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Mike-P will buy the £42 one for you and send it on
Comment by Galoot posted on Aftermarket battery grip on K-5 - Any experiences or recommendations? at 14/12/2010 - 22:05
You win Mike-P, sorry I bothered to comment.
Comment by Galoot posted on Aftermarket battery grip on K-5 - Any experiences or recommendations? at 14/12/2010 - 19:50
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Same as the one from Dealextreme .. right down to the number of screws and the label
But not the 2 batteries ?Same as the one from Dealextreme .. right down to the number of screws and the label
Comment by Galoot posted on Aftermarket battery grip on K-5 - Any experiences or recommendations? at 14/12/2010 - 19:36
Dr Mhuni, beat me to it, I got one of these, link, for my K7, I would give it 9.5 out of 10.
The extra batteries swung it for me.
I did investigate a few options first, I did see a few that had plastic docking pins instead of the metal ones you see on this version. There were one or two that had only a few mounting screws around the tripod mounting plate, where as this one has 6.
Someone on 'pentaxforums', ( I think ), did a good review on most models that were available, and this one came out on top.
The company dispatched it same the day to me, unfortunately, 'The Post Office', ( grrrrrrr . . . ), messed up a bit and I got it 3 days later.
Anyway, as I say 9.5 out of 10, well it's not a Pentax original, but for value, plus the batteries 11.5 out of 10
John M.D.
The extra batteries swung it for me.
I did investigate a few options first, I did see a few that had plastic docking pins instead of the metal ones you see on this version. There were one or two that had only a few mounting screws around the tripod mounting plate, where as this one has 6.
Someone on 'pentaxforums', ( I think ), did a good review on most models that were available, and this one came out on top.
The company dispatched it same the day to me, unfortunately, 'The Post Office', ( grrrrrrr . . . ), messed up a bit and I got it 3 days later.
Anyway, as I say 9.5 out of 10, well it's not a Pentax original, but for value, plus the batteries 11.5 out of 10
John M.D.
Comment by Galoot posted on Aftermarket battery grip on K-5 - Any experiences or recommendations? at 14/12/2010 - 19:10
I used to wonder why people shot RAW, seemed like a lot of effort for very little gain.
As an exercise, I took out the Pentax FA50 f1:1.4 shot only RAW, went to some of my usual haunts, took a picture or two, opened them in Aperture for Mac, found that I had been missing so much, there were things I could recover / adjust that were not open to me before.
I shoot everything in RAW now.
I know 'Aperture' is Mac only, but I have used LightRoom as well, it's good too. There are so many free RAW converters out there, especially for the Mac, so I assume for Windoze too, give them all a try and explore !
p.s. I like the pictures you post, so maybe you don't ned to adjust them too much ?
As an exercise, I took out the Pentax FA50 f1:1.4 shot only RAW, went to some of my usual haunts, took a picture or two, opened them in Aperture for Mac, found that I had been missing so much, there were things I could recover / adjust that were not open to me before.
I shoot everything in RAW now.
I know 'Aperture' is Mac only, but I have used LightRoom as well, it's good too. There are so many free RAW converters out there, especially for the Mac, so I assume for Windoze too, give them all a try and explore !
p.s. I like the pictures you post, so maybe you don't ned to adjust them too much ?
Comment by Galoot posted on K10 RAW Files and Photoshop at 03/12/2010 - 21:13
May not be Pentax images, but I'm sure they can give inspiration to the rest of us.
I like No.9, B&W of the eye / face
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I like No.9, B&W of the eye / face
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Comment by Galoot posted on One or two stunners here, at 01/12/2010 - 20:21
