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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
10-18-2013, 04:32 AM
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I will preface this by stating for the record: I don't hate the new sony cameras - i'm sure they will be good tools in the hands of capable artists.
What I don't like is how pentaxforums has been turned in to another marketing tentacle for SONY equipment. Pentax isn't good at marketing, they need all the help they can get - so why is pentax forums smattering the new sony cameras all over the front page like this:
In what way is this a productive marketing strategy for pentax?
I think the people who manage Pentaxforums should be ashamed.
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Forum: Pentax Full Frame
02-25-2013, 06:14 AM
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because they didn't had a choice :lol:
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-15-2013, 10:02 PM
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Will Pentax increase the AF focus points and the ability to AF-C in the near future?
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-11-2012, 11:45 AM
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LOL!
Well that's kinda what the Pentax R&D department did, isn't it?
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-11-2012, 11:27 AM
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Just a quick aside. You know who's really happy about this? The camera reviewers at dpreview:
"Copy K5 review, paste K5 review. Insert paragraph about improved AF."
"Job well done boys. Lets go for lunch."
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-31-2011, 08:48 AM
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:D:D:D:D
(My Mayan psychic says they will release a full Frame on December 21st, 2012. It will be called K-Boom)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
01-29-2011, 03:05 PM
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"By popular demand" I've now made a guide with lots of pictures for those daring to try this themselves. Its found here |
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
01-23-2011, 11:28 AM
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This may come as a shock to you, but back in the old days, we used to estimate distance and focus blind using the distance scale. Hell we couldn't even check our results until we got to the darkroom but we figured it out. You can actually get quite good at it with a bit of practice. But then again most of us know how to calculate exposure in our heads too. It's amazing what we used to be able to do, those of us who learned to shoot before built in light meters, adjustable ISO/ASA and auto focus. The only reason you guys aren't learning these skills, is because you want your camera to do it all for you. There was 100 years of photography before auto-focus. And people still took pictures.
I also walked 10 miles to school in snow storms in my pajamas, uphill both ways.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-24-2010, 04:56 PM
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My $0.02:- The K-5 takes great pictures with plenty of detail. I see no motivation to try and uncover a 'softness issue'.
- I'll wait for Falk's (falconeye's) K-5 test. His results and comments will be a 100% reliable.
- Klaus has specific needs. He values the K10D because its AA filter is very weak (he claims it even has zero effect vertically). This particular K10D effect is good for producing high resolution numbers in lens test (remember that their resolution is measured vertically) but in practice a weak AA filter causes nothing but trouble.
- Can we not congratulate Pentax for chosing an appropriate AA filter? Go weaker and you run the risk of moiré artifacts. The crispness is often not real detail but spurious contrast. It is much better to regain detail with capture sharpening than having to deal with moiré.
- IR has published D7000 images in which one can observe spurious colour moiré. In other words, you see colour where none should be present. Similar to TV broadcasts where B&W pinstripe shirts appeared to show rainbow colours. Do you want that?
- DSLR quality today has reached a level where one can blindly buy a camera based on handling preferences only. In terms of IQ they are all more than sufficient. Still, the hard work of testers has not become superfluous and should be respected. While the IQ differences are hardly relevant for 99% of the customers, the rest has an interest and I also think it helps to keep pushing the manufacturers to do their best.
In summary, I expect Pentax to have done the right thing. I'd be surprised if Falk's tests (hopefully he will have time to work on them) will show anything different.
Till then, I don't think there is anything to "uncover".
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-22-2010, 10:02 AM
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With the sharpening tools available it's very easy to make almost any image look sharp. So IMHO a stronger AA filter is preferable to avoid artifacts that are almost impossible to fix. A very weak or no AA filter is only great if you look at your pictures at 100% and don't bother the false colors, moiré, maze artifacts, etc.
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