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Tell us what you think about it, a short review would be nice

Comment by Anvh posted on Sigma 50-150 at 23/08/2010 - 09:10

Anvh
herb wrote:
Hi

To Stefan - I read your comments before I sent out the request. When you talk of presets, I would assume that this would alter everyone of my imported images, and still wouldn't give me what I want, e.i. the specific setting for each individual image as set by the K7. Someone mentioned an upgrade for version 2.2 that includes specific camera settings, but I don't know if it is available for the K7, nor do I know whether it allows Lightroom to read the in-camera adjustments.
The thing with RAW is that it is unprocessed data from the sensor and the camera and lightroom process them differently.
Also the settings from the camera only are applied to the JPG-preview inside the RAW, that's what you see when previewing the photo inside the camera not the actual RAW file.

herb wrote:
To Peter. When I first saw a demo of the use of an infrared filter for the K7 from a Pentax marketer, I just assumed that it was a part of the newer digital filters that worked for jpeg's only, something with which I was already familiar having experimented with my *istDS. (BTW, the K7 isn't as nice as the older Pentax cameras which gave really nice infrared exposures when a proper infrared filter was placed before the lens - something that was lost with the new CMOS sensor).
That infra-red filter is all software based, they alter the coloured image so much that it looks like a infra-red but off course it isn't.
You can still use real infrared filters, the problem is the filter infront off the sensor blocks infra-red so you need longer exposures. Nothing to do with the CMOS sensor.

herb wrote:
Actually it is the ability to adjust the RAW in camera which allows the camera to "record" in b&w. It is still a RAW image with adjustments that are applied to the Jpeg icon that appears on one's camera screen, the same that allows one to determine that one's image is properly exposed and has the proper white white-balance.
That's the thing.
The camera will always record in colour and then alter those images to mimic a B&W image. Since RAW is truly raw information from the sensor it does not have those digital filters applied only to the embedded JPG preview in the RAW.

herb wrote:

What I want is the ability to import the RAW files into Lightroom with the K7 in-camera adjustments and still have the ability to go back to the original RAW

Something akin to eating one's cake and still having it too - I guess
Since you can't do that, the simplest thing to do is to make developing setting preset that mimic the digital filters inside the camera.
You can apply them to all photos you import, to the selected photos or simply a single photo.

Lightroom already have some standard pre-sets you can use, maybe they are good enough or you can adapt those and then save it as a preset. You can also save adjustments you made to an photo as a pre-set.

Comment by Anvh posted on Lightroom & black & white at 23/08/2010 - 08:57

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Mannesty wrote:
I thought, until now, that the sensor could only record in colour.
The sensor still only can records in colour because there is a fixed bayer filter in-front off it, there are sensor without such a filter and they simply record the luminance but they aren't use in standard DSLR cameras.

Comment by Anvh posted on Lightroom & black & white at 22/08/2010 - 17:35

Anvh
If I understand correctly you want to import the RAW files from the camera with the camera settings?

I don't believe you can do that because Lightroom re-renders the RAW with his own engine and therefore create a new image out off the RAW information.
The simplest thing is to use or create a developing setting that you save as a pre-set and apply to your photos, this can be applied during importing or when editing photos.

Comment by Anvh posted on Lightroom & black & white at 22/08/2010 - 17:32

Anvh
I loved it as well, I doubt many here have seen that film

Comment by Anvh posted on Ok Guys Where are you? at 22/08/2010 - 17:05

Anvh
Shaky wrote:
Anvh wrote:
But if it has video it can do it off course. it just need the firmware to do AF contrast so Pentax has to do it themselves
If it were merely a question of firmware (read software), don’t you think Pentax would have got it working on the K7 by now, regardless of the sensor overheating issues?
Yes, contrast AF is merely software. It's a program that analyse a part of the photo and try to get the most contrast by focusing the lens. It's already used in liveview, compacts and evil cameras.
The problem is you need a processor fast enough to render the film and run the AF contrast program reliable, also that they can't detect if it's front focused or back focused so they can't track, maybe that's one of the reasons they aren't use?
The only thing the sensor has to do is deliver the images for the program to analyse, I don't see why that would be sensor bound or put extra strain on the sensor so it would overheat.

The preproduction firmware of the K7 actually had AF while filming but they removed it for some reasons.

Comment by Anvh posted on Rumours or fact? at 22/08/2010 - 17:00

Anvh
That's a decision you've to make on your own.
All I can say it a zoom does speed up the progress because you don't have to switch lenses but the FA 77 has the f/1.8 and the image quality... it's a hard choice.
SRS has a very good price for the sigma now, if you don't like it would you lose much if you sell it second hand? If not then there is little to lose right.

One went on Ebay for £307.97 yesterday so you risk around 90 pounds.

Comment by Anvh posted on Sigma 50-150 at 22/08/2010 - 11:47

Anvh
Shaky wrote:
The sensor obvisously needs the capability (fast data pipes) but you are right.
But if it has video it can do it off course. it just need the firmware to do AF contrast so Pentax has to do it themselves.

Mike-P wrote:
The K-7 had AF video capability to start with didn't it?
Yes indeed, the pre production model had it.

Comment by Anvh posted on Rumours or fact? at 22/08/2010 - 11:39

Anvh
Shaky wrote:
A quick 5 minute trawl via Google suggests some speculation in the Sony community that a similar sounding sensor will have autofocus HD video capabilities.
But AF isn't in the sensor though.

Comment by Anvh posted on Rumours or fact? at 22/08/2010 - 11:03

Anvh
Have you set the auto lens correction feature on maybe?

Comment by Anvh posted on Instant review on K7 at 22/08/2010 - 10:52

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