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Comment by ChrisA posted on Metz 58 AF-1 at 14/08/2007 - 21:32
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Seems to be available at SRS. I've been waiting for months to find out where I could find a P-TTL version. Price looks good, specs are good, it can strobe...
Any idea what its wireless is like?Seems to be available at SRS. I've been waiting for months to find out where I could find a P-TTL version. Price looks good, specs are good, it can strobe...
Comment by ChrisA posted on Metz 58 AF-1 at 14/08/2007 - 18:10
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Chris, we need people like this. Somebody once said: "Only fools learn from experience; wise men learn from the experience of others".
I know that. Why do you think I was encouraging him?Chris, we need people like this. Somebody once said: "Only fools learn from experience; wise men learn from the experience of others".
Comment by ChrisA posted on DA* worth the money? at 14/08/2007 - 23:00
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too many questions.
Too much money, more like..too many questions.
Puts my worrying about whether the anti-rotate lug on my shiny new £9 wrist strap is going to scratch the body in context somehow...
Comment by ChrisA posted on DA* worth the money? at 14/08/2007 - 22:50
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nor anywhere else as far as I can tell.
Except possibly on your brain... nor anywhere else as far as I can tell.
Still, glad it's Ok
Comment by ChrisA posted on DA* worth the money? at 14/08/2007 - 22:05
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... the big one .... Does take up quite a bit of room though.
Has anyone chopped the fins off it?... the big one .... Does take up quite a bit of room though.
Comment by ChrisA posted on Giotto Rocket Blower - which size? at 14/08/2007 - 12:40
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I'm about to get a rocket blower for use on K10D.
Big one looks like needing a fair bit of space when travelling, small one looks as though it might be a bit short of puff.
Any thoughts on which is best size for effective use, please?
I have the big one, which I chose having made exactly the same observation as yours. Very effective - used it several times to shift dust from the sensor, successfully every time.I'm about to get a rocket blower for use on K10D.
Big one looks like needing a fair bit of space when travelling, small one looks as though it might be a bit short of puff.
Any thoughts on which is best size for effective use, please?
I'd say it's worth it.
Comment by ChrisA posted on Giotto Rocket Blower - which size? at 13/08/2007 - 19:44
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Finally, I think the judges shouldn't feel obliged to comment on every picture. First, second, third and other notables should be sufficient. Otherwise the job may become a bit of toil. This would hasten the results and it also relieves them of finding something nice to say about pictures they don't really consider worthy of comment.
Having been through the exercise myself I can say that it is something of a task. Finally, I think the judges shouldn't feel obliged to comment on every picture. First, second, third and other notables should be sufficient. Otherwise the job may become a bit of toil. This would hasten the results and it also relieves them of finding something nice to say about pictures they don't really consider worthy of comment.
However I do disagree with this for a number of reasons, at least while the number of entries per week is at current levels.
1. The 'toil' aspect can be reduced, by jotting down a couple of lines about the entries as they come in, rather than all at once at the end.
2. Commenting on each entry made me really look at every picture, and take the time to think carefully about exactly what I did or didn't like about them, and why, in relation to the theme. It was certainly a useful exercise for me; I felt I gained a lot from it.
3. For those that don't get a place or a commendation, still getting some feedback is hugely useful - knowing how one's work is viewed by the judges is more important if you don't win, than if you do.
4. And finally, I think it's simply nice to take the trouble for one's fellow photographers. We presumably have a lot in common, in our desire to improve, and the struggle to do so. I'd do it for you, it's nice to think you'd do it for me. Not once every other week, but if someone starts winning every time they enter, maybe they should be entering other comps instead
Comment by ChrisA posted on Thoughts on the competition at 13/08/2007 - 18:04
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So all my lens purchases will be international from now on.
Do you have import duty and/or sales tax to pay when importing to Australia from the USA?So all my lens purchases will be international from now on.
Comment by ChrisA posted on Looking for Macro lens at 13/08/2007 - 08:39
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It was there. Just goes to show how important colour is - but as photographers we knew that...
So the _only_ thing that's changed is the colour??? The ad in the right hand sidebar has been there all the time??? Really??? It was there. Just goes to show how important colour is - but as photographers we knew that...
If so, I'm amazed. I can be pretty unobservant sometimes, but I could have sworn there was something different.
Comment by ChrisA posted on Forum advertising at 11/08/2007 - 19:21
I'd rather have solid confirmation though. Works with C&N wireless modes, so don't see why the PTTL version won't work with Pentax's wireless protocol.
Not sure it's enough to make me cancel my order for the Samsung 540, although the strobe facility which I'd missed is something of a carrot. Only the AF500 FTZ can do that I believe.