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Odd Live View
Agree with what you say about electronic interpretation of what the sensor is seeing and the difference between 'A' and non-'A' lenses. And while I don't have a manual, non-'A' setting lens, it dawned on me that I do have an adapter for reverse mounting a lens on the camera, which eliminates all ele...
Posted by Lubbyman on 18/08/2022 - 10:42
Upgrading from K5 II - difference between K-3 range & price difference?
The K-5II and K-5IIs had the best sensor noise wise of any crop camera previously/at the time/since in my opinion. The K-5IIs was just a tiny bit sharper due to the lack of a low pass filter. If only Pentax could have done decent autofocus at the time they would have had world domination. Wel...
Posted by Mike-P on 22/09/2022 - 13:15
Pentax-D FA HD 24-70mm f2.8 ED SDM WR Lens
I am interesting in peoples opinion of the Pentax-D FA HD 24-70mm f2.8 ED SDM WR Lens and their experiences of using it. I am thinking about investing in one of these lens but currently I use a K3 and a k3.3 body but I am not sure how a full frame lens would work with an APS-C sensor. any advice or ...
Posted by DBlandford on 22/01/2023 - 19:33
Pentax K-x in 2023
Hi all, As someone who no longer uses Pentax as his main camera system but still loves the brand, I didn't expect to be buying any more DSLRs but when a K-x with Sigma MF 24/2.8 popped up on my radar for €40 plus delivery, I couldn't resist. I remember when the K-x came out it was revered as t...
Posted by Jonathan-Mac on 01/02/2023 - 16:23
HD Pentax-D FA 28-105mm Over Exposure
Before you send it off anywhere, you could try cleaning the contacts on the lens and the camera mount to make sure there's no grease or dirt stopping the two communicating. Just use a dry cotton or microfibre cloth.
Posted by johnriley on 02/02/2023 - 08:52
Colour cast with K5
Have you tried a total reset? The reason that I ask is that a few years ago my K5 would only shoot in monochrome caused I think, by the sensor being overwhelmed when I inadvertently pointed the camera towards the sun when I took a shot. Resetting the back to factory settings did the trick. Mind you,...
Posted by MHOL190246 on 31/03/2023 - 16:15
Colour cast with K5
Have you tried a total reset? The reason that I ask is that a few years ago my K5 would only shoot in monochrome caused I think, by the sensor being overwhelmed when I inadvertently pointed the camera towards the sun when I took a shot. Resetting the back to factory settings did the trick. Mind you,...
Posted by stevistds on 31/03/2023 - 17:24
Me and Bird Photography
Hi all, It says on the Pentax firmware page for the K-3 Mark III firmware version V2.00 the following... Added Type 3 to the item of the AF.C tracking AF point method. Added focus sensitivity setting item for AF.C. What does the first item mean and where is the AF.C focus sensitivity setti...
Posted by bforbes on 08/07/2023 - 18:08
Birding lens
Stay on Brand -these lenses are stunning on a cropped sensor and the DA * lenses are fantastic even with the Pentax 1.4 teleconverter 1. On a cropped sensor the DA* 200mm effectively becomes a 300mm • With the TC mounted it becomes a 420mm 2. On a cropped sensor the DA* 300mm effecti...
Posted by Daronl on 28/07/2023 - 17:36
Loving my Pentax K200D
I have recently downsized all my mirrorless camera gear, down to a old but amazing Olympus Stylus 1, a brilliant little camera great to slip into a coat pocket and with it's 28-300mm f2.8 zoom, covers most situations. But I went out the other day with my K200D and fell in love again with my Pentax a...
Posted by WiltshireBorn on 11/04/2024 - 09:53
Aurora
Good stuff mate. I'm up in Palmerston North and it was epic here. Started slow but when I checked later it was very very visible to the naked eye. Cellphone only that night and was basically too bright for the sensor there was so much light from it in the sensor range. The next night was fully c...
Posted by richandfleur on 24/05/2024 - 07:38
K200D - First image overexposed
You don't mention what lens you are using. I have had the odd lens, (my DFA 100 macro when new for example), where the aperture has been slow to to close down - leading to over-exposure. Indeed I had to send that particular lens in for repair. I had the same ‘sticky aperture’ problem with my DFA 100...
Posted by PeterKR on 04/10/2024 - 22:24
Grad ND function available in the UK
They can't add a variable ND filter to the cameras as it'd need a physical element added to it. This is a sensor and processing trick which works a bit like the HDR setting from my understanding.
Posted by HarisF1 on 17/10/2024 - 18:36
Grad ND function available in the UK
This is a sensor and processing trick which works a bit like the HDR setting from my understanding. Yes. It saves you the bother of taking a couple of images and doing a grad ND merge in post-processing and it lets you see the result in situ rather than after you get home then realising you've got i...
Posted by Lubbyman on 17/10/2024 - 19:46
Grad ND function available in the UK
Some Pentax Q lenses have a built-in ND filter (non-grad), activated from camera. Only a couple of stops but can be useful. I meant once the cameras have been produced/sold we can't add a full ND filter mode to them (ISO 100 is the lowest the sensor can use so there's no way of slowing the shutter s...
Posted by HarisF1 on 17/10/2024 - 22:11
Grad ND function available in the UK
I meant once the cameras have been produced/sold we can't add a full ND filter mode to them (ISO 100 is the lowest the sensor can use so there's no way of slowing the shutter speed down further) It is possible to use the merging of multiple shots to get an effect very similar to an ND filter, I thin...
Posted by petrochemist on 19/10/2024 - 14:36
Grad ND function available in the UK
I meant once the cameras have been produced/sold we can't add a full ND filter mode to them (ISO 100 is the lowest the sensor can use so there's no way of slowing the shutter speed down further) It is possible to use the merging of multiple shots to get an effect very similar to an ND filter, I thin...
Posted by co049 on 19/10/2024 - 18:17
Pentax istD, istD s, istD L, istD DL
Hello clever people, As some of you have noticed, I'm impressed with what the . So I read up on the history of Pentax' early DSLRs, and decided to get an istD too and after seenig in the gallery what that camera can do. I hadn't noticed that there are different versions. I got the is...
Posted by kasperbergholt on 04/11/2024 - 10:08
Pentax istD, istD s, istD L, istD DL
On the topic of battery terminals, Do clean them with (e.g.) a pencil eraser but also, make sure they are bent upwards (outwards?) so that they will press firmly on the battery caps when the door is closed. Frequent use tends to depress them over time until they can barely make proper contact, when ...
Posted by kasperbergholt on 13/11/2024 - 18:10
Pentax K-3 Monochrome Conversion
When I first started out with an SLR (Praktica LTL3) I really could not afford to pay for too much film processing so quickly learned to develop and print B&W images. I still get nostalgic about B&W photography (but not the hours spent loading bulk rolls of FP4 into 35mm cassettes). Digital had grea...
Posted by SSF1957 on 07/11/2024 - 17:35
