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Comment by philstaff posted on Off the sands at Sunderland at 25/09/2010 - 15:31
Wished I lived a little closer Im sure the North East could use another camera shop LOL.
Ian
Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on SRS Open Day - 9th October at 12/09/2010 - 13:00
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Comment by philstaff posted on Pond Scene at 11/09/2010 - 23:20
Gwyn wrote:
I am hoping to get my mucky mitts on the K-5 at Photokina so I can get a feel for it before committing to it. I probably won't be able to handle it I know, but at least I hope to have a good look at it before deciding to order one (or not).
Edit:
I've just seen on the other forum a release date for the k-5 of the 22nd. Which is day 2 of Photokina and the day I am there. Not sure what to make of that.
I hope they do the announcing on the 20th. It would be just my luck for them to announce it at something like 5 pm on the 22nd, when I'm in the train home .
Do what I do go into the shop with a sd card and a battery and ask to try it and check out the images at home.I am hoping to get my mucky mitts on the K-5 at Photokina so I can get a feel for it before committing to it. I probably won't be able to handle it I know, but at least I hope to have a good look at it before deciding to order one (or not).
Edit:
I've just seen on the other forum a release date for the k-5 of the 22nd. Which is day 2 of Photokina and the day I am there. Not sure what to make of that.
I hope they do the announcing on the 20th. It would be just my luck for them to announce it at something like 5 pm on the 22nd, when I'm in the train home .
Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on Possible K-5 Specs !! at 10/09/2010 - 22:54
rparmar wrote:
If you, as photographer, choose the focus point then this is not an issue.
Sorry but I am missing your point here if you can not see the focus point then how can you a photographer choose it ?.Anvh wrote:
Flossie said you had no way of knowing where the focus point are but because of the brackets that isn't true.
This has been done to death but apparently there is still a factual misunderstanding. When the camera is choosing the focus points you have no idea which one it has chosen, since it does not show you.Flossie said you had no way of knowing where the focus point are but because of the brackets that isn't true.
If you, as photographer, choose the focus point then this is not an issue.
Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on Pentax KX at 10/09/2010 - 09:58
Pleased they have re'introduced the focus conformation points in the veiw finder. Its on the Pentax site at 74.800 Yen which I think is around £578.
http://shop.pentax.jp/shop/goods/goods.aspx?goods=14338
Ian
http://shop.pentax.jp/shop/goods/goods.aspx?goods=14338
Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on K-R is here! at 10/09/2010 - 09:24
Anvh wrote:
Hi Stefan Im taking it that the pic is of the screen in live mode here and not from the veiw finder. I tried a copy of the camera yesterday and could not see anything in the veiw finder as to help to know which was the point of focus. I much prefer the system in the K10 but thats just me.flossie wrote:
YRegarding focus points - if you have to look away from the viewfinder, its too late. Anvh suggests presetting to a fixed position for portraits - um, so how do you know if that position is on the persons eye or their ear, or worse still, the wall behind them - all you know is its (e.g.) "somewhere in the top left corner, sortof"... you need an indicator in the viewfinder. As I was a complete beginner when I bought the Kx, I wasn't aware as to why I might want focus points in the viewfinder - but when I borrowed a friends D90, it was a complete revelation!
The K-X still have the brackets and with that it's quite easy to guess where the focus point is but indeed you need to know that but luckily it's no different than what Pentax always use and so for me it wasn't a problem. I just do the same thing I also did with the K10D.YRegarding focus points - if you have to look away from the viewfinder, its too late. Anvh suggests presetting to a fixed position for portraits - um, so how do you know if that position is on the persons eye or their ear, or worse still, the wall behind them - all you know is its (e.g.) "somewhere in the top left corner, sortof"... you need an indicator in the viewfinder. As I was a complete beginner when I bought the Kx, I wasn't aware as to why I might want focus points in the viewfinder - but when I borrowed a friends D90, it was a complete revelation!
Ian
Comment by philstaff posted on Pentax KX at 07/09/2010 - 08:35
Took with the 35mm smc m lens on the K100 D. I realy like this lens and at a cost of only £35 I think I have a real bargin.
Ian