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Comment by K10D posted on Weather Sealing Failure at 25/09/2011 - 12:57
If only one lens can be taken out, my 21mm is it for now.
The 21mm is a highly flexible lens.
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The 21mm is a highly flexible lens.
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Comment by K10D posted on Springs here, summers coming at 25/09/2011 - 12:48
Mike-P wrote:
Mmm, just been reading about the Nikon.
Looks ok ..
No exterior manual controls though?
Looks like the price is similar to the Q linkMmm, just been reading about the Nikon.
Looks ok ..
No exterior manual controls though?
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Comment by K10D posted on What if the Q had been made by a different company? at 21/09/2011 - 12:47
fatspider wrote:
I understand that focal length doesn't change Gary, but my statement was correct, my 500mm would indeed be "too short" because on a FF camera the subject would be far too small in the frame, It would be interesting to know though just how much you could crop a FF image and still get a decent A3 print
Even smaller on 10x8 plate glass "frame". Put it on a Q and do sparrows eyeballs at 400 yards....I understand that focal length doesn't change Gary, but my statement was correct, my 500mm would indeed be "too short" because on a FF camera the subject would be far too small in the frame, It would be interesting to know though just how much you could crop a FF image and still get a decent A3 print
I have cropped into my D700 on a few occasions but not to produce A3 prints.
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Comment by K10D posted on Full Frame for the Insecure? at 20/09/2011 - 13:59
fatspider wrote:
One could also argue that it depends what you shoot, I would not consider FF simply because my 500mm would be too short, I often find myself cropping by 1/3 to 1/2 of the frame as it is, I doubt even FF would allow me to crop even further and benefit from any extra IQ the sensor may offer.
Its accurate to say that sensor size has no impact on lens length, however you are correct in your "needs". Unless you bought a D3X, your higher density cropped sensor allows further cropping without IQ loss.One could also argue that it depends what you shoot, I would not consider FF simply because my 500mm would be too short, I often find myself cropping by 1/3 to 1/2 of the frame as it is, I doubt even FF would allow me to crop even further and benefit from any extra IQ the sensor may offer.
The actual image size on sensor of any given target is the same on FF or cropped. A 500mm lens presents one image size for a focused target object, be it a bird or whatever.
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Comment by K10D posted on Full Frame for the Insecure? at 20/09/2011 - 13:30
smudge wrote:
Sorry to be thick but what are C and D mount lenses?
C HereSorry to be thick but what are C and D mount lenses?
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The D was on 8mm cine cameras.
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Comment by K10D posted on Lens adapters for Q at 20/09/2011 - 13:19
ChrisA wrote:
I've heard it said many times, but I don't understand it.
The out-of-focus-ness of the subject is surely the same on the sensor, with the same lens at the same distance from the camera, regardless of crop, so what needs to be compared with what, for this to be true?
HerePentaxophile wrote:
ie without the 1.5 crop which makes their focal length less useful and increases dof.
Can someone explain this?ie without the 1.5 crop which makes their focal length less useful and increases dof.
I've heard it said many times, but I don't understand it.
The out-of-focus-ness of the subject is surely the same on the sensor, with the same lens at the same distance from the camera, regardless of crop, so what needs to be compared with what, for this to be true?
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Comment by K10D posted on Full Frame for the Insecure? at 20/09/2011 - 13:14
Dodge69 wrote:
Certainly agree. Whats main reason(s) you would never be without one?
Well lets go back to May 2009 when I bought a D700. My initial "want" was for lower noise and true wide glass with the future purchase of long fast glass. The D700 fit the bill and I consider Pentax and Nikon as siblings. Canon kit was never on the horizon.Certainly agree. Whats main reason(s) you would never be without one?
Big bright viewfinder, silly fast AF (though not always needed), possibly the best flash system out there and very high IQ. Since then, the K5 and D7000 have arrived. Of course, new FF Nikon's are about to be announced yet I don't feel that I need to upgrade as all present kit does its job very well.
If Pentax ever introduce a FF, providing it's no more than a FF Nikon price, I'll buy it as my Ltd's are home sick.
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Comment by K10D posted on Full Frame for the Insecure? at 20/09/2011 - 13:11
gartmore wrote:
they just don't have the punchiness and richness of Pentax.
Correct Ken. A Nikon needs "setting up" to get the same output as a Pentax. Reasonably easy to do when you shoot side by side. The only camera that matches my Pentax's, out of the box, is my Minolta 7D (same sensor as the istD but must have very similar processing)?they just don't have the punchiness and richness of Pentax.
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Comment by K10D posted on Canon/Nikon closest equivalents to the K-5? at 20/09/2011 - 12:08
Dangermouse wrote:
buy a DA 21mm Ltd.
Yup, just do it, its an excellent lens. I never go out without it.buy a DA 21mm Ltd.
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Comment by K10D posted on Fixed or zoom? at 20/09/2011 - 11:59
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