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k5 battery, s
I know some people like to use Pentax batteries but why pay £50 plus when you can get 2 for £10.99. Because there's no excuse for falling down on a job. So, when shooting a wedding for example, one Pentax battery can last all day and did so just a week or so back. No second chances, so the original ...
Posted by johnriley on 12/04/2015 - 20:15
k5 battery, s
I have to report that I have a problem with one of my 3rd party K5 batteries. Fully charged - it only lasts for around 30-40 shots and then dies. Clearly they are sub standard and should be avoided - this one is only 4 years old and has not been charged more than 500 times and taken only aroun...
Posted by fritzthedog on 14/04/2015 - 07:57
Countryfile
Yes, it was a Hasselblad, I went to see Ian Lawson's exhibition at Rheged near Penrith, it is on until this Friday I think. The prints there were very dramatic at size, and I really enjoyed them. I've heard a comment that the colours were not manipulated, the shots were done with film however some o...
Posted by chrisru on 13/04/2015 - 07:00
What's he doing?
These crabs were being used to entice other crabs out of the sand...........they would send one down the hole and when the 'owner' chased it out they would catch the owner too............ Eventually, after they'd finish 'playing' the crabs were thrown back into the sea (still tethered)
Posted by michaelblue on 20/04/2015 - 14:00
Wedding Advice
Ditch using the Pentax 100mm except as a back-up. For any type of portrait (including wedding), the Pentax 100 is probably the second slowest focusing lens out there, second only to the Pentax FA50 macro
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 02/05/2015 - 22:48
Wedding Advice
Back up camera body ?
Posted by geordie01 on 03/05/2015 - 08:51
Wedding Advice
You should also shoot RAW so you have flexibility with duff exposures, if your not au-fait with processing RAW files then at least set the camera to shoot RAW+, then if any of the jpegs are duff you'll at least have the RAW file to fall back on. I'll also second Cabstars recommendation to lower t...
Posted by fatspider on 04/05/2015 - 20:54
Wedding Advice
I would agree with Nigel about not recommending green mode. You would have no control over too many elements, might as well take a decent point and shoot as do that. Use the mode that you are most familiar with. Don't sell yourself short. You have some very nice shots in your p/f. Try and have some ...
Posted by derek897 on 08/05/2015 - 19:07
Wedding Advice
No, you step outside the church where you've been on f3.5 and 1/60th TAV and bam! everything is massively over-exposed. Even on an overcast day that would be 2 stops over. Fatal with a wedding dress. So you're back to hurriedly twiddling dials, whilst running backwards and composing shots, because ...
Posted by Darkmunk on 09/05/2015 - 08:35
practical photography
I don't know what the focus of the magazine is. Most techniques are not brand specific, long exposure/HDR etc, so I guess you are talking about gear reviews mostly?
Posted by richandfleur on 04/05/2015 - 05:28
practical photography
I imagine the amount of brand-specific coverage in a commercial magazine is directly proportional to the amount of advertising bought over the longer term, for editorial content anyway. Add in the supply of actual cameras to use and its not surprising that the people involved get narrow minded. Some...
Posted by McGregNi on 04/05/2015 - 07:48
practical photography
Last few issues have been embarrassing they review the D5500 which is a non upgrade don't even mention the KS2. This issue the D7200 again not a single penta mention even in the article on retro style.... Won't be renewing my subscription Have sent mail complaining will see what comes back.....
Posted by BruceStrachan on 05/05/2015 - 14:03
Superimposing new photo's onto old
Those are really good. I tried it a while back but lost patience because I couldn't seem to match focal lengths. I'll give it a go again with your warping trick.
Posted by gartmore on 21/05/2015 - 09:12
Superimposing new photo's onto old
Those are really good. I tried it a while back but lost patience because I couldn't seem to match focal lengths. I'll give it a go again with your warping trick. Thanks, Yeah depending on your source material quality, Photoshop can do amasing things nowadays with 'reshaping' the images without a ...
Posted by richandfleur on 22/05/2015 - 06:52
Superimposing new photo's onto old
I've just come across what looks like an amazing FREE program Chasys Draw IES Artist (20MB download) I was looking for something that does super-resolution.... (like the K-3ii)....... It lists (among load of other features ).... Align Images for Stacking Stack :: Merge to HDR S...
Posted by Algernon on 25/05/2015 - 11:14
airshows
closer shots because it focuses quickly as well But for moving planes which fill a reasonable portion of the frame - even the entire amount of the frame... Why not just lock the focus and also use debt of field. The planes are always far enough away when they are moving that one would never need an...
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 03/06/2015 - 03:47
airshows
closer shots because it focuses quickly as well The planes are always far enough away when they are moving that one would never need anything close than the infinity setting That's just not true at some airfields! At Old Warden (Shuttleworth Trust), Dunsfold (Wings & Wheels - and Top Gear!) and...
Posted by jeallen01 on 03/06/2015 - 08:07
airshows
The other thing to remember is to factor in some exposure compensation when taking pictures against a light sky...i think i had some decent results with +0.7-1.3 at Duxford last year.... Also your setting of 1/250 is spot on for prop driven planes... Also you may find you need a bit more length fo...
Posted by andy_bell on 03/06/2015 - 08:51
airshows
The other thing to remember is to factor in some exposure compensation when taking pictures against a light sky...i think i had some decent results with +0.7-1.3 at Duxford last year.... Also your setting of 1/250 is spot on for prop driven planes... Also you may find you need a bit more length fo...
Posted by jeallen01 on 03/06/2015 - 09:23
airshows
It depends on the airshow and the subjects you want to capture. Big shows with fast jets are completely different to smaller or bi-plane shows. For props anything faster than 180-250th leads to static props which look awful. Zooms are much more flexible, a large aircraft or the Reds in formation oft...
Posted by johnha on 04/06/2015 - 00:14
