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Comment by Anvh posted on What’s your favorite focal length? at 26/02/2010 - 13:14
myles wrote:
Stefan, if you squint sideways at the arch it looks a bit like two penguins kissing (well touching beaks anyway!)
Mind you, some people here have fairly vivd imaginations!
Myles
Yeah I see it now, I was already looking for real penguins Stefan, if you squint sideways at the arch it looks a bit like two penguins kissing (well touching beaks anyway!)
Mind you, some people here have fairly vivd imaginations!
Myles
Comment by Anvh posted on Photoshop editing for water on lens at 26/02/2010 - 13:01
Pwynnej wrote:
That one also does the girls look slimmer although they are very pricey, I think I would go for a Zeis instead then.Anvh wrote:
Indeed the silver ones are better, it makes girls look slimmer
GET the FA* 85 - you know you REALLY want to... it is sublimeAdqam wrote:
The DA70 is the one to get if you are thinking with your head, the FA77 (in silver) is the one to get if you are thinking with your heart.
I agree with that, my money will probably go to one instead of a 85mm f/1.4 I was looking at.The DA70 is the one to get if you are thinking with your head, the FA77 (in silver) is the one to get if you are thinking with your heart.
Indeed the silver ones are better, it makes girls look slimmer
Comment by Anvh posted on Decisions decisions...LBA at 26/02/2010 - 13:00
iceblinker wrote:
The 55-300 hood is not chopped tulip. See http://www.photozone.de/pentax/396-pentax_55300_458
The DA* 55 hood looks a bit smaller though:
http://www.photozone.de/pentax/471-pentax_55_14
yes indeed sorry, thought it was since most zooms are The 55-300 hood is not chopped tulip. See http://www.photozone.de/pentax/396-pentax_55300_458
The DA* 55 hood looks a bit smaller though:
http://www.photozone.de/pentax/471-pentax_55_14
Then it's simple if it's smaller it's less effective.
Comment by Anvh posted on 50mm vs 55mm DA at 26/02/2010 - 11:28
thoughton wrote:
I can't see much difference in your two shots Martin. The penguins in the second one are slightly redder, but the sky looks almost identical.
Penguins:I can't see much difference in your two shots Martin. The penguins in the second one are slightly redder, but the sky looks almost identical.
I ain't getting blind right
Comment by Anvh posted on Photoshop editing for water on lens at 26/02/2010 - 11:26
iceblinker wrote:
I was wondering what the hood is designed for and if it provides as much shading as the DA 55-300mm hood?
Tough question Pete, the design of the hood is different because the one for the DA55-300 is a chopped tulip type where the DA*55 is a simple circular hood type.I was wondering what the hood is designed for and if it provides as much shading as the DA 55-300mm hood?
I would say the one for the DA55-300 would be more effective but the DA*55 is good enough.
Here is a read that might interest you.
http://toothwalker.org/optics/lenshood.html
Comment by Anvh posted on 50mm vs 55mm DA at 26/02/2010 - 11:21
iceblinker wrote:
Is the DA* 55 officially full frame?
No, only the DFA are that of the digital lenses but we all know that for example the DA*200 is so good as the same as the FA*200 for example and it works very well on film.Is the DA* 55 officially full frame?
They did some tests one the pentaxforum.com site and most of the DA* lenses work on full frame only the wide angle and the very budget lenses give a problem.
Will try to look it up.
ps. here it is.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/31629-da-lens-full...
Nothing about the DA*55 but the DPreview says that it works.
Comment by Anvh posted on 50mm vs 55mm DA at 26/02/2010 - 11:05
Unlocker wrote:
Now to learn about all the different PCI slots so that I can get the 3 monitors running, as it's been several years since I've had my head in a desktop PC!
Glad to hear things are working now Now to learn about all the different PCI slots so that I can get the 3 monitors running, as it's been several years since I've had my head in a desktop PC!
The new ATI cards support 3 monitors and up, might be the simplest solutions if you've PCIe (PCI express).
Something like the HD56xx or the HD57xx would be more then enough.
Comment by Anvh posted on Why did I buy a PC!!?? at 26/02/2010 - 11:01
P-TTL = Pre-flash Through The Lens
TTL is the standard metering that the camera use without a flash, it meters the scene through the lens, with P-TTL it fires fires a pre-flash with the flashgun and it meters the scene and adjust the flash power.
This works quite well but isn't 100% perfect though.
With older lenses without an auto-aperture the camera can't do the calcualtions needed for the flash power, therfore it simply fires the flash at full power so don't use that mode then.
At least SRS is cheaper and you get free shipping link
I'm sure other members can help you more with this and i haven't seen many secondhand to be honest.
For your second flash you might even go for a cheaper one, the Nikon SB24 for example can be bought for 1/4th of the price of a new flash second-hand and it has Auto-mode and more importantly Manual mode and when you're getting serious you most probably just want a good manual mode for the most control.
Your welcome.
TTL is the standard metering that the camera use without a flash, it meters the scene through the lens, with P-TTL it fires fires a pre-flash with the flashgun and it meters the scene and adjust the flash power.
This works quite well but isn't 100% perfect though.
With older lenses without an auto-aperture the camera can't do the calcualtions needed for the flash power, therfore it simply fires the flash at full power so don't use that mode then.
ems82 wrote:
i have just seen the metz48 on ebay for £168 is that reasonable how much would a second hand one be as i only want to practice really first of all then i will go for a more expensive one when i get the hang of them etc
I Don't live in the UK so can't say anything about prices, sorry.i have just seen the metz48 on ebay for £168 is that reasonable how much would a second hand one be as i only want to practice really first of all then i will go for a more expensive one when i get the hang of them etc
At least SRS is cheaper and you get free shipping link
I'm sure other members can help you more with this and i haven't seen many secondhand to be honest.
For your second flash you might even go for a cheaper one, the Nikon SB24 for example can be bought for 1/4th of the price of a new flash second-hand and it has Auto-mode and more importantly Manual mode and when you're getting serious you most probably just want a good manual mode for the most control.
Your welcome.
Comment by Anvh posted on which flash? at 26/02/2010 - 10:48
Mike-P wrote:
Yeah, that's true but I think it would be wonderful to have the DA21, DA40 and the DA70 for walk about.Anvh wrote:
Depends if he wants to collect lenses or have a reasonable spread of focal length primes. Mike-P wrote:
Of course if you bought the DA 70mm you would have enough left for something like a FA 50mm f1.4 as well
I would then go for the DA40 to get a set of limited lenses instead of the FA50. Of course if you bought the DA 70mm you would have enough left for something like a FA 50mm f1.4 as well
You can put a lens in each of your pockets and one on the camera, more perfect then that you can't get it, certainly in terms of image quality and size.
Comment by Anvh posted on Decisions decisions...LBA at 26/02/2010 - 10:30
I tried to sort things on focal length in lightroom but that didn't work, here is a list of lens use instead.
D-FA 100mm Macro - 2145
DA 18-55mm - 470
DA 18-250mm - 104
DA40mm - 711
DA*50-135mm - 3822
Unkown lens - 1911 (with a quick look it's mostly the DA18-250)