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Comment by dcweather posted on Upgrade from 120-400mm - sigma 150-500mm os worth it? at 23/02/2012 - 13:00
If cost is an issue you could always get the manual version on Ebay for about £120. Essentially the same quality and you will probably use mf a lot for insect macro photography anyway.
Dave
Dave
Comment by dcweather posted on Tamron 90mm f2.8 SP DI Macro 1:1 at 23/02/2012 - 00:06
I've found catch-in-focus remarkably useful at times. It worked surprisingly well on my K-r with a manual 500mm Tamron mirror lens which is fixed at f8.
Comment by dcweather posted on K-r manual focussing at 23/02/2012 - 00:00
Fabulous except it makes you want to give up!
Comment by dcweather posted on British birds at 22/02/2012 - 23:16
Personally I think a smaller and somewhat lighter 400mm prime would have been a better bet. After all the 300mm DA* is pretty good value.
Comment by dcweather posted on release date for 560mm ??? at 19/02/2012 - 11:02
Pentaxophile wrote:
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Yes, I agree. There just seemed to be some confusion about why cameras without dioptre adjustable viewfinders are difficult for people with reading glasses.
Clearly the sort of market Pentax are targeting this camera at are perfectly comfortable using screens - on their camera, android phone, Ipad, SatNav, Nintendo DS, etc etc...
dcweather wrote:
Alternatively, dSLRs with dioptre adjustment are available, presumably including the one you already own.
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Of course - that's the whole point. That's why we need it. The LCD screen doesn't and so we can't see it!!!
Some people need a door in the side of their bath, does that mean all baths need to have doors? What I'm saying is that Pentax offer you the choice of DSLRs with diopter adjustment (and probably EVF cameras too in the future), or a camera with just an LCD screen. You then pay your money and make your choice. Alternatively, dSLRs with dioptre adjustment are available, presumably including the one you already own.
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Of course - that's the whole point. That's why we need it. The LCD screen doesn't and so we can't see it!!!
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Yes, I agree. There just seemed to be some confusion about why cameras without dioptre adjustable viewfinders are difficult for people with reading glasses.
Clearly the sort of market Pentax are targeting this camera at are perfectly comfortable using screens - on their camera, android phone, Ipad, SatNav, Nintendo DS, etc etc...
Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax K-01 at 11/02/2012 - 01:01
Alternatively, dSLRs with dioptre adjustment are available, presumably including the one you already own.[/quote]-------------------------------------------------
Of course - that's the whole point. That's why we need it. The LCD screen doesn't and so we can't see it!!!
Of course - that's the whole point. That's why we need it. The LCD screen doesn't and so we can't see it!!!
Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax K-01 at 08/02/2012 - 21:08
Frogfish wrote:
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I think it was Don that shot down my get-rich-quick business idea by telling me this solves that issue : linkdcweather wrote:
The thing that manufacturers don't understand about viewfinders is that they have dioptre adjustment. There are 20 million people over 50 in the UK and they hold 80% of the wealth. The majority of these wear reading glasses like me. This means you have to put on glasses every time you want to take a photo with an LCD screen whereas the viewfinder can be dioptre corrected to negate this. So in my opinion this makes the camera an unlikely purchase for a massive number of people.
Dave
Absolutely right, I really like the specification and design of the K-01, specially in yellow, but it is of no use to me without a viewfinder. The LCD screen requires too much faffing about with glasses. Such a pity, it IS a lovely modern camera, a future design classic, and I am sure will offer excellent image quality.The thing that manufacturers don't understand about viewfinders is that they have dioptre adjustment. There are 20 million people over 50 in the UK and they hold 80% of the wealth. The majority of these wear reading glasses like me. This means you have to put on glasses every time you want to take a photo with an LCD screen whereas the viewfinder can be dioptre corrected to negate this. So in my opinion this makes the camera an unlikely purchase for a massive number of people.
Dave
So it solves the problem by adding to the cost and making a compact camera stick out more at the back than a DSLR does at the front!!
At least the people who DO wear reading glasses seem to agree. It looks great and if I could see what I was taking a picture of I would love one!
Dave
Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax K-01 at 08/02/2012 - 17:02
There's no doubts about it, 99% of people are perfectly comfortable using a screen.
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There's a lot of doubt about it to 99% of people who just wear glasses for close up. They will have to take them out in the field with them and keep taking them on and off. People don't seem to understand it's not the same as a permanent glasses wearer popping their's up. We don't wear them for anything else and will walk off of cliffs if we walk around in reading glasses!
Dave
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There's a lot of doubt about it to 99% of people who just wear glasses for close up. They will have to take them out in the field with them and keep taking them on and off. People don't seem to understand it's not the same as a permanent glasses wearer popping their's up. We don't wear them for anything else and will walk off of cliffs if we walk around in reading glasses!
Dave
Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax K-01 at 08/02/2012 - 16:53
K10D wrote:
Don, I wear glasses for reading and while typing this. When out and about I don't need them to drive or read shop signs etc. So my cameras are set to match my eyesight. I very rarely pixel peep as I don't use preview.
For me, to use a rear screen means wearing glasses and then either looking over the top of them or removing them to see the rest of the world.
An optical viewfinder is ideal for me. Screens are a hassle. I also used the viewfinder on my video cameras and not a screen.
But others may love it to death.
Best regards
Yes - exactly! This is the point.Don, I wear glasses for reading and while typing this. When out and about I don't need them to drive or read shop signs etc. So my cameras are set to match my eyesight. I very rarely pixel peep as I don't use preview.
For me, to use a rear screen means wearing glasses and then either looking over the top of them or removing them to see the rest of the world.
An optical viewfinder is ideal for me. Screens are a hassle. I also used the viewfinder on my video cameras and not a screen.
But others may love it to death.
Best regards
Dave
Comment by dcweather posted on Pentax K-01 at 08/02/2012 - 16:45
Dave