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I use a relatively cheap Toshiba laptop, bought in 2012 - I'm pretty sure it was well-under £400; AMD triple-core 1.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 64-bit Windows 7. I only do photos, not videos, running Elements 10 and PaintShop Pro X6 together. At home, where it spends most of the time, it is attached to a 19-inch monitor, separate full-size wireless keyboard, and a wireless mouse. Seems to cope fine with anything from the K-5 II.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on Anyone here able to edit and/or work using a laptop? at 05/12/2014 - 23:01

johnriley wrote:

Andrew, to be fair there's lots of shadow detail in the JPEG file as well.

+1

In fact, often more than enough in a well-exposed full-size best-quality JPEG from our K-cameras, for producing a high-quality photo (when rules permit PP) with good shadow and highlight detail, for viewing at the sizes normally accepted in club activities, whether projected or printed.

Good photos - congratulations to both of you.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on ADAPS Straight Out of Camera Competition at 05/12/2014 - 09:37

Number 1 for me, Nigel - I really like this composition. Nevertheless, it looks to me like the image needs a slight clockwise rotation, unless the building really does lean slightly to the left.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on St Catherine's Chapel at 04/12/2014 - 01:34

You might consider trading-in or selling your two standard zooms, getting the HD 16-85 and HD 55-300, and just taking those. They cover a very wide range of useful focal lengths in weatherproof constructions, with a total weight and cost similar to the 60-250.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on Travelling at 30/11/2014 - 20:50

Algernon wrote:

I have it on good authority that the next Pentax product will be a
Vacuum Cleaner.. A friend asked a Pentax employee when they were
bringing out a FF...... the reply was that they would make
a Vacuum Cleaner before a FF

But are they keeping the K-mount for the attachments?

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on Full frame rumour at 30/11/2014 - 11:35

Back button seems to work properly again in Opera 12 - many thanks for that.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on New look forum at 27/11/2014 - 15:22

Mike-P wrote:

MrB wrote:

For anyone using a PC keyboard, the "Home" and "End" keys take you instantly to the top and bottom of the page resp.

Before the update you would just type in your reply on a thread and once the add comment/preview button was clicked you would instantly be taken to your post. Now you get taken to the top of the page and have to scroll down to your post which is a right pain, especially if you are getting near the end of the page.

I know - I've done quite a few posts. I was just trying to offer a quicker way of getting to either end of a long page (rather than by scrolling), which might be helpful to some members.

Cheers.
Philip.

Comment by MrB posted on worth upgrade k5IIs to K-3 at 26/11/2014 - 22:36

Mike-P wrote:

Edit: I do wish I didn't have to scroll all the way down the page every time I post something, it's getting up my nose now.

For anyone using a PC keyboard, the "Home" and "End" keys take you instantly to the top and bottom of the page resp.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on worth upgrade k5IIs to K-3 at 26/11/2014 - 19:53

Nigel, I think it will always ask for the focal length, but if started in the saved User Mode as suggested, it will start on 50mm, and so you can either press OK, or even just half press the shutter release button, and carry on with your shooting.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on Setting 50 1.7 to the k5 at 25/11/2014 - 18:58

I think that, when you have set the focal length to 50mm (and also set up the camera as you want it to start up), just save those settings in one of the five User Modes. Whenever you then startup the camera in your saved User Mode, the Input Focal Length should show "50mm", so you can just carry on shooting.

Cheers.
Philip

Comment by MrB posted on Setting 50 1.7 to the k5 at 25/11/2014 - 18:02

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