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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Import Costs at 22/03/2007 - 13:39
Pete,
Just check all your settings. You are doing something wrong, but it's difficult to help you without sitting down at your machine.
Persevere.
G
Just check all your settings. You are doing something wrong, but it's difficult to help you without sitting down at your machine.
Persevere.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on How do I add image info to my photos in photoshop at 22/03/2007 - 17:52
Are you talking about Silkypix or Irfanview?
In your picture of Jenna, Jenna3-2.jpg, Irfanview shows all the EXIF data if you press E.
File: - C:...............jenna3-2.jpg
Make - PENTAX Corporation
Model - PENTAX K10D
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72.00
YResolution - 72.00
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
DateTime - 2007:03:17 18:44:03
YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Manual
WhiteBalance - Manual
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 75 mm
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Hard
SubjectDistanceRange - Close view
ExifOffset - 708
ExposureTime - 1/90 seconds
FNumber - 4.50
ExposureProgram - Aperture priority
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2007:03:17 12:56:08
DateTimeDigitized - 2007:03:17 12:56:08
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ExposureBiasValue - 1.00
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 50.00 mm
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2592
ExifImageHeight - 3872
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
SceneType - A directly photographed image
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In your picture of Jenna, Jenna3-2.jpg, Irfanview shows all the EXIF data if you press E.
File: - C:...............jenna3-2.jpg
Make - PENTAX Corporation
Model - PENTAX K10D
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 72.00
YResolution - 72.00
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
DateTime - 2007:03:17 18:44:03
YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Manual
WhiteBalance - Manual
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 75 mm
SceneCaptureType - Standard
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Hard
SubjectDistanceRange - Close view
ExifOffset - 708
ExposureTime - 1/90 seconds
FNumber - 4.50
ExposureProgram - Aperture priority
ISOSpeedRatings - 100
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2007:03:17 12:56:08
DateTimeDigitized - 2007:03:17 12:56:08
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
ExposureBiasValue - 1.00
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
Flash - Not fired, compulsory flash mode
FocalLength - 50.00 mm
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - sRGB
ExifImageWidth - 2592
ExifImageHeight - 3872
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
FileSource - DSC - Digital still camera
SceneType - A directly photographed image
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on How do I add image info to my photos in photoshop at 22/03/2007 - 14:10
If you are using the free version of Silky, it is possible this EXIF info is not retained.
In the paid version, it is. Check your settings.
G
In the paid version, it is. Check your settings.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on How do I add image info to my photos in photoshop at 22/03/2007 - 13:55
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What do you use to view your photos? In Windows, right click and choose properties.
In Irfanview under the tab image click on Information and then on Exif, in PSE4 (and I assume in PSCS2) rightclick, choose properties, metadata.
Actually, in Irfanview, just press E.What do you use to view your photos? In Windows, right click and choose properties.
In Irfanview under the tab image click on Information and then on Exif, in PSE4 (and I assume in PSCS2) rightclick, choose properties, metadata.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on How do I add image info to my photos in photoshop at 22/03/2007 - 13:43
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I had a choice between Bronnie SQ-B, ETRSi or Mamiya 645. What made me go for the Mamiya and not the Pentax or Bronnie alternatives were:
Price and lens prices
affordable prism alternatives
interchangable backs
modular system
I think Mamiya-Sekor glass is as good as any out there.
10 years later and no regrets, the M645Pro is alive and well
A friend of mine, who also lives on the dark side (1Ds Mk2 owner) has a Pentax 67 Mk2, blinding piece of kit. I think RZ or RB67s have the edge for studio work and the Mamiya 7 is just lovely...
To me Mamiya were, and still are, the Kings of the Castle.
Back to the smaller kit ie the topic.....
