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Comment by Don posted on DPreview K-7 review at 05/10/2009 - 21:55
why not shoot both still and digital on each subject and see where that gets you?
I college I did that using a pentax ds2 and a superprogram and k1000, also used a canon ae1.
would set up the shot, the lighting and shoot both film and digital, easy to compare, and I had similar shots for the darkroom and computer.
I college I did that using a pentax ds2 and a superprogram and k1000, also used a canon ae1.
would set up the shot, the lighting and shoot both film and digital, easy to compare, and I had similar shots for the darkroom and computer.
Comment by Don posted on Back to basics at 03/10/2009 - 17:55
gartmore wrote:
Don,
I just bought this as a fun domestic camera editing on Windows Movie Maker. The camera has a mike and headhone input which seems to be quite unusual in something so tiny. My 14 year old daughter directed this the day we got it, she's also Chaplin in it.
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Professionally its always been Aaton film cameras or Sony professional broadcast kit editing with Avid Media Composer or more recently FCP. This is one of mine, shot on a Sony Digi Betacam:
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I know you would just kill to have a motorcycle like this!
loved them both.Don,
I just bought this as a fun domestic camera editing on Windows Movie Maker. The camera has a mike and headhone input which seems to be quite unusual in something so tiny. My 14 year old daughter directed this the day we got it, she's also Chaplin in it.
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Professionally its always been Aaton film cameras or Sony professional broadcast kit editing with Avid Media Composer or more recently FCP. This is one of mine, shot on a Sony Digi Betacam:
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I know you would just kill to have a motorcycle like this!
nice work.
the "Dram too far" one reminds me a little of a canadian film "One Week" (available on Itunes) which is well worth watching... I hope to have my film making up to your standards soon. Hard because I'm basicaly a one man show for now... wish I could hire some people and focus on producing/directing some projects.
Comment by Don posted on Nothing suitable from Pentax, so I've gone Canon at 02/10/2009 - 15:35
we really need a video section here.
so what do you edit on? hardware and software?
what are you shooting?
has that camera got an external mic input?
so what do you edit on? hardware and software?
what are you shooting?
has that camera got an external mic input?
Comment by Don posted on Nothing suitable from Pentax, so I've gone Canon at 01/10/2009 - 18:34
my ds2 gets almost as much use as our k10's.
Comment by Don posted on Pentax *ist D S dslr at 01/10/2009 - 00:04
George Lazarette wrote:
Don's beaten me to it (nothing new there), but here you are anyway. By the way, the latest 50-200 IS weather-resistant.
28-70 is not a wide-angle zoom on a Pentax DSLR. The sensor is smaller than a 35mm film frame, so you get a cropped image. 28mm looks like 42mm on a film camera.
I suspect your needs would be met by two "modestly" priced lenses, the kit 18-55 WR (for Weather-Resistant) and the 50-200 WR. In the case of the latter, 200mm would be equivalent to 300mm on a film camera.
In other words, these lenses are equivalent to 24-80 and 75-300 on a film camera. Both are weather-resistant and should serve you well until your budget expands.
And, assuming you are in the UK, this is a good place to buy:
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/
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I forgot about those! you're right!Don's beaten me to it (nothing new there), but here you are anyway. By the way, the latest 50-200 IS weather-resistant.
28-70 is not a wide-angle zoom on a Pentax DSLR. The sensor is smaller than a 35mm film frame, so you get a cropped image. 28mm looks like 42mm on a film camera.
I suspect your needs would be met by two "modestly" priced lenses, the kit 18-55 WR (for Weather-Resistant) and the 50-200 WR. In the case of the latter, 200mm would be equivalent to 300mm on a film camera.
In other words, these lenses are equivalent to 24-80 and 75-300 on a film camera. Both are weather-resistant and should serve you well until your budget expands.
And, assuming you are in the UK, this is a good place to buy:
http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/
G
Comment by Don posted on Going on vacation and need advice on lenses at 30/09/2009 - 20:39
I'd go with the 16-50 sdm and either the 50-200 (not weathersealed but cheap and solid performer can use a ziplock bag to seal it up if needed) or the 50-135
Comment by Don posted on Going on vacation and need advice on lenses at 30/09/2009 - 20:30
tripod and hdr, high dynamic range....
also, cheap halogen hardware store worklamps will do, esp if you're just using them indirectly, bounced for fill...
also, cheap halogen hardware store worklamps will do, esp if you're just using them indirectly, bounced for fill...
Comment by Don posted on Flash for interior shots ? at 30/09/2009 - 19:19
My solution is to not take it personally, when other board members go on the occasional rant about spelling.
They are great people who mean well.
They try to maintain standards and that's good.
The time limit is to prevent posters fron altering content, AFTER others have had a chance to respond to the post as it makes for some very confusing and sometimes misleading threads, hard for readers who come along later to sort out...
I have learning disabilities also. I have no choice but to live with it 24-7, they can suffer through a sentence or three, it won't really hurt them, and if someones complains, I can endure it, it won't reall hurt me either!
Forgive and forget, it is what you got to say that makes a post relevent, not whether you spelled it right that really matters.
They are great people who mean well.
They try to maintain standards and that's good.
The time limit is to prevent posters fron altering content, AFTER others have had a chance to respond to the post as it makes for some very confusing and sometimes misleading threads, hard for readers who come along later to sort out...
I have learning disabilities also. I have no choice but to live with it 24-7, they can suffer through a sentence or three, it won't really hurt them, and if someones complains, I can endure it, it won't reall hurt me either!
Forgive and forget, it is what you got to say that makes a post relevent, not whether you spelled it right that really matters.
Comment by Don posted on Dear site Moderators at 29/09/2009 - 00:59
I've yet to find the af on any of my pentax cameras (even the film bodies) lacking... mainly because I don't rely on it... prefer manual or single shot af. I never subscribed to the "Machine gun it" and sort through hundreds of shots looking for a good one style. Nothing wrong with that, just not for me. I pick my location, set my exposure and pre focus and time the shot. Until I have a reason to change my ways, I'll take my human reflexes and judgment over the cameras.
Comment by Don posted on Disappointed with my K10D Today at 27/09/2009 - 16:54
lol
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