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Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax versus the Rest at 20/05/2009 - 00:56
Shaky wrote:
There is no way that a setup like that is remotely close to useable holding the camera in one hand while waving around a handheld mic with the other.
I suppose you might obtain better results if you could rig up some kind of microphone- based headdress, but then you'd walk around looking like a complete tit all day long.
My Sennheiser mic. fits a hot shoe.Mannesty wrote:
I'm sorry, but you just don't get it.Shaky wrote:
Further, if the K7 is to marketed as video capable, but has useless sound (absent the use of an externally connected soundman) it seems to me Pentax will fall foul of not only irate consumers but also the fitness for purpose provisions of the Sale of Goods Act.
Have you not noticed he big thick rubber plug on one side of the camera in the available images that's labelled "Mic" ?Further, if the K7 is to marketed as video capable, but has useless sound (absent the use of an externally connected soundman) it seems to me Pentax will fall foul of not only irate consumers but also the fitness for purpose provisions of the Sale of Goods Act.
There is no way that a setup like that is remotely close to useable holding the camera in one hand while waving around a handheld mic with the other.
I suppose you might obtain better results if you could rig up some kind of microphone- based headdress, but then you'd walk around looking like a complete tit all day long.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax versus the Rest at 19/05/2009 - 22:01
The exposure issues with pre-A series lenses is well documented on this forum and others.
Some have overcome the 'issue' by replacing the focus screen with another. The screen from the *istDS is supposed to help and a KatzEye split screen too.
Some have overcome the 'issue' by replacing the focus screen with another. The screen from the *istDS is supposed to help and a KatzEye split screen too.
Comment by Mannesty posted on 50mm lenses at 19/05/2009 - 22:00
Wisdom? Where's that vinyard then?
Comment by Mannesty posted on Dumb question of the day at 19/05/2009 - 21:36
Shaky wrote:
Further, if the K7 is to marketed as video capable, but has useless sound (absent the use of an externally connected soundman) it seems to me Pentax will fall foul of not only irate consumers but also the fitness for purpose provisions of the Sale of Goods Act.
Have you not noticed he big thick rubber plug on one side of the camera in the available images that's labelled "Mic" ?Further, if the K7 is to marketed as video capable, but has useless sound (absent the use of an externally connected soundman) it seems to me Pentax will fall foul of not only irate consumers but also the fitness for purpose provisions of the Sale of Goods Act.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax versus the Rest at 19/05/2009 - 21:33
Whatever you do, if you sell on ebay, sell the pieces individually, not as a job lot. You'll get much more for them.
EG: I recently sold a lens for approx £100. Another auction included that same lens attached to a camera which was worth next to nothing. It sold for half what I sold my lens for. That's the difference.
EG: I recently sold a lens for approx £100. Another auction included that same lens attached to a camera which was worth next to nothing. It sold for half what I sold my lens for. That's the difference.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax macro cameras at 19/05/2009 - 21:28
Oggy wrote:
Another question sort of leading on from this one -
If Petal hoods are optimised for shooting with the large petals top and bottom and the small petals left and right, why is it only possible to mount the hood so it is optimised for landscape orientation, not portrait operation (on all my lenses anyway)?
Come on Oggy, keep up, what shape is your film/sensor when compared to the light attenuating shape of the hood.Another question sort of leading on from this one -
If Petal hoods are optimised for shooting with the large petals top and bottom and the small petals left and right, why is it only possible to mount the hood so it is optimised for landscape orientation, not portrait operation (on all my lenses anyway)?
See John, I do understand.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Dumb question of the day at 19/05/2009 - 21:24
johnriley wrote:
Now Peter, I thought you were going to absorb some alcohol....OK then, lets see where it leads us.
The field of view of the lens is what we want the "film" to receive, and nothing outside of that. So a round hood that is just wide enough for the 24mm side would obscure the 36mm side, so it needs to be shallower, so doesn't shield the short side so well.
So we need longer hood for some parts than others, and the corners are the widest field of view so need the shallowest hood...voila! we have a petal lens hood.
I've described this for film as it gets clumsy saying sensor/film all the time, but the principle applies.
John, you've explained it in a way I actually understand, even after copius alcohol consumption.Now Peter, I thought you were going to absorb some alcohol....OK then, lets see where it leads us.
The field of view of the lens is what we want the "film" to receive, and nothing outside of that. So a round hood that is just wide enough for the 24mm side would obscure the 36mm side, so it needs to be shallower, so doesn't shield the short side so well.
So we need longer hood for some parts than others, and the corners are the widest field of view so need the shallowest hood...voila! we have a petal lens hood.
I've described this for film as it gets clumsy saying sensor/film all the time, but the principle applies.
I wish I'd taken more notice of my City & Guilds tutor. But then, we didn't have fancy shaped hoods back then . . .
And . . . we'll be stuffed when square sensor's are commonplace . . .
Comment by Mannesty posted on Dumb question of the day at 19/05/2009 - 21:20
johnriley wrote:
Yes the lenses are round, but the film gate/sensor gate is not....
Well spotted John, and that dictates a difference to the shape of the lens hood how, exactly?Yes the lenses are round, but the film gate/sensor gate is not....
Comment by Mannesty posted on Dumb question of the day at 19/05/2009 - 20:36
Condolences on your loss.
If you catalogue all of your late father's gear and post the list here, some/many might be interested.
You need to be very specific. Note the exact wording/lettering on all items.
Of one thing you can be sure, your father's Pentax gear will live on and produce many more memorable images.
If you catalogue all of your late father's gear and post the list here, some/many might be interested.
You need to be very specific. Note the exact wording/lettering on all items.
Of one thing you can be sure, your father's Pentax gear will live on and produce many more memorable images.
Comment by Mannesty posted on Pentax macro cameras at 19/05/2009 - 20:31
Well then it must be me who doesn't get it, because I am utterly unable to fathom why an external mic mounted immediately above the lens should fail to pick up the focusing motor noise.
2: SDM lenses make very little noise.
3: External (camera mounted) mics are specially constructed to prevent mechanical camera vibrations from interfering with sound quality. The transducer itself is usually fixed inside a barrel with something similar to elastic bands.
4: Manual focus makes no sound at all.