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An android tablet would make an unwieldy remote! :LOL:

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Conecting to an android tablet at 24/04/2012 - 23:18

Oops, sorry it was a remote control app only

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/android-remote-to-shoot-pentax-camera-297...

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Conecting to an android tablet at 24/04/2012 - 23:05

Someone's already made an android app and mentioned it on this site a couple of times. Try a thread search (away from the PC right now!)

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Conecting to an android tablet at 24/04/2012 - 23:01

Personally, it would not bother me in the least that they can use my photo in future marketing material. It's not as if I would be losing anything. It is worrying if companies habitually use these competitions as a means of getting promotional images though, as that would hurt the business of image libraries and stock photographers.

Online photo sites like flickr do need to have some rights over your images as their websites 'reproduce' and display them.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Pentax in Comp photo rights grab at 24/04/2012 - 15:12

The 35mm f2.4. Great focal length for this sort of thing. Stick it in Av mode (at f2.4 - it is perfectly sharp enough wide open and will help blur distracting backgrounds a bit) and just let your brother get on with it. Let him also try the 50mm f1.7 in Av mode and see if he can pull of some 'bokeh' shots (it will be stuck open at f1.7 but that could result in some impressive looking shots if he manages to get any in focus!)

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Lens for documenting / portraits at a wedding at 23/04/2012 - 10:02

Matt, just give it a go! It's as easy as peas with the in-camera HDR setting. Yes, you need to be in jpeg mode, then just turn HDR on in the menu - try the different strength settings to see which you prefer.

However with the dynamic range in the K5 RAW files I have seen, you hardly need bother with multi-shot HDR at all (just use the fill light / recovery sliders).

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Shooting in hd at 22/04/2012 - 19:35

I really like these. IMO they just need a tiny tweak to the levels and a bit of post-resizing sharpening. I notice you like 'edgy' composition with the subject close to the edge of the frame (4, 9) but I think you should just give a fraction more space. In shot 9 you could easily extend the tarmac at the bottom a bit like this.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Bahrain Grand Prix at 22/04/2012 - 18:49

judderman62 wrote:
I also have a fully manual sigma 24mm f2.8 that has not seen action that I may play with a little to see how that goes for me.

Good idea, that's a good lens. F2.8 together with SR and high ISO will allow you to shoot in pretty dark conditions!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Sigma 30mm f1.4 or Sigma 28mm f1.8 macro - thoughts and experiences please at 21/04/2012 - 17:23

A bit cringey. But the Pentax shots looked cool/

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on EnglishRussia.com at 20/04/2012 - 16:57

The 30mm is a nice fast lens, but it might be a bit long on APSC for use inside buildings. Buy it for its narrow dof by all means. For building interiors, try something like the 12-24 which is OK at f4 and remember the wider the lens, the less problems from camera shake you'll run into. With care and a bit of bracing, my Sigma 10-20 was usable down to 1/8s.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Sigma 30mm f1.4 or Sigma 28mm f1.8 macro - thoughts and experiences please at 20/04/2012 - 10:25

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