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From the outside looking in, I look upon the RPS as being an "elitist club", and my personal view on anybody that promotes themselves as Joe Bloggs with an acronym have issues with themselves. IMO, if your photographic portfolio stands up, then this would be the reason why I would personally hire that person for whatever reasons - not because they like to be be known as Mr/Mrs PhD, FRPS, etc.
Comment by steven9761 posted on RPS or not ? at 01/05/2012 - 19:06
Try soaking a cotton bud with some isopropyl alcohol (used to sterilise skin area prior to insertion of a hypodermic needle), and gently poke it into the contacts on the camera. It might lift a bit of any flakes of oxide, and should certainly remove any film of oil-based gunk that's built up over the years.
Comment by steven9761 posted on LX Motor Drive faulty at 01/05/2012 - 17:58
Do you get the preview screen with the shutter/aperture, etc data displayed? It may be something as simple as you accidentally nudging a button, to a loose/broken wire connecting the screen to the mainboard. It might clear itself if you remove the battery for a couple of mins, then re-insert it.
Comment by steven9761 posted on K5 "dead"? at 01/05/2012 - 17:19
SteveF wrote:
That's as maybe.. But RICOH are an electronics manufacturer - what's to stop them setting up a plant solely manufacturing electronic optical sensors? I would have thought that may be one of the reasons why Ricoh bought out Pentax.steven9761 wrote:
I agree, gents. Perhaps, as well as manufacturing cameras, Ricoh Pentax can work on developing image sensors capable of being built in to smartphones, if not actually launch a range of smartphones themselves. Think of the publicity RP would get if the likes of Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Blackberry, or even Apple were to opt for a phone with an excellent pentax sensor on board. My thinking is: if people that swear by iphone (as an example) knew that the image sensor inside was manufactured by Sony, they would perhaps be swayed to purchase a Sony camera. Likewise, if the Pentax brand and logo were emblazoned on the iphone's packaging, with maybe room somewhere for the Pentax name on the product itself. Surely this is a marketing possibility staring them in the face, but they just haven't got around to noticing... yet!!
The flaw in your logic is that Pentax is a camera maker not a sensor manufacturer; they are bought in.I agree, gents. Perhaps, as well as manufacturing cameras, Ricoh Pentax can work on developing image sensors capable of being built in to smartphones, if not actually launch a range of smartphones themselves. Think of the publicity RP would get if the likes of Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Blackberry, or even Apple were to opt for a phone with an excellent pentax sensor on board. My thinking is: if people that swear by iphone (as an example) knew that the image sensor inside was manufactured by Sony, they would perhaps be swayed to purchase a Sony camera. Likewise, if the Pentax brand and logo were emblazoned on the iphone's packaging, with maybe room somewhere for the Pentax name on the product itself. Surely this is a marketing possibility staring them in the face, but they just haven't got around to noticing... yet!!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Still in the frame... at 28/04/2012 - 16:54
DrOrloff wrote:
That car's worth at least two kit kats.
The 2 finger KitKats, or the 4 finger ones??That car's worth at least two kit kats.
Comment by steven9761 posted on FS:Palar Auto 200mm f3.5 (Not A Clue Either) at 27/04/2012 - 14:10
ChrisA wrote:
Never mind that, Chris... How's he gonna get the car into a jiffy envelope??... (I suppose he could reverse it in though!! )DrOrloff wrote:
- A lot more desirable than my car.
Here is a photo taken with this lens which also proves the above point:
Offers in the region of 5 new pence, plus UK postage. Or can be collected from Derby 6th-7th May.
Yes, but what do you want for the lens?- A lot more desirable than my car.
Here is a photo taken with this lens which also proves the above point:
Offers in the region of 5 new pence, plus UK postage. Or can be collected from Derby 6th-7th May.
Comment by steven9761 posted on FS:Palar Auto 200mm f3.5 (Not A Clue Either) at 27/04/2012 - 13:26
Probably best with a PL-CIR (circular polariser) if you are using it on a dslr. My personal preference is Hoya filters.
Comment by steven9761 posted on help with filters at 27/04/2012 - 13:24
Richard - I'd say that high on your shopping list should be a good UV filter, and you won't go amiss adding a polarising filter to your armoury either.
Comment by steven9761 posted on help with filters at 27/04/2012 - 13:04
Welcome, Zachary!!
I noticed your link to a German website - if it's fast cards, take a look at: www.pretec.com. They have launched Class 16 cards, and I recently purchased their 16Gb 567x card, which is also ideal for HD video!
I noticed your link to a German website - if it's fast cards, take a look at: www.pretec.com. They have launched Class 16 cards, and I recently purchased their 16Gb 567x card, which is also ideal for HD video!
Comment by steven9761 posted on Introduction: at 27/04/2012 - 06:44
I had a similar problem recently. I resolved it by uninstalling ADOBE FLASH PLAYER, and JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT. After rebooting, I reinstalled JAVA, rebooted, then installed the latest version of FLASH. Everything works fine now. BTW: I run Win7 as my OS.
Comment by steven9761 posted on Site Problem? at 27/04/2012 - 06:34
