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Comment by Don posted on 50mm lens with 1.7 AF converter at 24/02/2011 - 17:19
michaelblue wrote:
I have a question:
When I fit my 50mm manual focus lens onto my K10D with a Pentax AF 1.7 converter, what is the focal length of the lens then.
Is it 50 x 1.7 x 1.5 = 127.5mm?
And what do I enter into the 'shake reduction' menu for manual lenses, 50 or 127?
It's been puzzling me.
Anybody??
yep.I have a question:
When I fit my 50mm manual focus lens onto my K10D with a Pentax AF 1.7 converter, what is the focal length of the lens then.
Is it 50 x 1.7 x 1.5 = 127.5mm?
And what do I enter into the 'shake reduction' menu for manual lenses, 50 or 127?
It's been puzzling me.
Anybody??
Comment by Don posted on 50mm lens with 1.7 AF converter at 24/02/2011 - 17:06
timd wrote:
It's wonderful the response. I had hoped that I would have a concrete answer, but that was naive. What I can tell is that either (or more lenses) would do. How about the new DA 35f2.4? Any experience? DA35f2.4 vs DA40f2.8?
Sorry Dr Mhuni - 2nd hand not an option here. Brand new is also a mission. Cannikon has rather killed the competition in SA.
Tim
It's wonderful the response. I had hoped that I would have a concrete answer, but that was naive. What I can tell is that either (or more lenses) would do. How about the new DA 35f2.4? Any experience? DA35f2.4 vs DA40f2.8?
Sorry Dr Mhuni - 2nd hand not an option here. Brand new is also a mission. Cannikon has rather killed the competition in SA.
Tim
I cannot complain.
Comment by Don posted on Sigma 50f1.4 vs Pentax 40f2.8 at 24/02/2011 - 16:23
Where is this kid's mother? he's gonna poke somebody's eye out waving that stick around...
Comment by Don posted on Which hand should I hold the baton in? at 24/02/2011 - 16:10
link
put that in a k-5 and I'll take two, please.
ps those that argue about Pentax's video format choice... the huger avi files do have one benefit over avchd and other compressed video formats... if you are doing any chroma keying, you should be able to get better compositing off the Pentax...
anybody out there tried greenscreening with your Pentax videos?
Comment by Don posted on this is right up my EVIL alley.. at 24/02/2011 - 15:52
I, personally gave out, for free, more useful photography tips on this very forum in the last three months than a person paying for a two year subscription to a couple magazines could get for the cost of a lens.
that is why magazine sales are down.
I work for a publisher.
They publish two magazines.
One mag is all weddings, the other home improvements...
I shoot video and stills for the home improvements, even though I built my business doing weddings.
I do not advertise in thier wedding publication.
simple reason why... too many ads and advertorials....
I think a bride wants and needs all the current info available to buy what she needs to plan her wedding. It makes sense, and the magazine is upfront about it. She isn't subscribing to a two year subscription on how to be married, she is looking for ads and ideas to plan her wedding now!
I want less brides calling me, and more of the advertisers that need images for that wedding magazine to call me, so why run another "Me too" ad there? I advertise in the the sister magazine that has real content, and hope for more corporate clients.
That magazine can justify the all ads format and still give value to the buyer!
Why are photography mags all ads? no value to the buyer.
that is why magazine sales are down.
I work for a publisher.
They publish two magazines.
One mag is all weddings, the other home improvements...
I shoot video and stills for the home improvements, even though I built my business doing weddings.
I do not advertise in thier wedding publication.
simple reason why... too many ads and advertorials....
I think a bride wants and needs all the current info available to buy what she needs to plan her wedding. It makes sense, and the magazine is upfront about it. She isn't subscribing to a two year subscription on how to be married, she is looking for ads and ideas to plan her wedding now!
I want less brides calling me, and more of the advertisers that need images for that wedding magazine to call me, so why run another "Me too" ad there? I advertise in the the sister magazine that has real content, and hope for more corporate clients.
That magazine can justify the all ads format and still give value to the buyer!
Why are photography mags all ads? no value to the buyer.
