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Comment by dcweather posted on common or (GARDEN) spider and B****Y big catapillar head at 06/09/2013 - 20:51
Thanks for putting it back on Shaun. Missed it first time round. I found your voice over very good, relaxing but not boring. Process similar to what I do. Just wondered that when I have my raw image in Elements there is an option to sharpen it then with the raw image at the same time as doing the other adjustments on the raw. Should I wait till the end and just sharpen the resultant jpg?
Dave
Dave
Comment by dcweather posted on My Post Processing Tips at 06/09/2013 - 20:44
I don't think the existing TC's are too bad optically with the right lenses. Focusing is a bit iffy. I took this today with the DA* 300 and the Kenko 1.5. Focusing was sluggish and I ended up using manual but mis-focused quite a few. This one was ok though:-
Comment by dcweather posted on **Everyone Please Read** at 01/09/2013 - 23:52
QuestionableCarrot wrote:
I have been sorely tempted to move to one of the other brands and God only knows I should given the fact I do wildlife photography BUT I like the output that I get and think that the history of the system speaks for itself.
I would be SO happy to see a 1.4 Converter in operation.
For those that dont know (it appeared in another thread) I contacted Pentax/Ricoh UK and asked them directly when the 1.4 Teleconverter was going to be released, after all it does appear in the 2013 ROADMAP!!!!!
Here is the exact conversation copied and pasted...
Hi
I sincerely hope my message is received and acknowledged.
I've been shooting pentax now for ten years. Have had all the old school cameras and currently use k-x and k-5 for my wildlife projects. I have to use third party lenses at the long end all the time and my da*300 yearns for a teleconvertor.!
Is it the new road map converter 1.4 going to support auto focus with this lens?
I'm seriously considering changing to another camera company but don't want to do that.
Regards
Hi Alistair,
I am the social media coordinator and am not familiar with whether or not our road map will include the product you are looking for. I will try to find out. I'd tell you to sell your 300 and buy the 560! Its amazing!
Hi
There is a teleconvertor in the bottom right of the road map 2013 pdf.
The 560 mm is too expensive!
Can you advise on a good teleconvertor that i I CAN get at present?
Hi there, I think you might be looking at a road map from Japan, but unfortunately they haven't provided us with any additional information. I'm sorry to come up empty-handed for you.
That's a pity
Well, the road map does say 2013 OR Later. So it has probably been moved to another year.
I gave up after that...
ANOTHER YEAR????????
This has been from 2007 and maybe before???
Bloody ridiculous
I feel like that sometimes being mainly a wildlife photographer. There is a 400mm zoom on the roadmap. Maybe that will come first. My biggest bug bare is focus speed. Its been discussed ad nauseum but my K30 can't quickly lock on a flying bird unless pre-focused with any lens including HSM. Earlier Canons and Nikons beat it. I'm fed up being in a hide and everyone nodding when someone says "did you get that?" and I sit there in silence! Opethian wrote:
The passion of Pentax users cannot be ignored!!! (or maybe they have been ignored for the past five years LOL)
Here Here!The passion of Pentax users cannot be ignored!!! (or maybe they have been ignored for the past five years LOL)
I have been sorely tempted to move to one of the other brands and God only knows I should given the fact I do wildlife photography BUT I like the output that I get and think that the history of the system speaks for itself.
I would be SO happy to see a 1.4 Converter in operation.
For those that dont know (it appeared in another thread) I contacted Pentax/Ricoh UK and asked them directly when the 1.4 Teleconverter was going to be released, after all it does appear in the 2013 ROADMAP!!!!!
Here is the exact conversation copied and pasted...
Hi
I sincerely hope my message is received and acknowledged.
I've been shooting pentax now for ten years. Have had all the old school cameras and currently use k-x and k-5 for my wildlife projects. I have to use third party lenses at the long end all the time and my da*300 yearns for a teleconvertor.!
Is it the new road map converter 1.4 going to support auto focus with this lens?
I'm seriously considering changing to another camera company but don't want to do that.
Regards
Hi Alistair,
I am the social media coordinator and am not familiar with whether or not our road map will include the product you are looking for. I will try to find out. I'd tell you to sell your 300 and buy the 560! Its amazing!
Hi
There is a teleconvertor in the bottom right of the road map 2013 pdf.
The 560 mm is too expensive!
Can you advise on a good teleconvertor that i I CAN get at present?
Hi there, I think you might be looking at a road map from Japan, but unfortunately they haven't provided us with any additional information. I'm sorry to come up empty-handed for you.
That's a pity
Well, the road map does say 2013 OR Later. So it has probably been moved to another year.
I gave up after that...
ANOTHER YEAR????????
This has been from 2007 and maybe before???
Bloody ridiculous
Dave
Comment by dcweather posted on **Everyone Please Read** at 31/08/2013 - 22:45
SteveEveritt wrote:
Yes Al,
There is a Tamron 1.4 (not sure of the model) and also a Kenko 1.5X Pz-AF Teleplus SHQ both support SDM/HSM (providing the lens is fast enough) but are no longer in production they can both be had second hand. A clue for you... I had the Kenko and the Pentax 1.7, I sold the Kenko.
Steve - I've got that Kenko. IQ is good with DA*300. What features did you find better with the 1.7?Yes Al,
There is a Tamron 1.4 (not sure of the model) and also a Kenko 1.5X Pz-AF Teleplus SHQ both support SDM/HSM (providing the lens is fast enough) but are no longer in production they can both be had second hand. A clue for you... I had the Kenko and the Pentax 1.7, I sold the Kenko.
Comment by dcweather posted on **Everyone Please Read** at 31/08/2013 - 22:38
jeallen01 wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="percy"]
Ditto with the Kenko and the 18-135 Pentax (was going to sell the Kenko until I got that lens as it does not work with the 55-300!)
John
My Kenko works AF with the 55-300. IQ not brilliant though. Good with the DA*300.[quote:3496ace15f="percy"]
Ditto with the Kenko and the 18-135 Pentax (was going to sell the Kenko until I got that lens as it does not work with the 55-300!)
John
Comment by dcweather posted on **Everyone Please Read** at 31/08/2013 - 22:36
Yes, an interesting fluke. You are right of course Adrian but I didn't actually photograph the frame. I just cut the middle out of the other person's pic and slotted mine in. If I was taking it more seriously I probably should!
Dave
Dave
Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax Q oddity at 27/08/2013 - 23:07
I took this shot of a distant cow with my Q with the 300mm DA* (a fine Combination I think). It was raining and misty hence the flat, but still slightly unusual appearance. This is pretty much uncropped. (well 1720mm, what do you expect!)
Then someone said it reminded them of an old master they had on the wall of a cow. So I pinched their frame:-
Pentax Q - "Such fun"
Then someone said it reminded them of an old master they had on the wall of a cow. So I pinched their frame:-
Pentax Q - "Such fun"
Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax Q oddity at 27/08/2013 - 19:17
I just wish I knew how to do it!
Comment by dcweather posted on Selective Colour in B&W Images at 27/08/2013 - 19:10
But from a more serious point of view fairly rubbishy tips for anyone who wants to take it up seriously.
Comment by dcweather posted on Vintage Bird Photography at 26/08/2013 - 23:17
Dave