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Comment by Don posted on The family that bikes together.... at 24/04/2010 - 01:20
texasphotographer wrote:
...so im looking for the most lowest cost option for portable strobe lighting. i only need maybe two monolights at the most for on location photoshoots, and me being the pentax user that refuses to switch to canon or nikon...my options seem limited here in the US. Any suggestions?
buy big names, buy used. for every ten new "photography" businesses you see popping up there will be five or ten other "going out of business sales"....so im looking for the most lowest cost option for portable strobe lighting. i only need maybe two monolights at the most for on location photoshoots, and me being the pentax user that refuses to switch to canon or nikon...my options seem limited here in the US. Any suggestions?
you'll probably get some extras thrown in as well.
the main advantage with systems, is the range of accessories and light modifiers, so why go with a new cheap set of limited range and questionable build quality, when there are great buys for elinchrom, prophoto and other big name systems going cheap used?
make sure it works and you'll get both quality and affordable prices.
Comment by Don posted on portable studio lighting at 23/04/2010 - 14:38
layingback wrote:
K20D:
- non-crippled KAF2 mount
- TTL flash compatibility
- quieter shutter
- better battery level display ( >50?% + < 50?% is laughable, give us 4 levels at least in top LCD and % in Menu )
in that order.
The lack of the 1st 2 is almost inexcusable as the development work was already in the bag from earlier models.
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already done on the 645d which shares many an internal organ with the k7K20D:
- non-crippled KAF2 mount
- TTL flash compatibility
- quieter shutter
- better battery level display ( >50?% + < 50?% is laughable, give us 4 levels at least in top LCD and % in Menu )
in that order.
The lack of the 1st 2 is almost inexcusable as the development work was already in the bag from earlier models.
dougf8 wrote:
Double SDHC slots and/or USB host adapter to backup to a USB memory key on the fly.
That would be a big change, but it occurs to me that Copy SDHC card to USB/Video Connector (the one for TV out cable) could be done in just f/w. A mini-USB to USB (female) cable/adapter and on-location backup would be trivial - with the flexibility to back up to cards/thumbs/etc.Double SDHC slots and/or USB host adapter to backup to a USB memory key on the fly.
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as i already said, having the sd card slot in the external grip active would be awsome! imagine being able to put one of those wifi cards inside tha camera, a second sd card in the grip, and write simultanious jpeg to the internal wifi sd card and raw to the easily accessable grip card...
jpeg proofs popping up on your computer over wifi and raw back ups on the card in the grip.
Comment by Don posted on How would you improve your Pentax SLR? at 23/04/2010 - 14:37
Mongoose wrote:
certainly if I was going taking portraits (something I don't do much of) I wouldn't be without my 50 1.4.
So the macro hunts too much for portrait work, ok, the OP said he has 3 ~50mm primes already, what are the other two and why are they not suitable?
I'm not trying to be argumentative here, just trying to ask the questions the OP needs to ask himself to know that he's spending his money on a lens that will actually help him over and above what he already has.
I wouldn't go that far, but for candid work, low light etc it is an issue. imagine trying to capture a candid portrait only to have your lens whining as it pulls focus from infinity to macro and back two or three times while trying to focus!certainly if I was going taking portraits (something I don't do much of) I wouldn't be without my 50 1.4.
So the macro hunts too much for portrait work, ok, the OP said he has 3 ~50mm primes already, what are the other two and why are they not suitable?
I'm not trying to be argumentative here, just trying to ask the questions the OP needs to ask himself to know that he's spending his money on a lens that will actually help him over and above what he already has.
if he's got three 50's then the 1.7 teleconverter on one of them would really be useful.
Comment by Don posted on 70mm limited as a portrait lens at 20/04/2010 - 18:43
Mongoose wrote:
forgive me if this is a stupid question, but if the length you really want is 50/55, why not just use the 50 Macro you already have?
Is there something about the macro that makes it unsuitable for portraits? I used to have one on a work camera and it seemed fantastic in every way, just couldn't get enough of the double clutched quick shift.
forgive me if this is a stupid question, but if the length you really want is 50/55, why not just use the 50 Macro you already have?
Is there something about the macro that makes it unsuitable for portraits? I used to have one on a work camera and it seemed fantastic in every way, just couldn't get enough of the double clutched quick shift.
Mongoose wrote:
forgive me if this is a stupid question, but if the length you really want is 50/55, why not just use the 50 Macro you already have?
Is there something about the macro that makes it unsuitable for portraits? I used to have one on a work camera and it seemed fantastic in every way, just couldn't get enough of the double clutched quick shift.
I bought the 50mm macro and returned it. af hunted too much in lower light levels.forgive me if this is a stupid question, but if the length you really want is 50/55, why not just use the 50 Macro you already have?
Is there something about the macro that makes it unsuitable for portraits? I used to have one on a work camera and it seemed fantastic in every way, just couldn't get enough of the double clutched quick shift.
I preferred the 50 1.4 and 100 mm macro for portraits.
in fact my portrait arsenal includes the 50 1.4, (I have both af and the mf) the 100 mm macro, 85mm 2.2 soft, 16-45 f4, 28-70 f4 and the 1.7 convrter for use with both my manual focus lenses.
Comment by Don posted on 70mm limited as a portrait lens at 20/04/2010 - 15:57
last I heard cs2 run under windows on a mac still ran faster than cs2 under windoze on a pc...
Comment by Don posted on Extending Photoshop Elements at 16/04/2010 - 17:12
Karsh for me.
Comment by Don posted on Portrait Photography at 15/04/2010 - 23:55
dougf8 wrote:
Double SDHC slots and/or USB host adapter to backup to a USB memory key on the fly.
RAW recovery mode, ability to run through the buffer and pick out an image and save it as raw even if you're in JPEG mode. (either that or the camera ghosts the last 7 images on the SDHC card in background so they can be recovered).
i'd settle for some connectivity between the spare card in the grip and the camera body....Double SDHC slots and/or USB host adapter to backup to a USB memory key on the fly.
RAW recovery mode, ability to run through the buffer and pick out an image and save it as raw even if you're in JPEG mode. (either that or the camera ghosts the last 7 images on the SDHC card in background so they can be recovered).
Comment by Don posted on How would you improve your Pentax SLR? at 13/04/2010 - 19:42
is there where we post stoopid comments?
Just askin!
Just askin!
Comment by Don posted on stupid comments at 10/04/2010 - 15:35
google chuckklr04 and see what a mans man can do with a ct70!
dude got pulled over for speeding while doing a cross country run to sturgis south dakota on a ct70!!!!!
I nearly died laughing!