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Comment by Anvh posted on KX eating batteries at 09/10/2010 - 19:27
If you know how to do it, it goes pretty fast.
You can also off course if you shoot in RAW make one photo with the cap on and use that as your base-photo to set the WB and apply it to your other photos.
You can also off course if you shoot in RAW make one photo with the cap on and use that as your base-photo to set the WB and apply it to your other photos.
Comment by Anvh posted on White Balance / Colour correction tools at 09/10/2010 - 19:21
Gwyn wrote:
Stefan, Pentax are never on time with releases. The K10 took forever from announcement to hitting the shops. The K20D was a bit better, but the K7 took it's time too.
It is truly a wonder anyone sticks around to buy them, especially in Europe.
I've only witness the K200D, K20D, Km, Kx and the K7 and they seemed to be quite close to the release date as far as i remember.Stefan, Pentax are never on time with releases. The K10 took forever from announcement to hitting the shops. The K20D was a bit better, but the K7 took it's time too.
It is truly a wonder anyone sticks around to buy them, especially in Europe.
Comment by Anvh posted on SRS Open Day - 9th October at 09/10/2010 - 17:41
Mike-P wrote:
I thought you said in the thread about the subject, that that might explain why you didn't had so many keepers with the K7 as you did with the K10D.Anvh wrote:
Has anyone tried photos at 1/180 or something like that of a second to see if the shutter blur is still there at that range?
I can't say I noticed this problem with my K-7Has anyone tried photos at 1/180 or something like that of a second to see if the shutter blur is still there at that range?
The actual number is around 1/80 to 1/100 for the rest the effect isn't that noticeable.
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Comment by Anvh posted on SRS Open Day - 9th October at 09/10/2010 - 17:40
Gwyn wrote:
If you want to get a feel for the camera size and weight wise then try a K-7. They share the same body although they are different cameras. The K5 has a couple of minor differences, but not enough to affect the general feel of it.
Indeed, the greatest difference in feel would be that the mode dial is one notch higher than on the K7, making it easier to turn they say.If you want to get a feel for the camera size and weight wise then try a K-7. They share the same body although they are different cameras. The K5 has a couple of minor differences, but not enough to affect the general feel of it.
Comment by Anvh posted on The K5 and ME at 09/10/2010 - 17:34
rustytheclown wrote:
Thanks everyone for the advice. I thought the Fisheye would be unsuitable for my needs, but just wanted to hear from someone who has used one.I take landscapes and just want something wider than the 18mm end of the zoom that I currently have.
A lens like the DA 16-45 also give you already quite a wider feel, it doesn't sound much those 2mm but it actually quite is.Thanks everyone for the advice. I thought the Fisheye would be unsuitable for my needs, but just wanted to hear from someone who has used one.I take landscapes and just want something wider than the 18mm end of the zoom that I currently have.
There is also the Tamron 10-24 to consider and the Sigma 8-16 for ultra wide angle.
Comment by Anvh posted on Pentax 10-17mm Fisheye at 09/10/2010 - 16:55
Gwyn they seem to be pretty spot on with releases with cameras though, it's just the lenses
Has anyone tried photos at 1/180 or something like that of a second to see if the shutter blur is still there at that range?
Because the K5 has a higher FPS I think they have a new shutter so the shutter blur should be different, but that's only speculation
Has anyone tried photos at 1/180 or something like that of a second to see if the shutter blur is still there at that range?
Because the K5 has a higher FPS I think they have a new shutter so the shutter blur should be different, but that's only speculation
Comment by Anvh posted on SRS Open Day - 9th October at 09/10/2010 - 16:53
Almost a year
Funny this came to live again
Funny this came to live again
Comment by Anvh posted on Background Music at 09/10/2010 - 15:52
Algernon wrote:
Stefan, I like the Pantone/x-rite stuff and it looks better than just WB alone. The page it suggests looks good and shows how to balance up the full range of greys.
Indeed.Stefan, I like the Pantone/x-rite stuff and it looks better than just WB alone. The page it suggests looks good and shows how to balance up the full range of greys.
What the links shows is the manual way of doing it, with the x-rite software it does that automaticly and save it in form as an profile which you can select when working with a RAW file.
Algernon wrote:
Right from day one video cameras had a button to set the white balance. You just pointed them at what you wanted to balance to and that was it. Pentax cameras don't seem to have that although the *istD might have had it. So screwing a filter on is not much use. I might try it and take a shot and then manually adjust for the next shot it might work?
Actual the Pentax have it, that you didn't read the manual just kidding.Right from day one video cameras had a button to set the white balance. You just pointed them at what you wanted to balance to and that was it. Pentax cameras don't seem to have that although the *istD might have had it. So screwing a filter on is not much use. I might try it and take a shot and then manually adjust for the next shot it might work?
It's quite hidden away actual if you don't know where to look.
With the K10D you press the Fn button and go to the white balance.
There you set the WB on manual and press right so you can edit the settings.
On the same screen it also shows now the option "shutter" in a box. If you press the shutter the camera takes a photo and with a green box you select an area and the camera takes a WB metering from that.
I believe this function is still in the Pentax cameras and I presume it still works roughly the same.
Comment by Anvh posted on White Balance / Colour correction tools at 09/10/2010 - 15:50
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Comment by Anvh posted on Post something similar at 09/10/2010 - 15:11
The camera look at the voltage of the battery if that drops low it can give a false reading, in the KX menu you've the option to select battery type, using that will also help.
The 1.01 update of the firmware should help, the update is very simple but be sure to use new batteries because if the camera turns off or lose power during updating you basically brick it.
To update it all you do is copy the file to the SD-card root and then turn the camera on while holding the preview button, you will then get a comment asking if you want to update to version 1.01 or something like that and you simply press OK and that's it, you've updated the camera when it's done.