To me I think Pentax should develop what they started with the K10D, not do any retrograde steps (ie 6MP K10D) but provide a tool for the professional photographer, ie D2x level. I think a lot of expect something like this for the K1D
Peter
I'm not going to argue with this; it's partly subjective after all, and Mamiya certainly have a good claim to top billing. If you subsititute Mamiya for Pentax in my original statement, the logic still stands, which is that just because one or more manufacturers are in a particular market, it doesn't mean that all the others have to be.George Lazarette wrote:
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I ask because when I was looking for an MF camera 10 whole years ago..Quote:
Big fan that I am on Pentax but can you be sure that the market leader for 6x7 and 6x4.5 was Pentax? Remember Mamiya are very strong, and still are, in these segments with the RZ-67 and M645AFD being digitally compatible.
I agree those two are/were strong contenders in their respective fields, as was Bronica in 6x45, but I think Pentax were regarded as the top of the tree, if not the biggest seller.Big fan that I am on Pentax but can you be sure that the market leader for 6x7 and 6x4.5 was Pentax? Remember Mamiya are very strong, and still are, in these segments with the RZ-67 and M645AFD being digitally compatible.
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I had a choice between Bronnie SQ-B, ETRSi or Mamiya 645. What made me go for the Mamiya and not the Pentax or Bronnie alternatives were:
Price and lens prices
affordable prism alternatives
interchangable backs
modular system
I think Mamiya-Sekor glass is as good as any out there.
10 years later and no regrets, the M645Pro is alive and well
A friend of mine, who also lives on the dark side (1Ds Mk2 owner) has a Pentax 67 Mk2, blinding piece of kit. I think RZ or RB67s have the edge for studio work and the Mamiya 7 is just lovely...
To me Mamiya were, and still are, the Kings of the Castle.
Back to the smaller kit ie the topic.....
To me I think Pentax should develop what they started with the K10D, not do any retrograde steps (ie 6MP K10D) but provide a tool for the professional photographer, ie D2x level. I think a lot of expect something like this for the K1D
Peter
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Theorizing about future product. at 23/03/2007 - 10:22
Viewfinder, in an effort to shed a little light into a dark corner, I will send you a PM.
We must keep Matt happy!
And, anyway, he's right.
G
We must keep Matt happy!
And, anyway, he's right.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Theorizing about future product. at 22/03/2007 - 15:37
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Big fan that I am on Pentax but can you be sure that the market leader for 6x7 and 6x4.5 was Pentax? Remember Mamiya are very strong, and still are, in these segments with the RZ-67 and M645AFD being digitally compatible.
I agree those two are/were strong contenders in their respective fields, as was Bronica in 6x45, but I think Pentax were regarded as the top of the tree, if not the biggest seller.Big fan that I am on Pentax but can you be sure that the market leader for 6x7 and 6x4.5 was Pentax? Remember Mamiya are very strong, and still are, in these segments with the RZ-67 and M645AFD being digitally compatible.
G
Comment by George Lazarette posted on Theorizing about future product. at 22/03/2007 - 14:17
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lots of people in lots of places are loudly proclaiming that because Pentax, and other makers, are currently making lenses with image circles only suitable for the APS sensor that this is some kind of 'sure sign' that sensor size will not change.
What seems to me to be massively overlooked is;
1) All of these makers used to make full inventories of lenses to cover the much larger image circle of 35mm. Some of these were very high quality lenses indeed and the technology could hardly have been lost. Various plant and manufacturing facility for these lens ranges almost certainly still exist.
The technology hasn't been lost, but it has been improved upon. There is very little human input in modern manufacturing, which is why, for instance, the K10D sells for hugely less than the Z1-P, despite being much better made and much more sophisticated.lots of people in lots of places are loudly proclaiming that because Pentax, and other makers, are currently making lenses with image circles only suitable for the APS sensor that this is some kind of 'sure sign' that sensor size will not change.
What seems to me to be massively overlooked is;
1) All of these makers used to make full inventories of lenses to cover the much larger image circle of 35mm. Some of these were very high quality lenses indeed and the technology could hardly have been lost. Various plant and manufacturing facility for these lens ranges almost certainly still exist.
So it wouldn't be cost effective to make these old lenses in the old way. Over time, they will ALL be replaced, and it won't be a very long time.
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2) The lens ranges for APS sensors have, by and large, only included the relatively simple lenses so far,...why? There have been a remarkable lack of specific APS, or 'D' lenses in either wide-angle or specialist computations.
