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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-01-2022, 10:21 AM
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The best shot here, as of 01.11.2022.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-01-2022, 10:20 AM
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Why so often photographers feel need to increase saturation to the photos which don't need it? Otherwise lovely shot.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-18-2022, 07:54 AM
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This is an interesting question.
First, a lot of the time large format cameras tend to be used with the equivalent to 40mm lens, in 35mm. The reason is that it gives a bit better DoF than equivalent to standard 50mm. Second reason is the cost of any other large format longer focal length lens. Wideangle large format lenses require huge covering diameter, so they need a lot of elements in order to correct various distortions. At the other end, the longer lenses require large glass elements and are large in size. They are also difficult to use because the DoF is very small.
For years now, I have been using 40mm lenses for all my street photography, with Canon film and Sony digital cameras. With Pentax film cameras I use 35mm f2.8 lens because I didn't like the results Pentax SMC 40mm f2.8, produce in any conditions where there is even the smallest amount of back light. That is real shame because I like the small size of that lens.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-03-2022, 09:15 AM
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FUTUREPROOFING!!!
First, the disclaimer! I have never used the Developer Studio software, or Pentax digital cameras.
The quality difference between an image shot in JPG and RAW might not always be easy and obvious to see in all circumstances. The image of a squirrel, posted by another member is an excellent example, showing one of the reasons for shooting RAW. Others have mentioned other advantages too.
I would like to mention that just like printing analog photographs, the skill in using the software, such as Developer Studio, plays significant role too. For instance, when I started shooting digital in 1999, I didn't know nearly as much about using software for manipulating images as I know now, in 2022. For the past 23 years I used only one software, while trying several others.
But, another often overlooked reason for shooting RAW is future proofing! We learn through time, but the software we use improves all the time too. So, when I now process the RAW file taken in 1999, in the latest eddition of the software, the results are significantly better, and that might be the most important reason to shoot RAW.
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