...and if it's a flat, dull, featureless sky, it's often worth excluding it from your pic altogether if you can.

Dan

Yes and no. The green button just does exposure. Is it possible the actuator lever for the aperture would make the noise somehow with the Lensbaby?

Dan

That's very nice, I like it.

Dan

Although, the one on Amazon.co.uk is listed at £265, so HotShot's $275 would seem quite a bargain!

Dan

So, you couldn't take any photos whilst this light was on? I'm still puzzled. You should have been able to do a burst of about 10 RAWs in a row before things slowed down. But then perhaps it was the card you were using.

Oh well, bit of a moot point now. I've played with a few other DSLRs and I can honestly say the K10D does not seem slow to me.

Hope you find what you're looking for.

Dan

Well, to be fair, if I was selling kit I would tell as many people as I could - helps with the sale. And it's not like it's his first post here, so he's not a spammer.

However, I do find it odd, to buy a camera that doesn't have a specific feature you want (B&W mode), then complain it hasn't got it. And the slow writing of RAW files is frankly baffling, does he mean the buffer should be bigger, so he can take more than 10 in a row?

Not sure what he means by "can only shoot JPEG when bracketing is turned on". Is that "when bracketing is turned on, can only shoot JPEG", or "can't shoot JPEG unless bracketing is turned on"? Either way points to a faulty camera surely?

Dan

I actually quite like the look, which is fortunate because you're really forced to use longer shutter speeds for a lots of waterfall shots, as often they're well in the shade (either from trees, or in a ravine etc.). Also, I would tend avoid this sort of scene in sunshine, as the contrast range would be too great.

When I was using film I would use Velvia, and nearly always a polariser, so with an effective ISO of about 10, (40 - 50 speed film less two stops), and trying to get some depth of field, exposures of 1/2s or more are inevitable.

Now I'm using digital I would still choose ISO100 for it's finest quality, so shutter speeds will still be slow.

But I would ask what's the 'correct' amount of blur? How do you "capture the water movement clearly"? Surely stopping the water, so that individual droplets are visible, is just as 'fake' as blurring it?

Dan

Thanks Clarky, that was my favourite of the 'landscapes' I took, but I don't think it looks half as good this size. One to print up I think...

Dan

There were surprisingly few decent toadstools around, most were well past their best. Both the Fly Agarics were badly eaten, but luckily only on one side so I could compose to miss out the munched bits.

Dan

Well, inspired by Tim's 'Old England Fall', and seeing as I should be out there taking pics whenever I can, I popped over to Epping Forest this afternoon. Unfortunately/fortunately the sky turned pale grey, so I had to crop it out of any of the pics (thinking panoramics all the time I was shooting), but it was a great light for bringing out all the details.



K10D, FA50mm 1.4 @ F/4, ISO100, 1/8s, polariser, tripod



K10D, Sigma 105mm Macro @ F/11, ISO100, 4s, polariser, tripod



K10D, DA16-45mm @ 45mm, F/8, ISO100, 2/3s, polariser, tripod



K10D, DA16-45mm @ 45mm, F/8, ISO100, 2s, polariser, tripod



K10D, DA16-45mm @ 21mm, F/11, ISO100, 4s, polariser, tripod, (edit) + reflector



K10D, DA16-45mm @ 16mm, F/11, ISO100, 3s, polariser, tripod

Had a very pleasant time of it!

Dan