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Pentax DSLR Tough Build
While on holiday in France, my tripod-mounted Pentax ist* DS keeled over and the 18~55mm. kit lens smashed nose-first into concrete. I managed the rest of the holiday using a 40 year old 50mm. Takumar as a replacement and missed little as I used my feet for zooming and for wider shots, digitally ‘st...
Posted by copernicus on 29/09/2009 - 18:23
Pentax DSLR Tough Build
It’s happened again! On 29th.September 2009 I reported a damaged kit lens on my Pentax ist DS when it toppled over and smashed into concrete. A little force when I unscrewed the smashed skylight filter seemed to free the stuck focusing ring, which, at the time, I regarded as coincidental. In Ma...
Posted by copernicus on 17/04/2011 - 20:48
How waterproof is a K10/20D?
Dont go near salt water without a filter to protect the lens, I once saw a very expensive Carl Zeiss movie lens that had to have the front group replaced and I'd rinse the camera thoroughly in clean water afterwards.
Posted by gartmore on 02/10/2009 - 07:39
Pentax Colour
What I find the biggest shame is all the popular mags only seem to concentrate on Canon, Sony, and Nikon, and to a lesser degree, Olympus. Maybe John should should submit an article for publication in one of these mags to show amateurs who are getting into DSLRs for the first time that there is mor...
Posted by aminstar on 16/10/2009 - 08:00
screen protection
Don't use one but I wish I did. Mine has come back from holiday with a war wound - a minor scratch on the screen. The girlfriend was wearing the camera as she mounted a horse :roll: and it banged into the pommel on the saddle. Only a minor impact and a simple plastic screen protector would have p...
Posted by K10D on 14/10/2009 - 15:43
screen protection
yup - it's one of the first things I did with my K10d and the first thing I did with the K7; I put the K10d on Ebay last week, and removed the plastic cover before doing so; happy that the screen was completely unmarked and immaculate and so screen will pay for itself many times over. Only thing I u...
Posted by kfxposure on 15/10/2009 - 08:11
ND Filters
sorry its me not explaining very well i want to start doing long exsposure landscapes i have 3 lenses all different filter sizes so looks like square thanks
Posted by steloz on 14/10/2009 - 22:23
ND Filters
Think you may be right then steloz, the problem with screw on round filter is that they are inclined to become part of the lens and, at least I am inclined to treat them as part of the lens and not consider if I need the filter for a particular shot and if so of what density. With a square or oblong...
Posted by Thordell on 14/10/2009 - 22:37
ND Filters
Hope the following helps! If you are in to landscapes I have found that a Polarizer and some ND Grads are invaluable. I purchased a Cokin P holder and some filters as they were within my budget. However, I have since learned that I should have spent a bit more and gone for a Cokin Z holder and Lee ...
Posted by Fletcher8 on 15/10/2009 - 09:46
ND Filters
I have the B&W ND110, a round glass filter, which gives 10 stop light reduction and is probably what you want for loooong exposure landscapes. By itself you can get exposures up to about 30 seconds in daylight, so fantastic water and cloud effects. Not cheap at around £80 for a 77mm. I would advise ...
Posted by ambient housewife on 15/10/2009 - 16:32
First Pictures With K7
pete. I assume you select qwhichever setting..Bright, natural, Portrait etc, alter settings as required then press OK. Then shoot? Are these actually available in green mode? can't remeber if I was on Av or not . I quite like the filter options post shoot, Watercolour is good with the landscapes...
Posted by hkwiles on 19/10/2009 - 10:15
First Pictures With K7
pete. I assume you select qwhichever setting..Bright, natural, Portrait etc, alter settings as required then press OK. Then shoot? Are these actually available in green mode? can't remeber if I was on Av or not . I quite like the filter options post shoot, Watercolour is good with the landscapes...
Posted by PeteL on 19/10/2009 - 16:30
K-7 new firmware v1.02
* Added [Fine Sharpness 2] which makes image outlines even sharper than [Fine Sharpness] to the Sharpness setting of Custom Image. * Improved total image processing performance at the particular shooting condition or setting such as preview image quality at the "Water Color & Pastel" of Digital Fi...
Posted by Mike-P on 22/10/2009 - 06:56
Focus screen tool
You can`t be too careful how you clean the screen. Actually you can`t be too careful doing anything in that area. I know it`s difficult but the best way to deal with it is to keep it as clean as possible in the first place. About the only thing that won`t stick to the inside of a camera is a housebr...
Posted by cedricd on 29/10/2009 - 19:21
auto white balance
In this case i would see what effect using Photo Filters in CS2 had. An 81 filter would be the logical warming one to use. On the other hand, this might have been the natural colour of the light, so there are choices to be made. The final choice if the colour doesn't appeal could be Sepia (or ...
Posted by johnriley on 11/11/2009 - 23:59
Possible New Pentax User
With the money you have saved not buying the K-7 I would hot foot it over to the classifieds and look at DA* 50-135mm. Stellar weather proof lens at a very good price.
Posted by Mike-P on 17/11/2009 - 19:08
Shake reduction off for tripod use - why?
In addition, with the K20D and later models the sensor is clamped into position when SR is off. It is? I wonder how. Dan Can't comment on whether or not is it, but if it is, it is probably done with a small solenoid. Some of the CCTV cameras we use have a green filter over the sensor in daylig...
Posted by Father Ted on 30/11/2009 - 16:26
K20D and 50mm FA 1.4 problem
Interesting, I don't trust repair services either. My friend sent in his sigma 17-70 f2.8-4.5 for repair once and it never did 2.8 at 17mm again after that. I just had a look and a photo i taken couple of weeks ago (12/12/09) of a bridge, and that looks sharp. 50mm wasn't used much this past two ...
Posted by dantum on 24/12/2009 - 15:03
Kx infinity focus problem
Just to get it right, both your long lenses have this problem right? I think it's an AF problem but it could be a bit of both so the lens and the camera. It could be that the camera work well with another lens but since you've two lenses I think that the camera is more likely the source. One t...
Posted by Anvh on 01/01/2010 - 21:29
multiple exposure feature uses??
...is it psibble to get a solid image multiples? All items that remain in the same position in *all* the frames will remain solid - everything else will appear "ghost-like" to one degree or another. In addition to the tips Prieni an RaV give above, here's one I got from Don a couple of years back...
Posted by hefty1 on 04/01/2010 - 14:33
