I myself shoot in PEF to get more shots one the card but I use Lighroom and those convert them inot DNG when it upload I think they are even smaller then the PEF, need to check that.

You can use photoshop to convert them to DNG as well, I've never used the free Adobe converter so don't know how it works.

BTW have you tried to codec?
I'm running a lot of 32bit stuff on XP64 without any problems

Since there isnt a * it would be 9mm and that's a lot

About the rumours we are still waiting for the DA* 55, DA* 60-250 and the ringflash that should come this month.
The KxxD where always the first to be replaced and if we look at the spacing between the current models it would be the end of this year it would come out.
I would be more then glad though to see a K30D this month since I was planning to buy one begin next year the price would have dropped quite a bit

if the plate is just as big as the QR plate and is hopefully flat so it shouldnt have any reasons not to be level.
I'm still thinking if it's worth the effort though.

It works Amin, thank you!

well it's a B&W, haven't use it yet but hopefully it will preform though
If you have a better way then please tell me George, it would be very helpfull

There is one thing though, I can't alter the flash in anyway since they arent mine so camera or lens stuff only.

Thank you John and George for your comment

I know John but I'm a bit of a purist with photos, I only pixel edit when it concerns sensor or lens flaws like dust on the sensor or CA and things like that, everything else is done with layers over the whole image or using filters to select things. I do might crop though but only when needed.
Oh John, your photos on your site do look great though!

What do you all think about photoshoping, where do you draw the line?

Most is in the PM Amin

Have you bought it already?
you will like it though and after this you want a DA* 300 I think but flash might be a better choice though.

you might wanna take a look at this link you can download the full version on deviantart but I've photoshoped it, although most of it is blurring because the lens is too sharp for this sort of thing.

Like the title say My Little Brother
I quite like this shot so I'm curious what you experts think about it and could help me to make a better one next time.
I've only used the light coming out of the window of his right.



Model: PENTAX K10D
Lens: D-FA 100/2.8 Macro
Shutter Speed: 1/160 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 400
special information for Amin
Working distance: ~3 or 4m
No cropping done to the image

too bad to hear... if the platters are okay they still can recover all information on it.
I'm really condering buying 2 or 3 disk to run them in raid 1 or 5, might also be a good idea for you.

You could have know

Thank you very much Amin
I'm also a rookie myself so it's nice to get some good comments.

It's a nice lens if you want to have a look at some photos straight out of the camera, leave me a PM and I'll send you some
btw this one is straight out of the camera link it's in adobe-rgb so on the internet the colours arent right but you can see how sharp it is.
I think you also see clearly the difference between the 50mm and the rest of your lenses or not?

I'm also busy to get the method of sharpening right in Gimp, I'm using a method that Matt have explained and it works great for me so it will help you too I believe

This one you mean right?



Some extra information the bird is only very slighty cropped what you see is 90% of the photo