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Comment by aminstar posted on Today's drops at 21/07/2009 - 21:42
I like this last one Amin.
It needs a bit tidying up but can't be too bothered right now , wanted to hear any comments so decided to upload as soon as I finished snapping them.
With a bit of tidying up specially the noise around the colours where they join could help a bit more though
Comment by aminstar posted on Today's drops at 21/07/2009 - 21:32
They didn't come up as good as I had expected, but well, got to try
Different colours different patters different backgrounds and lighting
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Comment by aminstar posted on Today's drops at 21/07/2009 - 20:59
I will not buy a new K20D out of principle now. I am so disgusted with myself that I didnt buy one at Christmas when they were under £500 with the £100 cashback that I absolutely refuse to pay the present asking price even if they are going up again
You just teasing us aren't you?
Comment by aminstar posted on SRS, K20D one of dearest on-line now? at 21/07/2009 - 18:03
I have just been thinking about that... I love night photography and hows this for an idea: use a long shutter setting (10 plus seconds) combined with f22 and then using a strobe flash gun. That may produce some interesting images!
You don't always need a N***N for it. There are always ways around a problem and if we think carefully we always can come up with a process of solving it
But then again you might have a problem focusing and there are some cameras there that are better at AF
Comment by aminstar posted on Shooting Birds.... The feathered kind! at 21/07/2009 - 15:56
but we are not aloud to big up other camera makers on this forum,
Comment by aminstar posted on Shooting Birds.... The feathered kind! at 21/07/2009 - 15:17
Just acquired my first long prime, a DA* 300mm off eBay for £600 (can't believe no one else bid on it!), and was just wondering what advice would you give for using it and getting the best out of it as I have only ever used zooms at that length.
Do you always use a monopod or tripod, prefer to go handheld, keep shutter speeds over say 1/450, focussing tips etc. I do find using zooms that I have got into the habit of zooming out quickly to get focus on areas of low contrast, then zooming back in to get fine focus easier (think I explained that right!) which obviously I can't do with a prime, so any advice appreciated!
My problems were only finding the subject through the viewfinder after picking it up on the naked eye initially as with the zoom I used to have it shorter range and then push it out from there keeping the subject in view, but very very rarely I would have a problem finding it, specially because the view through the lens is so absolutely fantastic also that you can literally use it as a binoculars and locate it roughly where the subject is and then focus it.
I have at times used it without the tripod, but my best results were with the tripod.
Comment by aminstar posted on DA* 300mm - Shooting advice at 21/07/2009 - 14:28
Can someone please break it down this in details, other than obviously the most obvious which is that it constantly tracks and focuses the subject as long as the shutter release button is half pressed.
As an example here, if the Drive Mode, "Continuous Hi" is chosen in the Fn menu (aka machine gun mode, ok I just made this up), and if you have the focusing mode set for AF.C and shot a subject keeping your shutter release button completely pressed, would the focusing still track the moving subject? Or the moment the shutter release button goes from half pressed to full pressed the focusing locks and all the images under that shot will be taken at the locked focus?
Just curious what members understand from this feature and also reading from the manual please
Comment by aminstar posted on AF.C focusing, full explanation please at 21/07/2009 - 14:22
Somebody sounds a little bitter
Good bye pentaxians enjoy your k-7 cameras.
Paul
And by the way, what makes you think we all have K7? Either that or you think that the ones who don't have the K7 are not enjoying ours?
Comment by aminstar posted on K20d + Da 35mm + 50-135mm at 21/07/2009 - 13:11
OK, sorry Amin... perhaps I'm a bit overtired
I might as well uplaod the other ones too then and I have replaced the blurred one above too
Comment by aminstar posted on Train spotting at 21/07/2009 - 11:31


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