The reverse is true. Most of the new lenses are at the wide end, and some are quite complex (12-24, 16-45).2) The lens ranges for APS sensors have, by and large, only included the relatively simple lenses so far,...why? There have been a remarkable lack of specific APS, or 'D' lenses in either wide-angle or specialist computations.
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3) The market 'leader' is Canon and they offer 'full-frame' sensor cameras with more to follow. If other makers want to chase the leader, and at least two have publically made announcements to do so, then they have to follow.
Why? The market leader in 6x7 was Pentax. In 6x6, Hasselblad. In 6x4.5, Pentax. In 110 SLRs, Pentax. In 10x8, Linhof. I didn't see Canon competing.3) The market 'leader' is Canon and they offer 'full-frame' sensor cameras with more to follow. If other makers want to chase the leader, and at least two have publically made announcements to do so, then they have to follow.
And how many are they selling? My guess is about 1% of their total DSLR output.
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4) At least 2 makers other than Canon (Sony and Nikon) have hinted or been attached to very strong rumours of full-frame / larger sensors.
And another maker has announced plans to build an SLR with an even bigger sensor - Pentax and the 645D. That's Pentax's big sensor camera.4) At least 2 makers other than Canon (Sony and Nikon) have hinted or been attached to very strong rumours of full-frame / larger sensors.
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"...... perhaps the [K1D] would use a 645 lens mount to cover the area of the larger sensor? ...."
Well no, it would hardly need to as the pentax K mount is itself a throw back to 'full-frame' cameras in the shape of previous Pentax 35mm models.
When the first APS sesor cameras appeared there was much talk about how lenses could be much smaller physically,....bye and large, this has not happened and apart from the 'four thirds' people there have been no new, smaller lens mounts that I am aware of.
Actually it has happened. For the same angle of view, lenses on an APS-C are much smaller than lenses on a 24x36 camera."...... perhaps the [K1D] would use a 645 lens mount to cover the area of the larger sensor? ...."
Well no, it would hardly need to as the pentax K mount is itself a throw back to 'full-frame' cameras in the shape of previous Pentax 35mm models.
When the first APS sesor cameras appeared there was much talk about how lenses could be much smaller physically,....bye and large, this has not happened and apart from the 'four thirds' people there have been no new, smaller lens mounts that I am aware of.
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If you 'scale-down' an APS DSLR to the same proportions as a 35mm model, using the sensor dimensions as the criteria, then it results in a vey small camera indeed,.....However, the lens mount would have to be quite different and smaller than anything which currently exists.
It's probably only a matter of time, perhaps short time, until one or other maker brings out such a camera as the oriental mind loves ever smaller and complex 'jewels'.....
Ignoring the rather patronisingly racist overtones in this last paragraph, I would point out that you yourself have conceded that Canon is the market leader. Please let me know which of their products could be described as a "small and complex jewel". My chosen metaphors would include words like "massive" and "brick".If you 'scale-down' an APS DSLR to the same proportions as a 35mm model, using the sensor dimensions as the criteria, then it results in a vey small camera indeed,.....However, the lens mount would have to be quite different and smaller than anything which currently exists.
It's probably only a matter of time, perhaps short time, until one or other maker brings out such a camera as the oriental mind loves ever smaller and complex 'jewels'.....
And despite being 100% occidental (mind and body), I have to say that I also like small and complex jewels when it comes to cameras, and so do many others who choose Pentax over Canon.
To me, all your points sound like wishful thinking, not serious analysis.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Theorizing about future product. at 22/03/2007 - 13:26
Ah! So to anybody who has had more than one message, it's the system that's mad, not me!
Thanks, Matt.
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Thanks, Matt.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Problems posting private messages at 21/03/2007 - 18:10
Duties (except on baccy and booze) are now generally so small that they make very little difference to the equation. 3% is about as high as they go.
So if you add 20% to the cost of an import plus shipping, you may be a little bit in hand, or a little bit out of pocket, but not by much either way.
Beware of agents' handling fees when you import something. That can easily cost you £10 or more.
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