All Forum Comments
Methinks you'll very soon have your hand bitten off for that sort of money at Jessops!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Wanted: K30 at 09/01/2013 - 17:16
Elfer - cash is straight in the shop's bank account, whereas CC/DC transactions takes a couple of days - the difference between staying afloat or going bust in this time of recession, I'm afraid!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on K5 - Now's the time...? at 07/01/2013 - 19:02
This is January - the shops are trying to recover from a relatively poor pre-Xmas trade. In short, take the offer now, but see if they are prepared to negotiate further for cash-in-hand! Don't use a credit/debit card, otherwise you lose the power of your £pound!!
If they won't sell to you for, say, £300 cash, get them to throw a couple of memory cards in to sweeten the deal for you!!
If they won't sell to you for, say, £300 cash, get them to throw a couple of memory cards in to sweeten the deal for you!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on K5 - Now's the time...? at 07/01/2013 - 17:59
When you say "software", what are you looking for? Do you mean the firmware updates, or the photo-editing suite that comes with that camera?
Oh, and welcome to the forum!!
Oh, and welcome to the forum!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on K-X Software at 06/01/2013 - 09:50
Police officers from both Lothian & Borders, and Strathclyde forces are in the news for the wrong reasons, namely arresting people for filming/photographing them (link)
In the comments section below the story, who can honestly argue with the point reader John Devlin has made?
It'll be interesting to find out how L&B deal with their incident, and if Strathclyde changes their minds on whether to take further action.
In the comments section below the story, who can honestly argue with the point reader John Devlin has made?
It'll be interesting to find out how L&B deal with their incident, and if Strathclyde changes their minds on whether to take further action.
Comment by steven9761 posted on The police get it wrong... again!! at 05/01/2013 - 14:38
Are you getting these coloured lines prior to working in Photoshop, or are you seeing them when you convert the files through Photoshop?
If it's the former, I suspect that either:
A) your card has not been formatted to run in your K5. You have used some other device to format the card, or;
B) the sd card may have been corrupted somehow - possibly you are storing your spare cards in a plastic bag (or similar), and a static charge has built up on the bag, then discharged to the card either through the metal contacts, or via the sd card's plastic shell. Most cards have a static-resistant shell, however some cheap cards (copies) from China will use the cheapest plastics available that are not static-resistant.
If it's the latter, maybe a few other members recognise these symptoms.
If it's the former, I suspect that either:
A) your card has not been formatted to run in your K5. You have used some other device to format the card, or;
B) the sd card may have been corrupted somehow - possibly you are storing your spare cards in a plastic bag (or similar), and a static charge has built up on the bag, then discharged to the card either through the metal contacts, or via the sd card's plastic shell. Most cards have a static-resistant shell, however some cheap cards (copies) from China will use the cheapest plastics available that are not static-resistant.
If it's the latter, maybe a few other members recognise these symptoms.
Comment by steven9761 posted on converting raw files at 04/01/2013 - 23:16
IFF is Interchange File Format. I think it is used mainly by film production companies. Why, I don't know! I would imagine that somewhere in your settings you are able to change this to whatever other format you prefer by using the SAVE AS commandline.
Comment by steven9761 posted on converting raw files at 04/01/2013 - 18:56
I bought my wife the white one for Xmas. She calls it her "lady camera".
Comment by steven9761 posted on Q: Better in black or white? at 04/01/2013 - 17:03
You could ask your local camera shop I suppose, but they will possibly charge you for it.
Having read up on it, all you have to do is extract the .exe file when you have downloaded it. This then presents you with the .bin file. Copy the .bin file onto a clean formatted sd card. Place the card (which now has the .bin file loaded onto it) into the camera's card slot whilst the camera is switched off. Once in place, power up your camera.
Next, press the camera's MENU button on the back of the camera, then using the 4-way controller, scroll along until you land on the SPANNER icon on the top of the LCD screen. Now, scroll down to the bottom until you land on FIRMWARE VERSION. You should now see a little green arrow to the right of this. Press the 4-way controller at the 3 o'clock position - this should now open up a sub-menu. In this sub-menu, it will ask you to UPDATE FIRMWARE - press to activate it.
Your LCD screen should now display "NOW LOADING", then after about 15-20 seconds your camera will either power itself off automatically, or stay active with the LCD screen now reading "COMPLETED".
Switch the camera off after a few seconds, remove the sd card (reformat it on your pc to remove the .bin file - you will then be able to use the card to take your photos onto) - et VOILA!!.. Your camera is now updated!!
Trust me, Louise - it really is that easy!!
Having read up on it, all you have to do is extract the .exe file when you have downloaded it. This then presents you with the .bin file. Copy the .bin file onto a clean formatted sd card. Place the card (which now has the .bin file loaded onto it) into the camera's card slot whilst the camera is switched off. Once in place, power up your camera.
Next, press the camera's MENU button on the back of the camera, then using the 4-way controller, scroll along until you land on the SPANNER icon on the top of the LCD screen. Now, scroll down to the bottom until you land on FIRMWARE VERSION. You should now see a little green arrow to the right of this. Press the 4-way controller at the 3 o'clock position - this should now open up a sub-menu. In this sub-menu, it will ask you to UPDATE FIRMWARE - press to activate it.
Your LCD screen should now display "NOW LOADING", then after about 15-20 seconds your camera will either power itself off automatically, or stay active with the LCD screen now reading "COMPLETED".
Switch the camera off after a few seconds, remove the sd card (reformat it on your pc to remove the .bin file - you will then be able to use the card to take your photos onto) - et VOILA!!.. Your camera is now updated!!
Trust me, Louise - it really is that easy!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Update for the Pentax k30? at 04/01/2013 - 08:06
Aura - in reality, it's simplicity in itself. The only thing I'll need to gen up on is how to activate the .bin file in this particular camera (I'll PM you once I've sussed it).
The update apparently improves the performance, and also improves the contrast AF.
On the other thread I'd linked earlier (above), another member says that he'd noticed the improvement, so it's worth the update.
Are you running a Windows or a Mac computer?
The update apparently improves the performance, and also improves the contrast AF.
On the other thread I'd linked earlier (above), another member says that he'd noticed the improvement, so it's worth the update.
Are you running a Windows or a Mac computer?
Comment by steven9761 posted on Update for the Pentax k30? at 03/01/2013 - 20:35
