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There are many products on the market, arctic butterfly seems to be well liked although I've always found a rocket blower fine. If in doubt, you might want to see if your retailer can arrange a professional clean... if you whine enough they might even pay for it, especially if you can show the dust was there when you bought the camera.

My K7's nearly a year old, and I haven't seen any dust although I change lenses a lot!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on A dot in photos of my K-5 at 14/06/2011 - 12:14

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Probably...

1) Pentax 16-45/Tamron 17-50mm*
2) Sigma 10-20mm
3) Pentax A 80-200mm/F 70-210mm*
4) Tamron 90mm Macro
5) Pentax M 50mm f1.7

*Lenses substituted/upgraded during the year....

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on 5 Most Used Lenses ? at 14/06/2011 - 12:11

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It's interesting to see the scale provided by the bench in the last one.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Seven from this trip at 14/06/2011 - 09:10

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Smeggy i've been annoyed by this issue too. Did you find the sensor took longer to settle down than it takes for the antishake hand symbol to appear, or is it just that the process takes longer than the autofocus?

I think being able to set the antishake to kick in on low shutter speeds is a fantastic idea. And wouldn't it be great to have an external antishake on/off switch?

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K-5 Anti Shake at 14/06/2011 - 07:32

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Do you have a local university with budding screen writers? You might find one willing to give you a script.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Looking for ideas at 13/06/2011 - 19:40

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He wanted the shot all to himself

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on A Seascape... at 13/06/2011 - 18:43

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More great stuff Smeggy. Each of the sets have been 'a bit of everything' which I actually quite like as it really conveys your enthusiasm but you have subsets across the sets which would be quite 'exhibition-worthy'... e.g. the black and white candids, dynamic UWA shots, colour shots of detritus, etc.

From this bunch, the last is my favourite with no.16 hot on its heels

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Smeggy's Modified Nationals 2011 pics - VOLUME 1 at 13/06/2011 - 18:40

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Perhaps a rear LCD loupe would help you get that focus? Deep depth of field is a bit boring in video. You'll always struggle with a long lens anyway, even set to f16 the 70-210mm won't have a massive DOF. However, even at f4 you will see the image pop into focus quite well on a longer lens. Slowly focus past the point of best focus and then turn the focus back to the correct point using your eyes and muscle memory together.

Sometimes I wish that the centre of the Live View image was blown up to 4x for focus checking while in video shooting mode! EDIT - that Sony 'peaking mode' also looks extremely useful!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on k5 video and lens aperture at 13/06/2011 - 18:26

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Nice tranquil feel to no.1. Think I've been here on a holiday, seem to remember my Dad was fascinated with the name of the place (he kept saying 'come-ee straddlin' in a daft Welsh accent lol)...

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Cwm Ystradllyn at 13/06/2011 - 14:34

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Excellent light, for me no.2 is the best - great light - but not keen on the empty area left of the pools. I think a slight tweak to the contrast would also help. I think if you crop it like this you'll have a Joe Cornish-worthy shot:

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Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Dawn at Merkland Point at 13/06/2011 - 14:24

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