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Ricoh are killing it right now.

Really really been impressed wit what they are bringing out...

Comment by cabstar posted on Pentax K-S2 specifications at 11/02/2015 - 00:05

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Ah scrap that, just seen your last post.

For a little more cash you should be able to get a used k-5 mkii and DA 50mm 1.8 which will be a great starter concert setup.

Comment by cabstar posted on Hi & some advice on kit for taking concert footage please at 10/02/2015 - 23:52

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Are you sure your media pass allows you to shoot video? I have photographed many festivals over the years and it is very rare to have been given a media pass to video the acts on stage. I have seen media passes used for backstage interview videos but never live performances as the licensing involved is just a legal nightmare.

Comment by cabstar posted on Hi & some advice on kit for taking concert footage please at 10/02/2015 - 23:51

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Wow Ricoh is on fire at the moment. Possibly the most exciting year ever in the Pentax brand.

Comment by cabstar posted on New Pentax dslr announced at 07/02/2015 - 11:50

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Ricoh will do really well to get under £2300 mark. I am surprised at the price of the 70-200mm which is more expensive than both canon and nikon versions given they both have in built vr.

Comment by cabstar posted on New Pentax FF ..image released on PhotoRumors? at 05/02/2015 - 22:39

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McGregNi wrote:
I guess if it keeps selling and emptying the shelves them no, the price would hold. If not (and why not?) then I'm sure we'd see the discounts. Does this now mean that aps-c ONLY lenses will start to fall in price? And what about the K3, in particular ... Will we see the bargains begin?

The lack of pop-up flash provides an opportunity. Instead of having to use two flashguns', imagine what else might be installed in that (quite big) pentaprism housing..... All kind of communicative gadgetry .... GPS, WiFi, .... Could we dream even for some kind of radio flash trigger system, with on camera controls for the slave flashes Now I really am salivating!
Well the body shows a GPs logo and the lens also states af in video mode and mentions the SR system too..

Comment by cabstar posted on The Unicorn is ready to be set free (FF)! at 05/02/2015 - 18:10

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I don't see how it can be fairly common given only the d800 range and I think a sony has over 30 mp sensors.

I also love they have revived the FA brand again

Comment by cabstar posted on The Unicorn is ready to be set free (FF)! at 05/02/2015 - 00:47

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Fatdaz wrote:
Well, I am now glad to say that the recent impulse buy of a Nikon D750 was returned under the instruction from the boss. To be rewarded by Pentax/Ricoh releasing the FF potential at the end of 2015.

I think a few sweetners for my love will be in the offing throughout the year this year, to ensure me a nice little reward come Christmas

All in the name of research and photography Pentax style of course. To boot the lenses we all buy for our kit, looks like they will be compatible

Back of the net!!!!! 😄
Same here my finger has been primed to purchase a d750 but this changes everything. 36 megapixel and 24 megapixel in crop mode for existing DA lenses is a genius move by Ricoh and a fantastic upgrade path for existing users.

The fact they have also managed to keep the SR in body is an amazing piece of technology.

Can't wait!!!

Comment by cabstar posted on The Unicorn is ready to be set free (FF)! at 04/02/2015 - 22:58

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McGregNi wrote:
Sure Gary, but I'm thinking when you say modern lenses for press work, you mean speed and accuracy, you're not really worrying about the angles that light rays hit the sensor are you?
The majority of the latest lenses apart from vibration controls and focus speeds and coatings I think due to computer design and better manufacturing processes are typically now at their technological peak. Take the wide angle lenses the Nikon 14-24mm is considered one of the worlds greatest lenses and that's purely down to better design, knowledge and manufacturing which just wasn't available ten years ago never mind twenty or thiry years ago.

With the increase in sensor resolution older lenses are going to be made even more obsolete and the choice of the skint and the artist photographer.

Comment by cabstar posted on Can we use a film camera lens (conventional) on a digital SLR where a telecentric lens is optimal (current) at 02/02/2015 - 22:20

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Always used it with a hood and never with a filter I always thought flares where we'll controlled with this lens.

Comment by cabstar posted on 50-135 DA* at 02/02/2015 - 22:13

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