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Comment by DaveKitson posted on K5 Sensor Issues... at 18/03/2011 - 22:44
Well conceived and very well executed, Love it.
dave
Comment by DaveKitson posted on A view of Caernarfon at 27/02/2011 - 18:49
I finally got round to checking the replacement K-5 tonight, and.... it's got a problem......
.....Under dim tungsten light and focussing by the viewfinder it focusses in front of the target. At f/1.4 - f/3.5 it's enough to leave the subject completely out of focus.
dave
Comment by DaveKitson posted on K-5 AF under tungsten light issue .... at 11/02/2011 - 00:07
I know I'm probably being thick but what is the problem with sidecar files?
I haven't logged any photos recently but when I do the GPS data goes into a sidecar file (at least for PEFs it does - no idea with DNGs).
The only problem I have with sidecar files is keeping them organised and together with the image file, which I find slightly irksome. Since I mainly use Photoshop/LR, I am able to avoid using the xmp sidecars if I use DNG but RAW converters like Silkypix or DXO seem to use sidecars even with DNG.
One advantage of using PEFs is that the original PEF is never modified at all, which is one less chance of corrupting the image file.
dave
Comment by DaveKitson posted on PEF or DNG?? at 16/01/2011 - 16:08
I didn't know you needed a sidecar file for PEFs. Another reason not to use them I guess
Dick
I used to use PEFs with the K10D & K20D because DNGs were not compressed. With the K5 I use DNGs, mainly to avoid having to use xmp files for metadata (it's also useful in the period before RAW converters are updated to recognise new cameras, when DNGs are supported via the @embedded camera profile).
dave
Comment by DaveKitson posted on PEF or DNG?? at 16/01/2011 - 10:20
ARGH!! And of course LR3 will not batch convert existing DNGs to DNGs.
Makes sense but now I'm stuck being unable to reclaim that 30% of disk space!
WTF goes through Pentax's head!?!?!?
Rather upset with Adobe too, of course. They will convert on import but not after the fact. Argh!
Comment by DaveKitson posted on PEF or DNG?? at 12/01/2011 - 00:11
If I recall something I read recently, doesn't PEF make use of a different profile by default than DNG? One may look better than another, especially in ACR where the K5 is now explicitly supported.
This gives different results, though if you use the same camera profile you will get identical results from DNG or PEF
dave
Comment by DaveKitson posted on PEF or DNG?? at 11/01/2011 - 13:07
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Comment by DaveKitson posted on Birmingham & Solihull User Group ? at 16/02/2009 - 18:40
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Comment by DaveKitson posted on Birmingham & Solihull User Group ? at 25/01/2009 - 12:28
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Comment by DaveKitson posted on Birmingham & Solihull User Group ? at 13/01/2009 - 10:57
Thats where Chris and the team at SRS do so well. I think I was 10 mins doing my swap over and another hour gossiping and bantering over various other items.
During the banter with Chris I saw a Pentax 500mm F4.5 on the counter and the banter led to barter ..you can guess the rest....
dave k