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Comment by drawbar posted on worth upgrade k5IIs to K-3 at 04/02/2015 - 17:24
Nice pointless thread.
A month ago we bought a new vacuum cleaner. It has phones out so one can hoover at nights too without too much disturbance.
A month ago we bought a new vacuum cleaner. It has phones out so one can hoover at nights too without too much disturbance.
Comment by drawbar posted on Another pointless thread at 10/02/2013 - 15:55
M 28mm 3.5 (scenery)
FA 43mm 1.9 (luxury)
M 50mm 1.7 (every serious Pentaxian must have this)
M 50mm 4.0 macro (special)
M 80mm 2.0 (beautiful)
Tamron 17-50mm (handy)
Pentax 55-300mm (sports indispensable)
I guess these are my musthaves because otherwise I would not have acquired them among many alternatives.
FA 43mm 1.9 (luxury)
M 50mm 1.7 (every serious Pentaxian must have this)
M 50mm 4.0 macro (special)
M 80mm 2.0 (beautiful)
Tamron 17-50mm (handy)
Pentax 55-300mm (sports indispensable)
I guess these are my musthaves because otherwise I would not have acquired them among many alternatives.
Comment by drawbar posted on Must have Pentax lenses at 18/01/2013 - 11:59
thespirit3 wrote:
Repeating what I've just posted on another thread - I tried a few different RAW processing tools (Windows and Linux) but ended up using Darktable (http://www.darktable.org/). It provides very similar functionality to Lightroom (perhaps lacking in some areas, providing more functionality in others) but is also 100% free. Not only that, but the developers respond very quickly to issues or requests for additional functionality.
I really can't praise it enough
For examples of the interface click on some of the blog posts at http://www.darktable.org/category/blog/
Steve
Of course it is for Linux. Hail free programs and open platforms. However, I do have currently only Windows, and Mac as spare. Repeating what I've just posted on another thread - I tried a few different RAW processing tools (Windows and Linux) but ended up using Darktable (http://www.darktable.org/). It provides very similar functionality to Lightroom (perhaps lacking in some areas, providing more functionality in others) but is also 100% free. Not only that, but the developers respond very quickly to issues or requests for additional functionality.
I really can't praise it enough
For examples of the interface click on some of the blog posts at http://www.darktable.org/category/blog/
Steve
Btw, AfterShot Pro supports all these three platforms. Hopefully it will eventually support Pentax K30 too. I used to use it with Canon EOS.
Comment by drawbar posted on Which RAW converter do you prefer? at 06/12/2012 - 16:44
I liked the first one best. I did not know that you have such big wild animals in southern England. is it very difficult to meet them?
Did you use Sigma n- 500 or what?
Did you use Sigma n- 500 or what?
Comment by drawbar posted on 3 From The Forest at 05/12/2012 - 12:07
Nice castle. Looks as bold as Minas Tirith.
Comment by drawbar posted on Bamburg Castle at 05/12/2012 - 11:32
Older trains are so photographic! When they smoke too, that's a bonus.
Comment by drawbar posted on Chester Princess at 05/12/2012 - 11:28
andrewk wrote:
Andrew
A good RAW converter/editor allows you to copy all or some edit settings of one image to a number of images. After you've done that it is also possible to make further edits to any image. This must not confused with batch conversion of bunch of images from RAW to JPEGs and the like. The batch conversion preserves all individual RAW edits of each image.Smeggypants wrote:
But surely you don't just take one image on a shoot? What you describe above, I couldn't imagine having to do that individually for hundreds of shots out of s shoot.
I agree completely - but memory cards are very cheap these days, so I always shoot RAW+ (both RAW and JPEG). I tend only to process the RAWs that seem to need individual attention - you cannot do that with a batch process anyway.But surely you don't just take one image on a shoot? What you describe above, I couldn't imagine having to do that individually for hundreds of shots out of s shoot.
Andrew
Comment by drawbar posted on Which RAW converter do you prefer? at 05/12/2012 - 09:46
This has been my workflow since I used Rawshooter Essentials (grandfather of Lightroom).
- make new folder in my main images folder
- name it as yyyy-mm-dd + some info about subject matter
- put RAW files there from memory card
- Open RAW converter, browse images, make edits, delete bad ones
- batch convert all the rest into JPEG’s, default: underfolder ‘jpeg’; (naturally the edits are image specific as needed)
- open JPEGs in Photoshop and make final adjustments.
So I like to keep things simple and my files right under my eyes. Backups are also simple, just copy the main folder.
If I took tens of thousands pictures, database would probably be handy, but as it is I don’t need that. In AfterShot Pro you can decide to use database or not, and it has some other benefits too, Noise Ninja etc.
I have understood that in Lightroom database is compulsory. Am I wong? Otherways it seems to be a good, popular and well updated program as to the new camera models. I’m sure there are others too, like Capture One etc. which I have no experience of.
- make new folder in my main images folder
- name it as yyyy-mm-dd + some info about subject matter
- put RAW files there from memory card
- Open RAW converter, browse images, make edits, delete bad ones
- batch convert all the rest into JPEG’s, default: underfolder ‘jpeg’; (naturally the edits are image specific as needed)
- open JPEGs in Photoshop and make final adjustments.
So I like to keep things simple and my files right under my eyes. Backups are also simple, just copy the main folder.
If I took tens of thousands pictures, database would probably be handy, but as it is I don’t need that. In AfterShot Pro you can decide to use database or not, and it has some other benefits too, Noise Ninja etc.
I have understood that in Lightroom database is compulsory. Am I wong? Otherways it seems to be a good, popular and well updated program as to the new camera models. I’m sure there are others too, like Capture One etc. which I have no experience of.
Comment by drawbar posted on Which RAW converter do you prefer? at 05/12/2012 - 08:48
Thanks guys!
Comment by drawbar posted on Some frosty leaves at 03/12/2012 - 21:45
[quoteI also find the WB a bit awkward to get right on aerial images]
This brings up a few questions for myself...
1. Have you noticed it with just one lens or a variety of lenses?
2. Since I use filters myself; do you happen to use filters as well?
3. Since you mentioned aerial; I'm assuming they were taken from an aerial platform such as (perhaps) a private plane.
In reference to item three; and to the general audience. I would strongly suggest that anyone ever shooting photographs from items such as: a plane, a boat, even a vehicle in general... To make sure to turn off any and all forms of SR/image stabilization. Cannot begin to mention how many cameras I've seen damaged by this