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Comment by Mongoose posted on DVD Archival for Photos at 25/06/2008 - 15:54
Your depth of field here is too shallow. You either need to stop down further or change the angle to get more of the beastie to fall within the DOF available.
just my 2 cents
Comment by Mongoose posted on Advice required on shooting black at 20/06/2008 - 22:22
Enjoy, it's a stunning lens.
Comment by Mongoose posted on WOW - just got my DA* 50-135 at 20/06/2008 - 22:14
Please can I make an appeal.
Bytes and bits ...
1 Byte consists of 8 bits but both start with a B. So there is a convention - bits uses a lower case b and Bytes uses an upper case or capital B.
Storage capacities are in Bytes - so cards are in MB or GB but data transfer rates are in bits per second - bps, kbps, Mbps &c.
The other is m or M - m means milli (one thousandth) and M means Mega (one Million).
There are a few little nuances as to whether kilo means 1000 or 1024 (and kiB/kib, Gib/GiB &c). But please remember the basics of b or B, m or M
Comment by Mongoose posted on SanDisk Extreme SDHC cards, is bigger better? at 26/06/2008 - 10:20
It seems we get to "Forum Veteran" status very quickly, should there be more ranks?
Comment by Mongoose posted on Forum veteran at 17/06/2008 - 17:30
Comment by Mongoose posted on Replacement Kit Lens? at 16/06/2008 - 13:48
You can prove this for yourself by setting the camera to -3ev compensation. Shoot raw and load the shot into your raw converter of choice. By thumping the exposure right up you'll get most if not all of the detail back, though it will be noisy.
do the same thing the other way around and the result wont look half as good.
Comment by Mongoose posted on K10D - underexposed images at 16/06/2008 - 23:15
its a good shot though!
Comment by Mongoose posted on Dragon Fly. at 15/06/2008 - 23:45
Best way to establish that you want a new lens is to take photographs. If you keep slamming up against one end of your current lens's range and wishing you could go further, you might think about a lens purchase to extend your options in that direction.
If you can't visualise exactly what you would use the lens for, you don't need it.
At least, thats how I personally keep myself from spending every penny I have in SRS.
Comment by Mongoose posted on Pentax Wide Angle at 15/06/2008 - 23:40
You get them in every walk of life and every hobby. All the kit, no clue.
Comment by Mongoose posted on K20D reviewed on 'The Register' at 15/06/2008 - 23:25
The disks should be the same make and model to ensure as far as possible identical performance, but you buy them from different vendors so that you get (hopefully) disks from different batches.
This way you drastically reduce the likelyhood of the scenario John describes happening to you.