bluenose82

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A Pentax user looking for lost treasures! Perfect

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Standard Hello (& The Haunting Loss That Led To It) at 01/04/2013 - 01:19

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Great, great colours - nice shooting

Comment by bluenose82 posted on A saturday surprise at 30/03/2013 - 21:11

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This advice is Golden... to anybody with wedding experience. If you could only take 1 lense to capture the entire day, formal and candid shots.... What would it be?

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Lens Selection Help! at 27/03/2013 - 20:54

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Hope you don't mind, i'll send a PM regarding your lense selection...

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Pentax 16-45 and 17-70 lenses for sale at 27/03/2013 - 11:02

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Hmmmm - thanks for the feedback.
I've overlooked the Sigma 24-70, i'll check out some reviews.

I've really fell into a trend of only saving up a few hundred pounds, becoming impatient and buying a lense...you can see by my lense collection:
Pentax 18-55 WR kit
Pentax 35mm f2.4
Pentax 50mm f1.7
Sigma 105mm f2.8
Tamron 70-300

I am going to a few European cities, i've never thought of buying abroad as i always want the comfort blanket of an easily repaired lens under warranty.

There are occasionally 50-135 DA* lenses for around £650 from Canada or the states on Evilbay any comments?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-PENTAX-DA-50-135mm-f2-8-ED-IF-SDM-LENS-f-K-5-K-7-K...

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Lens Selection Help! at 27/03/2013 - 10:12

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I've read most external reviews and still can't decide, i was hoping PU forum could seal the deal for me...you did last time

I'm about to invest in a new lens, which i'm hoping will be mainly be used for portraits and weddings if i start up a little side line.

I had planned to buy the 50-135 DA*, but this is about £300 more than i can afford at the moment, i really really want my new lens before i go on holiday in a few weeks...

So, what i can afford now is -

TAMRON 17-50 f2.8
SIGMA 18-50 f2.8-4.5 (so cheap)
PENTAX 17-70 f4
PENTAX 18-135 f3.5-5.6 WR

Do i buy one of the above...OR do i just keep on saving for the Holy Grail (50-135 DA*)?

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Lens Selection Help! at 27/03/2013 - 08:42

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I know i'm gunna buy one of these things, just a matter of when.
Even when i read the initially poor reviews i am so "PentaxBlind" (check with your local Doctor - you may be too) i was going to buy one anyway.

Plus my wife thinks they're 'cute' so its an easy buy

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Pentax Q - yet another user review! at 27/03/2013 - 08:26

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Clever!
I love the tiny Q on the end of the 105mm.

I cant believe how cheap the Q has gone, i need one!

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Snowflake experiment with the Pentax Q and Sigma 105mm at 20/01/2013 - 22:55

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As long as i can remember i have been exporting my images from Lightroom using the colour space 'AbobeRGB'.
I've often thought colour rendition was muted but never investigated until tonight.

Not sure if that colourspace is default or whether i tweaked it, either way i changed it to 'sRGB' and my exported pictures are 100% better!

Let me know your thoughts?

Comment by bluenose82 posted on Lightroom Export NIGHTMARE!! at 18/01/2013 - 23:05

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Can i add two common but helpful tips for using PK Tether.
1. Use the menu to switch off illumination of the the top lcd screen as it will flicker during use and cannot be good for camera.
2. Choose to save or delete photo's quite often as i find even with 6gb RAM after 8 photo's in the cache memory, the software crashes and freezes the camera.

Comment by bluenose82 posted on K5 tethered? at 18/01/2013 - 22:53

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