All Forum Comments
Comment by beakynet posted on Quite I..... at 28/02/2012 - 15:21
Didn't hold out for the limited eddition then?
Comment by beakynet posted on Quite I..... at 28/02/2012 - 14:14
Just a point to note, the white wall may well fool the metering, so as Bill says, spot metering off of her face would be your best option. Also, unless you can bounce the inbuilt flash, ensue she is some distance from the wall or you will get a lovely shadow showing.
You may also want to consider reflecting ligth back on to her to fill in shadows, any white card could help here.
I also think using tungsten lighting as per Pentaxophile. one light can even shine on the wall behind her. Remember white balance.
With the tungsten lighting set up I would use manual - spot meter on her face in AV (Apature Priority) mode with the desired apature, note down the shutter speed, change to Manual mode and disl in this shutter speed and apature.
You may also want to consider reflecting ligth back on to her to fill in shadows, any white card could help here.
I also think using tungsten lighting as per Pentaxophile. one light can even shine on the wall behind her. Remember white balance.
With the tungsten lighting set up I would use manual - spot meter on her face in AV (Apature Priority) mode with the desired apature, note down the shutter speed, change to Manual mode and disl in this shutter speed and apature.
Comment by beakynet posted on Which is the best mode at 28/02/2012 - 14:01
wvbarnes wrote:
Are you sure this is not the Foveon X3 sensor used on the Sigma SD1?steven9761 wrote:
Having had time to think about this, I seem to recall reading somewhere of a digital camera (pro model, of course!) with a 42Mp sensor, but my recollection is that it was actually comprised of a 14Mp blue-sensitive, a 14Mp red-sensitive, and a 14Mp green-sensitive sandwiched together somehow to make up the 42Mp sensor. If this sensor is just one sensor that copes with RGB as a single entity, I don't think it will be as good as the R/G/B sensor, as there is possibly no real control over the individual colour spectrum.
That'll be Fuji's sensor you've seen linkHaving had time to think about this, I seem to recall reading somewhere of a digital camera (pro model, of course!) with a 42Mp sensor, but my recollection is that it was actually comprised of a 14Mp blue-sensitive, a 14Mp red-sensitive, and a 14Mp green-sensitive sandwiched together somehow to make up the 42Mp sensor. If this sensor is just one sensor that copes with RGB as a single entity, I don't think it will be as good as the R/G/B sensor, as there is possibly no real control over the individual colour spectrum.
Comment by beakynet posted on Sensor developments. at 28/02/2012 - 13:47
I believe that ones designed for Nikon and Canon might also fit (I stand to be corrected though) An example: On Amazon though sadly out of stock.
Other, more pricy options are:
1) Wireless viewfinder
2) Viewfinder from Video output
3) Wired Live View Remote
Other, more pricy options are:
1) Wireless viewfinder
2) Viewfinder from Video output
3) Wired Live View Remote
Comment by beakynet posted on Ref Converter (Right Angled Viewer) at 28/02/2012 - 10:37
The current price from SRS is £285, you may want to re-think the price.
Comment by beakynet posted on 40mm 2.8 limited pancake lens at 27/02/2012 - 16:25
Just discovered this:
Nokia 808 camera Phone.
Does this sort of device change the game for compact camera makers?
Nokia 808 camera Phone.
Does this sort of device change the game for compact camera makers?
Comment by beakynet posted on Is this a game change? at 27/02/2012 - 16:21
greynolds999 wrote:
Tapes! What century are you living in?
Supprisingly tapes are still very viable cost effective option with a 20year shelf life. For most though the cost of the tape drive would not be justifiable though 1.6TB in the space of a DAT tape does have a certain appeal!Tapes! What century are you living in?
I back up my photos to a 500GB Archos media player as well as external USB 3 1tb drive. The advantage of the Archos device is that I can take it on holiday and download pictures each night to keep the holiday snaps safer. Oh and while it is on holiday with me, it is an off-site backup!
I used to used double layer DVDs, but when I got to 6 it all became a little too tedious.
