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Comment by Algernon posted on Hummingbird image with K10D+FA* 300/2.8 - first image post at 26/09/2010 - 10:31
Comment by Algernon posted on And you thought your journey to work was tough at 26/09/2010 - 10:17
I noticed this other clip on the same page about 20% of
Americans not being able to locate the US on a World map.
Miss Teen USA
Comment by Algernon posted on And you thought your journey to work was tough at 25/09/2010 - 14:37
It's back on my K10D
easily and get lost. That's what happened to mine. They
don't seem to do the rubber eyepieces separately.
Comment by Algernon posted on FS: Pentax K-7 Body at 25/09/2010 - 14:02
Those KPS eyepieces are very good, I use one on my K7.
Now he's looking at buying the factory
Comment by Algernon posted on FS: Pentax K-7 Body at 25/09/2010 - 13:50
'Stereo' is more acurate for all those 3d movies, cameras, TVs etc. etc. True 3d would change perspective as you move round it (like a hologram). Anybody have wone of those stereo viewer thingies which took discs when they were a kid? Can't remeber what they were called.
This one on ebay could be used with homemade stereo prints, may
even work with inkjet printers.
I still have a Stitz Stereo beamsplitter which is better than the Pentax
one because you can change the angle to suit any lens up to 300mm.
Comment by Algernon posted on Photokina report at 25/09/2010 - 11:07
Our local charity shops/junk shops are hopeless for old cameras. I did talk to a chap who collects mechanical Nikon bodies a while ago, he reckons that they do get them but they've got a list of people who they've promised to "let you know if anything turns up".
they should be
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax Takumar 83mm f1.9 at 25/09/2010 - 09:37
was a landscape lens
I agree with the others about the letterbox crop.
Comment by Algernon posted on 55-300 landscape - from my bedroom window at 25/09/2010 - 09:06
Comment by Algernon posted on Pentax Takumar 83mm f1.9 at 24/09/2010 - 18:09
I am not sure i need to change the tripod. Camera +lens + head = 2.5 kilos. The tripod is rated at 5kg. Is this ok for using a 300mm lens ? or would i benefit from a stronger tripod ?
A 5kg Gitzo tripod is going to be very strong and should handle anything a Pentax digital camera's going to throw at it. The bigger and stronger the head the better your main problem with a 300mm lens is the overturning moment and a big head will resist that better than a small head. It will also absorb energy from the shutter better. I regularly use a 300mm + 2x TC on a 5 kg Manfrotto and it works OK.
Concerning loads I often use a K20D + 300mm F* f/4.5 + TC on a Minolta table top tripod (similar to the Leica one) and it handles it OK.
Comment by Algernon posted on Tripod head advice at 24/09/2010 - 18:02
Algernon: I see as you've stated it auto-scales to 800 on the long side. Unfortunately I am limited on the sizes that I can load, so I've chosen slightly larger. I discovered that if you click on the image, it will load the proper-size and the slight softness will disappear.
So you shouldn't have any problems posting bigger sizes.