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Having the FxIF plugin in Firefox helps a bit - very impressive.
Comment by chris_jl posted on K7, K10 or istD? at 14/04/2010 - 16:52
Great use of shallow DOF in the 1st.
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Comment by chris_jl posted on After more practise at 25/03/2010 - 22:22
As far as Pentax lenses go I'm probably the worst to ask for advice, as I tend to see a lens and then buy it. I've got multiple overlaps in lenses and put no thought whatsoever into a lens 'plan'.
I would say that the Sigma 10-20 and Sigma 24-70 are the two lenses I now keep in my kit no matter what. The last 2 spaces in the bag are used for whatever I need in addition.
One thing I have been playing with is an impulse buy - a Panasonic GF-1 - with the 2 kit lenses - a 14-45 & 45-200. And I swore not to buy any more. I get good landscape shots by using a 0.70x wide angle adapter and macro shots with a Raynox-250. This may be solution if you are low on cash for outlay - namely going the converter route.
Anyhow - good luck with choosing - there seem to be good options recommended in posts before mine.
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I would say that the Sigma 10-20 and Sigma 24-70 are the two lenses I now keep in my kit no matter what. The last 2 spaces in the bag are used for whatever I need in addition.
One thing I have been playing with is an impulse buy - a Panasonic GF-1 - with the 2 kit lenses - a 14-45 & 45-200. And I swore not to buy any more. I get good landscape shots by using a 0.70x wide angle adapter and macro shots with a Raynox-250. This may be solution if you are low on cash for outlay - namely going the converter route.
Anyhow - good luck with choosing - there seem to be good options recommended in posts before mine.
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Comment by chris_jl posted on Advice on upgrading from kit lens at 22/03/2010 - 18:41
Mike-P wrote:
In Spain they put them all in a wall
I prefer to think of them as high rise cemeteries. It's not so shocking after a while - I've attended more than my fair share of Spanish funerals and the places seem less desolate after a while.In Spain they put them all in a wall
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Comment by chris_jl posted on Incase anyone interested at 04/03/2010 - 11:00
ems82 wrote:
hello i have been out and about today and come across this wonderful graveyard [...] its in West Brompton London just as you get off train
I keep meaning to visit both Brompton Cemetery and Battersea Power station for a day of photos.hello i have been out and about today and come across this wonderful graveyard [...] its in West Brompton London just as you get off train
Looking forward to see what you've managed on your visit.
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Comment by chris_jl posted on Incase anyone interested at 03/03/2010 - 17:56
Oh, I do hate to get into this 'Is Pentax a Pro system'. I've had a glass (or three) of Isla Negra so I'm immune to all sorts of brickbats.
Most firmly, I have to say, whatever lets you take and sell photos is a pro system. Nothing more, nothing less. I've recently had 40 odd photos I took in Costa Rica published by the Open University - all taken on a K100D (all of 6MP). Before that I had a Canon S2 IS - yes, a bloody point and shoot - and I sold photos from that happily. Really all people want (as far as I can tell) is an image that sells their point of view and they don't give a tinkers cuss if it was taken on a Nikon, Pentax or a Technika-almost-disposable-digital-point-and-shoot. All so long as you shoot what they want.
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Most firmly, I have to say, whatever lets you take and sell photos is a pro system. Nothing more, nothing less. I've recently had 40 odd photos I took in Costa Rica published by the Open University - all taken on a K100D (all of 6MP). Before that I had a Canon S2 IS - yes, a bloody point and shoot - and I sold photos from that happily. Really all people want (as far as I can tell) is an image that sells their point of view and they don't give a tinkers cuss if it was taken on a Nikon, Pentax or a Technika-almost-disposable-digital-point-and-shoot. All so long as you shoot what they want.
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Comment by chris_jl posted on Is the Pentax a Pro System? at 01/03/2010 - 21:33
My two ha'porths. Once there are screens that can handle being turned through 90 and not go full brightness to pitch black, while wearing Polaroid glasses, then they will be more use than chocolate teapots.
