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Comment by Don posted on How fast a memory card? at 16/05/2011 - 20:12
davex wrote:
There are several members here who regularly produce excellent B&W images. And occasionally one sees a posted image converted to B&W with great effect.
I have some B&W prints on my walls, mainly from AA, and I do appreciate them, but for the life of me when it comes to my own images I can neither "see" a good B&W photo, or convincingly convert a colour one into B&W
Question is can one learn to see in B&W?
What do you think?
Davex.
yes. There are several members here who regularly produce excellent B&W images. And occasionally one sees a posted image converted to B&W with great effect.
I have some B&W prints on my walls, mainly from AA, and I do appreciate them, but for the life of me when it comes to my own images I can neither "see" a good B&W photo, or convincingly convert a colour one into B&W
Question is can one learn to see in B&W?
What do you think?
Davex.
although... playing around with the monochrome mixer in aperture is really fun and easy...
Comment by Don posted on Seeing in black and white at 16/05/2011 - 18:39
Mike-P wrote:
That happened to one of mine a few months ago.
Strange considering I never move the switch.
easy enough to break or move the switch... if the card is even slightly tilted when inserting it into the slot or pulling it out.. it catches the switch against the camera or card reader body.... it is such a tight fit, there is no margin for mis alignment and far to easy to break....That happened to one of mine a few months ago.
Strange considering I never move the switch.
Comment by Don posted on Sandisk Extreme failure at 16/05/2011 - 18:37
Frogherder wrote:
Might be a daft question - but how do you find out the class of a card.
Mine are all Sandisk Ultra II and work fine with the K10D. I tend to use 2GB as this is generally more than enough for my days shooting and if worst happens I've only lost a cards worth. This is what was supplied with the camera and I've bought several others the same.
regards
Bernard
it only matters for certian types of shooting, sports, or video.... also if you shoot a lot of images and need to speed up workflow by having faster transfer speeds when unloading the card to your computer..Might be a daft question - but how do you find out the class of a card.
Mine are all Sandisk Ultra II and work fine with the K10D. I tend to use 2GB as this is generally more than enough for my days shooting and if worst happens I've only lost a cards worth. This is what was supplied with the camera and I've bought several others the same.
regards
Bernard
check the card makers websites for specs on your specific cards...
Comment by Don posted on How fast a memory card? at 16/05/2011 - 16:57
gartmore wrote:
Thanks Don, I won't edit myself - other people have far greater skills than me in that area!
It will either be on a Mac with FCP or an older Avid system. I just know that introducing Pentax originated media for the first time will bring up some issues. Could you email me a Pentax 5 second clip of anything for trial purposes?
I've arranged to hire the body and lenses I don't have from Chris at SRS. I'm getting quite excited about shooting with a DSLR for the first time. Professional Photographer magazine this month has several very good articles on 'convergance'.
pm sentThanks Don, I won't edit myself - other people have far greater skills than me in that area!
It will either be on a Mac with FCP or an older Avid system. I just know that introducing Pentax originated media for the first time will bring up some issues. Could you email me a Pentax 5 second clip of anything for trial purposes?
I've arranged to hire the body and lenses I don't have from Chris at SRS. I'm getting quite excited about shooting with a DSLR for the first time. Professional Photographer magazine this month has several very good articles on 'convergance'.
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 16/05/2011 - 16:22
Gartmore, I sent you a link, it should be uploaded within the next half hour (99mb)
also I highly recommend when shooting with the d-slr, that you focus on the lenses and shots that cannot be easily or cheaply done on video cams..
shallow dof, ulta wide or fisheye, low light , water/rain spray etc......
all the things your pentax can do that a typical video shooter can't or won't do....
also I highly recommend when shooting with the d-slr, that you focus on the lenses and shots that cannot be easily or cheaply done on video cams..
shallow dof, ulta wide or fisheye, low light , water/rain spray etc......
all the things your pentax can do that a typical video shooter can't or won't do....
