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Comment by Horst posted on k5 white balance at 17/06/2015 - 14:33
Carl, your son is 20. I am sure he didn't do it to be nasty to you.
Didn't you ever do stupid things at his age?
I am sure I did, and sometimes still do. At least that was my wife suggests.
Go and give your son a big hug. In a few years time, you may not have him anymore.
Regards, Horst
Didn't you ever do stupid things at his age?
I am sure I did, and sometimes still do. At least that was my wife suggests.
Go and give your son a big hug. In a few years time, you may not have him anymore.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Idiot Son leads to loss of K5 + Tamron SP 70-200 at 17/06/2015 - 14:27
There is no difference between the Japanese made FA Limiteds and the one assembled in Vietnam.
The components are still made in Japan and then shipped to Vietnam.
The quality will be supervised by Pentax (Ricoh). The Pentax cameras and lenses are only assembled in Vietnam.
If yo buy a pair of Adidas shoes , you'll find none of them are made in Germany, but in various countries to Adidas specifications and quality requirements.
Assuming a type of lens has been made in japan and later on the same type is assembled in Vietnam, In the meantime there may be some improvement , like HD, then the better lens will be the one from Vietnam.
Regards, Horst
The components are still made in Japan and then shipped to Vietnam.
The quality will be supervised by Pentax (Ricoh). The Pentax cameras and lenses are only assembled in Vietnam.
If yo buy a pair of Adidas shoes , you'll find none of them are made in Germany, but in various countries to Adidas specifications and quality requirements.
Assuming a type of lens has been made in japan and later on the same type is assembled in Vietnam, In the meantime there may be some improvement , like HD, then the better lens will be the one from Vietnam.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on FA Limiteds - Made in Vietnam vs Made in Japan at 14/06/2015 - 13:42
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it was a K3 too (identifiable by the monstrous carbuncle on the front).
You lucky devil. Al I could muster was a film type with a K mount. For a short moment I thought It was a screw mount and I needed to sit down in shock and had to have a dram of single malt. But then ( luckily I recorded the program).I realized it was a K-mount. Then I had to have another dram of Malt.it was a K3 too (identifiable by the monstrous carbuncle on the front).
That was close .
Regards, Horst
The other day on the Tele, I watched the English cooking show with Rachel Koo. Actually I was more watching Rachel than the cooking.
But I saw her using a Pentax Camera. Admittedly I looked like a K2 or similar, but it was a Pentax.
There is the proof, that there is another Pentax somewhere in existence, and I saw it.
I saw it!!, I did see it ,I did ,I did, whoopee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards, Horst
But I saw her using a Pentax Camera. Admittedly I looked like a K2 or similar, but it was a Pentax.
There is the proof, that there is another Pentax somewhere in existence, and I saw it.
I saw it!!, I did see it ,I did ,I did, whoopee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards, Horst
D0n wrote:
However the diagram just applies to a single lens like use in a Box camera.
The reason, why most lenses have more than 1 element is not because the glass manufacturers like to use up surplus glass, but to correct all the aberrations as much as possible.
There should be no need to for the sensor ( if it could be done), to correct this and having to cope with
lenses with varying aberrations.
Let the sensor correctly capture what the lens you use is capable of. Don't forget, there are lenses specifically made with chromatic and other aberrations. If the sensor would correct all this, the lenses could not do what is expected.
Regards, Horst
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I think you completely missed the point I made...
Aberrations occur because different wavelength of light will focus at different points when passing through glass.... ever see a prism separate light into it's colour components? I'm suggesting the sensor could be used to make a precise focus for each colour and merge the data to eliminate aberrations.
D0n, what you say and describe is correct, I think you completely missed the point I made...
Aberrations occur because different wavelength of light will focus at different points when passing through glass.... ever see a prism separate light into it's colour components? I'm suggesting the sensor could be used to make a precise focus for each colour and merge the data to eliminate aberrations.
However the diagram just applies to a single lens like use in a Box camera.
The reason, why most lenses have more than 1 element is not because the glass manufacturers like to use up surplus glass, but to correct all the aberrations as much as possible.
There should be no need to for the sensor ( if it could be done), to correct this and having to cope with
lenses with varying aberrations.
