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Comment by Don posted on The ideal DSLR at 10/06/2011 - 18:36
Watching and learning.. interested in seeing how big an issue this is...
My wife is notorious for un-level shots... after a wedding shoot, I'm constantly levelling the horizon on her shots. I ruled out the cameras first. Then I went to her closet with a hacksaw thinking I could cut an inch off one of her shoes heels.... until I realized how many pairs of shoes she has... too much work, then saw the levelling feature on the k-5.... but that is still a lot of money.... at least Aperture has a fast easy to use level function.....
My wife is notorious for un-level shots... after a wedding shoot, I'm constantly levelling the horizon on her shots. I ruled out the cameras first. Then I went to her closet with a hacksaw thinking I could cut an inch off one of her shoes heels.... until I realized how many pairs of shoes she has... too much work, then saw the levelling feature on the k-5.... but that is still a lot of money.... at least Aperture has a fast easy to use level function.....
Comment by Don posted on K-5 Elecronic Level at 10/06/2011 - 18:30
I had a martial arts instructor that insisted all his students read that!
nice shot. Rats with wings seldom hold still for a portrait!
nice shot. Rats with wings seldom hold still for a portrait!
Comment by Don posted on [Portrait] Johnatan Livingston at 10/06/2011 - 15:53
Algernon wrote:
If you search the US Pentax forum there's a lot of positive stuff about Eye-Fi and no negative. Even some posts from Eye-Fi reps. themselves.
I often use mine in the garden and it usually transmits OK or it starts transmitting as soon as I walk into range. I could move my broadband router outside to increase the range if I wanted.
The only thing you have to watch is don't go off somewhere and take say 500 shots, because it starts transmitting back to the PC as soon as you come within range. I only use the Eye-Fi card when I want to transmit immediately.
Concerning the geo-tagging you could take a photo with a mobile phone that geo-tags and then copy the info to the Pentax photos.
I'd be more interested in geo-tagging if they used the UK National Grid Co-Ordinates for this country only. Too much trouble to have to convert everything.
apples airport express is handy for extending range of your existing router, and adds remote speakers and usb printing to boot!If you search the US Pentax forum there's a lot of positive stuff about Eye-Fi and no negative. Even some posts from Eye-Fi reps. themselves.
I often use mine in the garden and it usually transmits OK or it starts transmitting as soon as I walk into range. I could move my broadband router outside to increase the range if I wanted.
The only thing you have to watch is don't go off somewhere and take say 500 shots, because it starts transmitting back to the PC as soon as you come within range. I only use the Eye-Fi card when I want to transmit immediately.
Concerning the geo-tagging you could take a photo with a mobile phone that geo-tags and then copy the info to the Pentax photos.
I'd be more interested in geo-tagging if they used the UK National Grid Co-Ordinates for this country only. Too much trouble to have to convert everything.
Comment by Don posted on The ideal DSLR at 10/06/2011 - 15:42
johnriley wrote:
DSLRs won't die for a very long time. They are needed for a variety of professional work that an EVF or screen are just not suitable for.
After all, we can still buy folding cameras, rangefinder cameras, large format cameras....it takes a very long time indeed for a camera type to disappear.
The exceptions are the small amateur formats that didn't stay the disatance, such as 126, 110 and Disc. These all had serious technical limitations.
you are correct. When I say disappear, I am really talking about mainstream marketing presence, as in disappear from the shelves of consumer chain stores. When they get rare enough that you can only find them at specialty pro shops, they have effectively disapeared from the mass consumer market. I was using a poor choice of words in describing my thoughts. I agree, a few people will be using them for as long as they can.DSLRs won't die for a very long time. They are needed for a variety of professional work that an EVF or screen are just not suitable for.
After all, we can still buy folding cameras, rangefinder cameras, large format cameras....it takes a very long time indeed for a camera type to disappear.
The exceptions are the small amateur formats that didn't stay the disatance, such as 126, 110 and Disc. These all had serious technical limitations.
(I can see myself having to hack together homemade batteries to keep my antique Pentax's firing! a little ways down the road!)
Comment by Don posted on How long before DSLRs become extinct? at 10/06/2011 - 13:55
I am pleased! that is for sure. that one page brought in over 1000 hits onto my website in two days.
I've seen videos that I've shot for a magazine get lots of hits, but they got some serious marketing behind them, this was just out of the blue, really. I't really is small compared to a real viral hit, but all those hits were lees than one week, if you check the publish date. I suspect it will taper off quick, so will have to get something more up there by Monday.
I originally slapped that video together to enter a contest at DIYPhoto.
I've seen videos that I've shot for a magazine get lots of hits, but they got some serious marketing behind them, this was just out of the blue, really. I't really is small compared to a real viral hit, but all those hits were lees than one week, if you check the publish date. I suspect it will taper off quick, so will have to get something more up there by Monday.
I originally slapped that video together to enter a contest at DIYPhoto.
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 10/06/2011 - 13:44
I think d-slrs will eventually die. maybe ten years.
not sure how long, but probably sooner than people want to believe.
4/3 type, and other mirrirless and evf's will take over the "enthusiast" to "prosumer" level d-slr's and cell phones will kill off the "compact" and "amatuer" class cameras, and there will still be pro level cams, but I'm reluctant to hope that the d-slr configuration will hold out for long...
not sure how long, but probably sooner than people want to believe.
4/3 type, and other mirrirless and evf's will take over the "enthusiast" to "prosumer" level d-slr's and cell phones will kill off the "compact" and "amatuer" class cameras, and there will still be pro level cams, but I'm reluctant to hope that the d-slr configuration will hold out for long...
Comment by Don posted on How long before DSLRs become extinct? at 10/06/2011 - 13:14
I like it. "too many videographers are afraid to get up close and personal with the talent" a film director from LA told me. So I figure if I'm gonna scare people, might as wel scare the living hello out of them...
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 10/06/2011 - 12:56
my last video seems to be going viral!
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I guess I should be saying thank you... so thanx for viewing guys!
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I guess I should be saying thank you... so thanx for viewing guys!
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 09/06/2011 - 19:02
I don't know if I'm just attracted to crazy women, or if I just take sane women and drive them crazy.... but I always seem to wind up with crazy women.
My ex did that to EVERYTHING I OWNED including a fj1200 and a bunch of photo gear including my pentax stuff (except a few items, I had forgotten at my mothers apt.
don't blame her though.... I'd be upset if I lost me too.
life is too short to stay angry, I replaced everything (even her) with substantial upgrades all across the board.
My ex did that to EVERYTHING I OWNED including a fj1200 and a bunch of photo gear including my pentax stuff (except a few items, I had forgotten at my mothers apt.
don't blame her though.... I'd be upset if I lost me too.
life is too short to stay angry, I replaced everything (even her) with substantial upgrades all across the board.
Comment by Don posted on girls breaks guys lenses colllection after a fight at 09/06/2011 - 16:40
I could probably extend the range with what I've got or even set up another network with a more powerful router (my spare) or even an ad-hoc connection, but it's not really that important at present because the photos load when I go back into the house anyway. Maybe later I might try some remote triggered bird photography and would be away from the camera and would want the photos transmitted back to check that I'm getting what I want.