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Comment by K10D posted on Take the 50-135 or leave it at home? at 30/01/2011 - 23:33
A great coastline at Bunbury with a nice lighthouse. Have you got your camera with you?
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Comment by K10D posted on Cyclone Bianca due here Sunday morning at 30/01/2011 - 06:13
Gwyn wrote:
Sorry to hear about the latest problems there in Oz. What with droughts, floods and now cyclones you are really going through it weather wise.
And more to come from what I hear thanks to La Niņa.
Lets hope the fires aren't too bad to add to the misery.
Hope you survive Bianca unscathed!
Fortunately for most but not all:Sorry to hear about the latest problems there in Oz. What with droughts, floods and now cyclones you are really going through it weather wise.
And more to come from what I hear thanks to La Niņa.
Lets hope the fires aren't too bad to add to the misery.
Hope you survive Bianca unscathed!
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Comment by K10D posted on Cyclone Bianca due here Sunday morning at 30/01/2011 - 00:54
Mike-P wrote:
I think the Nikon firmware will just do some sort of Pixel mapping, I don't think the Pentax problem will be so easily fixed.
Time passes quickly Mike. One thought with the sensor, if its identical to the unit Nikon use in the D7000, then the "stain" issue cannot be attributed to Sony as the D7000 has no similar issues.K10D wrote:
The D7000 does have an odd "hot pixel" effect during video (not all D7000 examples). Nikon have responded immediately announcing a firmware fix? No other tech issues reported.
Nikon did not respond immediately with a firmware fix, it has taken them a month since the first reports to actually admit there is a problem and do something about it. By my reckoning that gives Pentax another 4 weeks The D7000 does have an odd "hot pixel" effect during video (not all D7000 examples). Nikon have responded immediately announcing a firmware fix? No other tech issues reported.
I think the Nikon firmware will just do some sort of Pixel mapping, I don't think the Pentax problem will be so easily fixed.
I never had overheating with video on the K7 and no hot pixels with the D7000 as neither have ever been used in video mode, nor will be.
Let's hope you get a "sorted" K5 soon.
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Second image is fine, in context. Probably worth a crop.
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Comment by K10D posted on Chester Ferris Wheel at 28/01/2011 - 14:19
K10D wrote:
A chap over at Pentax Forums has done a Dr Frankenstein on a FF body and is now able to use his aperture ringed Pentax lenses on it.
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Truth be told, it's a Canon sensor with Pentax glass in front. We are using Samsung/Sony sensors with Pentax glass in front.
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Now just looked at Nikon Rumors and seen that Nikon make sensors! I had always assumed that my D700 sensor was a Sony unit, not so. The D7000 sensor is a Sony unit but the D700, D3, D3s and D3100 are Nikon sensors. We live and learn.A chap over at Pentax Forums has done a Dr Frankenstein on a FF body and is now able to use his aperture ringed Pentax lenses on it.
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Truth be told, it's a Canon sensor with Pentax glass in front. We are using Samsung/Sony sensors with Pentax glass in front.
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Just need Pentax to buy from Nikon (FF) as well as Sony (APS-C).
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Comment by K10D posted on Pentax glass on a FF camera at 28/01/2011 - 14:17
What amazes me is that we have people over here deliberately starting bush fires in residential areas!
People have lost homes and livestock due to this.
Unbelievable.
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People have lost homes and livestock due to this.
Unbelievable.
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Comment by K10D posted on Cyclone Bianca due here Sunday morning at 28/01/2011 - 07:00
A chap over at Pentax Forums has done a Dr Frankenstein on a FF body and is now able to use his aperture ringed Pentax lenses on it.
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Truth be told, it's a Canon sensor with Pentax glass in front. We are using Samsung/Sony sensors with Pentax glass in front.
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Truth be told, it's a Canon sensor with Pentax glass in front. We are using Samsung/Sony sensors with Pentax glass in front.
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Comment by K10D posted on Pentax glass on a FF camera at 28/01/2011 - 06:33
We are seeing alerts on the web news that Cylone Bianca is due to arrive at the South West coastline early Sunday morning.
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If this does occur, it will be my first "cyclone" event. Done the tornados in Oklahoma, sand storms in Iraq, snow blizzards in Russia and flash floods in Oman.
At this point in time, I actually hope it will weaken, as there has been enough damage over here with the floods in the East.
We seem to be getting some "eventful" weather at the moment.
There maybe a chance of some images depending on weather severity.
Only two days away and it's already quite windy in Perth.
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If this does occur, it will be my first "cyclone" event. Done the tornados in Oklahoma, sand storms in Iraq, snow blizzards in Russia and flash floods in Oman.
At this point in time, I actually hope it will weaken, as there has been enough damage over here with the floods in the East.
We seem to be getting some "eventful" weather at the moment.
There maybe a chance of some images depending on weather severity.
Only two days away and it's already quite windy in Perth.
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Comment by K10D posted on Cyclone Bianca due here Sunday morning at 28/01/2011 - 06:05
Clarky wrote:
That's all well and good but it amazes me that it wasn't picked up before they were shipped, it just makes you wonder about there quality control dept.
I would have liked too know how the problem originated, just out of curiosity.
That sort of info would probably be witheld as part of PR damage limitation? One problem down and one to go with the FF/RF low light issue. They could have done without these sorts of problems.That's all well and good but it amazes me that it wasn't picked up before they were shipped, it just makes you wonder about there quality control dept.
I would have liked too know how the problem originated, just out of curiosity.
Still, if they learn by their mistakes, a K3 FF with your FA31 Ltd on the front will be devastating....
"wishful thinking"
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Comment by K10D posted on Pentax deeply regret.... at 28/01/2011 - 05:40
With the K5 I'm not sure I'll miss that extra stop tbh.
It may be worth mentioning that Hi ISO (with low noise) is not an alternative for fast glass.
That said, leave the 50-135 at home. If you don't shoot wide open with your lenses, then you won't miss it.
As above, I would seriously consider a 50 /f1.4 for low light situations.
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