Comment by Don posted on Amateur Photographer at 24/02/2011 - 14:57
Magazines as a whole need to either up the editorial content, and cut back on the "reviews" and "awards". Or mark their "Tests" Reviews" and "Awards" as advertorials.
Just be honest and quit fooling themselves.
The mags need the ads to cover the publishing costs. The mags need to sell cameras to attract the advertisers.
The manufacturers need the ads and the mags to sell equipment...
The person with the least clout, is also the person who pays for the mags and the equipment.
So if Pentax were to sell more cameras and buy more ads, and get more coverage in the process... I suppose it would be no different...
The real reason for consumer backlash, is not about who's winning the game... It is about the lack of useful, credible information. The mags have too much advertising, and not enough content.
That is why I stopped buying years ago.
I had a box of pop photo mags from the 70's I bought for a quater at a yard sale.... They were big on content, and ads's made up a small percentage of the pages. I learned about photography.
I bought some of the new mags, in the late eighties, and quickly realized the mag was 80% ads and what few articles with actual content in them, were all biased towards "Get better photos...Buy this...." but.... but...BUT!!!
the actual useful photography tips... THEY WERE THE SAME BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE SEVENTIES, just a lot less info with newer gear.
You can subscribe to tens years worth of pop-photo and get less photography tips than a single John Hedgcoe book.
count the costs, and ignore the ads... what do you get for your money?
Biased reviews you cannot trust and little else.
Just be honest and quit fooling themselves.
The mags need the ads to cover the publishing costs. The mags need to sell cameras to attract the advertisers.
The manufacturers need the ads and the mags to sell equipment...
The person with the least clout, is also the person who pays for the mags and the equipment.
So if Pentax were to sell more cameras and buy more ads, and get more coverage in the process... I suppose it would be no different...
The real reason for consumer backlash, is not about who's winning the game... It is about the lack of useful, credible information. The mags have too much advertising, and not enough content.
That is why I stopped buying years ago.
I had a box of pop photo mags from the 70's I bought for a quater at a yard sale.... They were big on content, and ads's made up a small percentage of the pages. I learned about photography.
I bought some of the new mags, in the late eighties, and quickly realized the mag was 80% ads and what few articles with actual content in them, were all biased towards "Get better photos...Buy this...." but.... but...BUT!!!
the actual useful photography tips... THEY WERE THE SAME BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE SEVENTIES, just a lot less info with newer gear.
You can subscribe to tens years worth of pop-photo and get less photography tips than a single John Hedgcoe book.
count the costs, and ignore the ads... what do you get for your money?
Biased reviews you cannot trust and little else.
Comment by Don posted on Amateur Photographer at 24/02/2011 - 14:52
when in doubt, go without.
anything can be a backdrop.
try using a cookie Cucoloris and a gel to project a pattern on any wall or surface..
(and yes, those that know me prolly guessed that I found that by mistake because I'm dyslexic and was googling dirty words...
anything can be a backdrop.
try using a cookie Cucoloris and a gel to project a pattern on any wall or surface..
(and yes, those that know me prolly guessed that I found that by mistake because I'm dyslexic and was googling dirty words...
Comment by Don posted on Portrait backdrops? at 24/02/2011 - 12:33
fatspider wrote:
I can recommend a reliable ebay seller to help alleviate your problem, just do a user search for "fragrance direct"
Seriously I've used them twice for the wifes needs (I dont wear it myself...honest)
I'm not saying women are easily fooled, but they could save a fortune on perfume, if they'd only realize that men are more attracted to bacon than pheromones....I can recommend a reliable ebay seller to help alleviate your problem, just do a user search for "fragrance direct"
Seriously I've used them twice for the wifes needs (I dont wear it myself...honest)
Comment by Don posted on I'm in trouble.. at 24/02/2011 - 00:53
I usually tell them I'm on my way out and ask them to call me back on my other line later. Then give them a number of somebody I do not like.
for example, those people that show up at your door offering you a religious magazine.....keep thier number... it come in handy later.
for example, those people that show up at your door offering you a religious magazine.....keep thier number... it come in handy later.
Comment by Don posted on Your Computer is sending at 23/02/2011 - 18:10
I stand corrected! I forgot the sr takes the actual focal length no 1.5 conversion required.
time for coffee!