Kiwi Pentaxians

**zkarj** · 10-09-2021, 08:25 PM

Originally posted by seventhdr

I was wondering if the batteries were too full of juice. And if they were run down just a bit then the KP would accept them. I seem to recall something happening many years ago with people's K-5s, I think.

That's interesting. I do recall having this happen before with a single battery but couldn't say how long ago. Before the KP I had a K-5.

It fits with much of what happened, although all three batteries that were charged had been sitting in the camera bag for many weeks or months so I would expect them to have lost a little in sitting there. Then again, temperature changes were likely with all my handling of them for the many attempts, so maybe that is another factor.

**GUB** · 10-09-2021, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by Clarkey

I have not done this (but use VLC to connect iphones to my linux gear via web browser on a direct VLC server connection). Have you considered using VLC multicast? This looks promising.

Thanks for that Clarkey. I will look into it some more. I think it would require the computing power of a smart TV wouldn't it rather than the TV being just a monitor.? So like screen capture between two computers.

**NZ_Ross** · 10-09-2021, 09:43 PM

As I have discussed previously I have been keen to try and photograph a pīwakawaka (Fantail) at our botanic gardens to test out the K-3 III and 55-300 PLM. Finally today, one of the wee fella's obliged. It was a good test, as per usual it never stayed still for more than a few seconds. I had the camera set to TAV, High speed drive mode, continuous autofocus, and 9 autofocus points. Maximum ISO was set to 25,600.

I have shared these images below to show you what the K-3 III and 55-300 PLM can achieve. I am extremely happy with the results, and would have struggled to get any of these images with the K-3 and 55-300 WR. I have included images with plenty of clutter in them. Have a look at the ISO's. I haven't de-noised to clean the images up, so this should give you a reasonable indication of what the sensor is giving.

This wee fantail had been in a few scrapes, but did the job nicely as far as focus speed, accuracy and testing was concerned.

Cheers

Ross

MarkJerling · 10-09-2021, 10:32 PM

Nice shots Ross. Such difficult birds to capture.

**NZ_Ross** · 10-09-2021, 10:56 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by MarkJerling

Nice shots Ross. Such difficult birds to capture.

Thanks Mark, that is for sure regarding capture

**zkarj** · 10-10-2021, 01:18 AM - **2 Likes**

That's seven more shots than I managed today in my back garden when it comes to fantails. I didn't even fire the shutter!

However yesterday I was also making attempts at "anything that will fly within range" and I did, just barely, manage to capture this tui. This is a very aggressive crop comprising only the top 46% of the frame height (and 55% width). It's not good enough for me to put on Flickr, but I was happy to at least get it in the frame and not a black smudge. I have decided that although the tuis frequently whisk through my garden at low level, I simply don't have long enough sight lines to be ready for them. I only got this one because I was already aiming at it in a tree, hoping it would fly towards me.

**GUB** · 10-10-2021, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by NZ_Ross

As I have discussed previously I have been keen to try and photograph a pīwakawaka (Fantail) at our botanic gardens to test out the K-3 III and 55-300 PLM. Finally today, one of the wee fella's obliged. It was a good test, as per usual it never stayed still for more than a few seconds. I had the camera set to TAV, High speed drive mode, continuous autofocus, and 9 autofocus points. Maximum ISO was set to 25,600.

I have shared these images below to show you what the K-3 III and 55-300 PLM can achieve. I am extremely happy with the results, and would have struggled to get any of these images with the K-3 and 55-300 WR. I have included images with plenty of clutter in them. Have a look at the ISO's. I haven't de-noised to clean the images up, so this should give you a reasonable indication of what the sensor is giving.

This wee fantail had been in a few scrapes, but did the job nicely as far as focus speed, accuracy and testing was concerned.

Cheers

Ross

Any Fantail that has made it through the winter looks a bit threadbare!
How much cropping Ross?

**NZ_Ross** · 10-10-2021, 01:39 AM

Originally posted by GUB

Any Fantail that has made it through the winter looks a bit threadbare!
How much cropping Ross?

