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lol!
lol!
Comment by Don posted on Please Pentax, Pleeease! at 11/01/2011 - 14:41
get some old magazines, any kind of magazines, look at the better photos and take a ruler and draw tic-tac-toe lines across the page.....
now google "Rule of thirds"
now google "Rule of thirds"
Comment by Don posted on Your best tips for a DSLR beginner? at 11/01/2011 - 14:37
SmutjeUK wrote:
Interesting Interview, only missing the part of getting more affordable long range lenses. It would have been for me a clear cut question with the target of high end enthusiasts clearly in their focus.
I still aim for the Sigma 150-500 within the next 4 to 6 month or so but would be happy to save some more and get a Pentax one in the max. £1500 range.
Pentax should realise that there is a market for those lenses and I feel that they should have at least something new and affordable in the long range lenses (but that's only me, cant see myself as lucky as 'Unlocker' )
a lightweight WR 200-400 f4-6 all plastic lens for $450.00 cdn would sell....Interesting Interview, only missing the part of getting more affordable long range lenses. It would have been for me a clear cut question with the target of high end enthusiasts clearly in their focus.
I still aim for the Sigma 150-500 within the next 4 to 6 month or so but would be happy to save some more and get a Pentax one in the max. £1500 range.
Pentax should realise that there is a market for those lenses and I feel that they should have at least something new and affordable in the long range lenses (but that's only me, cant see myself as lucky as 'Unlocker' )
Comment by Don posted on Pentax at major UK event? at 11/01/2011 - 14:34
cardiff_gareth wrote:
Don, can't you do the same if you was to tether the camera to a pc/laptop whilst in a studio for the same effect :
tell you two things for sure...Don, can't you do the same if you was to tether the camera to a pc/laptop whilst in a studio for the same effect :
Pentax is the little guy with solid products and a history of innovation...
This is not the time for Pentax to be conservative lest they become history.
They need innovations that will make history.
the 645-d with raw hd or 3-d video capabilities will make cinematic history and secure Pentax's place in a niche market that will really take off with film makers on budget.
as for tethering... Pentax needs have an ap on two or three smartphone platforms and it needs to be wireless, with live view and remote control and intervalometer as well as wireless connectivity to the computers...
it has to be a wi-fi card and software solution that is fast! Pentax remote, and silkypix combined into a ipad ap.
Pentax is too conservative for it's own good sometimes.
Comment by Don posted on Pentax please pay attention: at 11/01/2011 - 14:31
hefty1 wrote:
Surely the resolution limit for playback is HD/1080p so using a 40MP camera seems like complete overkill. Plus the amount of time a computer would take to edit video files shot at full resolution could be measured on a calendar. I'm not really interested in video personally so maybe I'm missing a trick here, but I'd have thought something around the size of an APS-C/35mm sensor would be perfect (with lots of pixel binning to lower the resolution to HD size).
Let's face it, if you can afford a 645D with a set of lenses then you could probably break out some spare change for a K5 to take on video duties..?
Red Onepentaxian450 wrote:
The downside is that they are slower to use. It takes longer to save a picture to the card and have it show up on the rear screen...
Good point! When playing with the one in SRS we did notice the write times were a little on the slow side. To be fair though it is having to write huge amounts of data and my memory card (being quite elderly) probably didn't help. Plus it will let you take the next shot while it's still writing the last one.The downside is that they are slower to use. It takes longer to save a picture to the card and have it show up on the rear screen...
Don wrote:
I want a 645-d that shoots video.
Why though?I want a 645-d that shoots video.
Surely the resolution limit for playback is HD/1080p so using a 40MP camera seems like complete overkill. Plus the amount of time a computer would take to edit video files shot at full resolution could be measured on a calendar. I'm not really interested in video personally so maybe I'm missing a trick here, but I'd have thought something around the size of an APS-C/35mm sensor would be perfect (with lots of pixel binning to lower the resolution to HD size).
Let's face it, if you can afford a 645D with a set of lenses then you could probably break out some spare change for a K5 to take on video duties..?
think big
Smeggypants wrote:
I'd love to try one also.
I'm not sure I'd ever want to move to a medium format system though. Even if I had the money. I mean unless you are in the business of snapping professionally to have shots enlarged to poster/billboard/etc size ...
Maybe I'd change my mind if I tried one. But £8k better?
having shot everything from the k1000 to the 645 as well as 4x5 and an 8x10 view camera.... and having used evf and compact, as well as d-slrs...I'd love to try one also.
I'm not sure I'd ever want to move to a medium format system though. Even if I had the money. I mean unless you are in the business of snapping professionally to have shots enlarged to poster/billboard/etc size ...
Maybe I'd change my mind if I tried one. But £8k better?
I would have chosen a 4x5 over the old 645 just for the tilt and swing movements...
right now... I'd kill for a 645d with video.... ok kill is a little extreme...
I'm way more extreme than that... It is more inhumane to just wound 'em and leave 'em suffering... but I digress, I want a 645-d that shoots video.
link Pentax is selling cameras that much is for sure!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax at major UK event? at 10/01/2011 - 23:46
excellent!
Comment by Don posted on After holiday shock at 10/01/2011 - 23:35
davem wrote:
I have never handled a medium format so I am not sure what to expect, but I am always willing to give something new a try, so please pm me with an offer Mr pentax...
I wish also... but it does handle like a d-slr... it isn't much bigger or heavier than the big Canikon ff'ers really.. it is thicker, but well balanced.... so I've heard...I have never handled a medium format so I am not sure what to expect, but I am always willing to give something new a try, so please pm me with an offer Mr pentax...
I did shoot the 645 a couple times, a friends... not mine... the film version wasn't too big to handhold...
adding video won't hurt image quality... k10 vs k5... think about it...
ccd and cmos are both used for video sensors in pro video cameras....
heat and other issues can be addressed... what would be needed is the computing power of the k5 x two cores which could be done and combined with dual card slots and faster af to increase the 645's burst rate to match the k5's current abilities... now sensor size... use pixel doubling (or quadrupling) to get 1080 p with ultra low light video capabilities, and also release a (2 lenses in one) 3-d lens ( each lens using one half the big sensor) to record simultaneous 1080p video streams ( you lose some low light performance) and you'd have the highest resolution 3-d on the prosumer market...
all without sacrificing still image quality....