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Comment by davidrobinson posted on Photography in public places at 18/11/2011 - 08:13
Has every UK member remembered to change the time in all there camera equipment to UK winter time? Be honest
Comment by davidrobinson posted on Time for change at 18/11/2011 - 07:58
Offertonhatter wrote:
Great shot David. You have chosen wisely.
In all honesty it is better than the 170-500mm I have, I tried one at focus and it is faster focusing and sharper.
Big thumbs up.
Thanks for the compliment I am a very happy chappy. Must admit now I see the picture on the website I think I may have over egged the clarity slider.Great shot David. You have chosen wisely.
In all honesty it is better than the 170-500mm I have, I tried one at focus and it is faster focusing and sharper.
Big thumbs up.
Regards David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on Long Lens at 17/11/2011 - 21:16
Took the plunge and bought the Sigma 150-500, what a brilliant lens as you can see. https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/happy-couple-37690/large
Thanks for all the advice
Regards David
Thanks for all the advice
Regards David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on Long Lens at 17/11/2011 - 20:32
dcweather wrote:
Slightly off tack but just posted above a problem I'm having with mine. On my K-r , AF is fine for reasonably close objects (say up to about 25-30m) but after that it is very hit or miss, making a clicking noise and going back and forth either side. This seems to happen in reasonably good light and most subjects. It's unusable for distant birds in flight, helicopters etc. Do you think there is a fault. DAL 55-300 seems much snappier and to be honest I was expecting the opposite.
HiSlightly off tack but just posted above a problem I'm having with mine. On my K-r , AF is fine for reasonably close objects (say up to about 25-30m) but after that it is very hit or miss, making a clicking noise and going back and forth either side. This seems to happen in reasonably good light and most subjects. It's unusable for distant birds in flight, helicopters etc. Do you think there is a fault. DAL 55-300 seems much snappier and to be honest I was expecting the opposite.
Forgot to say Liveview takes forever to autofocus, dont bother with it, thats unless you get your flask out while you wait.
Regards David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on Sigma HSM AF at 17/11/2011 - 20:26
Just got my first decent photo with my new Sigma 150-500.
Very pleased with it but still need help lifting and holding to eye level. Muscles developing.
Lens, well its brilliant see for yourself this was a quick snap shot before ducks and sun went out of view.
https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/happy-couple-37690/large
Thanks for all your guidance David
Very pleased with it but still need help lifting and holding to eye level. Muscles developing.
Lens, well its brilliant see for yourself this was a quick snap shot before ducks and sun went out of view.
https://www.pentaxuser.com/photo/happy-couple-37690/large
Thanks for all your guidance David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on Sigma HSM AF at 17/11/2011 - 19:55
dcweather wrote:
Slightly off tack but just posted above a problem I'm having with mine. On my K-r , AF is fine for reasonably close objects (say up to about 25-30m) but after that it is very hit or miss, making a clicking noise and going back and forth either side. This seems to happen in reasonably good light and most subjects. It's unusable for distant birds in flight, helicopters etc. Do you think there is a fault. DAL 55-300 seems much snappier and to be honest I was expecting the opposite.
Having just got my 150-500 I am no expert but I have taken some birds in flight with camera set to "constant auto focus" and the focus area to "auto". In this mode the camera as normal still needs a strong contrast subject before it will lock onto it. Once locked on as long as you keep the subject in the viewfinder the camera will keep refocusing. But yes if subject is not of a strong contrast and or out of the camera's focus area it will miss the item you want, with a long lens its even harder.Slightly off tack but just posted above a problem I'm having with mine. On my K-r , AF is fine for reasonably close objects (say up to about 25-30m) but after that it is very hit or miss, making a clicking noise and going back and forth either side. This seems to happen in reasonably good light and most subjects. It's unusable for distant birds in flight, helicopters etc. Do you think there is a fault. DAL 55-300 seems much snappier and to be honest I was expecting the opposite.
Regards David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on Sigma HSM AF at 17/11/2011 - 19:37
fatspider wrote:
You assume correctly, it applies to all camera settings such as colour, white balance, sharpness etc. The Raw software will simply read those settings and open up the RAW file with them as a starting point.
Thats is very useful to know, it had me very puzzled to start with, thanks-You assume correctly, it applies to all camera settings such as colour, white balance, sharpness etc. The Raw software will simply read those settings and open up the RAW file with them as a starting point.
Regards David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on In camera sharpness & RAW at 17/11/2011 - 19:21
fatspider wrote:
The RAW image does have any changes made to it at the point of capture regardless of camera settings, what happens is the camera "remembers" the camera settings you had at the time and these are stored within tha RAW file, when you open up the image in a RAW converter (depending on what you use) then some software can read the camera settings information from the RAW file and display the RAW file with those settings applied. You obviously then have then choice to keep them or not.
Hi AlanThe RAW image does have any changes made to it at the point of capture regardless of camera settings, what happens is the camera "remembers" the camera settings you had at the time and these are stored within tha RAW file, when you open up the image in a RAW converter (depending on what you use) then some software can read the camera settings information from the RAW file and display the RAW file with those settings applied. You obviously then have then choice to keep them or not.
If understand you correctly the RAW image itself is not affected at all but the data is stored and can be used by some software so you can select amend these settings when editing in a RAW editor etc.
David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on In camera sharpness & RAW at 17/11/2011 - 10:35
Camera is K7
I understood when shooting RAW images the in camera sharpness settings only affected JPEGS. I have just realised that if I shoot RAW only & adjust the camera sharpness settings the changes appear in the RAW image properties. eg
If camera is set to a small amount of extra sharpening as well as "Fine sharpeness 2" in properties it shows as "hard" sharpness.
However if I set fine sharpeness to off/normal and reduce the sharpness slider downwards a little the photo RAW properties show sharpness as "SOFT".
I havent as yet studied the images closely to see if actual image sharpness is affected but I will if I get the chance.
Advice, views & comments appreciated
Regards David
I understood when shooting RAW images the in camera sharpness settings only affected JPEGS. I have just realised that if I shoot RAW only & adjust the camera sharpness settings the changes appear in the RAW image properties. eg
If camera is set to a small amount of extra sharpening as well as "Fine sharpeness 2" in properties it shows as "hard" sharpness.
However if I set fine sharpeness to off/normal and reduce the sharpness slider downwards a little the photo RAW properties show sharpness as "SOFT".
I havent as yet studied the images closely to see if actual image sharpness is affected but I will if I get the chance.
Advice, views & comments appreciated
Regards David
Comment by davidrobinson posted on In camera sharpness & RAW at 17/11/2011 - 10:09
I said I was obviously not taking pictures of the cars, he could see I was leaning on the wall looking outwards to take city photos. He then went on to say the city council had already prosecuted someone for photographing the city from a public building. I said I doubted it, he then became very heated so I packed up my camera and sat in the car till I calmed down.
What do think I should do or have done?