Images 853, 861 are un-cropped (first image and the last image), the rest about 50% crop

---------- Post added 10-10-21 at 09:43 PM ----------

Originally posted by zkarj

That's seven more shots than I managed today in my back garden when it comes to fantails. I didn't even fire the shutter!

This is my third visit to the botanic gardens to try and find fantails

.

A Tui in flight is good skills!

MarkJerling · 10-10-2021, 01:45 AM - **3 Likes**

All the times that I have had a fantail up close, I did not have a camera! LOL

This is the best I've managed and it's pretty poor.

**seventhdr** · 10-10-2021, 11:54 AM

Mark,

That first image is just stunning. So much emotion and gesture in it.

Regards

Chris

MarkJerling · 10-10-2021, 12:18 PM

Thank you Chris. Wish I was closer to it and the light was poor so high ISO.

Kiwi645hauler · 10-10-2021, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by zkarj

That did cross my mind, but the shutter count is only at 7,152 which is something like a dozen battery changes, so I would have thought wear and soiling to be unlikely? I did get it second hand, but I'm responsible for over 90% of those shots and the only moist conditions it has been in were in Singapore over 2 years ago.

The bit I find most perplexing is that the depleted third party battery was 100% reliable even when the other three were not.

The battery contacts could be a problem even after so few changes, batteries sitting in bags etc still get exposed to the atmosphere, and may need a little clean, also clean the contacts on your charger, it may be a charger issue. If you are using a 3rd party charger, sometimes they do not stop charging when the battery reports full, and turns off, but turns to a trickle type charge that can affect the battery performance.

---------- Post added 10-10-21 at 01:29 PM ----------

Originally posted by NZ_Ross

Hayden, on a slightly different topic - where would you recommend getting film processed and scanned these days.

I haven't picked my film camera's up for a while, so planning to make some use of them over the next month and shoot some rolls of film

Here in the shop, we use WPS in Wellington for our D&P work, they have been pretty good, another Wellington based lab that seems to have a pretty good reputation is Splendid Photo, they mainly do Dev & Scan work, in most formats, 110, 35mm and 120, plus for any movie shooters, they can dev & scan at 1080p Super 8 movie as well!

richandfleur · 10-10-2021, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by zkarj

I'm having the weirdest problem with my KP. Yesterday I was shooting in the back garden and noticed my battery was almost depleted. I went to my camera bag and grabbed, blindly, one of my three other batteries and put it in. The camera would not turn on. Odd, I thought. All my spares should be fully charged. So I tried another one. Same problem. And the third and final one. Same problem!

Sounds like a problem with the batteries or the camera.

I love how helpful forums can be

**NZ_Ross** · 10-10-2021, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by Kiwi645hauler

Here in the shop, we use WPS in Wellington for our D&P work, they have been pretty good, another Wellington based lab that seems to have a pretty good reputation is Splendid Photo, they mainly do Dev & Scan work, in most formats, 110, 35mm and 120, plus for any movie shooters, they can dev & scan at 1080p Super 8 movie as well!

Thanks Hayden, that is really helpful

**zkarj** · 10-10-2021, 03:43 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Kiwi645hauler

The battery contacts could be a problem even after so few changes, batteries sitting in bags etc still get exposed to the atmosphere, and may need a little clean, also clean the contacts on your charger, it may be a charger issue. If you are using a 3rd party charger, sometimes they do not stop charging when the battery reports full, and turns off, but turns to a trickle type charge that can affect the battery performance.

I don't think it's the charger because when the batteries do work they report a full charge and (so far) continue on as usual. I looked at the battery contacts. The Pentax ones are pristine and the third party ones look a little scratched but still shiny. Not sure how to assess the camera's contacts though. That's a pretty deep hole.

Originally posted by richandfleur

Sounds like a problem with the batteries or the camera.

I love how helpful forums can be

Ross got the sarcastic post of the year, I'm going to nominate you for the most helpful post of the year.

