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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Choosing the right lens for the Job at 11/08/2007 - 13:27
............even if you blur her mum's mole a bit (pace, George).
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Choosing the right lens for the Job at 11/08/2007 - 11:17
Thanks guys your most helpful.
I took already took your advice Chris and had a look at some past threads. Read so many i think i have a tumour
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Pentax AF330 FTZ Flash unit at 14/08/2007 - 22:53
Thanks George. So the SIGMA FLASH EF-500 DG ST PTTL Would be ok then. I am still trying to get my head around all this PTTL and TTL stuff. Thanks again
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Pentax AF330 FTZ Flash unit at 10/08/2007 - 08:06
It will only be usable in manual mode. The flash is TTL, and the camera is P-TTL. The only Pentax DSLR that can handle both is the *ist D.
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EDIT: Sorry, the *ist DS and DS2 will also do both. But the two DL versions and the K versions are P-TTL only.
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Pentax AF330 FTZ Flash unit at 09/08/2007 - 19:26
I'd much rather have the best lens on the worst body than vice-versa.
Of course, the best of both is ideal.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Change lens or change body? at 08/08/2007 - 23:30
Its features and price have a wide appeal.
Smaller, cheaper, ISO 3200, AA batteries, better with old lenses... not a bad complement really.
Cheaper Nice
ISO 3200 Not a major factor for me.
AA batteries Nice
Old lens compatibility Nice
You've almost persuaded me, too. But not quite.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Make my mind up time. at 10/08/2007 - 13:14
If there weren't a market for the K100D, Pentax wouldn't make it.
The fact is, there is a large market for it. Its features and price have a wide appeal.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Make my mind up time. at 10/08/2007 - 12:52
Get a K100D now, and a K10D (or its successor) when you outgrow the former.
So what use to him are all the scene modes that the K100D has?
I moved to digital straight from the ME Super (ironically from the Super A before that) without anything in between and I'm very pleased that I went for the 10, not the 100.
Budget constraints are a good reason for saving a bit on the body and getting some glass instead, but I don't at all buy this argument that says you should have to outgrow the K100D before getting the K10D.
1 It's simpler. There's a lot to learn with digital.
2 It's cheaper - more money left for lenses
3 The poster is clearly not so confident that he feels he can leap straight in at the top level.
4 It works better with older K and M lenses.
5 It's a very fine camera for the money.
6 He's probably not as clever as you. (With apologies to the OP)
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Make my mind up time. at 08/08/2007 - 23:21
Thanks again George, just one thing, go for f2.8 or f4, have seen more f4 floating about or would it be worth going for the f2.8.
Dave
If you can afford f2.8, by all means go for it, but f4 is not a bad choice.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Make my mind up time. at 08/08/2007 - 22:40
The only lenses that are required at all for wedding photography are:
a wide angle for big groups, a standard lens for small groups and 2-shots and a short telephoto for portraits, the 18-55 covers it. All this stuff about lens changing is bollocks, any competent photographer should be in control of the situation. If you were shooting film (645) you'd be reloading every 15 shots anyway.
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