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Comment by George Lazarette posted on I need ND Filter Help Please at 02/04/2007 - 21:32
Perhaps the best all-round teleconverter for the K-mount is the Pentax F 1.7X AF. It provides auto-focus for any lens mounted on it - even manual focus lenses - and the quality, like all Pentax tele-converters, is very high.
The auto-focus mechanism has a limited range, so the main lens has to be close to correct focus (but not that close).
And of course, it has the Ka contacts, so the K10D will meter properly with it.
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The auto-focus mechanism has a limited range, so the main lens has to be close to correct focus (but not that close).
And of course, it has the Ka contacts, so the K10D will meter properly with it.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Another Tele-converter question... at 02/04/2007 - 21:27
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Thanks a lot.
Do you know if it could be used securely on my Ricoh Caplio GX also?
Best regards
The Caplio has a very simple flash interface, with only one contact (plus earth).Thanks a lot.
Do you know if it could be used securely on my Ricoh Caplio GX also?
Best regards
I think there is a danger that the hotshoe could short-circuit the additional small contacts on the AF240. This might not cause damage, but it might prevent it from working properly.
In your place I would buy a very cheap auto flashgun for the Caplio, and reserve the AF240 for the P30.
Incidentally, you can get these on Ebay quite easily.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Best flash for Pentax P30t camera? at 02/04/2007 - 17:51
AF240Z. This is a useful little flashgun with bounce and auto.
An alternative would be the more expensive AF280T, but you wouldn't be able to use its TTL capability on the P30.
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An alternative would be the more expensive AF280T, but you wouldn't be able to use its TTL capability on the P30.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Best flash for Pentax P30t camera? at 02/04/2007 - 15:15
Comment by George Lazarette posted on New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon at 08/04/2007 - 18:37
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Perhaps you would like to post again in two weeks time and confirm that it has been delivered.Quote:
"All the images of the RED camera and lenses are 3D renders, there are no real pictures of this camera. No one has ever been allowed to use one or even see one actually working, at trade shows.
Old, out of date information. I'm not sure how much I can reveal so I have to be careful due to a magazine I write for running an exclusive. But there is one DP on a very well known series that is running tests with Red on set. Red has also been chosen for use in some major motion pictures to be shot in the near future. It is far beyond the hot air stage. It is very, very real, and officially it will be in the hands of the people who pre-ordered it in 2 weeks time. "All the images of the RED camera and lenses are 3D renders, there are no real pictures of this camera. No one has ever been allowed to use one or even see one actually working, at trade shows.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon at 05/04/2007 - 09:46
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Hi, I'm new here.
I've been thinking about getting a K10D. I am a video cameraman by trade, but would like a DSLR to keep my practice with composition etc. When I caught this thread I couldn't help but think of a new video camera that is being developed.
It is called Red and is being developed by the guy who owns Oakley sunglasses of all things! The camera will be launched to the people who reserved one at NAB in April.
The interesting thing about it is that it uses a 12mp CMOS with a S35mm sized frame. The cost, a measley $17k. Peanuts for a camera such as this. Video cameras with that size of sensor and resolution have until now cost over $100k. My 2/3" broadcast camera cost $26k 3 years ago and most still list for about the same even now. And thats a mid/low end model.
So Red could help to revolutionise both the video and the still camera industries in terms of cost. Remember that Reds newly developed sensor can record 12mp at up to 60 frames per second! At windowed resolution it can cope with 120fps! The still grabs from the video sequences it has produced, as well as still grabs from those sequences at full 4k resolution blow away any DSLR I have ever seen. Mainly because the pictures look so natural and completely undigital. For example these totally raw and uncorrected images taken from the prototype;
http://red.com/images/gallery-still/4k_1.jpg
http://red.com/images/gallery-still/4k_3.jpg
Take a look at http://www.red.com
This looks like more hot air of the Sony variety. Read this:Hi, I'm new here.
I've been thinking about getting a K10D. I am a video cameraman by trade, but would like a DSLR to keep my practice with composition etc. When I caught this thread I couldn't help but think of a new video camera that is being developed.
It is called Red and is being developed by the guy who owns Oakley sunglasses of all things! The camera will be launched to the people who reserved one at NAB in April.
The interesting thing about it is that it uses a 12mp CMOS with a S35mm sized frame. The cost, a measley $17k. Peanuts for a camera such as this. Video cameras with that size of sensor and resolution have until now cost over $100k. My 2/3" broadcast camera cost $26k 3 years ago and most still list for about the same even now. And thats a mid/low end model.
So Red could help to revolutionise both the video and the still camera industries in terms of cost. Remember that Reds newly developed sensor can record 12mp at up to 60 frames per second! At windowed resolution it can cope with 120fps! The still grabs from the video sequences it has produced, as well as still grabs from those sequences at full 4k resolution blow away any DSLR I have ever seen. Mainly because the pictures look so natural and completely undigital. For example these totally raw and uncorrected images taken from the prototype;
http://red.com/images/gallery-still/4k_1.jpg
http://red.com/images/gallery-still/4k_3.jpg
Take a look at http://www.red.com
"All the images of the RED camera and lenses are 3D renders, there are no real pictures of this camera. No one has ever been allowed to use one or even see one actually working, at trade shows. No one knows who makes the "Mysterium" CMOS sensor (do you think a 12MP CMOS sensor is something that can be done in someone's back yard?). All the footage supposedly captured by the RED camera was at less than 4k resolution (only stills have been released at 4k), and all of it has been very high-contrast, strongly lit material (no low-light shots). We've been waiting for this camera for over 3 years now. I suspect the people paying $1000 to "pre-order" are never going to see their money again. Articles like this are just free advertising for scammers. We'll all be buying flying cars before this hits the market (especially at the promised price)."
But it does look nice, and in six or seven years no doubt that spec will be for an entry-level camcorder.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon at 04/04/2007 - 23:12
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At last some intelligent thinking 'out of the box'....
Hopefully this will now lead makers away from the 35mm SLR with sensor and over to real digital imaging systems.
Additionally, it will now be very interesting to see what Pentax cmes up with next as this anouncement effectively renders the K10D (and other DSLR's) obsolete only 3 months after launch.
This, may I remind everybody, is the very same Viewfinder who a couple of months ago was arguing for simpler cameras without meaningless gimmicks.At last some intelligent thinking 'out of the box'....
Hopefully this will now lead makers away from the 35mm SLR with sensor and over to real digital imaging systems.
Additionally, it will now be very interesting to see what Pentax cmes up with next as this anouncement effectively renders the K10D (and other DSLR's) obsolete only 3 months after launch.
How times have changed. This new Sony is gimmick overkill. Like the new BMW that the egregious Clarkson was testing the other day, to go from 0-60 in 5 seconds you first have to go through several menus of options that take 15 minutes to set.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on New Senor Technology for Sony, Pentax and Nikon at 03/04/2007 - 00:16
In my quick and dirty test (no time for anything more formal), I noticed that the further away the aperture was from fully open, the bigger the discrepancy.
Since I mainly use my two pre-A lenses wide-open, or nearly so, I was never bothered by this problem.
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Since I mainly use my two pre-A lenses wide-open, or nearly so, I was never bothered by this problem.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Question for Matt on M/K lens metering at 09/04/2007 - 11:28
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Man, is this an UK forum or what?!
There is only one Kate:
Kate Bush
Latest: "Aerial"
Sorry. My cranial computer is set to filter out the word Bush.Man, is this an UK forum or what?!
There is only one Kate:
Kate Bush
Latest: "Aerial"
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Question for Matt on M/K lens metering at 03/04/2007 - 17:00
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