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Yes, that's true, so manual exposure is prob the right way to go with even natural light, so a full cloudy day is ideal, awaiting sample images and we can offer some more advice.

Comment by Chrism8 posted on Need Help with Photographing Paintings – Colors Look Dull and Shadowy at 15/01/2025 - 10:46

Could you upload an example so we can see the actual problem with the settings used, this would help greatly with any suggestions made.

Presuming the paintings are not behind glass..........

Comment by Chrism8 posted on Need Help with Photographing Paintings – Colors Look Dull and Shadowy at 15/01/2025 - 09:37

OEM ( Pentax ) will be the best, but they are expensive,, I've used for many years and still use at least 4 x 3rd party batteries of different brands and not once have I had an issue mainly from fleabay

Comment by Chrism8 posted on New lens advice at 02/01/2025 - 13:23

Proves you don't need the most modern kit to produce decent images, just a good eye for an image, well shot

Comment by Chrism8 posted on Pentax 750Z at 31/12/2024 - 08:55

How about a " Nifty Fifty " a 50mm F1.2 0r F1.4 FA lens, let your feet to the zooming, I know its close to your 18 - 55 but the wider aperture will open up soooo many opportunities, landscape / portraits etc, add a set of extension tubes and it'll be great for macro.

There will be plenty used on the web, or my pref have a look at SRS Microsystems for a good used example.

There's one currently available for £149 and a warranty

Comment by Chrism8 posted on New lens advice at 22/12/2024 - 11:58

Superb shots, well worth the effort

Comment by Chrism8 posted on A long night in the cold.... at 05/12/2024 - 13:44

davidrobinson wrote:
Recently I tried shutter speeds of up to 1/800sec but as Gavin says all that happens is the ISO goes up so any sharpness gained by higher shutter speeds is totally lost due to image noise.

The heron in flight was shot at 450mm, 1/400 sec at 100 ISO whilst the robin in flight was again 450mm, 1/1250 sec and 1600 ISO both shots were handheld, both are sharp and to my eyes the robin doesn't show much noise

I don't tent to use auto ISO preferring to generally keep it close to 100 as poss unless conditions dictate a higher setting, I'm reasonable at handholding down to fairly lowish shutter speeds ( at least 1/200 sec @ 450mm with this lens )

Comment by Chrism8 posted on Pentax 150-450 tips and tricks at 29/11/2024 - 10:55

Its my go to wildlife lens hooked to a K3iii, settings wise, the limiter is set to full and the QFS is set to A, I don't use the preset so that's at AF cancel.

The smaller the bird the trickier they are, particularly in flight but they are very doable with practice, I generally use it wide open.

Comment by Chrism8 posted on Pentax 150-450 tips and tricks at 28/11/2024 - 10:13

Lubbyman wrote:
we definitely have a rat running around near the house .

We had some under our decking at our last property, I purchased some blocks of poison from Screwfix put them down the holes and never saw another rat

They'd come from a neighbour ( passageway under the fence ) whom were liberal with their bird seed and bread on the lawn.

Comment by Chrism8 posted on Another pointless thread at 25/11/2024 - 13:53

Thank you all for your feedback, really appreciated 👍

It's been over 10 years since I was last there, a good friend and fellow photographer came to stay so I thought I'd drag him up there.

It'll be a good spot for some astro when it's less cloudy.

Comment by Chrism8 posted on Minions - No not those ones ! at 23/11/2024 - 08:10

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