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Comment by JAK posted on SMC Pentax DA 50mm F1.8 - £85 + P&P at 21/12/2013 - 15:12
They also have a rear converter for a Pentax 6x7 which looks a bit of a bargain:
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Pentax-REAR-CONVERTER-PENTAX-6X7_37493.html
Says was £299, now £25.
http://www.lcegroup.co.uk/Used/Pentax-REAR-CONVERTER-PENTAX-6X7_37493.html
Says was £299, now £25.
Comment by JAK posted on Used Pentax O-GPS1 at LCE £149 at 21/12/2013 - 12:02
aliengrove wrote:
However, I generally use AWB (except on aerial or night shots, where it's often way out), and adjust it in PP, using the same WB setting on a series of similar shots. Of course, if shooting Jpeg, you don't have latitude for changing WB too much. If shooting infra-red, you don't have much latitude in RAW either.
Two otherwise identical shots of the same subject rendered the colour very differently. There shouldn't have been any other variables, small or otherwise. Surprising but true and repeatable!JAK wrote:
Using AWB, the camera sets the WB each time you take a shot, and small variables in the light hitting the sensor can and often will change the WB. aliengrove wrote:
I don't understand all this talk about colour rendering: whatever you want a file to look like as far as colour is concerned, can be done using a custom WB in-camera, or quite easily adjusted later in Lightroom or most other editing programs. I certainly would not base my choice of camera on how it renders colours.
That's definitely correct, the colour bias can be corrected in PP or making adjustments at the time, but taking two shots, otherwise identical, why should one show a magenta cast and not the other? One would think that the camera's AWB would keep them the same.I don't understand all this talk about colour rendering: whatever you want a file to look like as far as colour is concerned, can be done using a custom WB in-camera, or quite easily adjusted later in Lightroom or most other editing programs. I certainly would not base my choice of camera on how it renders colours.
However, I generally use AWB (except on aerial or night shots, where it's often way out), and adjust it in PP, using the same WB setting on a series of similar shots. Of course, if shooting Jpeg, you don't have latitude for changing WB too much. If shooting infra-red, you don't have much latitude in RAW either.
Comment by JAK posted on Help me to decide. K-3 or stick to K-5 ? at 19/12/2013 - 18:43
We seem to have had an identical discussion before!
Comment by JAK posted on K3 firmware update... at 19/12/2013 - 18:06
caj26 wrote:
Do you have to have a 32gb card, to get the update? Thanks.
No, you don't even need a 32 mb card. Almost any SD card will do.Do you have to have a 32gb card, to get the update? Thanks.
Comment by JAK posted on K3 firmware update... at 19/12/2013 - 15:50
Think I've answered my own question - it's on a different link:
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/digital/k3_s.html
Seems the UK site has omitted that important information.
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/digital/k3_s.html
Seems the UK site has omitted that important information.
Comment by JAK posted on K3 firmware update... at 19/12/2013 - 14:47
Thanks... Jules!
Didn't find any installation info as one usually does, nor the change details shown above - what have I missed please?
I do have the bin file OK and can probably work out what to do with it, but given its the first K-3 update I would prefer to read the docs first incase it isn't the same as the K-5.
Didn't find any installation info as one usually does, nor the change details shown above - what have I missed please?
I do have the bin file OK and can probably work out what to do with it, but given its the first K-3 update I would prefer to read the docs first incase it isn't the same as the K-5.
Comment by JAK posted on K3 firmware update... at 19/12/2013 - 14:44
Actually, is submitting a photo for the weather any different to helping folk on a web forum who have a problem? Similar professional advice to help solve a problem might be just as worthy of a fee yet one isn't concerned about it.
Comment by JAK posted on Possibly the most astonishing Rights Grab ever at 17/12/2013 - 22:41
aliengrove wrote:
I don't understand all this talk about colour rendering: whatever you want a file to look like as far as colour is concerned, can be done using a custom WB in-camera, or quite easily adjusted later in Lightroom or most other editing programs. I certainly would not base my choice of camera on how it renders colours.
That's definitely correct, the colour bias can be corrected in PP or making adjustments at the time, but taking two shots, otherwise identical, why should one show a magenta cast and not the other? One would think that the camera's AWB would keep them the same.I don't understand all this talk about colour rendering: whatever you want a file to look like as far as colour is concerned, can be done using a custom WB in-camera, or quite easily adjusted later in Lightroom or most other editing programs. I certainly would not base my choice of camera on how it renders colours.
Comment by JAK posted on Help me to decide. K-3 or stick to K-5 ? at 17/12/2013 - 22:30
That worked very well. Well done the Q+300mm (and you!) Might it have helped to include a natural sound track rather then the music? Not saying it would but just a thought. That's not necessarily synchronised sound but could include some of that, just a continuous general ambience.
Just as a quick second thought. Perhaps add an establishing shot at the beginning to show the general scene and lie of the land?
Just as a quick second thought. Perhaps add an establishing shot at the beginning to show the general scene and lie of the land?
Comment by JAK posted on Pentax Q wildlife video at 17/12/2013 - 22:20
You have to be quick round here!
Thanks Dave.