in many situations ...
Posted by McGregNi on 30/10/2013 - 19:55
Copying Slides.
I use a Plustek Optic film 7500i with Vuescan. Works great for both slides and negs. :) I've been thinking of scanning negs going back over many years (not all of them ,just those that look worth the effort). I've scanned a few test negs with an old Canon 8400F flatbed scanner that I've had for man...
Posted by andrewk on 08/11/2013 - 13:18
Copying Slides.
I've been thinking of scanning negs going back over many years (not all of them ,just those that look worth the effort). I've scanned a few test negs with an old Canon 8400F flatbed scanner that I've had for many years. The results are not impressive - noise, rather than dust being the main proble...
Posted by JAK on 08/11/2013 - 13:28
Copying Slides.
I've been thinking of scanning negs going back over many years (not all of them ,just those that look worth the effort). I've scanned a few test negs with an old Canon 8400F flatbed scanner that I've had for many years. The results are not impressive - noise, rather than dust being the main proble...
Posted by andrewk on 08/11/2013 - 14:40
Copying Slides.
[quote:3496ace15f="andrewk"]I've been thinking of scanning negs going back over many years (not all of them ,just those that look worth the effort). I've scanned a few test negs with an old Canon 8400F flatbed scanner that I've had for many years. The results are not impressive - noise, rather tha...
Posted by Smeggypants on 09/11/2013 - 00:46
Netbook is killing me
There are a whole raft of new laptops due soon, with Haswell processors. Most will be within your price range and offer long battery life too. A tablet isn't really suitable for you since you have no desktop to back up to. I am planning on updating my Samsung netbook soon. I have never used it for...
Posted by Gwyn on 04/11/2013 - 09:21
Netbook is killing me
A tablet, in my case an iPad 4th generation is perfectly viable for backing up, every photo I upload to my iPad is automatically sent to my Dropbox account, iCloud account and Mac computer through WiFi using a simple and cheap app. Where an iPad and other tablets lose out is the inability to run Ph...
Posted by Glowingblue on 04/11/2013 - 09:32
Netbook is killing me
Yes you can back up photos to a cloud server, but - what if you don't have fast internet? When you are travelling bandwidth is normally restricted and speeds desperately slow, assuming you have access to WiFi at all. Plus there is the cost of keeping lots of photos in the cloud, not to mention what...
Posted by Gwyn on 04/11/2013 - 09:57
Netbook is killing me
I suspect you have not used an iPad, whilst i on the other hand have! I also won a Microsoft Surface Tablet! I gave it away shortly after! The 'MS Surface' is underpowered, with an OS that would make V-Tech look complicated and totally tied to Microsoft and Google. The surface forces you into makin...
Posted by RayB on 04/11/2013 - 13:17
Netbook is killing me
Cheers Ray, have a nice day ;)I suspect you have not used an iPad, whilst i on the other hand have! I also won a Microsoft Surface Tablet! I gave it away shortly after! The 'MS Surface' is underpowered, with an OS that would make V-Tech look complicated and totally tied to Microsoft and Google. The...
Posted by Glowingblue on 04/11/2013 - 13:25
I just recieved my delivery. I didn't expect so much for £65
The red cable is a cable release, it screws into the shutter button of film cameras including the Pentax A3. It looks as though the one you have locks as well so you can make very long 'Bulb' exposures (google it). Re the tele-converter, if you mount it between the camera and your 50mm lens, you ...
Posted by Mannesty on 07/11/2013 - 14:17
I just recieved my delivery. I didn't expect so much for £65
The A50/1.7 is a very useful lens, and definitely worth keeping. Don't dismiss the 3x teleconverter before you try it. I stuck one of these on my Tamron 500mm f/8 mirror and the limiting factor was the high ISO I needed for action rather than the teleconverter. It makes a 50 f/1.7 into a reasonable ...
Posted by johnha on 07/11/2013 - 23:25
Modern cameras and 35mm
Having just acquired a K-5 I decided to cart it, and a Fuji SL1000 and do a bit of comparing. Also, in the bag was a Pentax K1000 35mm. Well, I took a load of images that would be useful in assessing image quality of the two digitals and then I decided to knock a few out with the K1000. Confused?...
Posted by Sdeve on 07/11/2013 - 19:09
