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Nobody is trying to sell you anything Charlotte, you're free to come and go as you wish, and talking about photography would be excellent.

Now please get back to the subject guys...

Comment by johnriley posted on Q over quality compact? at 26/01/2013 - 10:46

We had it here last night. Getting home was very touch and go, even the one bus we saw barely made it. It might not have been too bad for the four wheel drive vehicles, but for our poor little Astra it was as bad as it could travel in.

I kept thinking, as we got closer to home, "We could walk from here..."

Comment by johnriley posted on Another pointless thread at 26/01/2013 - 10:03

There's a difference between raising issues and downright hosility, and hostility is enough to switch anybody off a forum, along with the reasonable suggestions and comments that could get drowned out.

So back to the plot please, the thread was about the Q!

Comment by johnriley posted on Q over quality compact? at 26/01/2013 - 10:00

What this means is that my buying decision is clear and S's buyimg decision is also clear, which is the point of the exercise.. Individuals have different requirements and by now we should be able to make our own informed choices.

Comment by johnriley posted on JR K5 IIs review at 26/01/2013 - 05:55

My concerns are more around my own skills with fish-eye lenses. I'm not sure they suit me, I get too many misses with them.

The Q fish-eye can be good when I get it right.

Comment by johnriley posted on Any Q Fisheye shots to share? at 26/01/2013 - 01:17

Here's one from a short while ago, the same scene as my earlier shot in this thread:

This was the K-5 and 43mm. I focused on the dark car just to the right, so low light performance even on the K-5 is not too shabby.

Comment by johnriley posted on How low is low light? at 26/01/2013 - 00:13

I find it a very difficult lens to use. It focuses sharply enough on screen (manual focus onloy) but I've not quite got to terms with being able to guarantee a result yet. Here's one reasonable example:

Comment by johnriley posted on Any Q Fisheye shots to share? at 25/01/2013 - 22:38

The aperture used was either f/11 or f/16, so plenty of DOF. The most striking difference can be seen in the fine detail, such as the tangles of branches in some of the shots. But it can still be seen in edges of blocks of colour such as parts of the boat in the distance.

Comment by johnriley posted on JR K5 IIs review at 25/01/2013 - 17:19

All the digital filter images, all the white balance images, all the image style images (such as Bright, Natural, etc.) have been repeated and are all full sized, full res images.

It would have been impossible to go much further with more lenses, given the time available with the camera and also making sure the review was not so long that it became burdensome to read.

Comment by johnriley posted on JR K5 IIs review at 25/01/2013 - 16:01

Low light is when it's too dark to really manually focus properly, and particularly the K-5 II and IIs will carry on auto focusing quite happily. So your platform, streets lit at night, etc.

No problem:

K-5 IIs, 43mm f/1.9, ISO 12800, 1/60s, f/1.9

Comment by johnriley posted on How low is low light? at 25/01/2013 - 15:20

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