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Comment by Prieni posted on Dont be shy at 07/11/2010 - 18:50
He should make ploughs.
Comment by Prieni posted on So how good is the K-5 sensor at 05/11/2010 - 16:58
Gwyn wrote:
Dinner for one is shown nearly every year on New years Eve in Germany and Scandanavia.
What do you mean by nearly? It is shown every New Years Eve on a number of channels. I think I once counted 10 opportunities to watch it scrolling through the TV listings.Dinner for one is shown nearly every year on New years Eve in Germany and Scandanavia.
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I eventually saw it last year. I just didn't get it though.
Well, not everybody understands humour as easily as the Germans. I eventually saw it last year. I just didn't get it though.
You have to watch it a few more times. Oh, and have a drink while watching it, that helps.
Prieni
Comment by Prieni posted on Short Movies at 05/11/2010 - 16:36
Mike-P wrote:
(according to the members on Pentaxforums.com)
Who are, of course, completely impartial in this matter!(according to the members on Pentaxforums.com)
Comment by Prieni posted on So how good is the K-5 sensor at 05/11/2010 - 14:14
Pentaxophile wrote:
I work in a design practice, using Macs, and there is no practical reason for us to be using Macs... in fact we have to run Windows on a 'virtual machine' simply in order to use Autocad.
Not anymore! I read about that just the other day by chance.I work in a design practice, using Macs, and there is no practical reason for us to be using Macs... in fact we have to run Windows on a 'virtual machine' simply in order to use Autocad.
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Comment by Prieni posted on PC OR MAC ? at 02/11/2010 - 08:08
I'm also using both, have been using Windows since 3.1. Last year I bought a Mac laptop (13" Macbook Pro) and was very suspicious if I would get along with the different OS. A trial in the shop and the assurance that I could run it dual boot with Windows made me buy it.
Never even considered putting Windows on it. MacOS is the much better system from the user point of view. Most often things work the way you would think they should (at other times I have been trained to think like a Windows user).
For my next desktop I will think very hard if I get a PC again or a Mac. Both systems work well for me, with MacOS having a slight edge.
What is true, though, is that if you can do everything you want on the PC you can stick with that system. You would need to buy new software as well as the (more expensive) hardware.
The Mac won't make you any more or less efficient than the PC.
I'm sure that helped you a lot
Prieni
Never even considered putting Windows on it. MacOS is the much better system from the user point of view. Most often things work the way you would think they should (at other times I have been trained to think like a Windows user).
For my next desktop I will think very hard if I get a PC again or a Mac. Both systems work well for me, with MacOS having a slight edge.
What is true, though, is that if you can do everything you want on the PC you can stick with that system. You would need to buy new software as well as the (more expensive) hardware.
The Mac won't make you any more or less efficient than the PC.
I'm sure that helped you a lot
Prieni
Comment by Prieni posted on PC OR MAC ? at 01/11/2010 - 10:01
Well, that sounds like a credible source to me. And it is not too far away from what is said in the link I gave above. It's only high end ink jet printers that make use of the extra-gamut.
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Comment by Prieni posted on Discussion - Weekly Competition # 172 - Halloween at 30/10/2010 - 17:40
I'm confident that you took my comment as it was meant, a bit tounge in cheek.
Here is what another credible source says:
johnriley wrote:
Not really Prieni, it's just trying to be helpful because quite a few people I know have found colour problems on the web.
I know that you were trying to help. It seems I'm in bean counting mode today...Not really Prieni, it's just trying to be helpful because quite a few people I know have found colour problems on the web.
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There are very few circumstances in which the full gamut of Adobe RGB can be used as the range of printers, monitors and web is just about the sRGB size.
It seems that there is at least some information out in the reaches of the WWW that seems to contradict this. As I vaguely remembered something I just did a Google search and one source I stumbled upon was this from Cambridgeincolour, which seems to be credible (which doesn't keep it from being wrong).There are very few circumstances in which the full gamut of Adobe RGB can be used as the range of printers, monitors and web is just about the sRGB size.
Here is what another credible source says:
Wikipedia wrote:
The Adobe RGB color space is an RGB color space developed by Adobe Systems in 1998. It was designed to encompass most of the colors achievable on CMYK color printers, but by using RGB primary colors on a device such as the computer display.
So it seems that Adobe was thinking that printers do have a bigger colour gamut.The Adobe RGB color space is an RGB color space developed by Adobe Systems in 1998. It was designed to encompass most of the colors achievable on CMYK color printers, but by using RGB primary colors on a device such as the computer display.
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If you display Adobe RGB images on most monitors they will appear less saturated than sRGB. In most cases.
You mean if you display AdobeRGB images with software that assumes sRGB as the colour space. If I use Photoshop, Picasa or Firefox then it will look pretty close to the sRGB converted image (and there lies your point, I would say; it's not that much different at all. And I agree.:lolIf you display Adobe RGB images on most monitors they will appear less saturated than sRGB. In most cases.
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This will change in the future of course, but for now it's probably a reasonable supposition.
With more and more applications being colour profile aware I think the future has arrived already.This will change in the future of course, but for now it's probably a reasonable supposition.
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It's not difficult to convert fortunately.
True.It's not difficult to convert fortunately.
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As for the point about sub-standard images we would need to ask those who have done this in the past why they did, and I can't help you there!
Hmmm, I should endeavour to submit only my second best entries and see if I can pull one off. Maybe that's what they were trying, it's some kind of extra challenge.As for the point about sub-standard images we would need to ask those who have done this in the past why they did, and I can't help you there!
Comment by Prieni posted on Discussion - Weekly Competition # 172 - Halloween at 30/10/2010 - 17:18
johnriley wrote:
This was thought to be potentially unfair - after all, I could look at how the competition was going, decide my image wasn't as good and put a better one in in the light of the rest.
Why would I want to submit second best in the first place, I wonder?This was thought to be potentially unfair - after all, I could look at how the competition was going, decide my image wasn't as good and put a better one in in the light of the rest.
johnriley wrote:
If your colour is wrong, make sure you're working throughout in sRGB colour space and not mixing it with AdobeRGB.
Isn't that overestimating the importance of the weekly competition a bit? If your colour is wrong, make sure you're working throughout in sRGB colour space and not mixing it with AdobeRGB.
I'd rather have a suboptimal entry than loosing colour space in all the shots I won't submit. I think Tim got over it pretty quickly.
Prieni
Comment by Prieni posted on Discussion - Weekly Competition # 172 - Halloween at 30/10/2010 - 16:31
ISO wrote:
Don has given us very detailed reasoning on k10 to k5 upgrade. I have a k20 and think for me the k5 does offer more - particularly in the Sensor and AF improvements - what do other k20 owners think
I'm certainly considering a K5. I hope that I can hold my horses until the price has come down a little...Don has given us very detailed reasoning on k10 to k5 upgrade. I have a k20 and think for me the k5 does offer more - particularly in the Sensor and AF improvements - what do other k20 owners think
I'm happy with my K20 and don't really feel limited by it. Better low light performance would be certainly useful...
Prieni
Comment by Prieni posted on K5, was it worth the wait? at 29/09/2010 - 20:13
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