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K10D wrote:
I covered fashion shows several months back. I used the K5, D700 and D7000. Neither the K5 or the D7000 would lock on in the evening sessions which were in very poor light. The D700 locked on without fail. Maybe I need to bin the K5 and D7000 and get a Panasonic as a back up camera.
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I thought the point of having a through the lens optical viewfinder was to facilitate composing and focusing? why not switch to manual focus in low light?I covered fashion shows several months back. I used the K5, D700 and D7000. Neither the K5 or the D7000 would lock on in the evening sessions which were in very poor light. The D700 locked on without fail. Maybe I need to bin the K5 and D7000 and get a Panasonic as a back up camera.
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Comment by Don posted on What do we want from the K-5 replacement at 02/09/2012 - 19:41
xbow wrote:
Don't hold your breath on dual card slots. Just about the last thing I'd ask for given it would almost certainly have to increase the body size.
actually increasing the buffer ram, adding it's own internal memory say 16 gigs and the freeing up the cardslot for an eye-fii cards would speed things up a bit.. also adding a better connector to the bottom of the camera and making the acessory grip with a usable card slot as opposed to a card holder would add more storage space without having to change anything on the outside of the camera body at all.Don't hold your breath on dual card slots. Just about the last thing I'd ask for given it would almost certainly have to increase the body size.
Comment by Don posted on What do we want from the K-5 replacement at 01/09/2012 - 15:36
steven9761 wrote:
Bottom line - AA batteries are designed to hold a voltage capacity of 1.5 volts (give or take a few millivolts).
link (comparison) shows that you are correct in what you say, but it also backs up my point.
that .25 volt difference times 4 batteries adds up though... as I said.. it isn't as simple as 1.5x4... 1.2 (or 1.25)x4 is a big difference... if the equipment is sensitive... so the OP's question is to broad to give a correct answer to. Don wrote:
you cannot just add up 1.5 x 4
different battery types have different characteristics and voltages...
nicad and alkaline and lithium and nmhi are all gonna be different...
Don - it's the basic principle of electrics. AA Batteries are manufactured to produce an average voltage (when fresh) of 1.5V. The different chemical types you mentioned may discharge their stored capacity at differing rates, hence the reason why high-capacity devices such as flashguns should not be powered by standard batteries - the capacitors inside flashguns cause the chemicals inside to literally boil, and results in leakage. The batteries you mentioned have a less volatile reaction, thus they are recommended for use in such devices...you cannot just add up 1.5 x 4
different battery types have different characteristics and voltages...
nicad and alkaline and lithium and nmhi are all gonna be different...
Bottom line - AA batteries are designed to hold a voltage capacity of 1.5 volts (give or take a few millivolts).
link (comparison) shows that you are correct in what you say, but it also backs up my point.
and the voltage is irrelevant.... the battery type of course matters most here.. with nimh being the best performance/cost value available... and there being multiple capacities available amongst the brands and models... a simple voltage test means nothing here..
Comment by Don posted on Do you have a k-r with an AA adapter? at 01/09/2012 - 00:51
you cannot just add up 1.5 x 4
different battery types have different characteristics and voltages...
nicad and alkaline and lithium and nmhi are all gonna be different...
different battery types have different characteristics and voltages...
nicad and alkaline and lithium and nmhi are all gonna be different...
Comment by Don posted on Do you have a k-r with an AA adapter? at 31/08/2012 - 22:35
I find the menus perfectly usable. never did like the menues on my canon g5 (the last canons I owned was the g5 and pro 1) ..
Penatx is no worse than any other... if you're used to one brand, then of course the other brands seem unintuitive because it is different than what you're used to.
now as for what I'd like..
how about the same k-5 with better/faster af, all the video features of the k-01 and a slew of performance upgrades like faster processing, more buffer ram, wi-fi and 4-k video, and an articulated wr screen?
a k-5n so to speak...
Penatx is no worse than any other... if you're used to one brand, then of course the other brands seem unintuitive because it is different than what you're used to.
now as for what I'd like..
how about the same k-5 with better/faster af, all the video features of the k-01 and a slew of performance upgrades like faster processing, more buffer ram, wi-fi and 4-k video, and an articulated wr screen?
a k-5n so to speak...
Comment by Don posted on What do we want from the K-5 replacement at 30/08/2012 - 17:07
cabstar wrote:
I wonder why no one has made a dslr with no extras, just the basic aperture, shutter & ISO settings. I would buy one of those...
mainly because there would be no cost savings to pass along to the consumer....I wonder why no one has made a dslr with no extras, just the basic aperture, shutter & ISO settings. I would buy one of those...
the electronics inside a modern camera don't make cutting features cheaper like say in the mechanical, film era where adding features like multi-exposures and motor winder actually required gears levers and motors...
Comment by Don posted on What I'd have like to have seen instead of the X-5... at 27/08/2012 - 13:46
Mike-P wrote:
yeah that ain't right..acurate yes, right, NO. BTW your tag line... officially it is wrong now... unless you buy an x-5Telstar wrote:
DPR show it at $279 in their preview, making it about £175
Apart from it's usually a straight $ to £ conversion on things like this so I would guesstimate about £250DPR show it at $279 in their preview, making it about £175
I like this camera... wonder why no q-mount? this lens and body sold as the Q-5 would have made perfect sense, unless of cours there is a k-01type evil with apsc and evf coming soon...
Comment by Don posted on Pentax X-5 at 23/08/2012 - 14:22
the simplest solution as mentioned is to use the flash on manual at 1/2 power or less with fresh batteries...
the best solution is to use the flash unit with a radio slave on manual.
the other solutions include the off camera cable release or a second flash unit on camera.
I use all the above.
the best solution is to use the flash unit with a radio slave on manual.
the other solutions include the off camera cable release or a second flash unit on camera.
I use all the above.
Comment by Don posted on Pentax 500 FTZ help needed at 22/08/2012 - 12:17
anybody looking to do macro or super tele shots on a budget (say vacation safari or gardening shots), could do worse... for the cost of a used d-slr lens an x-5 used properly could certainly hold it's own against many a shot I've seen taken by amateurs with pro d-slrs.