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Comment by Don posted on Newbie lens advice please at 10/02/2011 - 19:40
also agree that is a good idea.
suggest they not use flash.
Ipads are getting really popular and I don'e use flash on my computer either...
suggest they not use flash.
Ipads are getting really popular and I don'e use flash on my computer either...
Comment by Don posted on Gallery questions at 10/02/2011 - 15:39
Nobody at Pentax asked me to shoot one.....
so if they're willing to settle for second rate photographers, they might as well let some canon shooters in.
lol!
so if they're willing to settle for second rate photographers, they might as well let some canon shooters in.
lol!
Comment by Don posted on Am I Missing Something at 09/02/2011 - 17:12
for landscapes the best "Night" shots are at dawn or dusk while the sky is still fairly dark...
Comment by Don posted on How to do Night-time Photography? at 08/02/2011 - 23:15
giggles and googles and here is a possible solution:
link
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Comment by Don posted on K-x and long range remote at 08/02/2011 - 23:08
I like it.
should get one for my boy.
We'll call it the WedGie.
should get one for my boy.
We'll call it the WedGie.
Comment by Don posted on New Optio WG-1 GPS at 08/02/2011 - 23:03
JonSchick wrote:
Eek - too ugly to buy!! You don't need to convince me about mirrorless though.... I love my m43 kit and really wish Pentax would join the club with a higher spec and WR offering... I don't think I'm the only one either.
Cheers,
Jon
ugly or no, there is no law that says it has to look like a rectangular box with a lens sticking out from the widest flat area. If you need a longer flange distance you can look at more ergonomic shapes, video cameras have been doing it for years....Eek - too ugly to buy!! You don't need to convince me about mirrorless though.... I love my m43 kit and really wish Pentax would join the club with a higher spec and WR offering... I don't think I'm the only one either.
Cheers,
Jon
My sony hdr hc1 is much easier to hold still and shoot with than my k10's, or my sr12....
as an evil this is the one to beat :
yank that mic off, add a detachable evf and put pentax k mount on it.
photos and videos with my system lenses.
Pentax make, I buy.
remember slrs are designed to make looking through the optical finder easier...while holding the camera still for a fraction of a second....for both horizontal and vertical shots video cameras were designed to be held still longer than a minute.... try one you will see...
Comment by Don posted on Mirrorless... at 08/02/2011 - 22:52
JonSchick wrote:
Hmmm - mirrorless K mount is pointless because the distance the lens has to be mounted from the sensor is too great. Look at the adapters you have to use to make a K fit lens work on m43 and it becomes clear that you end up with little or no size advantage compared to a dSLR when you are using legacy SLR lenses. Legacy rangefinder lenses are a completely different matter, and the adapters for them are much smaller.
If Pentax go mirrorless, I wouldn't bank on them doing it with their existing series of lenses - you'd need an adapter the best part of an inch long to make them work.
I think you are looking at it from the wrong perspective.Hmmm - mirrorless K mount is pointless because the distance the lens has to be mounted from the sensor is too great. Look at the adapters you have to use to make a K fit lens work on m43 and it becomes clear that you end up with little or no size advantage compared to a dSLR when you are using legacy SLR lenses. Legacy rangefinder lenses are a completely different matter, and the adapters for them are much smaller.
If Pentax go mirrorless, I wouldn't bank on them doing it with their existing series of lenses - you'd need an adapter the best part of an inch long to make them work.
The reason to go mirrorless is not about size, but cost. look at a "Super Program" with "Pancake 40mm" and compare that to the Samsung or Sony mirrorless... which is smaller?
Cost of the mechanical bits and optical bits that make up an slr is high compared to an evf.
our slrs, like many other types of cameras before them are dinosaurs. They are going to go extinct, relegated to a few enthusiasts.
The future is going to be about getting excellent photos and videos from imaging devices that are all electronic with as few moving parts as possible...
Just like digital overtook film, mirrorless will overtake slrs with mechanical shutters, mirrors and optical penta prisms. it isn't an "If" question... it is a "When"...
Pentax could release the first really pro mirrorless class camera if it wanted to.
I would rather that camera accepted my existing lens collection.
I want Pentax to make it a k-mount system.
They can make it small and ergonomic if they choose to.
there is no reason to confine ones thinking to attaching a lens to a box, look at sony's nex vg10..... Pentax has made video cams in the past..
put the k-5's guts in a k-mount with wr into something like this:
and go mirrorless...
Comment by Don posted on Mirrorless... at 08/02/2011 - 21:02
George Lazarette wrote:
Don,
There can't be just one or two people buying all the world's Pentax lenses.
There must be lots. And if lots of people are prepared to pay a high price, then that's the going rate.
Of course, we also need to look at the supply side. It may be that the constant stream of sellers that fuelled the market in days gone by has now dried up. Perhaps there was a perception that Pentax were doomed and people wanted to get rid of their stuff. Now there may be a perception that Pentax is on a roll, and it's worth hanging on.
But either way, it's buyers that set prices, not sellers. If once you were prepared to pay £20.00 for a 500mm 1:1.7, you might now be prepared to pay much more because:
1 A new one costs several hundred, and
2 They're damn good lenses, and
3 You can always sell it again, and with lens prices going up, you might well make a profit.
It's like codfish. Cod used to be cheap. Now that it's scarce, people have realised that it's one of the finest fish in the sea, and are prepared to pay salmon prices for it. A few years ago that would have been unthinkable. But it's the preception/realisation that it is good that has inspired people to pay much more for it. After all, there are plenty of other fish in the sea. (At the moment!)
G
you are right I think there are three or four, all on this forum...lol!Don,
There can't be just one or two people buying all the world's Pentax lenses.
There must be lots. And if lots of people are prepared to pay a high price, then that's the going rate.
Of course, we also need to look at the supply side. It may be that the constant stream of sellers that fuelled the market in days gone by has now dried up. Perhaps there was a perception that Pentax were doomed and people wanted to get rid of their stuff. Now there may be a perception that Pentax is on a roll, and it's worth hanging on.
But either way, it's buyers that set prices, not sellers. If once you were prepared to pay £20.00 for a 500mm 1:1.7, you might now be prepared to pay much more because:
1 A new one costs several hundred, and
2 They're damn good lenses, and
3 You can always sell it again, and with lens prices going up, you might well make a profit.
It's like codfish. Cod used to be cheap. Now that it's scarce, people have realised that it's one of the finest fish in the sea, and are prepared to pay salmon prices for it. A few years ago that would have been unthinkable. But it's the preception/realisation that it is good that has inspired people to pay much more for it. After all, there are plenty of other fish in the sea. (At the moment!)
G
I get what you're saying, you're probably right...
Comment by Don posted on Are Pentax getting too popular? at 08/02/2011 - 20:48
will try.
Comment by Don posted on Popular Photography WTF? at 08/02/2011 - 20:41
100 mm macro if you can afford it.