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Comment by Don posted on Anyone else noticed the price drops at SRS? at 27/03/2011 - 18:54
snap 'em up now before the prices go wayy up.... that disaster in Japan WILL push prices up, and make supplies short... Even though Pentax did not experience any direct damages, Sony did, and th economic fallout will affect prices for sure...
I just snapped up the last kr at one of my favorite stores, and they've already been warned by suppliers that there will be shortages and price hikes coming... on everything from Japan.
I just snapped up the last kr at one of my favorite stores, and they've already been warned by suppliers that there will be shortages and price hikes coming... on everything from Japan.
Comment by Don posted on Anyone else noticed the price drops at SRS? at 27/03/2011 - 17:33
Smeggypants wrote:
The Pentax Factory is located here
Which is quite high up and inland looking at the map
That is a SONY sensor in that Pentax camera is it not?Gwyn wrote:
I imagine that recent events in Japan are now impacting on deliveries of new cameras. Even if they are not assembled in Japan many (all?) parts come from there.
The tsnunami/quake only affected one region of Japan.I imagine that recent events in Japan are now impacting on deliveries of new cameras. Even if they are not assembled in Japan many (all?) parts come from there.
The Pentax Factory is located here
Which is quite high up and inland looking at the map
Comment by Don posted on K5 Sensor Issues... at 27/03/2011 - 03:55
Comment by Don posted on pop photo kr review at 23/03/2011 - 22:52
I do not care what it is. I am wearing my tinfoil hat and probe resistant underwear.
Comment by Don posted on What in the world is this "thing"? at 23/03/2011 - 13:07
my serious guess is this.. lot's of people these days are using helium balloons to try to launch cameras and cell phones into the stratosphere:
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Comment by Don posted on What in the world is this "thing"? at 21/03/2011 - 13:42
google: Iran flying saucer
Comment by Don posted on What in the world is this "thing"? at 20/03/2011 - 23:38
Tyr wrote:
Why buy huge studio flashes when I can achieve the same with a bunch of off camera hotshoe flashes?
that is like saying why use a transport truck, when I can use a bunch of pick-up trucks...Why buy huge studio flashes when I can achieve the same with a bunch of off camera hotshoe flashes?
each light has it's use, but I suspect if you have to do a lot of shooting, you'll still be getting accurate exposures and fast recycle times off a decent set of studio lights long after your "bunch of off camera hotshoe flashes" are eating batteries and melting thier plastic lenses and popping capacitors....
a pro needs both, depending on the nature of the job.
Comment by Don posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 20/03/2011 - 15:44
Tyr wrote:
my studio strobes cannot, but some carefully placed nd gels or white cloth can cut the output right down in a pinch...Algernon wrote:
Can't you just put a ND filter over the lens?
f/2.8 with studio flash may not be possible unless you can
turn it down to 1/8th or 1/16th power.
At f/2.8 Tungsten would be better.
One reason Metz 58s are so good. They go down to 1/256!Can't you just put a ND filter over the lens?
f/2.8 with studio flash may not be possible unless you can
turn it down to 1/8th or 1/16th power.
At f/2.8 Tungsten would be better.
Comment by Don posted on Wireless trigger for studio lights at 18/03/2011 - 21:00
Algernon wrote:
Would it not be better to just ban these Apple Fanbuoy posts John.
It seems we can't go a month without someone bragging about how much better than a PC Apple is. I've never seen it the other way around and I don't think someone coming on here saying how much better a Nikon is than a Pentax would be tolerated.
Also ban any comments on Elinchrom, as clearly not made by pentax and lighting fanboys just want to brag about how much bigger thier lights are than the Pentax flashes.Would it not be better to just ban these Apple Fanbuoy posts John.
It seems we can't go a month without someone bragging about how much better than a PC Apple is. I've never seen it the other way around and I don't think someone coming on here saying how much better a Nikon is than a Pentax would be tolerated.
From lights to computers, to lens and filters.... like it or not there is a lot of differing opinions and techniques, but if people are willing to share.... then why not look at what does and does not work?
seriously you can't think that what happens to the digital files when they come out of the camera is irrelevant to digital photography? I found a workflow that is easy and reliable, and if that bothers some, it might steer some others away from the headaches and problems associated from buying something that won't work.
I didn't become an apple fanboy because I had too much money and too little brains, I became an Apple customer because I had a horrendous experience with Microsoft and switched. I became an apple fanboy, because the products and services fit the needs and worked well. I see somebody having troubles and offered the one solution I KNOW FOR CERTAIN WILL WORK.
You might as call to ban me for offering composition or exposure or camera technique advice while you are at it.
Lighten up, it's supposed to be fun!
Comment by Don posted on Grindingly Slow Laptop! at 18/03/2011 - 20:31
Unsure how that will affect lenses though Don... they're assembled in Vietnam, although maybe the glass iteslf is manufactured in Japan. Might offer a slight advantage to Pentax, even.