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Comment by Don posted on DA-L 35mm f2.4 announced at 09/09/2010 - 15:37
Anvh wrote:
Don I'm actually hoping a bit more than that.
It would be great if you can also get flashguns with that, you can than "manage" your whole studio set-up from a computer or a device like a smartphone (or camera) if there is a program like that.
yeah. I've mentioned that before, but I think the speed and range of bluetooth would be better...Don I'm actually hoping a bit more than that.
It would be great if you can also get flashguns with that, you can than "manage" your whole studio set-up from a computer or a device like a smartphone (or camera) if there is a program like that.
ir ports are slow... and limited in range especially in daylight/outdoor situations...
but an ir iphone ap and a wifi sd card could make for a decent studio set up...
Comment by Don posted on K-R is here! at 09/09/2010 - 15:34
robbie_d wrote:
I've used mine occasionally for group shots, so may four or five times in the last fifteen years... face it it is easier to use a wider lens at f8 and get everything from a foot or two to infinity...gartmore wrote:
Having at first been surprised by the lack of a scale, I'm now trying to remember the last time I used one.
In fact the scale is only probably of use now, since the focal plane isn't marked on any body other than the K7 (not even on the 645 IIRC), for calculating DoF and very manual flash settings.
I'm wondering why I'm surprised or even worried about its absence.
It is reassuring to have it there though. It's a comfort blanket!Having at first been surprised by the lack of a scale, I'm now trying to remember the last time I used one.
In fact the scale is only probably of use now, since the focal plane isn't marked on any body other than the K7 (not even on the 645 IIRC), for calculating DoF and very manual flash settings.
I'm wondering why I'm surprised or even worried about its absence.
the real issues are how sharp, image quality and value.....
it could prove to be a fine performer at a modest price.....
I don't know where the official cutoff point is, but back in the film days any lens faster than f3.2 was considered fast...
Hell I think it was Stanly Kubric who spent something like fifty grand to get a Nasa medium format lens mated to a 35mm cinema camera so he could shoot at f1, twenty years ago... what do people expect for two hundred bucks?
Comment by Don posted on DA-L 35mm f2.4 announced at 09/09/2010 - 15:23
Anvh wrote:
I'm hoping for the Pentax remote software to pop up in the iTunes App store...Don wrote:
when there's "An App for that" I hope it has remote shooting, with full control over settings, also with preview (not live obviously, but a jpeg still) and intervalometer, and ability to send jpegs to the net!
It has the last option, you can send scaled down photos to your phone and upload them to the net from there according the review.when there's "An App for that" I hope it has remote shooting, with full control over settings, also with preview (not live obviously, but a jpeg still) and intervalometer, and ability to send jpegs to the net!
a touchscreen remote ap would freakin rock for studio use!
Comment by Don posted on K-R is here! at 09/09/2010 - 15:18
that infra red port....
I see some serious potential for that sucker....
if it works with the iphone......
when there's "An App for that" I hope it has remote shooting, with full control over settings, also with preview (not live obviously, but a jpeg still) and intervalometer, and ability to send jpegs to the net!
I see some serious potential for that sucker....
if it works with the iphone......
when there's "An App for that" I hope it has remote shooting, with full control over settings, also with preview (not live obviously, but a jpeg still) and intervalometer, and ability to send jpegs to the net!
Comment by Don posted on K-R is here! at 09/09/2010 - 15:10
anybody got any info on using manual aperture, shutter, iso in movie movie mode?
Comment by Don posted on K-R is here! at 09/09/2010 - 14:51
still, it is faster than any kit lens......
Comment by Don posted on DA-L 35mm f2.4 announced at 09/09/2010 - 14:50
thoughton wrote:
If you are comparing it to a 35mm f1.4 lens then yes, I suppose you could say it is 1.5 stops slower. But Canon and Nikon 35/1.4 lenses cost around £1300 each. I don't think anyone will be comparing them.
I will be if the pentax is sharper.....flossie wrote:
Eh? Snootchies wrote:
I also cannot understand comments about this lens being slow. f2.4 is not slow at all.
Its at least 1 if not 1.5 stops off being fast.I also cannot understand comments about this lens being slow. f2.4 is not slow at all.
If you are comparing it to a 35mm f1.4 lens then yes, I suppose you could say it is 1.5 stops slower. But Canon and Nikon 35/1.4 lenses cost around £1300 each. I don't think anyone will be comparing them.
Comment by Don posted on DA-L 35mm f2.4 announced at 09/09/2010 - 14:43
I've swapped mounts on a damaged sigma 400... it's not easy...
my advice, don't fix it if it ain't broke.
my advice, don't fix it if it ain't broke.
Comment by Don posted on Mount change? at 08/09/2010 - 18:12
TOZZA27 wrote:
Just reinforces what I said before when I saw your Sci-Fi video - you are a very very clever man...........................just don`t ask me to explain it !!
Regards
Tony
Well thank you...Just reinforces what I said before when I saw your Sci-Fi video - you are a very very clever man...........................just don`t ask me to explain it !!
Regards
Tony
I view applied intelligence as being more valuable than just raw intelligence.
I'd like to think that the guy who first discovered fire was less popular than the guy who first tried putting the fire under a slab of beef.
It's all about HOW you APPLY the discovery..
Comment by Don posted on Venturing into the World of primes at 08/09/2010 - 18:01
I was chatting about the famous Kubrick NASA lenses recently, it was two f0.7 lenses. Interesting write-up about it here.
I worship Stan Kubric BTW......