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Given the context, I would have taken no pleasure in seeing a Pentax being used.

I would have preferred to have seen a Pentax being used for photographing planes in flight but..........you know the rest!

Comment by pgweber posted on Aircrash Investigation at 23/03/2018 - 17:34

Perhaps Mary could be persuaded to use a K3-II or K1 to capture a portrait of her sister, since the Astro-Tracer is useful for Stellar photography.

Comment by pgweber posted on The Photography Show 2018 at 20/03/2018 - 14:17

johnriley wrote:

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What makes the new 50 so much better as to justify a three-fold difference in price vs the FA50?

A higher price, whatever that might be, is being justified by making the lens to Zeiss standards. Basically it will be a lens that intends to blow the competition out of the water, so to speak, and be on a par with the best modern Zeiss lenses. We know that costs serious money.

I don't think I would ever pay that sort of amount for something of such limited functionality.

At the risk of repeating myself, I wouldn't bother putting a lens built (and priced) to Zeiss standards on my camera until the autofocus performed to the equivalent of "Zeiss standards" too.

Comment by pgweber posted on The Photography Show 2018 at 20/03/2018 - 10:20

£1200!!!

The FA-50 f/1.4 is the pick of my lenses and its' rrp is £399 (recently £249 at SRS, bought by me a few years ago new at Jessops for £150 paid for mainly with Tesco Clubcard vouchers) and the D-FA 40 f/2.8 is £349.

What makes the new 50 so much better as to justify a three-fold difference in price vs the FA50?

Comment by pgweber posted on The Photography Show 2018 at 20/03/2018 - 08:45

Has anybody been and got anything interesting to report?
Was the train set bigger this year?

Comment by pgweber posted on The Photography Show 2018 at 19/03/2018 - 08:06

Unfortunately we have just missed a steam gala at the KWVR which ran from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th. I say "we", but I took my sister along on Friday and we had a few rides and a walk round. Photography would be aided by taking a walk outside the railway like we did at the East Lancs.

However the KWVR have a week long event in June to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a mix of steam and diesel, though I don't have details to hand.

Comment by pgweber posted on Just been published at 12/03/2018 - 14:55

Who would buy a K5.iis with improved auto-focus and accelerator/pre-processor unit?

Comment by pgweber posted on K-3ii upgrade to K-3iii at 26/02/2018 - 09:24

Both the K1 and K1.ii have: "SAFOX 12 with 33 sensor points and full-frame-proportioned AF frame."

The difference in the K1.ii seems to be:
"...Its AF Tracking algorithm has also been revised to improve tracking accuracy of fast-moving subjects in the AF.C (AF Continuous) mode."

Another incremental improvement then, to get there eventually?

Comment by pgweber posted on K1 to K1 II upgrade path at 23/02/2018 - 17:38

Try processing the raw file with Adobe's DNG converter before opening in Elements. It is a free download but be careful which version you select according to camera.

I had a similar issue where I could not see image previews of K5 raw files but could after processing.

Comment by pgweber posted on Opening DNG files with Photoshop Elements at 01/01/2018 - 23:06

I don't think anyone really believes they will be getting a £349 discount twice over, do they?

Comment by pgweber posted on K-1 Body £1349 until 2/1/18 at 24/12/2017 - 01:31

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