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 16/05/2011 - 15:37
gartmore wrote:
Thanks Don, I won't edit myself - other people have far greater skills than me in that area!
It will either be on a Mac with FCP or an older Avid system. I just know that introducing Pentax originated media for the first time will bring up some issues. Could you email me a Pentax 5 second clip of anything for trial purposes?
I've arranged to hire the body and lenses I don't have from Chris at SRS. I'm getting quite excited about shooting with a DSLR for the first time. Professional Photographer magazine this month has several very good articles on 'convergance'.
I was ranting about convergence on this very site 5 years ago... I saw it coming!Thanks Don, I won't edit myself - other people have far greater skills than me in that area!
It will either be on a Mac with FCP or an older Avid system. I just know that introducing Pentax originated media for the first time will bring up some issues. Could you email me a Pentax 5 second clip of anything for trial purposes?
I've arranged to hire the body and lenses I don't have from Chris at SRS. I'm getting quite excited about shooting with a DSLR for the first time. Professional Photographer magazine this month has several very good articles on 'convergance'.
yes I will. msg me your email address.
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 16/05/2011 - 15:24
When I shot my first video on the KR my mac did not show it. One older codec in my system was to blame. I had to rename the folder holding the codecs and create a new folder with the original namee, and start adding back my needed codecs one by one until I got everything working.... I have perian, vlc, and flipfor mac as well as quicktime.. so it didn't take long to fix. it was an older obsolete codec installed by a VJ program that caused the error, i believe... most people never have problem, so you'll probably be fine right out of the box..
here is my work flow:
I import into Aperture and from there to imovie for fast edits.... or into finalcut for serious edits.
just remember that shooting video on a d-slr is like shooting j-peg on a d-slr...(there is no RAW video recording) get it right in camera....with the exposure and color....
I also recommend, you use two bodies for longer shoots... these suckers heat up and need to cool off between takes... keep the takes under ten minutes each and let each camera cool for ten minutes between shots, and you will NEVER bump into some of the overheating issues...
and video eats batteries, have extras ready.
My method is to use a hard drive or solid state cam for the long takes and the d-slr for b-roll then use the audio waves to sync all the footage in post then start subtracting everything I don't want from the video layers... at little cumbersome, but it works.
;0)
here is my work flow:
I import into Aperture and from there to imovie for fast edits.... or into finalcut for serious edits.
just remember that shooting video on a d-slr is like shooting j-peg on a d-slr...(there is no RAW video recording) get it right in camera....with the exposure and color....
I also recommend, you use two bodies for longer shoots... these suckers heat up and need to cool off between takes... keep the takes under ten minutes each and let each camera cool for ten minutes between shots, and you will NEVER bump into some of the overheating issues...
and video eats batteries, have extras ready.
My method is to use a hard drive or solid state cam for the long takes and the d-slr for b-roll then use the audio waves to sync all the footage in post then start subtracting everything I don't want from the video layers... at little cumbersome, but it works.
;0)
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 16/05/2011 - 15:12
gartmore wrote:
Don, I'm about to shoot a commercial/promo for for a new range of American hair products. I've decided to use a K5 since everbody else uses Canon EOS.
I dont know yet what editing platform we'll use but do I need any Pentax codecs or are the files easily recognisable?
You are on a mac?Don, I'm about to shoot a commercial/promo for for a new range of American hair products. I've decided to use a K5 since everbody else uses Canon EOS.
I dont know yet what editing platform we'll use but do I need any Pentax codecs or are the files easily recognisable?
Comment by Don posted on My new studio at 16/05/2011 - 15:07
class six or better, especially if you also shoot video...
Comment by Don posted on How fast a memory card? at 16/05/2011 - 14:42
I used class 10 cards on my K-5s now. 16Gb calss 10s are only aroudn £17 each. or maybe even less now
never hurts to buy the best you can afford. (best is not always most expensive, but in this case, a brand name class ten card is very affordable).