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Monkeys, I won't even comment on how anyone could possibly confuse hat for a photo

good
at least I knew it wasn't a hat

5/10

Pete
Hmmm... well, anyone can see what I meant...

Comment by Tyr posted on Real or Fake? at 17/07/2007 - 08:29

Tyr
10 out of ten, spotted things that show each is what it is.

Spoilers below, copy and paste or change font size, quote me or something to read it (don't repost it as someone may want to read the thread before trying). I've strung it all together so you can't tell how many of each there are, points vary with each so there could be less of one than the other



Fakes:
The BMW has a flat background and the tiles in the foreground look like they have parallax applied. The Mug shows the spoon reflected on it is a less than real way, it is a bit too perfect. The 'froth' on the top is also a flat texture. The diamonds have flat colouration and the refraction is not correct. Whisks shadows are all wrong and the textures are bland. Monkeys, I won't even comment on how anyone could possibly confuse hat for a photo

Real:
Corkscrew has a lovely flash shadow, deep texture. Nut and Bolt have great DoF and shadow. The rover, just look at the numberplate and the decorative bit above, the reflections are 'burnt' naturally. Glass thingamajig, well nice deep texture and one which could easily fool. Peppers, colour looks wrong and flat but the detail and texture on the stalks shows they are real. DoF is also helps a bit.




Bonus 4 out of 4 correct

Fake:
The marbles and steel tube reflections look wrong. The guy in armour looks very fake indeed, hair, skin, forehead, eyes, list goes on...

Real:
Wooden lizard, imperfection on the foot and nice studio lighting, look at the shadows. Glass of water, movement, texture, bubbles, detail, lighting.

Comment by Tyr posted on Real or Fake? at 26/06/2007 - 11:28

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Poor little Boris
Indeed, he died a rather horrendous death last night.

My partner brought up some tea for herself to settle down in bed with a book. She turned the halogen lamp next to the bed on and the spider started dancing (they get hot fast, just in case you didn't know). It quickly spun thread to escape. This fell apart and off the lamp splashing the spider right into the boiling hot cup of tea. Needless to say it was dead and my partner a little upset for the spider and loss of her tea.

Comment by Tyr posted on Welcome Gerri to the k10 club. at 29/06/2007 - 15:09

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Argh! A spider is running all over my laptop Hope it doesn't go in the fans and cooling as that could seriously hamper it's efficiency!

Cooked spider anyone?
It's not called Borris by any chance
Who is Borris? It ran over my screen and I flicked it off. It landed on the wall perfectly and scurried off.

Comment by Tyr posted on Welcome Gerri to the k10 club. at 28/06/2007 - 15:14

Tyr
Argh! A spider is running all over my laptop Hope it doesn't go in the fans and cooling as that could seriously hamper it's efficiency!

Cooked spider anyone?

Comment by Tyr posted on Welcome Gerri to the k10 club. at 28/06/2007 - 14:45

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It's nice to have a partner who likes the same gadgets that you do!
Mine keeps trying to steal mine as we can't afford a second one... One day, or if anyone is feeling generous or doesn't want or hates their K10D (very unlikely scenarios).

Other problem Is I need a fast lens and a macro which would come up to the same as a second body

At least after a second body she'd understand LBA and contribute a lot more

Comment by Tyr posted on Welcome Gerri to the k10 club. at 26/06/2007 - 11:45

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that's so sharp, it should come with a built-in hot shaving cream dispensor.
Was going to add a similar thing to my post, so sharp you better handle with care or something of the like.

Comment by Tyr posted on Oh dear... at 26/06/2007 - 13:18

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Shame about the soft JPEGs, though. Other than that, it's a pretty good camera.

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I think they have a new PRIMEUS processor:

Pentax Real Imaging Engine Ultra Sharp, sharpens all your images beyond Cannon and Nikon's over sharp standards if you chooce that setting, here is an example:

100% crops for pixel peeping/measurebating.

US off:
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Comment by Tyr posted on Oh dear... at 26/06/2007 - 11:52

Tyr
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/8783-new-pentax-k18d-f...



Now just look at dpreview:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&thread=23762527


Very bad PS job on a lot of it, could have been much better. Really don't like the Nikon grip in green.

Comment by Tyr posted on Oh dear... at 25/06/2007 - 14:37

Tyr
There is no macro setting on the camera, you need a dedicated macro lens or an adapter to shoot macro.

I'm not quite sure what you are asking really...

Comment by Tyr posted on Macro question.. at 25/06/2007 - 15:46

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