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My sister-in-law had a similar problem with her Q and we tracked it down to the front dial being inadvertently set to cross-processing.

The first thing I would do with any camera fault is check all the settings. Then reset to factory defaults. Then try another card. Then send for repair if it's still necessary.

Comment by johnriley posted on Any ideas??? at 11/06/2013 - 13:36

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Did you catch these handheld John ?
The first was supported on a lectern, so quite solid. The second was hand held, relying on a suitable ISO and the SR system to aid stability. In the second case the shot was deliberately under-exposed and then lifted slightly to bring it within the capabilities of most monitors. It started off with black values of about 2 in the darkest areas.

Comment by johnriley posted on Lincoln Cathedral at 11/06/2013 - 07:38

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Thanks for the comments.

I meant to add that with Image 1 I corrected the converging verticals using Photoshop CS5. The procedure after doing Levels was:
1. Change background layer to Layer 0
2. Select All
3. Edit>Transform>Distort
4. Accept
5. Crop to size.
6. Unsharp Mask
7. Stroke white line round image (I have made an action for this so I just press F2)
8. Save As

Comment by johnriley posted on Lincoln Cathedral at 10/06/2013 - 23:45

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Sunday was an ADAPS coach trip to Lincoln. Here are two interior shots of the cathedral. They are both single images from the K-5 with 12-24mm lens.
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Comment by johnriley posted on Lincoln Cathedral at 10/06/2013 - 21:54

johnriley
It is general chat, but as we request in the terms of Use, please keep the site to Pentax related/of interest topics.

Discussing toy camera/Lomo type photography is fine, we just get off topic when discussions turn into classic camera chat. I could chat for hours about classic cameras, but that strays from the purpose of PU.

Comment by johnriley posted on Lomography......Oh Dear at 10/06/2013 - 17:23

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This isn't anything to do with Pentax, so please let's get back on topic.

Comment by johnriley posted on Lomography......Oh Dear at 10/06/2013 - 16:48

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Unfortunately Bernard, for lenses that's a very poor option. I take in lots of lenses that have been stored exactly that way and are full of fungus.

Comment by johnriley posted on CAMERA & LENS STORAGE at 10/06/2013 - 14:55

johnriley
Marginally Pentax related because we now have Toy Camera settings on our cameras to emulate the sort of effects being discussed above.

It's an effect, a style, and it has been consistently popular on a fairly limited scale admittedly, but within the mainstream of things.

A search through the bookshelves at Waterstones will reveal lots of other styles that stretch the boundaries far beyond what we normally see.

Comment by johnriley posted on Lomography......Oh Dear at 10/06/2013 - 09:09

johnriley
Because you have shot in RAW you may need to apply noise reduction in software. When you shoot JPEG the camera will sort out the noise reduction. Hence JPEGs will look less noisy out of the camera than RAW shots will.

If this is what has happened, then the shots may need to be put through a RAW converter and noise reduction applied.

Comment by johnriley posted on K5 image quality concerns - thoughts please at 09/06/2013 - 23:10

johnriley
We were there as well today, didn't spot the X5!

Good shot though, you'll have competition now.

Comment by johnriley posted on My New Pentax X5 has been Nicked ! at 08/06/2013 - 19:27

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