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Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on pentax *ist D at 21/12/2007 - 14:15
Nothing to do with Pentax stuff, but as many of us are computer users, and some like to play around with designy type things, I thought I'd pass on this link to a heap load of free fonts. Haven't looked through them all myself yet, but there are plenty of them there, and there's a good mix of handwritten, traditional, odd, etc, so if you're looking for a particular type of thing, you may well find it.
http://www.fontgarden.com/archive/a/a.htm
A good selection of quotes and jokes illustrate the various fonts too.
What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup?
Anyone can roast beef.
Dan
http://www.fontgarden.com/archive/a/a.htm
A good selection of quotes and jokes illustrate the various fonts too.
What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup?
Anyone can roast beef.
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Fonts at 18/12/2007 - 19:08
According to Page 11 of the Pentax Photo Laboratory manual, PC-F is USB1.1 spec (F for 'Full Speed' I guess), whereas the PC one is USB2.0 (High Speed).
In the info box there it says "If the USB transmission speed of the computer is slower than that of the camera, an error may occur during transmission of the data. If this occurs, set the Transfer Mose to [PC-F]. This sets the transfer speed to the USB1.1 data transfer rate, thereby reducing the possibility of an error."
Dan
In the info box there it says "If the USB transmission speed of the computer is slower than that of the camera, an error may occur during transmission of the data. If this occurs, set the Transfer Mose to [PC-F]. This sets the transfer speed to the USB1.1 data transfer rate, thereby reducing the possibility of an error."
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on K10D Transfer Mode: PC-F? at 18/12/2007 - 11:39
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I do this in Firefox and Ctrl-click on them to open up each thread in a separate tab window.
This also works with IE7.I do this in Firefox and Ctrl-click on them to open up each thread in a separate tab window.
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on RSS/Atom feeds at 18/12/2007 - 11:43
It would be worthwhile checking that they are selling the P-TTL version, not a TTL version which may be available at the moment, but which may be being replaced with a P-TTL version next year. I don't know if that's the case, but it might be.
Dan
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Metz 48 AF-1 at 18/12/2007 - 18:35
It says the Pentax P-TTL version will be available in 2008. Have you actually seen a Pentax version advertised?
Dan
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Metz 48 AF-1 at 18/12/2007 - 17:47
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...did you set it up specially and what is the relevance of ‘Elyce’?
Ahh, thanks Lilly! This was taken at a wedding in the summer, and these were on the tables to show where people were sitting - Elyce is my niece. Girls had these, boys had corks with cards in the top....did you set it up specially and what is the relevance of ‘Elyce’?
Right, well, I'll have a little think and post a theme for this week shortly. Might make it an easy one with plenty of opportunities for pics...
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Weekly Competition No.24 RECYCLED at 24/12/2007 - 14:04
K10D, FA50mm, 1/30s, f/2.4, ISO200
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Weekly Competition No.24 RECYCLED at 21/12/2007 - 14:28
Actually reading my one back it looks like I mean 2 jpegs or one raw file. Sometimes you can get away with just the one raw file, but as I always shoot raw, I did mean 2 raw files.
I use a grad so rarely that it suits me more just to do the 2 exposure thing, but it's obviously better for you and your workflow to use the filters.
Dan
I use a grad so rarely that it suits me more just to do the 2 exposure thing, but it's obviously better for you and your workflow to use the filters.
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Filters at 21/12/2007 - 13:21
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If the scene you're shooting is high contrast then there is a good chance part of the detail will be beyond the Dynamic Range of the camera & that detail is lost. Using an ND grad in these situations ensures that ALL the detail in the scene is captured.
Also even when shooting Raw, recovering shadow detail in high contast scenes can generate unsightly shadow noise which, whilst removable using Noise reduction software again destroys some of the original detail.
Which is why I said you may well need to take two photos at different exposures. This can often be quicker than getting the correct filter on the lens, getting the position of the filter just right etc. Might be the difference bewteen a shot got and a shot missed.If the scene you're shooting is high contrast then there is a good chance part of the detail will be beyond the Dynamic Range of the camera & that detail is lost. Using an ND grad in these situations ensures that ALL the detail in the scene is captured.
Also even when shooting Raw, recovering shadow detail in high contast scenes can generate unsightly shadow noise which, whilst removable using Noise reduction software again destroys some of the original detail.
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Also I'm much happier taking photographs than I am spending time on Photoshop
This is true! Also I'm much happier taking photographs than I am spending time on Photoshop
The thing I dislike about ND grads is if you have a tree that projects above the skyline, and you end up with the top of the tree being much darker than the bottom. Similar things happen with mountain tops. The Old Man of Storr springs to mind too. Filters are best (IMHO) when you can't tell that they've been used.
Oh, and never, ever, ever have a sky darker than it's reflection!
Dan
Comment by Daniel Bridge posted on Filters at 21/12/2007 - 12:55
I'd look at picking up a second hand DS which doesn't need modding rather than risk damaging the D
Dan