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New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon
Edit; I have been using a borrowed Nikon D70 which gives quite nice images, but the camera itself is a clumsy and poorly deigned 'plastic blob' which requires constant 'cockpit checks' to determine that the myriads of menus and 'settings' are all still the same and that it's me actually making the...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 03/04/2007 - 22:32
New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon
Hi, I'm new here. I've been thinking about getting a K10D. I am a video cameraman by trade, but would like a DSLR to keep my practice with composition etc. When I caught this thread I couldn't help but think of a new video camera that is being developed. It is called Red and is being developed...
Posted by SimonMW on 04/04/2007 - 21:55
New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon
Simon, Thank you for a really interesting post,..I had no idea that 'Red' had advanced so far. There are many really visionary projects in digital imaging now beginning to come to fruition. Most of the current crop of still cameras are still in the hands of the film camera makers who have...
Posted by viewfinder on 04/04/2007 - 23:05
New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon
Hi, I'm new here. I've been thinking about getting a K10D. I am a video cameraman by trade, but would like a DSLR to keep my practice with composition etc. When I caught this thread I couldn't help but think of a new video camera that is being developed. It is called Red and is being developed...
Posted by George Lazarette on 04/04/2007 - 23:12
New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon
"All the images of the RED camera and lenses are 3D renders, there are no real pictures of this camera. No one has ever been allowed to use one or even see one actually working, at trade shows. Old, out of date information. I'm not sure how much I can reveal so I have to be careful due to a ma...
Posted by SimonMW on 04/04/2007 - 23:33
Dust behind viewscreen
I know I've seen some info somewhere on removing the viewscreen, but I can't find it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I was cleaning the camera with a small blower, somehow dust and hair etc have got behind the viewscreen. I want to clean it. I know it can be removed, but don't k...
Posted by justgetoutandride on 02/04/2007 - 14:20
A tale of two vendors
This is a trivial observation, and it may not have any relevance for anyone outside of London. That said, it illustrates what a difference a vendor's attitude makes. I went off in search of a Rocket blower today as my K10D has some dust on the sensor that its regular shake-on-start won't dislodg...
Posted by Delgado on 08/04/2007 - 02:51
K10D dust removal system
My advice is Buy a Canon :shock: their focus speed is quicker, they offer longer lens support and a higher frame rate, they also (allegedly) offer less noise at higher ISO, their dust removal system is also supposed to be superior. On the other hand you could buy a Pentax K10D and own one of ...
Posted by fatspider on 10/04/2007 - 08:37
K10D dust removal system
Ok Guys Here is my pennies worth. I was attracted to the K10 for quite a few reasons one of the main factors was dust removal. This however was because I was new to DSLR and was worried about doing it myself as I did not have a clue. Let me back up what the others are saying that you do sti...
Posted by petekd on 10/04/2007 - 09:38
Which Improvements to the next Generation
In my discussions with Pentax, I voiced some of my observations about the Pentax K10D and what I would like to see. These were rather simple and could be addressed in the next models. Unfortunately some of those suggestions cannot be addressed in Firmware updates. These changes must be implemented t...
Posted by benjikan on 11/04/2007 - 21:18
DSLR Advice
I've been lurking around for a month or so reading a few bit here and there trying to make my mind up about which camera to get. I'd initially been eyeing up the K100D, as I thought the K10D to be out of my price range but am now unsure about which to get. I've also considered the GX-10 but am un...
Posted by Tyr on 12/04/2007 - 00:40
DSLR Advice
Be assured, whichever you choose, you are unlikely to be disappointed. My preference is for the K10D because it's weather/dust proof and has a larger sensor, 10.2Mp. Similarly weatherproofed lenses available May June '07. All of your existing lenses will work with the camera, even the screw mount l...
Posted by Mannesty on 12/04/2007 - 07:28
DSLR Advice
All Pentax AF cameras provide focus confirmation with any manual lens, provided there is sufficient light for the AF sensor to operate. I've never tried, but I would presume it would also work with a black cat in a coal cellar provided the camera or flash unit had a focus beam. G
Posted by George Lazarette on 12/04/2007 - 10:17
DSLR Advice
All Pentax AF cameras provide focus confirmation with any manual lens, provided there is sufficient light for the AF sensor to operate. G I can even get that with an f8 mirror lens (most of the time) in good light and with enough contrast, (that being the key to AF afterall) which is way past th...
Posted by LiamD on 12/04/2007 - 10:33
Dummy question on istDL2 from a newbie
Welcome to the board :) The sequence was something like this: *ist-D, *ist-DS, *ist-DL (and the "2" versions followed though I'm not sure in what order - some of this was down to market areas). The DL has only three AF points. I believe you can choose to select the centre only throug...
Posted by MattMatic on 13/04/2007 - 09:42
Question about mega pixels and printing
All this "who needs A2 printing anyway" stuff is fine if you use the whole frame. But assuming that a) sharpness of the lens is not limiting, b) you can get the damn thing in focus anyway (not always the case) and c) noise is not an issue, any time you need to crop and enlarge, the more...
Posted by ChrisA on 16/04/2007 - 23:33
Banding Not Exclusive to PENTAX...Canon 5D!
interesting thread. seems to me, the sensor on my ds2 gets all it's best image data in the top third of the histogram....in other words, If I over expose low-key subjects, then bring it down in photoshop, it will look better than exposing for it so it shows in the bottom third of the histogram. of...
Posted by Don on 21/04/2007 - 14:04
3 different cameras sharpness and image quality test ???
Assuming these are straight from the camera (at its default settings) and not adjusted other than for the crop... I would say A1 is the 30D. B1 is the K10D and the last is the 5D WHY? the first image looks like canons saturated colours and the third looks like the full frame sensor, ie wider...
Posted by fatspider on 13/04/2007 - 18:00
First Image Attempt using HDR in photoshop UPDATED IMAGE
Matt, I wasnt disregarding the need for tone mapping at all, just commenting that it could potentially be done from a single 22bit per channel file, rather than combining several separate exposures. Of course there may be limitations in the analog response of the sensor that makes 3 exposures with d...
Posted by thomastherhymer on 16/04/2007 - 10:05
First Image Attempt using HDR in photoshop UPDATED IMAGE
Thomas, Whats a photosite? one pixel? Yes. Don't forget that a CCD is monochrome. So a photosite is the single pixel - either Red, Green or Blue. (i.e. there are not 30 million pixels in a K10D, but rather 5 million Green, 2.5 million Blue and 2.5 million Red) This article is useful: http://en.w...
Posted by MattMatic on 16/04/2007 - 16:28
