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I've not shot my image yet either - looking for some sparer time I can venture out at the right time of night.

Comment by johnriley posted on Monthly Comp #16 - Night Shots at 14/10/2013 - 23:44

johnriley
Basically the best quality and the most pixels for a start. Then sRGB, AWB or Daylight and Natural image style.

It works for me, no doubt if you start there you can hone the details later.

Comment by johnriley posted on K5 Enlargement Capture at 14/10/2013 - 23:42

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One entry deleted - please ensure all entries are shot within October 2013.

Comment by johnriley posted on Monthly Comp #16 - Night Shots at 14/10/2013 - 22:13

johnriley
The first one without a doubt. Great colour on the cobbles and a very interesting angle.

Comment by johnriley posted on Autumn Cobbles at 14/10/2013 - 19:29

johnriley
Sounds good, we'll be eager to hear how you get on!

Comment by johnriley posted on GR deed done at 14/10/2013 - 19:28

johnriley
Very good result there Mongoose, I'd like to have done as well.

Comment by johnriley posted on What lens you using for astro? at 14/10/2013 - 19:06

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Please be advised that the built-in JPEG processor of the K5 isn't the best
I presume you mean here the in-camera processing after capture. In which case I's agree and always use Photoshop for post processing.

However, it's worth mentioning that the Premium JPEGs produced by the camera are superb and I don't normally shoot anything else. This is not always true and some other manufacturers don't manage to produce JPEGs anywhere near as well as Pentax do. In the worst case I have found they were unusable.

Comment by johnriley posted on K5 Enlargement Capture at 14/10/2013 - 19:04

johnriley
I'm not so sure that's the future Don. I've handled cameras like that and they aren't a patch on a DSLR for serious photography.

They're also not a patch on a compact camera such as the Ricoh GR when it comes to pocketability.

For me, you either want to take a DSLR with you or not and if not you probably just want something you can slip in a pocket. These in-between designs seem a bit of a botch to me.

However, take the concept and make it medium format and you might just end up with a 645RF that could be a new sector of the market with utterly stunning quality.

Comment by johnriley posted on A decline in DSLR sales threatens camera companies at 14/10/2013 - 18:59

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If I'm understanding right, starting out in Adobe RGB (in 16bit) and finisihing in sRGB with 8bit JPEGs should not really give this type of problem should it?
Mismatching like this can indeed cause problems. I would suggest resetting everything to sRGB and seeing what happens. After that, change one parameter at a time and check the results each time.

Comment by johnriley posted on Polesden Lacy Showcase at 13/10/2013 - 20:15

johnriley
Much more lively than Another Publication, as they used to call the AP of the day.

Comment by johnriley posted on Gold Spotmatic at 13/10/2013 - 10:27

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