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Comment by BODYHEAT posted on Pentax DA*16-50mm F2.8ED AL (IF) SDM at old price at 13/08/2009 - 12:37
the wonders of modern PP!!
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on flash batteries at 13/08/2009 - 09:41
was it next to your musket and shot?
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on flash batteries at 13/08/2009 - 09:30
I understand the convenience, but aren't AAs inefficient compared to Li-ion?
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on flash batteries at 13/08/2009 - 07:35
Is there any particular reason why nearly every flashgun uses AA batteries (typically 4 AAs) rather than the same kind of Li-ion battery found in say the K20D?
My 28 year old Pentax TTL flash from my LX uses 4 AAs and I would have thought that battery technology had moved on since then as it has in other areas.
Providing there is no technical reason it would make sense to me if the flashgun used the same battery as the body
My 28 year old Pentax TTL flash from my LX uses 4 AAs and I would have thought that battery technology had moved on since then as it has in other areas.
Providing there is no technical reason it would make sense to me if the flashgun used the same battery as the body
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on flash batteries at 12/08/2009 - 22:28
Thank you. It is now SOLD
I am convinced everything will sell at the right price. Now I just have to sell my DA* 16-50mm as I no longer have any Pentax digital kit, so will put that up shortly at an attractive price
I am convinced everything will sell at the right price. Now I just have to sell my DA* 16-50mm as I no longer have any Pentax digital kit, so will put that up shortly at an attractive price
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on Unused GX-20 with kit lens at 12/08/2009 - 20:26
No wonder, I just noticed the misprint. I typed £445 but should have typed £345.
Thanks guys.
Thanks guys.
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on Unused GX-20 with kit lens at 12/08/2009 - 17:37
Brand new Samsung GX20 DSLR with 18-55mm kit lens; brand new and Boxed with paperwork, caps and hood battery
I bought it as a backup but have now decided I have too many cameras! It is completely unopened and bought only 10 days ago
£445 inc Special Delivery OVNO
PMs requested please
I bought it as a backup but have now decided I have too many cameras! It is completely unopened and bought only 10 days ago
£445 inc Special Delivery OVNO
PMs requested please
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on Unused GX-20 with kit lens at 12/08/2009 - 08:46
lemmy wrote:
All skies are perfect summer or heavy 'moody' cloudy. All pictures tonally cover the entire brightness range. Skins are blemish free. There are no trees or telegraph poles in the 'wrong' place.
In the end, amateur photography is becoming a series of picture postcards.
I'm obviously generalising here and there are great exceptions to what I'm saying. But this sort of 'prettify' process is so easy to do with PS that it is becoming ubiquitous and ultimately boring. Just as there is 'lift' music, we are now getting a kind of 'lift' photograph.
And I don't exclude myself from this process, I hasten to add!
A man after my own heart. I hate the homogenising of photographs too. Ok so the human eye has a greater dynamic range than a digital camera sensor but it doesn't mean we have to make everything "tonally cover the entire brightness range". Sometimes in real life we have to squint because an area is too bright for our eyes...it's actually ok to blow highlights and burn out areas in photos to create an effect or emphasize or de-emphasize something. Shock! horror!BODYHEAT wrote:
I see PP as a necessary but kind of artificial process in digital photography
It's one of my pet criticisms of modern photography, particularly amateur photography, that once photoshopped, there is a depressing sameness about so much work.I see PP as a necessary but kind of artificial process in digital photography
All skies are perfect summer or heavy 'moody' cloudy. All pictures tonally cover the entire brightness range. Skins are blemish free. There are no trees or telegraph poles in the 'wrong' place.
In the end, amateur photography is becoming a series of picture postcards.
I'm obviously generalising here and there are great exceptions to what I'm saying. But this sort of 'prettify' process is so easy to do with PS that it is becoming ubiquitous and ultimately boring. Just as there is 'lift' music, we are now getting a kind of 'lift' photograph.
And I don't exclude myself from this process, I hasten to add!
No 'elevator' pics for me thank you
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on Eyes of Laura Mars at 10/08/2009 - 15:25
If I recall correctly all the photos were by Newton for this iconic movie.
Yes that was a formative period for me - the late seventies. I was heavily into fashion and clubs like the Embassy (similar to Studio 54)...I sometimes think the Seventies was the last decade of innocence where 'anything goes' before we all became too self conscious
The fashions and photography and style of that period all have a kind of naiivete, and I am a huge advocate of framing everything within the viewfinder and printing what you see. I see PP as a necessary but kind of artificial process in digital photography
Yes that was a formative period for me - the late seventies. I was heavily into fashion and clubs like the Embassy (similar to Studio 54)...I sometimes think the Seventies was the last decade of innocence where 'anything goes' before we all became too self conscious
The fashions and photography and style of that period all have a kind of naiivete, and I am a huge advocate of framing everything within the viewfinder and printing what you see. I see PP as a necessary but kind of artificial process in digital photography
Comment by BODYHEAT posted on Eyes of Laura Mars at 10/08/2009 - 13:14
I know what I will get in part exchange and it is attractive as I will be buying kit from the dealer. I have a fair idea what I'll get on eBay but it can be a pain. So I thought I would offer it here initially to someone who appreciates this fine lens at the pre-price-rise price of £475 plus £10 p&p
If you pay £500 plus P&P I will throw in the Hoya Pro 1 digital UV filter which cost over £50 and which has protected the lens from day one.
You'd be hard pressed to find this available at this price anywhere else as the new price is well over £800.
Optically perfect and in mint condition (not even signs of use as it has been used almost exclusively indoors on a tripod) and bought this year from SRS. Completely boxed with paperwork
PMs required please