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Comment by MrB posted on Getting Closer at 25/06/2014 - 12:21
I like all except #4 (the slow speed doesn't appeal in that one), and #7 is wonderful.
Cheers.
Philip
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on A few from my recent visit to the Lakes at 24/06/2014 - 22:39
I like the effect, John, except for the very dark area, top left, which somehow looks out of place and distracting. The image does need a slight clockwise rotation.
Cheers.
Philip
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on Monochrome at 24/06/2014 - 22:32
Thanks Gary, and Joe. I thought I recognised the first two (I spent a couple of hours in that part of Dartmouth a few years ago).
Cheers.
Philip
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on K10D in Cornwall at 24/06/2014 - 09:51
I like #1, #2, and the edit of #4.
Where are they taken, Gary (and please don't just write "Cornwall"! )?
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Philip
Where are they taken, Gary (and please don't just write "Cornwall"! )?
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on K10D in Cornwall at 23/06/2014 - 18:20
Very much so.
Cheers.
Philip
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on Minature Landscape at 23/06/2014 - 18:12
An auto lens cap functions effectively - opening easily when the camera is switched on, keeping the lens clean by automatically closing at switch-off, adding very little size or weight to the camera, and being unlikely to be lost.
The sensible route would have been been for Pentax/Ricoh to supply a similar gadget with the camera instead of the clip on cap, but they would probably have charged an extra £100 for including this useful accessory!
Cheers.
Philip
The sensible route would have been been for Pentax/Ricoh to supply a similar gadget with the camera instead of the clip on cap, but they would probably have charged an extra £100 for including this useful accessory!
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on MX-1 lens cap at 21/06/2014 - 10:59
Aero wrote:
...This must be a failure of the sensor mechanism that shuts down the camera if the detects any resistance to the lens moving out on start-up. Pentax should really disable this "feature" unless they can make it fail safe...
I would have thought that this feature was not unnecessary but actually vital. If the lens was prevented from extending (e.g. because the cap was left on), the strain on the motor would be huge and it would probably self-destruct....This must be a failure of the sensor mechanism that shuts down the camera if the detects any resistance to the lens moving out on start-up. Pentax should really disable this "feature" unless they can make it fail safe...
If a web search is anything to go by, the failure-rate of the MX-1 caused by the problem described here would appear to be very low indeed.
Aero wrote:
Does the automatic cap add much depth to the camera? I'm using one of the Lowepro Newport 30 cases recommended by Gravelrash (thanks for the tip) and there ain't any room to spare depth-wise.
The auto lens cap is 3 millimtres thicker than the Pentax lens cap.Does the automatic cap add much depth to the camera? I'm using one of the Lowepro Newport 30 cases recommended by Gravelrash (thanks for the tip) and there ain't any room to spare depth-wise.
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on MX-1 lens cap at 21/06/2014 - 07:36
You could always fit one of these -
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/mx-1-auto-lens-cap-47872
(scroll down the thread for photos of mine)
It just works.
Cheers.
Philip
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/mx-1-auto-lens-cap-47872
(scroll down the thread for photos of mine)
It just works.
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on MX-1 lens cap at 20/06/2014 - 22:27
I agree with the others about #2 - please sir, I want some more. (Should there be another photo between #2 and #3?)
Cheers.
Philip
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on Beamish Museum. at 19/06/2014 - 12:43
Perhaps consider cropping closer to the main flower in #1 to remove those two bits at the top. There are some obvious shiny speckles on the petals in #3 - is that really there, or is it maybe slightly over-sharpened?
Cheers.
Philip