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Comment by johnriley posted on pentax km long exposure at 07/05/2010 - 16:14
We will speak the name gartmore in hushed tones....
Comment by johnriley posted on spooky coincidence at 07/05/2010 - 16:11
For what it's worth I stayed up till 3.30am, slept from 4am, was up again at 6.30am.
I'm still goinf strong just now, let's see how it feels at midnight, the ePHOTOzine hour!
Does anyone else stay up till past midnight just to post the new day's image?
I'm still goinf strong just now, let's see how it feels at midnight, the ePHOTOzine hour!
Does anyone else stay up till past midnight just to post the new day's image?
Comment by johnriley posted on Anybody else watching the election? at 07/05/2010 - 16:10
The last time I took images of fast moving objects in low light was at a wedding disco and I opted for a fast lens, available light and lots of blur and movement. Put together as a Picture2Exe slideshow it looked pretty good. ISO was set to 1600, which also added some nice noise to the images!
It just depends what you want to do.
It just depends what you want to do.
Comment by johnriley posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 07/05/2010 - 16:03
K10D wrote:
Regards
Is it derogatory to other non-Pentax photographers or just an acceptance that marketing, especially such overwhelming marketing, will have its expected effect. At a cost to the manufacturers of course, who make little if any money out of it at the moment.Fletcher8 wrote:
I think the full frame thing encourages us to part with our money and for those that make money from photography they have more of a choice as to the amount they can part with, Moreover, for the readers of the numerous photography magazines which often show Nikon and Canon on every other page no wonder they are at the top in terms of market share. I think we sometimes forget that some great pictures have been taken with APS-C, as have some taken FF. The question is, is equipment everything? If you take the mobile phone and look at it's development it can now do everything, but it's original function was to speak to other people. I love my K7 and one day I may buy a new camera, but for me personally, Pentax does what it says on the tin, and for a fair price. I also don't feel like I am on a band wagon every time lift it out of a bag, so when people ask me why do I shoot Pentax I often reply "I don't read lots of photography magazines and like to think for myself"
Fair comments but a little derogatory to other photographers? The majority of DSLR users are not shooting Pentax so it may be a genuine question, yet your answer immediately causes confrontation and may even get Pentax users a bad name.I think the full frame thing encourages us to part with our money and for those that make money from photography they have more of a choice as to the amount they can part with, Moreover, for the readers of the numerous photography magazines which often show Nikon and Canon on every other page no wonder they are at the top in terms of market share. I think we sometimes forget that some great pictures have been taken with APS-C, as have some taken FF. The question is, is equipment everything? If you take the mobile phone and look at it's development it can now do everything, but it's original function was to speak to other people. I love my K7 and one day I may buy a new camera, but for me personally, Pentax does what it says on the tin, and for a fair price. I also don't feel like I am on a band wagon every time lift it out of a bag, so when people ask me why do I shoot Pentax I often reply "I don't read lots of photography magazines and like to think for myself"
Regards
Another example would be the success of the Olympus OM1, a quite ordinary manual camera with CdS cells, match needle readout and standard coated lenses at a time when the MX had GPD cells, LED readout and SMC coating on the lenses. The OM1 had more in common with the much older Spotmatic. But the Olympus was still a success because of a massive investment in marketing, including kitting up lots of prominent photographers of the day. They soon went back to Nikon by the way.
Comment by johnriley posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 07/05/2010 - 07:45
thoughton wrote:
I don't understand this argument at all. How can anyone can question the benefit of usable higher ISO? Even if it is only a one or two stop advantage, that's still a big deal.
It probably depends on the type of photography we do. For myself, it's not an issue as I rarely step away from ISO 200. In very dark conditions I would use a very slow shutter speed and sturdy tripod.I don't understand this argument at all. How can anyone can question the benefit of usable higher ISO? Even if it is only a one or two stop advantage, that's still a big deal.
If I were doing night surveillance I might want a high ISO, but as I'm not I really don't need it. For stage photography ISO 400 to 800 is more than adequate, so again I wouldn't use it.
Light is everything in photography, and where there's no light worth speaking of results can be disappointing.
However, if you need ultra-fast ISO speeds then there are cameras available that will do this.
Comment by johnriley posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 07/05/2010 - 02:56
Set your camera on "B" and the shutter will stay open as long as the shutter release is held down. Until the battery runs out, which may be several hours.
Some remote releases, such as the Pentax one, allow the shutter to be locked open.
Some remote releases, such as the Pentax one, allow the shutter to be locked open.
Comment by johnriley posted on pentax km long exposure at 07/05/2010 - 01:18
I don't know why you think that, I've had several perfectly good ones.
Comment by johnriley posted on Any good Reason to buy a Pentax? at 06/05/2010 - 22:36
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I have been waiting for somebody to point out that Horace was Roman not Greek. Shame on you, JR.
I can't be right all of the time...Sue says some of the time would help...I have been waiting for somebody to point out that Horace was Roman not Greek. Shame on you, JR.
Comment by johnriley posted on Getting so politically correct! at 06/05/2010 - 16:43
the km doesnt have a jack for a wired remote