I have very few fantail shots, but I do have one taken in my back garden which is probably one of my favourite bird shots I've ever taken. Helped by the neighbour's yellow coloured house.

And on the subject of 'bedraggled' fantails, this little one had something 'not quite right'. Seen in Kuirau Park, Rotorua.

10-10-2021, 01:18 AM - 2 Likes	#18216
zkarj Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wellington Posts: 1,291	That's seven more shots than I managed today in my back garden when it comes to fantails. I didn't even fire the shutter! However yesterday I was also making attempts at "anything that will fly within range" and I did, just barely, manage to capture this tui. This is a very aggressive crop comprising only the top 46% of the frame height (and 55% width). It's not good enough for me to put on Flickr, but I was happy to at least get it in the frame and not a black smudge. I have decided that although the tuis frequently whisk through my garden at low level, I simply don't have long enough sight lines to be ready for them. I only got this one because I was already aiming at it in a tree, hoping it would fly towards me. Attached Images

10-10-2021, 01:39 AM	#18218
NZ_Ross Kiwi Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Timaru Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,225	Originally posted by GUB Any Fantail that has made it through the winter looks a bit threadbare! How much cropping Ross? Images 853, 861 are un-cropped (first image and the last image), the rest about 50% crop ---------- Post added 10-10-21 at 09:43 PM ---------- Originally posted by zkarj That's seven more shots than I managed today in my back garden when it comes to fantails. I didn't even fire the shutter! This is my third visit to the botanic gardens to try and find fantails . A Tui in flight is good skills! Last edited by NZ_Ross; 10-10-2021 at 01:49 AM.

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10-09-2021, 08:25 PM	#18211
zkarj Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wellington Posts: 1,291	Originally posted by seventhdr I was wondering if the batteries were too full of juice. And if they were run down just a bit then the KP would accept them. I seem to recall something happening many years ago with people's K-5s, I think. That's interesting. I do recall having this happen before with a single battery but couldn't say how long ago. Before the KP I had a K-5. It fits with much of what happened, although all three batteries that were charged had been sitting in the camera bag for many weeks or months so I would expect them to have lost a little in sitting there. Then again, temperature changes were likely with all my handling of them for the many attempts, so maybe that is another factor.

10-09-2021, 09:11 PM	#18212
GUB Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Wanganui Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,760	Originally posted by Clarkey I have not done this (but use VLC to connect iphones to my linux gear via web browser on a direct VLC server connection). Have you considered using VLC multicast? This looks promising. Thanks for that Clarkey. I will look into it some more. I think it would require the computing power of a smart TV wouldn't it rather than the TV being just a monitor.? So like screen capture between two computers.

10-09-2021, 10:32 PM	#18214
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,421	Nice shots Ross. Such difficult birds to capture.

10-09-2021, 10:56 PM - 1 Like	#18215
NZ_Ross Kiwi Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Timaru Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,225	Originally posted by MarkJerling Nice shots Ross. Such difficult birds to capture. Thanks Mark, that is for sure regarding capture

10-10-2021, 01:33 AM	#18217
GUB Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Wanganui Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,760	Originally posted by NZ_Ross As I have discussed previously I have been keen to try and photograph a pīwakawaka (Fantail) at our botanic gardens to test out the K-3 III and 55-300 PLM. Finally today, one of the wee fella's obliged. It was a good test, as per usual it never stayed still for more than a few seconds. I had the camera set to TAV, High speed drive mode, continuous autofocus, and 9 autofocus points. Maximum ISO was set to 25,600. I have shared these images below to show you what the K-3 III and 55-300 PLM can achieve. I am extremely happy with the results, and would have struggled to get any of these images with the K-3 and 55-300 WR. I have included images with plenty of clutter in them. Have a look at the ISO's. I haven't de-noised to clean the images up, so this should give you a reasonable indication of what the sensor is giving. This wee fantail had been in a few scrapes, but did the job nicely as far as focus speed, accuracy and testing was concerned. Cheers Ross Any Fantail that has made it through the winter looks a bit threadbare! How much cropping Ross?

