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gartmore wrote:
[He showed the photograph in an advert presumably trying to pass off the staging, lighting and choreography as his own work thereby encouraging people to sign up for his dance school and I'd imagine he either scanned it from my client's publicity material or right-clicked from her web-site.
That's possibly even worse than the copyright infringement issue!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Copyright theft at 31/03/2011 - 12:46

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How exactly was the work being used? Did he stand to gain financially from its use and how did he obtain it?

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Copyright theft at 31/03/2011 - 10:21

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Tiny sensor AND really ugly- well done Pentax! However the prosect of a k-mount mirrorless is definitely good news.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Mirrorless rumours at 30/03/2011 - 19:33

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I don't think it's that, Matt... the marks are uncleanable and some clever bods have worked out they are under the AA filter. Pentax stated that some units were shipped with stained sensors, not that the sensor was prone to being sprayed with oil in use.

Dunno how the spots appear over time, some people seem convinced that heat from the sensor brings on their appearance... perhaps there's some invisible bits of residue that undergo some sort of chemical change?

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K-5 number 2 after 1000 shots at 30/03/2011 - 14:05

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I see someone's offering a Tamron 70-300mm for a good price in the classifieds Richard. It has worse 'purple fringing' but is a lot cheaper than the Pentax, and is otherwise said to be on a par IQ wise, so probably worth a punt.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Which lens and where? at 30/03/2011 - 13:51

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I thought that my DA55-300mm slightly worsened in IQ after about 250mm. To be honest I hated it, the focussing was atrociously laboured on my K200D, but I think it's still probably better than any of the alternatives in it's price bracket, and if I really needed 300mm, I would have put up with it's foibles.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Zooms or Primes at 30/03/2011 - 13:42

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Good set Kris. 1 and 4 are spot on... I like the orderly simplicity and mundane setting of no. 4 .

A slight crop from the top of no. 2 to remove the light strip at the edge of the frame might make the image even bolder.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Shadows and textures at 30/03/2011 - 09:37

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Yes, nice, Don, thanks for the YT link. Will keep tabs on you

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Bokeh, 85mm soft 2.2 at 29/03/2011 - 21:01

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Jeezus Krist Algi, never let an opportunity go to waste, eh?

It's not a big download to get Quicktime, and there are one or two sites that still use it so it's probably worth doing... [Edit - installed QT and site still doesn't work... I take it all back! ]

Would be nice to see your bits and pieces of video Don, if you care to upload to Vimeo / YT / Flickr it would be very nice!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Bokeh, 85mm soft 2.2 at 28/03/2011 - 21:25

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The smaller f numbers mean the lens will work better in low light or allow you to choose a faster shutter speed. The lower the f number, the more expensive and bigger the lens - at least with telephoto lenses.

If you are going to south africa, a telephoto zoom would be useful for wildlife, and the pentax 55-300 is a good but cheap option.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Which lens and where? at 28/03/2011 - 18:37

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