Let the sensor correctly capture what the lens you use is capable of. Don't forget, there are lenses specifically made with chromatic and other aberrations. If the sensor would correct all this, the lenses could not do what is expected.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on FF sensor rumors at 14/06/2015 - 02:52
Nothing has changed in this forum.
50% of members think FF or similar is worth then what they have now,
25% don't give a damn
and 25 looking forward to using a FF with all the advantages and possible disadvantages it may have.
I am one of the FF enthusiasts.
Pentax fell behind, not only because of the inferior advertising, but also of the excessive time to stick with only the APS-C sensor.
The other 2 makers had also APS-C or similar sensors, but if you wanted, you could get a FF.
I hope Pentax does not release the new FF before the end of the year, this gives me time to save more.
I am looking forward to using my FA77mm Fa 43mm and all the other F and FA lenses how they should be used and not only part of it.
The moment I get a Pentax FF, my K5 get demoted to dragging around when I go camping in inhospitable areas.
FF Forever
Regards, Horst
50% of members think FF or similar is worth then what they have now,
25% don't give a damn
and 25 looking forward to using a FF with all the advantages and possible disadvantages it may have.
I am one of the FF enthusiasts.
Pentax fell behind, not only because of the inferior advertising, but also of the excessive time to stick with only the APS-C sensor.
The other 2 makers had also APS-C or similar sensors, but if you wanted, you could get a FF.
I hope Pentax does not release the new FF before the end of the year, this gives me time to save more.
I am looking forward to using my FA77mm Fa 43mm and all the other F and FA lenses how they should be used and not only part of it.
The moment I get a Pentax FF, my K5 get demoted to dragging around when I go camping in inhospitable areas.
FF Forever
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on FF sensor rumors at 14/06/2015 - 02:36
wvbarnes wrote:
You in the UK as we in Australia live in a free enterprise society.
You can charge any price you like for any item you want to sell.
This applies to businesses and to private individuals.
I bought in the late sixties a Dallmeyer 50mm super six with Leica thread for $2.- from a little camera shop in Melbourne.
I sold it 2 years ago for 2600 Dollars on Ebay to a Korean collector.
Guess what? I did not feel the slightest bit of immorality coming up. On the contrary, I could not have been happier. This too is free enterprice.
Regards, Horst
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Selling old stock at higher price is arguably illegal and at least immoral.
There is nothing illegal or even immoral , selling old stock at any price.Selling old stock at higher price is arguably illegal and at least immoral.
You in the UK as we in Australia live in a free enterprise society.
You can charge any price you like for any item you want to sell.
This applies to businesses and to private individuals.
I bought in the late sixties a Dallmeyer 50mm super six with Leica thread for $2.- from a little camera shop in Melbourne.
I sold it 2 years ago for 2600 Dollars on Ebay to a Korean collector.
Guess what? I did not feel the slightest bit of immorality coming up. On the contrary, I could not have been happier. This too is free enterprice.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Lens prices up? at 14/06/2015 - 01:57
Hi, I did what I said I would.
I went out today on a nice Autumn day to the beach with my K5 and a SMC-A 24mm f2.8 lens to see how the 35mm equivalent would look.
I am in 2 minds if I could live with this focal length only.
However I realized something else. I was in the near future trying to buy a similar focal length wit AF.
but there is really no need for the AF. Just keep it on infinity all the time.
When doing something really close, it is easy enough to do a bit of manual focusing.
So I saved myself a fair bit of money.
I think the A-24f2.8 is a very nice lens anyway. Attached are a couple of pictures I took this afternoon.
Regards, Horst
I went out today on a nice Autumn day to the beach with my K5 and a SMC-A 24mm f2.8 lens to see how the 35mm equivalent would look.
I am in 2 minds if I could live with this focal length only.
However I realized something else. I was in the near future trying to buy a similar focal length wit AF.
but there is really no need for the AF. Just keep it on infinity all the time.
When doing something really close, it is easy enough to do a bit of manual focusing.
So I saved myself a fair bit of money.
I think the A-24f2.8 is a very nice lens anyway. Attached are a couple of pictures I took this afternoon.
Regards, Horst
Regards, Horst