Again, no filter - but ALWAYS a lens hood

Andrew

Yes, I think you are right. I have a K30, which will produce outstanding 16x12 prints. Whilst it *might* be possible to tell the difference between images from the K30 and K-3 by peering at 100% crops on a decent calibrated monitor, I'd bet that it wouldn't be possible by inspecting prints, unless they are a lot bigger than 16x12.

The principle advantage, as I see it, of a camera with lots more mega-pickles is that it would allow me to crop an image that I didn't get quite right in camera and still produce a decent large print - but is that enough to justify an upgrade?

I bought the K30 to replace a K200 just 12 months ago now. My reasoning then was that the K30 had much better low light performance, had focus peaking and was silly cheap at £319 for the body only from SRS after the £50 cashback from Pentax. I don't see the K-3 as having any "must have" feature or performance advantage over the K30 to make it a mandatory buy - and it isn't (yet?) silly cheap.

Andrew

Yep, I heard that vinyl sales are rising - but not by that much. CD sales are falling, but are still nearly 200 times those of vinyl LPs.

It's inevitable that new technology replaces older technology - whether it is materially "better" or not.

Andrew

Aspiration affects purchasing decisions at all levels in the marketplace. I think I would go one step further than your analysis. It probably goes .... "Pros use FF - Brand X make FF cameras - if I/we buy Brand X then I/we would be (like) pros".

This is, at least partly, the reason why Ricoh/Pentax must ultimately launch a FF camera if they are to stay in the DSLR market. The other part is that, in a few years time, FF will dominate the market and APS-C sales will wither.

Andrew

I bought my first SLR around 1980. I had been considering buying a ME Super - mainly for the very good (?) reason that I knew someone else who had one. I vaguely remember going to a camera dealer in Bolton (think it was Mathers) but actually bought a Ricoh KR-10 with 50mm f/2 lens for just on £120. IIRC, the ME Super would have been around £145.

In today's money, the ME Super (£145 in 1980) would cost £527 according to the historic inflation calculator on the ThisIsMoney website. SRS are selling the K50 with kit lens for £599 - so, the technology has changed, but prices are pretty much the same.

Andrew

Possibly not, but I live in Oldham and 1400x1050 is the standard format for all L&CPU (and many other) clubs. I "think" it has something to do with the format expected by the projectors that are used.

Andrew

Yes - but competitions PDIs, whether landscape or portrait format have to fit WITHIN a landscape 1400x1050 pixels and have unused space filled with black. The photo itself optionally, can have a border.

This is a half-size example (700x525) ......




I don't think you can do that in Export.

Andrew

Anyone who enters photo club projected digital image (PDI) competitions will need to keep/use Elements, Photoshop or whatever to generate images that are exactly 1400x1050 pixels having a photo that fits within that boundary and any unused space as black.

I haven't yet discovered a way to do that in Lightroom & suspect that it simply isn't possible.

Andrew

Use Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) instead. It's a Windows application, free and works for me - not that I do many panos.

Andrew

And mine, maybe like this .....





Andrew