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Picture Window Pro and RAW files
PygmyT, I have the Lee Foundation kit (beautiful) and the Cokin Z-Pro ND grad set. ( www.speedgraphic.co.uk have a great deal on the Z-Pro sets!) and the white caps are not bad at setting a WB. Just watch out for scratching - the Z-Pros, though superb, are delicate, and the Lee filters even mo...
Posted by MattMatic on 05/07/2006 - 17:16
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5
Did you try Curvemeister though? http://www.curvemeister.com/ This goes on the Filter menu and should work ;) Matt
Posted by MattMatic on 13/09/2006 - 18:31
It's Not What You Pay
I notice that Leica have just issued a recall for their M8 Digital Rangefinder. Apparently there are banding/ghosting issues that need an upgrade and also an over-sensitivity to IR light makes for magenta shadows. The solution to the latter is a special UV/IR filter for each and every lens owned. Th...
Posted by johnriley on 28/11/2006 - 16:26
It's Not What You Pay
I am not going to say much until the K10D rolls out. :wink: As to the M8, Leica have suffered from a series of faulty boards which cause the banding and green ghosts on some images. Leica are offering a free fix (understandable) and 30% off a lens of the owners choice plus some free filters. I ...
Posted by Kim C on 29/11/2006 - 21:27
Who said the 18-55 was soft?
Just remembered something else about the recipe for adding noise which creates a better film-representation, repeated for completeness sake: * Add a new layer * Edit / Fill, 50% grey * Filter / Noise / Add noise - 10% Gaussian, monochromatic * Filter / Blur / Gaussian blur - somewhere around 2...
Posted by MattMatic on 08/12/2006 - 15:05
White Balance
OK guys and gals, its time for me to wear the dunces cap. and also ask if anyone can solve my problem. I just got back from a few days in Prague, the weather was overcast on a couple of days and nice blue skies the rest of the time, problem was my istD was shooting with an undesireable blue cast,...
Posted by fatspider on 10/12/2006 - 00:29
White Balance
You could try the Photo Filters if you are using CS2. Maybe an 81 or 85 filter will help. If all is lost though you could always convert them all to monochrome and tell everyone you are doing it on purpose...
Posted by johnriley on 10/12/2006 - 10:14
High street K10D advice
This was not an isolated incident, as I have had two fairly recent experiences of asking for basic 52mm Hoya filters, one in a central London store and one in outer London. In the first store the assistant clearly didn't have a clue what he was looking for, and in the second I was presented with a d...
Posted by Mongoose on 17/01/2007 - 09:56
concerns about sharpening
Rodger, If you take a look over at The Light's Right Studio they take a very good approach to sharpening. There are three stages: 1. Capture 2. Creative 3. Output Capture sharpening should just give a little "bite" to the image, trying to undo the softness caused by the Bayer colou...
Posted by MattMatic on 02/02/2007 - 12:54
Mirror lenses
[quote:128424c727] There is an Opteka one on Ebay for around £70 - cheap and cheerful, but could be a waste of money :? those are cosmetically identical to the Centon I had, that doesn't mean they necessarily ARE the same lens of course but it sure looks like it. I didn't take a single keepe...
Posted by Mongoose on 02/02/2007 - 18:39
Mirror lenses
I would recommend the Tamron SP500mm mirror lens because it's a good performer and you should be able to pick up a nice one (hopefully in it's case c/w filter set) for £50-£70 on eBay. It's a manual focus adaptall2 lens, so all you need is a PK/PKA adaptall mount for it - don't be put off if it's a...
Posted by Kimbo on 05/02/2007 - 18:19
Converting to Mono
Using Photoshop Elements, I don't have the Channel Mixer, so I quite often use the following technique, which includes 'toning': Create new adjustment layer, selecting Hue/Saturation. In dialogue box, with 'Master' selected, turn saturation to -100. Then adjust individual colours to suit (the d...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 10/02/2007 - 12:08
It's not purple this time.. :)
Oh well, my venture into mono effects hasn't gone well then.. :cry: :cry: I'll go back to sunsets.. :lol: Cheers Liam If at first you don't succeed............ I have been trying for longer than I can remember - in fact SWMBO says I am very trying - so give it another go. Quite ho...
Posted by old timer on 15/02/2007 - 13:58
Opinions folks.
How do you rate the Sigma SD14? I picked up a brochure at Focus on Wednesday and it's quite an impressive camera. It's about twice the price of a K10D and looks almost as though it could have been designed by Pentax. There are a few omissions from the specifications - no SR (although it does h...
Posted by Kimbo on 03/03/2007 - 04:25
question about depth of field
Sorry, but the f(No.) and the focal length have got bugger all to to do with the filter size ? If that was the case, why do my f1:4 -100mm and my f1:1.4 - 50mm have the same filter size ?
Posted by Galoot on 03/03/2007 - 21:12
question about depth of field
Galoot is right by saying it has nothing to do with the filter size. However it is the diameter of the front lens that has something to do with it but for the obvious reasons the filter size can never be less than the diameter of the front lens. Take a look at the 100mm and the 50mm lens, assumin...
Posted by simonsteph on 03/03/2007 - 21:51
question about depth of field
No, they are not both f1.4, look again at the post. The 100mm is f1:4 and the 50mm is f1:1.4. but they both have the 49mm filter size.
Posted by Galoot on 03/03/2007 - 22:12
question about depth of field
No, they are not both f1.4, look again at the post. Did I not say 'assuming that you are correct in saying that they are both f1.4'. This was not a statement that lenses are not both f1.4 The 100mm is f1:4 and the 50mm is f1:1.4. but they both have the 49mm filter size. Like I said, it is the fro...
Posted by simonsteph on 03/03/2007 - 22:31
question about depth of field
Please re-read the post. This time note, f1:4 for the 100mm lens, NOT - f1.4, as you seem to imply and YES it is a 49mm filter size. Sorry, you lost me here, "Did I not say 'assuming that you are correct in saying that they are both f1.4'. This was not a statement that lenses are n...
Posted by Galoot on 03/03/2007 - 23:42
question about depth of field
For instance, I have a Sigma 400mm lens, designated as F5.6. This means that its minimum F-number is 5.6. 400 divided by 5.6 is 71, so it should come as no surprise that the size of the filters it takes is 72mm. Sorry, but the f(No.) and the focal length have got bugger all to to do with the...
Posted by ChrisA on 04/03/2007 - 00:52
