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Comment by Don posted on Your Quote for the Day at 06/12/2011 - 19:56
can't speak for the k7 or k5, but on the kr there are seperate settings for the sr when shooting stills or video and it is possible to set the sr to off while leaving the other set to on.
try the manual? maybe there's a custom setting buried in the menus?
try the manual? maybe there's a custom setting buried in the menus?
Comment by Don posted on Noisey SR in LIveview/Movie at 06/12/2011 - 16:59
Algernon wrote:
I bet your glad that nobody wants FULL SIZE VHS anymore!
VH-what????I bet your glad that nobody wants FULL SIZE VHS anymore!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax got robbed by Fuji! at 03/12/2011 - 19:23
Algernon wrote:
Nice video
Sony should have cleaned up on MP3 players, but they were too
heavily crippled. Prior to that they had their own audio format
on Mini-Disc which was also crippled. I wouldn't trust them with
video although I've had one of their Mini-DV recorders for years.
The trouble with Samsung is that they drop their servicing quickly
on old models.... just like they did on the GX-20.
thank you... but that video highlights the issue for me... I had to juggle a k10, a kr, 2 different sony camcorders and a go-pro on top of audio recorders and flash units and a video light...Nice video
Sony should have cleaned up on MP3 players, but they were too
heavily crippled. Prior to that they had their own audio format
on Mini-Disc which was also crippled. I wouldn't trust them with
video although I've had one of their Mini-DV recorders for years.
The trouble with Samsung is that they drop their servicing quickly
on old models.... just like they did on the GX-20.
can you imagine how much easier the job could get if ALL my video and stills cameras and lenses and batteries were compatible?
Comment by Don posted on Pentax got robbed by Fuji! at 03/12/2011 - 18:18
I'm aware of the samsung and pk adaptor..
but wouldn't it be nice to have your choice to go with pentax and have a complete system that is wholly compatible, lenses, af, flashes, and batteries?
try juggling multiple cameras, lighting etc on a multimedia shoot where you need stills and video... eg a night club:
video
really the thing I hate about sony is they lock everything down to the point that you can have two identical batteries for two different sony camcorders but the microchips in the batteries make it so you can't interchange them... you have mark which battery goes with which camera even if the batteries are otherwise identical! it's insane, especially when working in the dark!
but wouldn't it be nice to have your choice to go with pentax and have a complete system that is wholly compatible, lenses, af, flashes, and batteries?
try juggling multiple cameras, lighting etc on a multimedia shoot where you need stills and video... eg a night club:
video
really the thing I hate about sony is they lock everything down to the point that you can have two identical batteries for two different sony camcorders but the microchips in the batteries make it so you can't interchange them... you have mark which battery goes with which camera even if the batteries are otherwise identical! it's insane, especially when working in the dark!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax got robbed by Fuji! at 03/12/2011 - 16:22
Algernon wrote:
You can get an adapter
yes.You can get an adapter
but for a camera like this I'd want flash compatibility as well as af...
let's face it Pentax needs a camera like this in it's lineup... an oversized kmount Q
I'd like nothing more than to have the option of shooting the d-slr in daylight, and evf like the nex7 at night or dim interiors, and be able to switch hit between video and stills...
sadly, I'd have to jump brands and go with the nex7, the nex vg20 and one of the sony pelicile mirror slrs, and buy those stupid minolta flash units AND an af adaptor and all new lenses....
be easier for me if Pentax would just hurry up and enter this market segment... and if Ricoh re-entered the video cam market with another Sony cloned video camera, the nex vg20 with kmount for example...
Comment by Don posted on Pentax got robbed by Fuji! at 03/12/2011 - 14:09
Comment by Don posted on Pentax got robbed by Fuji! at 03/12/2011 - 13:22
Comment by Don posted on Pentax got robbed by Fuji! at 02/12/2011 - 18:57
I've read reports of the chinese ones Yongnuo being a great value, but make sure you buy from a reputable source just in case... "made in china" is synonymous "quality control" issues....
me, I'd go with the pentax or metz...
but those guys over a strobist seem content with yongnuo...
me, I'd go with the pentax or metz...
but those guys over a strobist seem content with yongnuo...
Comment by Don posted on Looking for a flash, Yongnuo? at 02/12/2011 - 16:25
I've seen this effect in properly exposed images (although I suspect as the others already said it is trying too hard to recover under exposed shadows) where your flash is bouncing off a colored surface, picking that color up then bouncing into the shadows...
in the image you posted above for example, if the subjects were wearing bright red sweaters, or sitting next to a red table cloth.... the shadows WOULD pick up the red, and the areas lit by flash would come out normal... usually see this in wedding shots when the bride is sitting on grass.... green in the shadows.. why pros always have a few white sheets on hand..lol!
the reason I suspect the others are right is simple, the overall softness of the image, the grain in the shadows and the dilation of the subjects pupils tell me this was a low light shot, and your shadows were probably lit by low level incandescent light which would be much redder than the main flash... so any attempts to pull up those shadows would naturally increase the red..
the fix would be to gel your flash to match the ambient and color balance accordingly.
in the image you posted above for example, if the subjects were wearing bright red sweaters, or sitting next to a red table cloth.... the shadows WOULD pick up the red, and the areas lit by flash would come out normal... usually see this in wedding shots when the bride is sitting on grass.... green in the shadows.. why pros always have a few white sheets on hand..lol!
the reason I suspect the others are right is simple, the overall softness of the image, the grain in the shadows and the dilation of the subjects pupils tell me this was a low light shot, and your shadows were probably lit by low level incandescent light which would be much redder than the main flash... so any attempts to pull up those shadows would naturally increase the red..
the fix would be to gel your flash to match the ambient and color balance accordingly.
Comment by Don posted on What on earth is going on here? at 01/12/2011 - 15:39
