Ammonyte

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Pete,

I have set my camera up to limit the Auto ISO range to 100-800. Then, if it needs something more extreme I can take action and manually select a higher value. That way I don't get too many nasty suprises. You can also set "ISO Warning" which puts "ISO" in the viewfinder if the ISO is above a preset limit.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Question about ISO 1600 in the K10D at 21/01/2007 - 15:38

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Silkypix gives you a control with four parameters to recover highlights:-

Chroma/Luminance, Hue/Saturation, Luminance Restoration and Dynamic Range Expansion so that you can fine tune the settings, which you can save as "tastes" to re-apply in future. I find that the built-in taste "Sunset" does a good job.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Understanding RAW at 21/01/2007 - 20:12

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DNG will give you best compatability, but the PEF's are compressed, so you will fit more on your cards. Silkypix handles compressed PEF, Rawshooter probably doesn't as development has stopped after their sale to Adobe.

EDIT:-

Thanks for the tip-off, George, off to d/l/ 3.0.4 now!

Comment by Ammonyte posted on PEF or DNG/which conversion software? at 19/01/2007 - 19:25

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I use my right eye, although I am in fact "left-eyed". I try to keep both eyes open, which is handy if you are shooting moving targets, you can see what else is around. Some people find this difficult, but I learnt to do it at University, sketching thin sections under a microscope.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on left or right eye? at 19/01/2007 - 19:21

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Certainly in an interview with a pentax engineer that I read elsewhere on the web, he mentioned that Samsung have their own GUI.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Samsung GX10 at Argos! at 19/01/2007 - 21:08

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I think its makes it more interesting to get peoples views and in addition see other peoples work.
Pete,

Have a look at the "sister site" http://www.ephotozine.com, you might find some familar names in the Readers Portfolios section!

It's free, but it is worth paying for the E2 membership.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Birmingham Bullring After heavy down pour at 11/02/2007 - 22:06

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Oooh, I wonder what the k10D could achieve at ISO50?

I suspect the large size of the file is due in part to having to support so many lanuages in the Menus.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on New K10D V1.10 Firmware at 19/01/2007 - 18:17

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Pete,

It'll be safest to wait until it is officially released next week, then it should be avaliable from the main Pentax website.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on New K10D V1.10 Firmware at 19/01/2007 - 11:51

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It's just occured to me, but how difficult would it have been to stick another hotshoe on the (left hand) side of the body of any Pentax camera, so that you could just mount the gun on it for portrait? I would guess that flash is used at least as much in portrait as landscape..

Oh well, just a thought.

Cheers

Liam
How about locating it on the Battery Grip?

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Flash Gun for Pentax K10D required at 19/01/2007 - 21:06

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Yes it does.

Comment by Ammonyte posted on Flash Gun for Pentax K10D required at 19/01/2007 - 19:43

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