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No. 3 is superb, and seems to have caught him at an emotional moment!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on James Blunt Sheffield City Hall at 20/02/2011 - 02:26

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I think I like 2b... there's something nice about the graphic qualities of the striped reflections in the water at the top of the weir, and in the waterfall itself. A further crop from the right, to remove the foaming water, and it's a striking graphic shot with contrasting angles. Well spotted, this is a shot I probably would have overlooked.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on La Grande Blourde..... at 20/02/2011 - 00:05

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Cisco wrote:
malvern_man wrote:

Has anyone used myshuttercount.com as a quick alternative to PhotoMe?
How is it quick ???

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Presumably as you don't have to download and install a program before you are able to check your shutter count.

You also don't have another hardly ever used program cluttering up your PC. I have only checked my shutter count once, when selling a camera.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Myshuttercount.com at 19/02/2011 - 20:50

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MrCynical wrote:
In what circumstances would uploading a (20Mb or so) RAW file to this website be quicker than opening the RAW file in PhotoMe?
Wouldn't a resized jpeg saved at minimum quality work equally well? All the exif is intact.

Edit: No it doesn't!

You can upload a camera jpeg though.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Myshuttercount.com at 19/02/2011 - 20:42

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Yeah I like a bit of perspective distortion too, but I agree with Mhuni that in the chair and the house shot, the effect could have been better exploited.

The 8-16mm looks an excellent lens, and apparently outperforms both the 10-20 and the 12-24. The sharpness looks fantastic, better distortion than the 12-24 at 12mm.

IMHO you can't even compare the DA15mm, it's just a different sort of lens, and a very desirable one... but not a UWA.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Pentax DA15 or Sigma 8-16? at 19/02/2011 - 18:18

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karma mechanic wrote:
I've got the Sigma 10-20, but looking at all the pictures taken with it I think only a handful were at a length other than 10mm. So it is effectively a 10mm prime in the way I use it, with all composition done by moving around rather than zooming.
Have you got a plug in that corrects the 10mm distortion automatically?

I try and keep to 12mm with the 10-20mm as I don't like the extreme distortion at the edge of the frame, and it goes away as you zoom in!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Pentax DA15 or Sigma 8-16? at 19/02/2011 - 16:16

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Now I think of it, I might have a suitable shot in my photo albumen...

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Discussion for Fortnightly Competition #62 - EGGs at 19/02/2011 - 12:39

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Don't count your eggs before they hatch John... we've got a week and a half to go!

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Discussion for Fortnightly Competition #62 - EGGs at 19/02/2011 - 11:33

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Is this really true about the 1.4 being less sharp than the 1.7?

The erphotoreview nifty fifty shoot out puts the A f1.4 ahead of the F f1.7.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on 50mm lens change - 1.4M or 1.7A? at 18/02/2011 - 22:07

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I don't like that velvety EX finish either. I guess it was an attempt to make cheap materials look more 'high end'.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Look - No Flock! at 18/02/2011 - 13:04

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