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Are Pentax likely to follow suit?
I sincerly hope this idea isn't taken uo by Pencaniks:D (new terminology:wink:) not at least for the forseeable future, I cant see EVF's ever been able to match the optical quality of a Pentaprism, imagine trying to compose and focus a detailed macro shot with an eye straining flickering viewfinder....
Posted by Anvh on 24/02/2010 - 15:48
which camera to buy
As the K200D is a perfectly capable and nicely made camera with weather sealing added in for good measure, I would go for your cheapest option - it's capable of excellent results. K10D is a great camera, but the K200D has the same sensor so the difference is more about handling and bulk (the K10D...
Posted by JonSchick on 23/02/2010 - 20:13
which camera to buy
I'd go for the K200D. in my opinion it was one of the best entry level cameras Pentax made. I think they actually sold it a bit too cheaply considering what was on offer which is why the Km which replaced it, was less well made (no weather sealing and no top LCD, if that bothers you). From memory, I...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 23/02/2010 - 20:37
which camera to buy
K-M vs K200D is easy The K200D has more to offer then the K-M, the K200D has 7 focus spots and the K-M only 3 and has a top LCD, focus point indicating in the viewfinder, weather sealing and you can get a grip for it. The K-M is smaller and lighter, nothing more can be really said about it. The se...
Posted by Anvh on 23/02/2010 - 20:58
which camera to buy
The K10 and K200 share the same sensor, but the K200 is easier to use. The K10 was the flagship model, making it just a little less 'new user' friendly. I have a K200d and find it easy to use, the shake reduction is very effective and it has the (dis)advantage of using AA batteries, that's a t...
Posted by Hardgravity on 23/02/2010 - 22:55
64GB SDHC Cards
64GB holds only about 2 hours of top quality K-7 video. You might also want a gigantic amount of space for RAW stills for a holiday or expedition. EDIT: Ok, it would be a really good holiday to need all that for stills :) You never know how high the resolution would be of the sensor over a year, ...
Posted by Anvh on 24/02/2010 - 20:22
Wide angle compacts?
As a Ricoh GX200 owner (and a CX1 and P70 beforehand) I will endorse the P70 as a great choice, It has excellent IQ, better than the CX1, and the FOV at the wide end is actually wider, even though both are quoted as 28mm. Here's a comparison. Pentax P70 Ricoh CX1 It's only real downsi...
Posted by RichardDay on 25/02/2010 - 12:24
Wide angle compacts?
Probably a bit pricey and a bit late but the is a stonking compact camera. It has an excellent, fast ( f/2 - 2.8 ) wide angle lens (24-60mm equiv) and larger than the run of the mill sensor so higher ISO performance is really quite impressive (for a compact). Build quality is excellent too. I ...
Posted by Greytop on 25/02/2010 - 19:25
Wide angle compacts?
Probably a bit pricey and a bit late but the is a stonking compact camera. It has an excellent, fast ( f/2 - 2.8 ) wide angle lens (24-60mm equiv) and larger than the run of the mill sensor so higher ISO performance is really quite impressive (for a compact). Build quality is excellent too. I ...
Posted by RichardDay on 25/02/2010 - 19:41
For all of us new to Digital
Quite correct. 1/125 is fast shutter speed though and the sensor get noisy with long shutterspeed because it get warm. So it depends on how many photos you take and for how long, I wouldn't worry too much about this with normal photography only with long exposures of seconds. There is no real di...
Posted by Anvh on 26/02/2010 - 14:05
Negative to jpeg HOW
I bought an Epson V500 (photo-enabled flatbed) last year and over 12 months I've worked my way through about 150 sets of negatives and 40 slide films - I've not digitised everything, but used the 'preview' to decide what's worth including. I set up a quick mode for snaps and a slower, higher-resolu...
Posted by Stanovich on 26/02/2010 - 23:08
Digital Dilema
You could try cleaning the battery contacts and also the electronic contacts on lenses and bayonet mount. Maybe dampness is causing a poor connection.
Posted by johnriley on 04/03/2010 - 12:50
645D starts a price war
looks like it rather undercuts it on sensor specs too, 22MP only this does look like it could get interesting.
Posted by Mongoose on 11/03/2010 - 08:16
645D starts a price war
The sensor is a wee bit larger than the 645D and having less pixels means bigger pixels and hence low noise and more sensitivity, in theory... Regards
Posted by K10D on 11/03/2010 - 08:57
645D starts a price war
ISO range 25 - 400 ? ? ? That's quite a normal range for MF cameras the 100-1600 from the 645D is quite unusual besides the one that also use that sensor like the Hasselblad H4D40. And there are some that use binning to get higher sensitivity with the lost of resolution. (But would prefer a H4D-...
Posted by Anvh on 11/03/2010 - 15:23
645D starts a price war
(But would prefer a H4D-40:wink:) Just out of interest, the 645D has the same sensor so image quality should not differ much... are you then still willing to pay twice as much for the H4D-40 as for the 645D? The basic Hasselblad design is very old but by a former Swedish pilot called Sixten Sason, h...
Posted by Pwynnej on 12/03/2010 - 09:04
To print or not print that is ...
Having your own printer gives you total control over quality, repeatability and time. Today I messed up an A3 print when mounting it. No problem, within 15 minutes I had reprinted and was mounting another copy. If you have missed cloning a sensor dust mark, then the printer will print the ble...
Posted by grahamwalton on 11/03/2010 - 19:18
Something I don't understand about Cokin filters
I probably wouldn't know what to do with any other filters anyway. I've already found out that an infrared filter is useless with the GX20. I get better pics from the old Kodak superzoom I took apart and removed the ir pass filter from. They say that about the K10D to. The problem is there is ...
Posted by Anvh on 14/03/2010 - 19:14
Something I don't understand about Cokin filters
I have Pentax CPLs, the instruction leaflet explains why linear ones dont meter correctly but I dont have it to hand right now. The light meter and the AF sensor are placed so that the mirror direct the image to them, I think that it goes wrong there with linear filters.
Posted by Anvh on 15/03/2010 - 13:48
