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250 for the sigma and 200 for the Tamron maybe? Yes I'm tempted too. I'm thinking perhaps either

-Get the Sigma 18-35mm and stay with Pentax.
-Get the Tamron 28-75mm and go FF/Nikon.
-Stop obsessing about kit and use the cheap set up I have which works OK for me in 95% of situations.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 WILL be available in Pentax mount at 19/07/2013 - 13:24

Well it might be fun to do a 'share your unvarnished SOOC pics' thread here, alongside the ADAPs competition. No need to have such 'stringent rules' here though

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Straight Out of Camera at 17/07/2013 - 15:34

You can set a the image processor in Photoshop to convert the RAW files (at default settings) and deposit them in a new folder. All totally automated so the judge can go and crack open a brewski while PS does the work.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Straight Out of Camera at 17/07/2013 - 15:14

dpm wrote:
but if it's unprocessed RAW how would the photographer know how it would look to the judge? Or would one look at the embedded preview just?

Yeah you can check the screen, or view them in ACR/Lightroom*. What you can't do is correct any exposure mistakes or do anything like cropping, twaking levels etc. The point being to get it right in camera and eliminate all tinkering. I'd even call the in camera filters 'tinkering'. Although they're applied in advance of the photo being taken.

*It would be really nice to insist people don't check them at all, but hard to enforce that one...

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Straight Out of Camera at 17/07/2013 - 14:31

Very crisp.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on DA*300 Is quite handy! at 17/07/2013 - 12:59

A RAW image would get past all that though. It's like submitting a negative, or a slide.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Straight Out of Camera at 17/07/2013 - 12:41

Entries submitted as RAW files, batch processed by the judge at default ACR settings.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Straight Out of Camera at 17/07/2013 - 10:44

I'm sure they look stunning as giant poster prints. But viewed at this size online, I wouldn't have thought twice if you're told me they were shot on a K10D (by a talented tog). Makes you wonder if uber-expensive kit is really the be all and end all.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Pentax 645D VS Nikon D800E Field Test at 16/07/2013 - 17:14

You have a purple margin on the right hand side of the image, can you not see it?

Really think you need to try a different raw converter. If I remember rightly in the last thread on this you said jpegs were unaffected.

That said, apart from the margin issue, the image looks fine to me.

You're always going to get a bit of fringing on the 135/2.5 wide open when viewed at 1:1. It can be cleaned up in PP or you can stop down and it becomes less of a problem.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K5-IIs and asahi smc 135 lens at 16/07/2013 - 08:22

davidstorm wrote:
Yep, I agree Will, looks like the exposure is way too high on all of these shots and more careful use of the lens would pay dividends.

Regards
David

It actually looks more like a RAW converter issue, although the shot is also very overexposed.

Comment by Pentaxophile posted on K5-IIs and asahi smc 135 lens at 15/07/2013 - 23:22

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