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Algernon
That's Mr. Bean

Comment by Algernon posted on Pose at 31/10/2013 - 13:59

Algernon
No the room was normal tungsten lighting approx. 3000k
which isn't spot on for focusing.

The torch was about 5200k which is OK for focusing and
showed the correct colours in LV because the camera was
set to Daylight WB.

Because f/11 is possible focusing isn't too critical and I
used an Eye-Fi Card to see the results straight away.

The torch was a Coast HP7 on flood. I might try that on it's
own light painting the outside of the tent.

Comment by Algernon posted on product photography lighting -- help at 31/10/2013 - 08:07

Algernon
The one on ebay has 4 different colors: Black, White Red and Blue.

Mine has grey, blue and black, but it's only held by a velcro strip
so any material could be used even Colorama paper.

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Comment by Algernon posted on product photography lighting -- help at 30/10/2013 - 18:06

Algernon
I've just been trying out a 40cm light cube similar to this one link but I used two flashguns with diffusers and a LED torch for manual focusing. Very easy to use and f/11 to f/16 at 100ISO is possible.

I set it up on a table and used light stands to hold the flashguns which were triggered by IR from the camera.

K-5 + Pentax 24-90mm zoom

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Comment by Algernon posted on product photography lighting -- help at 30/10/2013 - 17:54

Algernon
Stan... Is it true that you get 1p for every Sardine that
gets caught?

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Comment by Algernon posted on Ricoh to pay Kodak $76 Million! at 30/10/2013 - 13:49

Algernon
I've been tied to a tree since Saturday and it has
stopped me from being blown over!

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Comment by Algernon posted on Another pointless thread at 30/10/2013 - 08:19

Algernon
At 1600ISO there's nothing between the K-3 and the D600 so
hardly any advantage in FF

Hard to compare with the K-5 due to the difference in image size.


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Comment by Algernon posted on K-3 studio test shots now on Imaging Resource at 29/10/2013 - 20:09

Algernon
Smeggypants wrote:
I want a 1.000001x telconvertor!! ( with no AA filter )
Can you afford to lose 0.000001 stops at 128,000ISO

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Comment by Algernon posted on Road map and 1.4x converter at 29/10/2013 - 19:43

Algernon
Pentaxophile wrote:
Algernon wrote:
My Jessops 1.7x never comes off the 55-300mm
with the K-5.

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Why don't you just crop, Algi? You'd still get a 'highly usable' file
I can still crop, with the TC on, but with a K-3 I could
go straight to my cropped size without a TC.

The TC also lets me take semi-macro shots.

This is the crop....

Young blackbird

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and this is the original K-5 + 55-300mm + Jessop 1.7 TC 200ISO .....

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I won't be buying a K-3..... I want a 5x4 Digital


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Comment by Algernon posted on Road map and 1.4x converter at 29/10/2013 - 16:11

Algernon
It's unlikely that Ricoh will produce a TC with the K-3
coming out. From 24MP you could crop half of the frame and
still be left with a highly usable 12MP file...
so no need for a TC

My Jessops 1.7x never comes off the 55-300mm
with the K-5.

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Comment by Algernon posted on Road map and 1.4x converter at 29/10/2013 - 14:05

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