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Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Very useful RAW codec Pack for Windows at 08/02/2010 - 16:36
Seems to be another Jessops special - advertise it at a stupid price then not have any anywhere. Non in Manchester, Glasgow or Birmingham either!
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC (Pentax AF) - great price £149! at 14/01/2010 - 22:47
Hi All -
Have just stumbled on this:
www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/
Basically it's a free codec pack that will allow Windows XP, Vista and 7 to read RAW files natively; i.e. you will be able to see the thumbnails of your RAW files in Explorer or My Computer etc.
Works like a charm on my PC, thought you all may find it useful!
Have just stumbled on this:
www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/
Basically it's a free codec pack that will allow Windows XP, Vista and 7 to read RAW files natively; i.e. you will be able to see the thumbnails of your RAW files in Explorer or My Computer etc.
Works like a charm on my PC, thought you all may find it useful!
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Very useful RAW codec Pack for Windows at 24/12/2009 - 20:05
Anvh wrote:
Yeah I think I meant the Twin but they aren't available here
Lencarta looks better though, has anyone got experience with them?
Gimme a couple of weeks, I plan on buying one of the kits; I'll do a review once I've played with it Yeah I think I meant the Twin but they aren't available here
Lencarta looks better though, has anyone got experience with them?
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Studio Setup at 14/12/2009 - 15:06
Anvh wrote:
Which cheap flash maker used the Bowen mount btw?
Someone suggested that one to me some while back but I forget the name
It's the Lencarta stuff I linked to in the post above Which cheap flash maker used the Bowen mount btw?
Someone suggested that one to me some while back but I forget the name
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Studio Setup at 01/12/2009 - 16:54
An alternative (that I'm looking at) to the Interfit gear is the Lencarta one:
link
Includes a radio trigger set so you have everything you need!
link
Includes a radio trigger set so you have everything you need!
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Studio Setup at 01/12/2009 - 14:55
Hi Mike -
You are effectively sharpening twice - once when you "applied some sensible sharpening in conversion" and once when applying the unsharp mask after re-sizing etc. I'm sure that others will have other ideas, but applying the unsharp mask is the very last thing I do to a photo. I leave the sharpening options well alone in Lightroom and just do it in PS4 if necessary.
You are effectively sharpening twice - once when you "applied some sensible sharpening in conversion" and once when applying the unsharp mask after re-sizing etc. I'm sure that others will have other ideas, but applying the unsharp mask is the very last thing I do to a photo. I leave the sharpening options well alone in Lightroom and just do it in PS4 if necessary.
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Sharpening at 19/10/2009 - 20:56
Hi -
Using the Auto Pict setting on the mode dial (or any of the preset modes) stops you from changing any colour balance settings; effectively by choosing this mode you are saying "camera knows best".
Regards,
Using the Auto Pict setting on the mode dial (or any of the preset modes) stops you from changing any colour balance settings; effectively by choosing this mode you are saying "camera knows best".
Regards,
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on k200d- horrible greens. at 12/09/2009 - 10:54
Anyone brave enough to try this???
Quote:
Here the new excellent Russian Pentax DSLR hack site strikes again! They have posted the simplest method/hack (ever!) to enter the debug mode of various Pentax and Samsung DSLRs, namely, the K10D/GX-10 (FW 1.10), K20D/GX-20, K200D, K-m and K-7!
http://www.pentax-hack.info/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1249616275
So, what you need to do is just to create a text file named as"MODSET.XXX" that is to copied to the root directory of your SD card. In that file, just type the command line(s) that you wish to be executed (by pressing the DELETE (NOT MENU) button while turning on the camera). To enter the Debug Mode, the MODSET.XXX file only needs to have the following line (for my K-m, it is named as MODSET.464):-
[DEBUG_MODE EN]
The camera has now been put into the Debug Mode, the Debug Mode Menu with Sub-menu items will appear forever until another command is executed to tell the camera to get out of the Debug Mode (will tell you how to do it in the next paragraph). Next, press the MENU button again, then the Debug Mode menu tab will appear and can be found between the original Set-up menu tab no. 3 and the Custom Setting menu tab no. 1. The new tab is just named "Set-up". To do AF adjustment, just go into the "AF TEST" sub-menu and then under which enter the "FocusCorr" value (in um). The default value of the FocusCorr is 0 um.
To Turn Off the Debug Mode, simply modify the command line(s) in the same file to and repeat the above procedure:-
[DEBUG_MODE DIS]
Enjoy and happy hacking! This "feature" is particular valuable for those Pentax models without any focus adjustment feature, like the K200D and the K-m.
As a general Reminder and Warning: Do all these hacking and entering the Debug Mode at your own risk. If you don't know what you are doing, my recommendation is that you should not try it!
I have successfully entered the Debug Mode and change some settings (but reset to defaults afterwards), Screen Captures of the Debug Mode Menus and Displays of the K-m is to follow!! (Hopefully within this week - I shall see if I have the time to do it )
Here the new excellent Russian Pentax DSLR hack site strikes again! They have posted the simplest method/hack (ever!) to enter the debug mode of various Pentax and Samsung DSLRs, namely, the K10D/GX-10 (FW 1.10), K20D/GX-20, K200D, K-m and K-7!
http://www.pentax-hack.info/documents/blog.php?entry_id=1249616275
So, what you need to do is just to create a text file named as"MODSET.XXX" that is to copied to the root directory of your SD card. In that file, just type the command line(s) that you wish to be executed (by pressing the DELETE (NOT MENU) button while turning on the camera). To enter the Debug Mode, the MODSET.XXX file only needs to have the following line (for my K-m, it is named as MODSET.464):-
[DEBUG_MODE EN]
The camera has now been put into the Debug Mode, the Debug Mode Menu with Sub-menu items will appear forever until another command is executed to tell the camera to get out of the Debug Mode (will tell you how to do it in the next paragraph). Next, press the MENU button again, then the Debug Mode menu tab will appear and can be found between the original Set-up menu tab no. 3 and the Custom Setting menu tab no. 1. The new tab is just named "Set-up". To do AF adjustment, just go into the "AF TEST" sub-menu and then under which enter the "FocusCorr" value (in um). The default value of the FocusCorr is 0 um.
To Turn Off the Debug Mode, simply modify the command line(s) in the same file to and repeat the above procedure:-
[DEBUG_MODE DIS]
Enjoy and happy hacking! This "feature" is particular valuable for those Pentax models without any focus adjustment feature, like the K200D and the K-m.
As a general Reminder and Warning: Do all these hacking and entering the Debug Mode at your own risk. If you don't know what you are doing, my recommendation is that you should not try it!
I have successfully entered the Debug Mode and change some settings (but reset to defaults afterwards), Screen Captures of the Debug Mode Menus and Displays of the K-m is to follow!! (Hopefully within this week - I shall see if I have the time to do it )
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Enabling debug menu on Pentax DSLRs at 20/08/2009 - 21:31
Stefan -
This document (link) should give you all the info you need, it's fairly straightforward to move/backup/restore the catalogue.
This document (link) should give you all the info you need, it's fairly straightforward to move/backup/restore the catalogue.
Comment by Goliath_UK posted on Lightroom 2.4 backup? at 20/08/2009 - 14:24
Also worth making sure that your motherboard drivers are up to date, it can have a big effect on the speed of file transfers etc.