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Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Tips for pictures of new born babies at 03/04/2012 - 20:23
The cokin system is pretty cheap for NDgrad-filters...
For full ND's go screw-in as there are lots more options...
Circular polorisers are screw in... And in my opinion essential for landscape photography...
If you use filters a lot don't bother with UV's... In conjunction with other filters you will notice IQ degradation... A hood will offer more protection (but you can't use the hood with the cokin system)
That said... I use both metal-screw-in hoods and UV's... I buy the mid-price-point Hoya UV's and cap my metal hoods rather than the lens itself...
When I want my CPL (circular poloriser) or 10stop ND I unscrew the hood and UV, screw on the required filter and screw on the hood... Lengthyer than it could be but hey...
I have the cokin system and a 2stop gradND but rarely use it...
For full ND's go screw-in as there are lots more options...
Circular polorisers are screw in... And in my opinion essential for landscape photography...
If you use filters a lot don't bother with UV's... In conjunction with other filters you will notice IQ degradation... A hood will offer more protection (but you can't use the hood with the cokin system)
That said... I use both metal-screw-in hoods and UV's... I buy the mid-price-point Hoya UV's and cap my metal hoods rather than the lens itself...
When I want my CPL (circular poloriser) or 10stop ND I unscrew the hood and UV, screw on the required filter and screw on the hood... Lengthyer than it could be but hey...
I have the cokin system and a 2stop gradND but rarely use it...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Tips for Buying Lens Filters for a Newbie. at 03/04/2012 - 20:09
They both need repair.. Mirror on ME needs replacing... Mirror and shutter on MX both stuck...
Both pretty clean in general
Both pretty clean in general
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on The UK equivailent of Eric? at 03/04/2012 - 03:03
On the 'other' site, if anyone asks about film SLR repairs they're pretty much instantly pointed to a gent named Eric...
Who's the UK equivailent?
I have a couple of cameras that require attention... The MEsuper I could just replace as they're very cheap but my MX not so much...
Still have 4 other 35mm-SLR's that are working like a dream (MEsuper-MG-MZ7-Spottie)
Who's the UK equivailent?
I have a couple of cameras that require attention... The MEsuper I could just replace as they're very cheap but my MX not so much...
Still have 4 other 35mm-SLR's that are working like a dream (MEsuper-MG-MZ7-Spottie)
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on The UK equivailent of Eric? at 03/04/2012 - 02:18
I've just found an ebay seller with some un-cut self adheisive leatherette... £3.50 a sheet...
Have ordered a couple of sheets (enough to do 4 slr's) and am going to do a practice run on a broken MEsuper I have... If it comes out well I'll do the MG (maybe my other ME and Spottie too...)
Will post pictures of the results as I have them...
Have ordered a couple of sheets (enough to do 4 slr's) and am going to do a practice run on a broken MEsuper I have... If it comes out well I'll do the MG (maybe my other ME and Spottie too...)
Will post pictures of the results as I have them...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Re-covering the leather on your SLR at 03/04/2012 - 01:09
I'd quite like to re-cover the leather/leatherette on my Pentax-MG...
After searching online and on the 'other' site the only supplier I find is cameraleather.com...
These guys are based in the states and have a reputation for being slow to dispatch orders...
Furthermore they apparently get their leather from here in the UK...
Does anyone know where I can get kit like the ones they sell within the UK?
After searching online and on the 'other' site the only supplier I find is cameraleather.com...
These guys are based in the states and have a reputation for being slow to dispatch orders...
Furthermore they apparently get their leather from here in the UK...
Does anyone know where I can get kit like the ones they sell within the UK?
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Re-covering the leather on your SLR at 03/04/2012 - 00:22
I have recently purchased a Pentax *istDS for my 8 year old...
I hasn't arrived yet and he has no idea...
The plan is to give it to him on his Birthday treat at Donington in a couple of weeks at the Dunlop Touring Car Championships (although his Birthday was in fact a few weeks ago... He did get presents!!)
That day is no problem... He's crazy about cars and will be happy as Larry... I'm going to to take him to get prints afterwards of his best shots for the house and his room and he can do his PP with is grandad who is pretty much housebound through ill-health but a computer wizz!
Just wondered if anyone new of any photographic games or challenges for other days out (Nat-Trust - Eng-Heritage - walks etc), suitable for an 8 year old... ?
(and me and theMissus... K-x and FujiHS10)
He will have 2 lenses (FA35-80 & FA80-200) to use with the *istDS to start with... (I have a whole bunch of manual 50's and 28's I'm happy for him to abuse as well)
Cheers
Dave
I hasn't arrived yet and he has no idea...
The plan is to give it to him on his Birthday treat at Donington in a couple of weeks at the Dunlop Touring Car Championships (although his Birthday was in fact a few weeks ago... He did get presents!!)
That day is no problem... He's crazy about cars and will be happy as Larry... I'm going to to take him to get prints afterwards of his best shots for the house and his room and he can do his PP with is grandad who is pretty much housebound through ill-health but a computer wizz!
Just wondered if anyone new of any photographic games or challenges for other days out (Nat-Trust - Eng-Heritage - walks etc), suitable for an 8 year old... ?
(and me and theMissus... K-x and FujiHS10)
He will have 2 lenses (FA35-80 & FA80-200) to use with the *istDS to start with... (I have a whole bunch of manual 50's and 28's I'm happy for him to abuse as well)
Cheers
Dave
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Any Photography Games For Kids? at 02/04/2012 - 03:02
If you shoot both 35mm-film and digital then buy both and keep all!!
I just picked up a Pentax-M 50mm 1.4 to pair up with my Pentax-MG
I have the FA50-1.4 and FA28-2.8 which switch between my K-x and MZ-7 (I'd eventually like the FA28 to be paired with the MZ-7 and get FA's 20,35 & 100macro to go with the 50 as my digital 4-lens kit!)
M40-2.8 on an MESuper and (if the new battery fixes the meter) a 55mm-1.8 Tak on a Honeywell-Spotmatic
I just picked up a Pentax-M 50mm 1.4 to pair up with my Pentax-MG
I have the FA50-1.4 and FA28-2.8 which switch between my K-x and MZ-7 (I'd eventually like the FA28 to be paired with the MZ-7 and get FA's 20,35 & 100macro to go with the 50 as my digital 4-lens kit!)
M40-2.8 on an MESuper and (if the new battery fixes the meter) a 55mm-1.8 Tak on a Honeywell-Spotmatic
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Additions to my range of primes at 01/04/2012 - 17:20
Unless the real hoax is that it's true... Part of Pentax's super new marketing machine...
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on FF announced at 01/04/2012 - 13:00
Bump
Comment by DaveHolmes posted on Wanted - FA35mm f2 at 29/03/2012 - 14:44
Natural and diffused sources of light are the way forward... A big window facing the sun with a net-curtain is ideal...
If you're still on the ward make sure to shoot in RAW as you may have conflicting light sources (daylight vs flourescent tubes etc), this will give you more options in post-production...
Do the photos while he/she is sleeping and put a towel over the top of the camera to muffle the shutter noise... Screaming infants don't look good in photographs...
Make sure that at some point you put down your camera and have a cuddle!
That's all I've got!
Enjoy Unclehood (or Auntiehood... Not sure if you're Sharon or Glen?) and until they hit 6 and a half give them as many sweets as you can! They're not keeping those teeth anyway!!