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Hi Sarah, a big, warm welcome from me! As you know, there are a few of us Pentaxians in Sheffield and we do meet up every now and then. I'll make sure you get an invite on our next day out. You have a good teacher in Andrew, I'm looking forward to seeing some of your pictures.

Best wishes
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on Hello from Sheffield at 22/04/2012 - 19:03

These are indeed awesome shots and ones that I cannot currently get anywhere near to with the equipment and skill that I have. I do tend to agree with Chris though - it would be great to see some without flash. The flash highlights details beautifully, but tends to make the birds look a bit 'flat' against the background.

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on Even more bird pictures at 22/04/2012 - 11:49

Number 3 is an absolute corker. We got caught in 100mph winds and horizontal hail recently on the top of Helm Crag - not pleasant!

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David

Comment by davidstorm posted on Bad Weather Fellwalking. at 22/04/2012 - 11:45

Welcome to the Forum John, hope you like it.

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on good evening, this is me johnc at 21/04/2012 - 22:43

I've had no lock-ups with my K-5 yet (fingers crossed) and I've done quite a bit of work in Live View. Maybe I'm just lucky?

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on Repeatable K-01 Lockup Bug at 21/04/2012 - 00:04

JAK wrote:
Metering with M lenses seems to work better with the K-5 than it did with older bodies.

I agree with John. I have quite a few old manual lenses and they work brilliantly on the K-5, no need for any exposure adjustment normally. The K-x is not bad, but requires about 0.5 to 1 stop under-exposure to get it right. I haven't noticed any blue tint or any other colour tint, regardless of exposure, although a lot of the old lenses do add warmth to various degrees.

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on Blue tint on 50mm at 20/04/2012 - 22:54

I have to say Mike that it doesn't look like a Common Wasp in your picture. It could be a species of Wasp, but Common Wasps don't have antennae like the one in your pic. Wasps have quite hairy faces too (see link below)!

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Anyway, regardless of the species your shot is fab, as are the ones by Milamber.

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on First hoverflies of the spring at 20/04/2012 - 22:26

Superlative shots of one of our most spectacular native birds.

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on Kestrel at 20/04/2012 - 22:13

There's usually no need for any compensation when shooting with a K-5 in RAW as the sensor is capable of recording a very wide dynamic range. During post-processing you can recover a massive amount of shadow detail. The main objective is not to 'burn out' any highlights as these are not recoverable.

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on Sunsets at 20/04/2012 - 22:08

It is definitely not a Common Wasp, although I don't know exactly what it is. Wasps do not have eyes like this insect's and they also have completely different mouthparts.

It may be a more uncommon species of wasp, but is more likely to be a fly. Can Charlotte help?

Regards
David

Comment by davidstorm posted on First hoverflies of the spring at 20/04/2012 - 22:05

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