Search results for 'uv filter' - page 190
Skylight or UV?
Newbie question! I've just taken delivery of a rather nice 16-45 Pentax lens. Should I buy a Skylight or a UV filter as a 'stay on' for routine photography and protection of the lens. If it has to be one or the other then make it a UV because they are more neutral in colour. You can always add a war...
Posted by iceblinker on 14/05/2009 - 20:35
Skylight or UV?
Skylight warms up the colours slightly I believe. UV filter is becoming less needed, coatings and the glass before the sensor filter UV. And please don't start a topic about filters for protection :roll: There are many points of view on that one. They harm the image quality since you add a pie...
Posted by Anvh on 14/05/2009 - 20:43
Skylight or UV?
Buy a quality filter - and Hoya make a "Protector" which does not have the UV or Skylight filtering. Hoya Pro digital are thin and unobtrusive and remember Hoya = Pentax I went through the same process as you and the best advice I was given is "do not use a Skylight". I have both UV and pro...
Posted by polchraine on 14/05/2009 - 23:31
Skylight or UV?
I used to get Pro UV, now I get the Hoya "Protector". I believe that most sensors have a UV filter anyway.
Posted by beakynet on 15/05/2009 - 12:45
Skylight or UV?
Hoya Pro digital are thin and unobtrusive and remember Hoya = Pentax. Hoya filters are made by . . . Tokina. And Tokina is part from Hoya :wink: Or get B+W they are part from schneider, we can go on for ageses like this. :) Ony bought a UV filter for my kit lens and the lens after that since i...
Posted by Anvh on 15/05/2009 - 13:22
Official K-7 Specifications.
Right I can give you some specs in from this 100% viewfinder at 0.92x Live view has contrast AF 1/8000 - 30sec shutter speeds 1/180 flash sync 5.2 FPS for up to 40(jpg) and 14 (raw) shots at a time Timers unchanged at 2 and 12 secs noise control at iso200 37 custom settings HD Video 25min...
Posted by Offertonhatter on 20/05/2009 - 13:31
ND filter question please
Hi guys, I'm using Pentax manual lenses with my K10 and was wondering if it's possible to get ND filters to fit ? Can I get a holder and square type filters to fit that will also fit AF lenses should I choose to get any ? DERYN
Posted by DERYN on 22/05/2009 - 17:47
ND filter question please
Yes, but research the various types very well. You can waste a lot of money buying a set only to find that the system you choose doesn't fit some lenses. Ideally, you should look at filters and holders that will work with your largest diameter lens. At the moment I don't think you have any very l...
Posted by Mannesty on 22/05/2009 - 17:52
ND filter question please
For graduated ND, I suggest a Cokin or Kood or similar "P" filter holder. Various adapter rings are available for these to make them fit various lenses. For non graduated ND, you might prefer ordinary round screw-on ones. Stepping rings are available to adapt filters to smaller lenses. A filter t...
Posted by iceblinker on 22/05/2009 - 19:57
ND filter question please
I have the cokin P series filter system, and for all my lenses they are fine (apart from my sigma 10-20 which I get vignetting wide open, the Z series would be needed) You can get a holder ring in any size to fit any lens. Although you can't fit the lens hood on, you can get cokin hoods to attach ...
Posted by Offertonhatter on 22/05/2009 - 21:49
K10d and servicing
As far as I know, a camera is not a car, and they usually don't need a "tune up". You might occasionally need to have the sensor cleaned, but if yur are handy with your hands, you should be able to do that yourself. You just need a blower bulb (the Giotto Rocket Blower comes to mind:wink:), and, m...
Posted by pentaxian450 on 26/05/2009 - 01:31
HISTOGRAMS
In the tuturial that Mannesty posted there is a good piece of information: As mentioned earlier, with the exception of a histogram that is very heavily bunched up to the right (overexposed) there really isn’t such a thing as a “bad” histogram, or for that matter a “good” one. The histogram simp...
Posted by golfdiesel on 26/05/2009 - 21:40
K-7 at SRS on June 6th
Well I’m back from a brief visit to SRS. Marred only by my wife’s warning that I’ll be divorced if I come back with a Pentax box! The K7 is VERY nice. Compact but solid. Strangely it doesn't feel very different to my K20 in the hand. Which will be good news for anyone thinking it would be too smal...
Posted by MarkD on 06/06/2009 - 20:08
The K7 price is making me want to buy the K20D !!
I still think the 60-250mm should have been a f2.8. So do I. Dunno if it would fit my bag though. :lol: :lol: Not only wouldn't it fit your bag, it probably would've burst your wallet as well! :wink: Front filter size would be greater than 90mm as well! Not practical. The maximum workable solu...
Posted by RichardDay on 05/06/2009 - 10:27
The K7 price is making me want to buy the K20D !!
The maximum workable solution for f2.8 is 200mm (77mm filter), I wonder if that's why the Tamron and Sigma stop at 200mm? :P :wink: Sigma also have a 120-300mm f2.8, a large filter size it maybe but it's very popular with Nikon and Canon users.
Posted by Mike-P on 05/06/2009 - 13:01
I've got a K-7 to play with for 2 weeks!!
Thought I would add this here as it was posted elsewhere and some people may miss it. This main screen on the back of the camera is accessed by just pressing the INFO button. If SR was the last option used just press info, and turn the rear dial, done. Whilst here you can also set other o...
Posted by Unlocker on 12/06/2009 - 18:28
First production review of K-7
What to make of that review? Overall quite positive, although you have to admit he has a point re the price, and silly in-camera filter effects. Pentax should have predicted serious camera reviewers would have a field day with these. I think the review is a bit too critical of the HD movie mode t...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 23/06/2009 - 11:03
Pentax K-m for dslr newbie?
The DA II normally comes with a hood. I would expect it to be a DA L if a hood is not included. Flare will sometimes be a problem with this lens as well as longer lenses, and a hood will help a little bit with that. It's also good as physical protection against accidental knocks and fingermarking...
Posted by iceblinker on 02/07/2009 - 18:49
K20D settings advice needed
I never rely on AWB; Mine's set semi-permanently to "Daylight" unless I'm shooting under tungsten when I switch to "Tungsten". I also shoot RAW so if the colours happen to be way off (which they rarely are using this technique) then it's a simple job to change them in post processing. This way I ...
Posted by hefty1 on 30/06/2009 - 14:16
K20D settings advice needed
I appreciate the feedback and have noted about the 'greying' in a light tent, much like shooting snow I guess, and I have tried increasing the exposure to compensate too, but I am still not sure why I am getting this strong blue cast over the whole picture. It is almost as if it had a blue filter in...
Posted by BODYHEAT on 30/06/2009 - 14:37
