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A Ks1 in blue is available for around £205..... I am tempted..... Uh oh.....
I take the same view as John on early adoption. I have been looking for quicker more accurate focussing ever since I swapped my *istD for a K5. I find the K3ii generally good enough in that regard for my purposes but do too much low light shooting to let the K1 pass by. A bigger sensor must gather m...
Posted by malcolmk on 05/04/2016 - 09:30
Same old story - where is Pentax?
It could be worse though... How many Olympus cameras are there in the wild? Also take a look at the prices for Olympus digital bodies, the very limited lens selection, and then also the extraordinary prices of Olympus lenses. The size of those 4/3 sensors almost makes the current Olympus line muc...
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 03/10/2015 - 18:16
Same old story - where is Pentax?
It could be worse though... How many Olympus cameras are there in the wild? Also take a look at the prices for Olympus digital bodies, the very limited lens selection, and then also the extraordinary prices of Olympus lenses. The size of those 4/3 sensors almost makes the current Olympus line muc...
Posted by stu62 on 03/10/2015 - 19:06
Same old story - where is Pentax?
They have a lens and some modern film- ie a sensor. They are cameras. A mirror and a lump of crystal to make a viewfinder do not make a camera. As above though, my local chain store outlet sells Olympus but not Pentax.
Posted by richandfleur on 03/10/2015 - 19:43
Same old story - where is Pentax?
I have only ever seen one digital medium format camera in the wild and it was a Pentax! Most professional wedding photographers offer medium format; in which cases Mamiya and Hasselblad considerably dominate the market. Yet given the cost of such hardware; covering a wedding with a medium format cam...
Posted by 50mpCMOS on 05/10/2015 - 16:39
k100d memory card error
I've never used such an advanced card with my K100. Try a cheap SD card, I bet it'll work fine once formatted. (You'll get some lovely shots from that old sensor.
Posted by bwlchmawr on 30/10/2015 - 07:21
Astrotracer and two countdowns
It's in the Rec. Menu 3 .... 'Slow Shutter Speed NR'. The choices are Auto, On or Off. The auto (default) choice applies at un-defined conditions, so impossible to know when it will operate exactly ... Temperature is considered as well as ISO and Time Value. The On setting only applies the NR...
Posted by McGregNi on 01/11/2015 - 10:53
Anyone for a K-1? !!
Pentaxians group on Farcebook seems to have decided the camera is called K-1 Nothing on Ricoh website... Pentax/Photorumours and Cameratimes.org have 'confirmed' it's K-1 Nothing on Ricoh website..... Google K-1 and you get the MZ-D bodied MR-52 6MP Philips sensor camera from 2001 Som...
Posted by ilovesaabs on 07/11/2015 - 09:42
Hmmmm....
It's only stupid if you don't use it, I have for the Astrotracer function and it is superb, and as far as I know only Pentax offer it. The key to good Astro photography is length of exposure, with the Astrotracer you can have an exposure of up to 5 minutes depending on focal length. A Canon will gi...
Posted by SteveEveritt on 12/11/2015 - 22:19
K3ii vs OMD-EM1 vs Foveon
The Sigma Foveon cameras have RGB photosites for each pixel (on the 4.6mp and 15mp cameras anyway) so they only take a single image, hence you don't 'need' a tripod to use them. Both the Pentax 'Pixel Shift' and Olympus 'High Res/Sensor Shift' are different. They only output the interpolated imag...
Posted by hoopsontoast on 10/11/2015 - 15:25
K3ii vs OMD-EM1 vs Foveon
You've chosen three very different beasts there, so no real comparison would be possible IMHO. Likewise, the idea of the Pixel Shift Resolution is totally different in concept to a Foveon sensor. Fuji and Sigma have both used different types of sensor to the standard Bayer pattern design, but to ...
Posted by johnriley on 10/11/2015 - 19:22
K3ii vs OMD-EM1 vs Foveon
My feeling is that this is a post for another forum (although the mods may have their own opinion). IMHO if you really want a 3 layer sensor, the Foveon is the only solution, anything else is 'second best' at best. As a film shooter I have three (sometimes four) colour layers to play with. If you...
Posted by johnha on 10/11/2015 - 23:54
K3ii vs OMD-EM1 vs Foveon
Hmmm. Comparison. Hmmm. Not sure what you call it. All three had a system that purported to produce better color than the simple Bayer system. Did they manage? Did Olympus and Pentax achieve something by their multiple Bayer layers that might render the Foveon complexity and weirdness unneces...
Posted by richandfleur on 12/11/2015 - 19:20
K3ii vs OMD-EM1 vs Foveon
[quote:3496ace15f="LawrenceKH"]Hmmm. Comparison. Hmmm. Not sure what you call it. All three had a system that purported to produce better color than the simple Bayer system. Did they manage? Did Olympus and Pentax achieve something by their multiple Bayer layers that might render the Foveon c...
Posted by LawrenceKH on 12/11/2015 - 21:42
Upgrading to the K3
Hi Dave, enable the status screen if you want big bold info on back LCD as well as the top. The point of the top screen on pro level cameras is that it uses minimal power and saves you using the battery hungry LCD. I recently did a 900 shot wedding on one battery. The K3 like the K5 before it has a ...
Posted by wvbarnes on 22/11/2015 - 21:42
Upgrading to the K3
Hi Dave, enable the status screen if you want big bold info on back LCD as well as the top. The point of the top screen on pro level cameras is that it uses minimal power and saves you using the battery hungry LCD. I recently did a 900 shot wedding on one battery. The K3 like the K5 before it has a ...
Posted by python118 on 24/11/2015 - 09:21
I just found out.
I carry a push-on plastic lens cap with me and simply plop it over the eyecup - job done! Another great tip, although I confess I never bother to cover the eyepiece and can't say I've experienced any dodgy exposures as a consequence. What size lens cap is it please? That's an excellent tip. Coul...
Posted by WaypointCharlie on 29/11/2015 - 10:58
I just found out.
[quote:3496ace15f="davidwozhere"]I carry a push-on plastic lens cap with me and simply plop it over the eyecup - job done! Another great tip, although I confess I never bother to cover the eyepiece and can't say I've experienced any dodgy exposures as a consequence. What size lens cap is it pleas...
Posted by womble on 29/11/2015 - 13:34
I just found out.
The "light through the viewfinder" problem goes all the way back to the ES, which is why the ESII has two automatic exposure mode settings, the second one puts a blind across the viewfinder. I got round this with my ME Super by shooting in manual. Of course, the mighty LX with its "off the film" m...
Posted by WaypointCharlie on 29/11/2015 - 13:44
I just found out.
Okay, I decided to do a couple of tests. I think the results may persaude more people to cover the viewfinder. Of course, when you shoot hand-held you normally cover the viewfinder with your eye and the exposure time is short anyway. When I'm shooting on a tripod I always try to remember to at ...
Posted by WaypointCharlie on 30/11/2015 - 14:08
