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Well the competition is now closed so I'll be posting the results in the morning.
Comment by johnriley posted on Weekly Competition #79 One Hundred Yards from Home at 12/01/2009 - 00:39
Maybe, but the much simpler answer is to use an A series lens. They are cheap enough on eBay.
Comment by johnriley posted on "catch in focus" at 10/01/2009 - 23:27
The K10D and similar 10.2MP cameras are a definite step up in quality from 6.1MP but at 10" x 8" you might well be OK with the lower resolution. However, as mentioned, you might want to crop images and that makes the higher resolution attractive.
For A3 prints go for the K10D at least and the K20D if you can.
For A3 prints go for the K10D at least and the K20D if you can.
Comment by johnriley posted on Advice please at 10/01/2009 - 23:26
It has to be a manual focus lens, perhaps an AF lens that can be set to MF won't work?
A Pentax A series lens would be perfect for this technique.
A Pentax A series lens would be perfect for this technique.
Comment by johnriley posted on "catch in focus" at 10/01/2009 - 18:46
Camera body is set to AF.
A manual lens is fitted.
The shutter will now only fire when the green hexagon is lit to signify the lens is in focus (centre spot only)
Now, point the camera at a subject moving towards or away from you and pres the shutter release and hold it down. If and when the subject moves into focus, the shutter will fire.
This means you can pre-focus on a particular spot and press the shutter release and just wait for the subject to move into place. When it does, the camera fires the shutter.
A manual lens is fitted.
The shutter will now only fire when the green hexagon is lit to signify the lens is in focus (centre spot only)
Now, point the camera at a subject moving towards or away from you and pres the shutter release and hold it down. If and when the subject moves into focus, the shutter will fire.
This means you can pre-focus on a particular spot and press the shutter release and just wait for the subject to move into place. When it does, the camera fires the shutter.
Comment by johnriley posted on "catch in focus" at 10/01/2009 - 16:42
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I still do not understand why so many people do not take oly seriously.
Firstly because the sensor is so small. Every advance in sensor technology will benefit the APS-C size more than the 4/3.I still do not understand why so many people do not take oly seriously.
Secondly because Olympus abandoned their customers when they dropped the OM system. Maybe they would do it again if the circumstances suited them to do so.
Thirdly backwards compatibility is very poor. The OM adapter only works with certain lenses and even then only at a limited range of apertures.
That's my opinion anyway!
Comment by johnriley posted on Hello Pentax users! at 10/01/2009 - 16:23
polchraine, your location details are running into the text of your message, it might be a good idea to reduce their horizontal dimension a bit.
Comment by johnriley posted on Canon, Nikon & Sony - a revelation! at 10/01/2009 - 12:24
Not really, only in the total storage capacity.
I would always use more smaller cards anyway. If a card should fail, you don't want it to fail with thousands of your images on it.
I would always use more smaller cards anyway. If a card should fail, you don't want it to fail with thousands of your images on it.
Comment by johnriley posted on SanDisk 4MB SDHC Memoiry Card in K110D at 09/01/2009 - 11:39
It may be that you need a firmware upgrade to use the SDHC cards in these cameras. Or just use standard SD cards.
Comment by johnriley posted on SanDisk 4MB SDHC Memoiry Card in K110D at 09/01/2009 - 11:20
