Ah! Understood
No problem.
Matt

Hi Tom,
I have one from focusingscreen.com that was for the K7 - this one.

Boxed with tweezers, shims, and rubber finger protectors.
Split screen centre with thirds markers.

Alas, there is a tiny mark on the edge of the screen - looks like a small scratch from insertion. Think I can provide images later (tricky to capture, but the MX-1 will probably do a decent job!)

Make me an offer
Matt

#1 for me too.
I found Michael Freeman's book "The Photographer's Eye" is very helpful in identifying and evaluating the 'feel' of an image.
#1 has dynamics where your eye is drawn from the near field, down the row, and is naturally pulled into the horizon by the brightness of the upper layer.
The other images "stall" as your eye is drawn from the near field, partway up the frame, and feels like it goes nowhere.

But that's just my opinion
Matt

Some tips:

Set the camera up without flash first. Get a manual ISO setting that gives settings that are a stop or two too slow.
For example, if you're seeing ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/15s (which is probably too uncomfortable to handhold).
(Or the other way of looking at it is to do a 'no-flash' exposure first with manual ISO, then lower the ISO by 2 stops. e.g. ISO 1600, f/5.6, 1/30s without flash... then set the ISO to 400 and you should be ok).
Set the camera's flash compensation to between -0.3 to -0.7, using the flash in P-TTL.

Then use the flash and you should be fine. (Preferably shoot RAW too)

The biggest problems occur when you are trying to achieve ISO 100, f/11, 1/60s in that kind of environment and the flash has to slam out all its power. You'll get horrible cardboard cut out shots

If you balance the ambient and don't expect too much from the flash, then everything will go well

Give it a go around the house first

Matt

Most of those prices are higher than SRS

Does your club have a projector with HDMI input?

I'd also recommend the MX-1. Although a compact it produces results that superb.
The lens has very close focus ability, with lovely bokeh possible.
The articulated screen will give very creative possibilities too.

Lighting is of course very important though!

I have the Spyder 1 & 2 and a Pantone Huey.
Think I paid £25 for the Huey second hand
The Huey is relatively quick at profiling compared to the Spyders.

All of them work MUCH better with Arygll CMS and the dispcalGUI application which I use on Mac and Windows.

HTH,
Matt

I've been through a lot of converters, and occasionally test them against each other.
My experience is there's a constant leap-frogging of one package over another (in terms of IQ). Consequently, I've stuck with Lightroom (standalone) as it has the best overall range of tools for me, and better quality output than most.

That said, at times it does help the creative juices to try something different... but when I've done that I've always come back to LR

Matt

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