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Comment by pentaxanne posted on Sigma Teleconverters £99 @ cameraworld at 07/05/2010 - 23:15
thoughton wrote:
Yes, flash works fine, and I also bounce mine. But it's quite intrusive and my son complains It's also an extra thing to get out of the bag and attach to camera so usually I've missed the shot by then (my son is 3 years old, so leaving my camera lying around with the flash attached is asking for trouble).
even using iso 100 or 200 with the subwct about 12 foot away.Yes, flash works fine, and I also bounce mine. But it's quite intrusive and my son complains It's also an extra thing to get out of the bag and attach to camera so usually I've missed the shot by then (my son is 3 years old, so leaving my camera lying around with the flash attached is asking for trouble).
i know what you mean tim i have 4 girls all under 5,(and using flash cant be good for anyones eyes)
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 07/05/2010 - 18:37
Anvh wrote:
I simply use a flash and bounce that of from the ceiling, works wonderfully if you ask me.
The only time I needed ISO over the 800 was at a night race in Zandvoort but I still was able to pull off some nice photos with the K10D
so does that work when your subject is about 10/12 feet away from you.thoughton wrote:
I just want to take non-blurry non-noisy photos of my 3 year old boy in my living room (in the early evening as that's when I usually see him) without resorting to flash My living room is usually lit by 4 compact fluorescent 'energy saver' bulbs, equating to around 200W incandescent.
With my K20D I can't do that without going up to 1600, and even then I'm only getting speeds of 1/15 or so (at f2.8 ), which still results in lots of blurry photos. 3200 on my k20D is unusable in colour, and barely usable in BW.
I use my K10D mostly with the DA*50-135 at f/2.8 and I use 1/100th of second shutterspeed at ISO200 or even ISO100.I just want to take non-blurry non-noisy photos of my 3 year old boy in my living room (in the early evening as that's when I usually see him) without resorting to flash My living room is usually lit by 4 compact fluorescent 'energy saver' bulbs, equating to around 200W incandescent.
With my K20D I can't do that without going up to 1600, and even then I'm only getting speeds of 1/15 or so (at f2.8 ), which still results in lots of blurry photos. 3200 on my k20D is unusable in colour, and barely usable in BW.
I simply use a flash and bounce that of from the ceiling, works wonderfully if you ask me.
The only time I needed ISO over the 800 was at a night race in Zandvoort but I still was able to pull off some nice photos with the K10D
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 07/05/2010 - 18:14
George Lazarette wrote:
In this day and age, I'd say that "high ISO" is over 1600.
And I would suggest, from my own limited experience, that you are in a very small minority in taking a significant proportion of your pictures in museums.
G
ok george, why do you spend money on top quality lenses,cant you just put up with any old lens and use a flash.In this day and age, I'd say that "high ISO" is over 1600.
And I would suggest, from my own limited experience, that you are in a very small minority in taking a significant proportion of your pictures in museums.
G
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 06/05/2010 - 22:19
[quote:3496ace15f="George Lazarette"]Flossie from Twickenham,
Surely everybody knows that a skotinographer is a person who takes pictures in the dark.
You are one of the tiny minority who need high ISO, and that's fine. But it's not for me, nor for most people most of the time, and I hope you will agree that that is fine too.
where did you get the word skotinographer from.
Surely everybody knows that a skotinographer is a person who takes pictures in the dark.
You are one of the tiny minority who need high ISO, and that's fine. But it's not for me, nor for most people most of the time, and I hope you will agree that that is fine too.
where did you get the word skotinographer from.
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 06/05/2010 - 18:59
if you had the choice of 2 cameras, 1 that has usable images at iso 128000 and 10fps and lightning fast AF system and the other with usble images at iso 1600 and 3fps and an ok AF system both the same price, which one are you going to go for.
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 06/05/2010 - 18:57
George Lazarette wrote:
All this chasing after high ISO is silly. As light levels drop, so do colour and contrast.
There may be times when it would be useful to have good 6400 ISO, but nobody is surely suggesting that more than a tiny minority of pictures will ever be taken at high ISO.
Most people are likely to take most pictures at between 100 ISO and 400 ISO. After that, the light gets dull and uninteresting. And close up, you can use flash.
I do take Lance's point that the cost of 135-format sensors will come down, but one has to look at the whole system, and factors other than price. Larger lenses are heavier and more expensive, and one of the delights of the Pentax system is that even a thoroughbred professional camera like the LX is both sturdy AND small and light.
If you have to hump a couple of bodies and a number of lenses around, which would you prefer to take - Pentax LX or Nikon F5?
I know my answer.
G
have you seen the seen the nikon d3s and the quality of the pics it produces at high isos.All this chasing after high ISO is silly. As light levels drop, so do colour and contrast.
There may be times when it would be useful to have good 6400 ISO, but nobody is surely suggesting that more than a tiny minority of pictures will ever be taken at high ISO.
Most people are likely to take most pictures at between 100 ISO and 400 ISO. After that, the light gets dull and uninteresting. And close up, you can use flash.
I do take Lance's point that the cost of 135-format sensors will come down, but one has to look at the whole system, and factors other than price. Larger lenses are heavier and more expensive, and one of the delights of the Pentax system is that even a thoroughbred professional camera like the LX is both sturdy AND small and light.
If you have to hump a couple of bodies and a number of lenses around, which would you prefer to take - Pentax LX or Nikon F5?
I know my answer.
G
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 06/05/2010 - 16:06
seems slow to me.
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Is the web site slow tonight? at 05/05/2010 - 19:33
greynolds999 wrote:
Please can you tell me who will win the world cup so I can stick my life savings on it?
666 posts, you are the devilGeorge Lazarette wrote:
No?
Thought not.
This is just more wishful thinking. Come back down to earth. Pentax are committed to APS-C, and do not have the resources to develop a new line of 135-format lenses.
They find it hard enough to sell sufficient APS-C bodies, without adding to their problems by designing, manufacturing, and attempting to sell a body that will have extremely limited appeal.
Ergo: there will not be a 135-format body.
G
I keep forgetting George's absolute ability to see into the future.greynolds999 wrote:
I don't think FF is impossible. Nikon FFs have a 'DX Mode' which allows you to use existing, DX lenses.
Hmm. I wonder if you can explain to an old curmudgeon why he should buy a larger, heavier, more expensive, body and then use his existing APS-C lenses on it?I don't think FF is impossible. Nikon FFs have a 'DX Mode' which allows you to use existing, DX lenses.
No?
Thought not.
This is just more wishful thinking. Come back down to earth. Pentax are committed to APS-C, and do not have the resources to develop a new line of 135-format lenses.
They find it hard enough to sell sufficient APS-C bodies, without adding to their problems by designing, manufacturing, and attempting to sell a body that will have extremely limited appeal.
Ergo: there will not be a 135-format body.
G
Please can you tell me who will win the world cup so I can stick my life savings on it?
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Interview with Hiroshi Onoda, manager of Pentax Europe. at 04/05/2010 - 23:20
the new 50-500mm has gone from an 86mm filter upto a 96mm filter and from a f4/6.3 upto a f4.5/6.3 but is suppse to be as good optically as the old version and better than the 150-500mm, but it should be at 3500 more.
heres it up agaist a nikon 500mm f4 if interested.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=35141517
heres it up agaist a nikon 500mm f4 if interested.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1030&message=35141517
Comment by pentaxanne posted on Suggestions ... at 04/05/2010 - 23:06
Are these like the Pentax 1.7x thing (ie providing auto focus for manual lenses) or are they just straight through AF teleconverters?