Also worth pointing out is that some entries are from film camera slides or negatives that have been scanned so these will not show any EXIF data other than perhaps the scanning device and software used (unless the author has added the shooting details to the EXIF during post processing.)

John K

Well I can't either but they do.

John K

Because they're not; there would be no difference in that colouring if the image had been taken on a K-5. A K-5 can photograph a rainbow just as well as a K-3 despite it having an AA filter!



This was taken with a K-01 and is not moire but refraction, same as on the feather!

John K

David's competition is actually on 'Windows' not 'Trees.'

A link to the rules of the relevant competitions would seem to make sense. A new user could easily stumble upon the competition by way of a Google search and have no idea of the presence of the rules held elsewhere on the site. All they can see is what is in the description by the judge; the full rules are not shown or even linked to. Some might consider a Canikon to be 'a closely related clone,' they all look pretty similar photographic devices at a glance and may not understand the brand distinction. Clearly some have shown trouble understanding why their Canikon entries have been removed and become irate when, after re-uploading, they've been removed once more. Clearly something could be better as it seems to happen in virtually every competition.

John K

If you throw some bread down they might just stop hopping and stay and eat the bread. The tracking abilities will then be superfluous.

John K

If its a new battery, which I guess it is, it could well take several charge cycles to get to full power.

Also being a new camera, you've no doubt been fiddling with the menus and playback more than you normally would which must take their toll on the battery charge life.

John K

Christmas is coming, and then there are the January sales....!

John K

Thanks Chris for the help this morning ... the replacement was already for sending before I could get back to you to say it wasn't needed after all. I'd even got notification from Parcel Force regarding collection - what's the betting they still turn up?
It was all very quirky but at least if others have the same issue they may read this thread and find what they need.
Quite why the ORC-1 works OK but not the cheap ones is a mystery. I presume they don't use a frequency in the way an RF remote would work but maybe the signal they create is somehow similarly out of range.
There are possibly better non Pentax remotes around which would work the K-3 fine for as I said earlier, I've got the TV remote communicating!

John K

Just in case the O-RC1 throws a wobbly too I've programmed a couple of buttons on the TV one-for-all remote that seem to work the K-3 focus and shutter just fine!

John K

Perhaps they keep one back for such circumstances or its their demo one. But otherwise, yes, how odd.

Set the camera back up again now and hope it continues to work OK.

John K