Comment by chris_jl posted on Are Pentax likely to follow suit? at 23/02/2010 - 17:49
Pentaxophile wrote:
The second issue stems from our paranoid obsession (sometimes justified) with identity theft, or data privacy. The legislation is there to protect our private data from misuse, and there is nothing there about photography.
My view is (and you may call this paranoid - but I call it experience) - new laws are sometimes brought in with the best of intentions yet rapidly they are abused, by the police, for a purpose other than their original intent to harrass anyone that is currently the bête noir of the lowest common denominator media of the day.Quote:
The anti-terrorism argument is being used for everything these days. The only people winning are the government and the terrorists.
Neither issue has anything to do with terrorism. The first issue is a relaxing of the copyright laws re unattributed material published on the web. I don't think the current law is enforced or enforceable anyway, and whether you live in the UK or not, the only way to prevent web-theft is to follow Martin's advice.The anti-terrorism argument is being used for everything these days. The only people winning are the government and the terrorists.
The second issue stems from our paranoid obsession (sometimes justified) with identity theft, or data privacy. The legislation is there to protect our private data from misuse, and there is nothing there about photography.
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There have been a few court cases, most notably JK Rowling's 2008 case against Big Pictures Ltd, for photographing her son. Rowling argued and won a ruling that her son was entitled to privacy (under ECHR article even though he was in the street. It followed on from that, that the "personal data" illegally obtained and handled by Big Pictures also broke data protection law. Out-law has the details here.
The current ICO position, then, is an extrapolation of the above. If privacy is possible in a public place, then what comprises privacy? During the consultation, this question has been asked by an organisation that represents photographers.
According to the ICO response, which Copyright Action has seen, simply not wanting to be photographed is all it takes.
That can be interpreted as an outright ban on street photography if you wish, but I see it as a ban on egregiously photographing someone against their wishes, which I think is fair enough. And in any case, it's not clear whether his letter represents the proposed legal position or was simply advice. I can't see anything in the proposed legislation about photography, so I suspect the latter.There have been a few court cases, most notably JK Rowling's 2008 case against Big Pictures Ltd, for photographing her son. Rowling argued and won a ruling that her son was entitled to privacy (under ECHR article even though he was in the street. It followed on from that, that the "personal data" illegally obtained and handled by Big Pictures also broke data protection law. Out-law has the details here.
The current ICO position, then, is an extrapolation of the above. If privacy is possible in a public place, then what comprises privacy? During the consultation, this question has been asked by an organisation that represents photographers.
According to the ICO response, which Copyright Action has seen, simply not wanting to be photographed is all it takes.
The issue is that the people who propose the laws are acting either with a knee jerk response to some Daily Mail slogan or from some vested commercial interest (and who can deny that our MPs are looking at anything other than the best interests of their pocketses?) - leading to poorly formulated law rushed through and frequently barely given a second thought beyond what is available for pudding in the canteen.
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PS apologies for the excessive quoting - this surrounding of everything with pseudo HTML and some quoted paras don't start with a quote but end with a /quote makes untangling the chain a bit difficult.
Comment by chris_jl posted on Upcoming changes to UK Photo laws at 20/02/2010 - 11:59
mikew wrote:
Nice lines but I feel it needs a stronger sky - more solid blue to hold its own against the windows.
I live there (not in the Travelodge, but in the city). Unfortunately the sun hasn't been seen in Cambridge since before Christmas. The weather has been continuous overcast with drizzle and I'm beginning to get a little hacked off. The only times we have had clear skies has been in the middle of the night - so temperatures plummet and you spend 10 mins in the morning scraping your car clean.Nice lines but I feel it needs a stronger sky - more solid blue to hold its own against the windows.
It's not getting to me, really it's not. I used to put up with it being rather 'flat' round here as the weather is nice, but of late it's just proven to be grey, boring, flat and wet.
I'm going to stare into a lamp for 10 mins and pretend I'm somewhere interesting. With hills.
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Comment by chris_jl posted on Blue on blue at 19/02/2010 - 00:53