10-10-2021, 11:54 AM	#18220
seventhdr Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,452	Mark, That first image is just stunning. So much emotion and gesture in it. Regards Chris

10-10-2021, 12:18 PM	#18221
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,421	Thank you Chris. Wish I was closer to it and the light was poor so high ISO.

10-10-2021, 01:24 PM	#18222
Kiwi645hauler Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Dunedin Posts: 394	Originally posted by zkarj That did cross my mind, but the shutter count is only at 7,152 which is something like a dozen battery changes, so I would have thought wear and soiling to be unlikely? I did get it second hand, but I'm responsible for over 90% of those shots and the only moist conditions it has been in were in Singapore over 2 years ago. The bit I find most perplexing is that the depleted third party battery was 100% reliable even when the other three were not. The battery contacts could be a problem even after so few changes, batteries sitting in bags etc still get exposed to the atmosphere, and may need a little clean, also clean the contacts on your charger, it may be a charger issue. If you are using a 3rd party charger, sometimes they do not stop charging when the battery reports full, and turns off, but turns to a trickle type charge that can affect the battery performance. ---------- Post added 10-10-21 at 01:29 PM ---------- Originally posted by NZ_Ross Hayden, on a slightly different topic - where would you recommend getting film processed and scanned these days. I haven't picked my film camera's up for a while, so planning to make some use of them over the next month and shoot some rolls of film Here in the shop, we use WPS in Wellington for our D&P work, they have been pretty good, another Wellington based lab that seems to have a pretty good reputation is Splendid Photo, they mainly do Dev & Scan work, in most formats, 110, 35mm and 120, plus for any movie shooters, they can dev & scan at 1080p Super 8 movie as well!

10-10-2021, 02:10 PM	#18223
richandfleur Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand Photos: Albums Posts: 1,788	Originally posted by zkarj I'm having the weirdest problem with my KP. Yesterday I was shooting in the back garden and noticed my battery was almost depleted. I went to my camera bag and grabbed, blindly, one of my three other batteries and put it in. The camera would not turn on. Odd, I thought. All my spares should be fully charged. So I tried another one. Same problem. And the third and final one. Same problem! Sounds like a problem with the batteries or the camera. I love how helpful forums can be

10-10-2021, 03:42 PM	#18224
NZ_Ross Kiwi Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Timaru Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,225	Originally posted by Kiwi645hauler Here in the shop, we use WPS in Wellington for our D&P work, they have been pretty good, another Wellington based lab that seems to have a pretty good reputation is Splendid Photo, they mainly do Dev & Scan work, in most formats, 110, 35mm and 120, plus for any movie shooters, they can dev & scan at 1080p Super 8 movie as well! Thanks Hayden, that is really helpful

10-10-2021, 03:43 PM - 1 Like	#18225
zkarj Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wellington Posts: 1,291	Originally posted by Kiwi645hauler The battery contacts could be a problem even after so few changes, batteries sitting in bags etc still get exposed to the atmosphere, and may need a little clean, also clean the contacts on your charger, it may be a charger issue. If you are using a 3rd party charger, sometimes they do not stop charging when the battery reports full, and turns off, but turns to a trickle type charge that can affect the battery performance. I don't think it's the charger because when the batteries do work they report a full charge and (so far) continue on as usual. I looked at the battery contacts. The Pentax ones are pristine and the third party ones look a little scratched but still shiny. Not sure how to assess the camera's contacts though. That's a pretty deep hole. Originally posted by richandfleur Sounds like a problem with the batteries or the camera. I love how helpful forums can be Ross got the sarcastic post of the year, I'm going to nominate you for the most helpful post of the year. I have very few fantail shots, but I do have one taken in my back garden which is probably one of my favourite bird shots I've ever taken. Helped by the neighbour's yellow coloured house. And on the subject of 'bedraggled' fantails, this little one had something 'not quite right'. Seen in Kuirau Park, Rotorua.