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Comment by MrB posted on Cold Snaps at 22/01/2013 - 23:36
Horst wrote:
This is a problem, because I only have glasses with transition lenses. It looks like I need a pair of glasses with just normal lenses to see it like the lens sees it. I am sure, I wouldn't have taken some pictures, if I’ve seen how they really looked. Often to bright and washed out.
Regards, Horst
I don't really understand this. It is obvious that if our specs turn darker, what we see through the viewfinder will be darker. But, if using the camera's meter for the exposure (adjusting if necessary, e.g. for a backlit subject), I would have thought that the image should turn out OK? This is a problem, because I only have glasses with transition lenses. It looks like I need a pair of glasses with just normal lenses to see it like the lens sees it. I am sure, I wouldn't have taken some pictures, if I’ve seen how they really looked. Often to bright and washed out.
Regards, Horst
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on Glasses with transition lenses. at 22/01/2013 - 12:25
The standard lens on my Pentax ME Super is the 50mm f/2. Is there much difference in image quality from that compared with the 50mm f/1.7?
Philip
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on Must have Pentax lenses at 18/01/2013 - 21:38
Did you mean 52mm UV filter (for the 18-55 lens)? If so, lots on ebay - any Hoya HMC should be OK.
Philip
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on Entering the big bad world of DSLR at 18/01/2013 - 16:35
An example (by using a depth of field calculator) for a 1.5 crop factor APS-C camera:
50mm lens
f/5.6
Subject 10m away
Closest = 6.8 m
Farthest = 18.85 m
50mm lens + 2x Conv = 100mm
f/5.6 + 2x Conv = f/11
Subject 10m away
Closest = 8.13 m
Farthest = 12.98 m
Is that OK?
Philip
50mm lens
f/5.6
Subject 10m away
Closest = 6.8 m
Farthest = 18.85 m
50mm lens + 2x Conv = 100mm
f/5.6 + 2x Conv = f/11
Subject 10m away
Closest = 8.13 m
Farthest = 12.98 m
Is that OK?
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on F stops converters? at 17/01/2013 - 07:47
I've tried three exif viewers on your first image and can't see the aperture value in any of them. Is it an old manual lens?
Philip
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on DARK images at 16/01/2013 - 13:57
sterretje wrote:
Do you use EV compensation by accident.
I would guess that this is the likely explanation. If negative exposure compensation is set, and you manually adjust to give a meter reading of zero, then the shot is going to be under-exposed.Do you use EV compensation by accident.
Cheers.
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on DARK images at 16/01/2013 - 12:54
Another vote for number 1 here - great colour shot...and I like tops with trees.
Philip
Philip
Comment by MrB posted on Today from Yorkshire at 14/01/2013 - 22:02
The lane to Ashridge
Deer! (but no deer around)
A bridleway through the woods
The Bridgewater Monument
Philip