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Comment by Mongoose posted on Eye correction at 10/01/2007 - 22:36
the fitting is indeed still the same, the K10D comes with a cover piece to prevent extra light messing up the metering on tripod mounted exposures, and it slots straight onto my K1000's eyepiece no problem at all.
If they still make Diopters at all, they will fit your K1000.
If they still make Diopters at all, they will fit your K1000.
Comment by Mongoose posted on Eye correction at 10/01/2007 - 16:47
can't beat the old Spotmatics eh? and the Takumars are still among the best lenses you can get. I saw a test recently (wish I could remember the URL) SMC Tak 50 1.4 vs Canon 50mm F1.8. The Canon never stood a chance.
The Sepia shot is lovely, really goes well with that old film feel (personally I don't think either film or digital is really better, just different).
The Sepia shot is lovely, really goes well with that old film feel (personally I don't think either film or digital is really better, just different).
Comment by Mongoose posted on Spotmatic Pics (trial upload ! ) at 09/01/2007 - 18:28
no, only the Olympus and Panasonic SLRs can do that because they have a wierd and complicated multiple mirror multiple CCD setup to make up for the fact that their optical viewfinders are pathetic.
you can do a digital preview where the camera snaps the picture and just displays it rather than saving it to the card
you can do a digital preview where the camera snaps the picture and just displays it rather than saving it to the card
Comment by Mongoose posted on VIewfinder option K10D at 09/01/2007 - 14:48
I got one of those xtraflash units when I got my DL2 as they were flogging them for a fiver. It's good fun. Perhaps not the worlds most wonderful slave unit, but comes in handy now and again.
Comment by Mongoose posted on Pentax User Club magazine at 10/01/2007 - 23:50
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The problem here is the power of the brand over the reailers. I have been in the retail business for over twenty five years now, jewellery and watches not photographic. I was talking to the manager of one of the last independant photographic retailers in this area and he told me that now Cannon were demanding that they spend a minimum amount with them a year or loose the brand. The could not hope to meet this demand so would not be selling the brand in the future. Cannon will also put pressure on the larger retailers by offering better discounts for larger orders so the retailers put pressure on their staff to sell them. Companies may offer inducements to the staff in the shops to sell their products such as gifts such as short holidays etc. i.e. meet the targets. The big watch brands operate the same way and offer the best rewards to the larger retailers. Cannon are now almost at a point that they could almost operate with any high street retailers we may be seeing the future.
David Benson
when Intel tried to strongarm motherboard manufacturers into not supporting the AMD Athlon they got sued, a lot. I think M$ tried it on at one point with companies who made Linux PCs. They got sued too. I don't understand why the camera industry seems to be immune from being done over under anti-competititive practices laws.The problem here is the power of the brand over the reailers. I have been in the retail business for over twenty five years now, jewellery and watches not photographic. I was talking to the manager of one of the last independant photographic retailers in this area and he told me that now Cannon were demanding that they spend a minimum amount with them a year or loose the brand. The could not hope to meet this demand so would not be selling the brand in the future. Cannon will also put pressure on the larger retailers by offering better discounts for larger orders so the retailers put pressure on their staff to sell them. Companies may offer inducements to the staff in the shops to sell their products such as gifts such as short holidays etc. i.e. meet the targets. The big watch brands operate the same way and offer the best rewards to the larger retailers. Cannon are now almost at a point that they could almost operate with any high street retailers we may be seeing the future.
David Benson
Comment by Mongoose posted on High street K10D advice at 01/02/2007 - 11:30
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This was not an isolated incident, as I have had two fairly recent experiences of asking for basic 52mm Hoya filters, one in a central London store and one in outer London. In the first store the assistant clearly didn't have a clue what he was looking for, and in the second I was presented with a different one to what I had asked for.
I recently asked for a 52mm ND filter in the Aylesbury branch to be told that they no longer exist.This was not an isolated incident, as I have had two fairly recent experiences of asking for basic 52mm Hoya filters, one in a central London store and one in outer London. In the first store the assistant clearly didn't have a clue what he was looking for, and in the second I was presented with a different one to what I had asked for.
Funny that, as I could swear that this 52mm diameter round piece of dark glass I bought from 7dayshop the following day is called an ND filter.
Comment by Mongoose posted on High street K10D advice at 17/01/2007 - 09:56
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Hi,
Jonathan..PLEASE please name and shame the shop.
based on my own past experiences with some (NOT all, Cambridge and Nottingham have been very helpful to me, just avoid Aylesbury and Bicester like the plague!) branches, I would be willing to bet it was Jessops.Hi,
Jonathan..PLEASE please name and shame the shop.
Comment by Mongoose posted on High street K10D advice at 09/01/2007 - 18:22
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I might be wrong, but I believe that if you take a color picture and try to get an IR effect, it is possible but it will not be the same than the real IR. If you use an IR filter you will get really some IR light and some near IR light.
I think it has to do with the dynamic range of the camera that cannot take all colors possible from very dark to very bright in all three color modes. In the same way it cannot take all the colors and all the IR light at the same time.
Also, I believe some things like trees have certain effects in IR that they don't have in normal light.
I am not a specialist, but I believe that there is a difference between a picture taken with and IR filter and a color picture modified in photoshop. Obviously in both cases you can produce stunning results.
A few links on IR photography:
http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/infrared/
http://www.cocam.co.uk/CoCamWS/Infrared/INFRARED.HTM
http://dpfwiw.com/ir.htm
you are quite right of course, the photoshop fiddle where you kill the blue channel and boost red and green isn't really much to do with IR, it just produces results which LOOK a bit like IR shots.I might be wrong, but I believe that if you take a color picture and try to get an IR effect, it is possible but it will not be the same than the real IR. If you use an IR filter you will get really some IR light and some near IR light.
I think it has to do with the dynamic range of the camera that cannot take all colors possible from very dark to very bright in all three color modes. In the same way it cannot take all the colors and all the IR light at the same time.
Also, I believe some things like trees have certain effects in IR that they don't have in normal light.
I am not a specialist, but I believe that there is a difference between a picture taken with and IR filter and a color picture modified in photoshop. Obviously in both cases you can produce stunning results.
A few links on IR photography:
http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/infrared/
http://www.cocam.co.uk/CoCamWS/Infrared/INFRARED.HTM
http://dpfwiw.com/ir.htm
CCD and CMOS sensors are actually very sensitive to IR radiation, bizzarly it is for this very reason that a lot of digicams aren't very good at IR photography. To stop the IR light messing up the visible colours completely the manufacturers put a filter on the sensor which cuts out most of the IR. By the time it hits the sensor the IR light is about 6-10 stops weaker than the visible, hence the special filter and really long exposures needed to do IR digitally.
Comment by Mongoose posted on K10D - Infrared performance? at 09/01/2007 - 23:27
stupid question, does the metering work at all with one of these filters on, do you meter without the filter and boost the exposure X stops, or do you just take a stab in the dark and adjust as apropriate from test shots? I've always been a bit tempted to try some IR, if the K10 is good for it perhaps I'll look out for a filter.
Comment by Mongoose posted on K10D - Infrared performance? at 09/01/2007 - 22:51
Thanks Dan....aren't people helpful on this site? I've gone all retro and have started using again, with much joy, my old K1000 (best camera ever) and an ME super I bought on e bay. I need the eye correction for focusing, which was why I abandoned my manual camera in the first place. Also, can you advise me about best 50mm lens..I.4? They seem pretty rare on ebay at the moment. There's loads more things I would like to ask too. OK, so I'm in Leamington Spa...where's my best bet? Thanks