Comment by beakynet posted on I'm beginning to take this photography lark seriously. at 27/02/2012 - 14:30
[quote:3496ace15f="prsjnb
No disrespect intended, beakynet, but there would be no discernable (real-world) benefit from buying a £300.00 graphics monster over a £35.00 - £50.00 'bottom of the range' card[/quote]Jon, I was delibertly unspacific with regard to the card, interstingly I think the sweet spot for graphics cards are around the £60 - £70 mark. I agree on GPUs but not all graphics cards have the same quality of graphics RAM - this is where the difference is - cheap cards generally have slower memory.
Re the monitor, I just purchased a 21.5" full HD monitor with 2ms response time for £103 Calibration is using Pantone Huey.
No disrespect intended, beakynet, but there would be no discernable (real-world) benefit from buying a £300.00 graphics monster over a £35.00 - £50.00 'bottom of the range' card[/quote]Jon, I was delibertly unspacific with regard to the card, interstingly I think the sweet spot for graphics cards are around the £60 - £70 mark. I agree on GPUs but not all graphics cards have the same quality of graphics RAM - this is where the difference is - cheap cards generally have slower memory.
Re the monitor, I just purchased a 21.5" full HD monitor with 2ms response time for £103 Calibration is using Pantone Huey.
Comment by beakynet posted on I'm beginning to take this photography lark seriously. at 27/02/2012 - 11:20
Rab,
I have just taken my 7 year old PC and thrown it in a skip (minus the hard drive!) and built a shiny new one. My advice is if you are going with Photoshop, then a good graphics card is essential as I believe that Photoshop is able to use the power of the GPU, making it out perform most other packages. That said I have Painshop Pro XIV and I love it! I have been a Paint Shop Pro user from version 6 (about 8 years now) and for me it does everything I need right down to processing Pentax RAW files.
For my PC, what was essential:
1) 64 Bit OS (I have 12GM RAM!)
2) 128 GB SSD (for OS and program files only)
3) DDR3 1600 RAM or better
4) Mother board with SATA III and USB 3 support
For my PC, what was not essential:
1) Any form of raided hard drives
2) An Intel Processor (yes the current i5 and i7 are the fastest performing CPUs but I buy Pentax for a reason so I bought AMD!)
3) Over clocking (great for gamers, I think a waste of time for anything else)
From experiance 2 RAID 0 raptor hard drives will perform exceptionally well, RAIDing hard drives does improve performance but my SSD (SATA III) allows my Windoes 7 PC to fully boot, be logged into and run several programs i.e. Paint Shop Pro in under 60 seconds.
If you are buying off the shelf I would go for Windows 7 Pro 64bit, Intel i7 and 4GB RAM (RAM is cheap and easy to upgrade later), lets face it, you don't want to be looking again in 2 years time when you have the 21MP Pentax K3
I have just taken my 7 year old PC and thrown it in a skip (minus the hard drive!) and built a shiny new one. My advice is if you are going with Photoshop, then a good graphics card is essential as I believe that Photoshop is able to use the power of the GPU, making it out perform most other packages. That said I have Painshop Pro XIV and I love it! I have been a Paint Shop Pro user from version 6 (about 8 years now) and for me it does everything I need right down to processing Pentax RAW files.
For my PC, what was essential:
1) 64 Bit OS (I have 12GM RAM!)
2) 128 GB SSD (for OS and program files only)
3) DDR3 1600 RAM or better
4) Mother board with SATA III and USB 3 support
For my PC, what was not essential:
1) Any form of raided hard drives
2) An Intel Processor (yes the current i5 and i7 are the fastest performing CPUs but I buy Pentax for a reason so I bought AMD!)
3) Over clocking (great for gamers, I think a waste of time for anything else)
From experiance 2 RAID 0 raptor hard drives will perform exceptionally well, RAIDing hard drives does improve performance but my SSD (SATA III) allows my Windoes 7 PC to fully boot, be logged into and run several programs i.e. Paint Shop Pro in under 60 seconds.
If you are buying off the shelf I would go for Windows 7 Pro 64bit, Intel i7 and 4GB RAM (RAM is cheap and easy to upgrade later), lets face it, you don't want to be looking again in 2 years time when you have the 21MP Pentax K3
Comment by beakynet posted on I'm beginning to take this photography lark seriously. at 27/02/2012 - 09:58
I will admit to having an eye out for a K adapter though. It might be very nice to pop my 55-300mm lens on the Q. 275-1500mm?