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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
01-03-2010, 07:39 AM
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It is program dependent. Just get a quadcore intel as fast as you can afford and don't worry about it any more.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
01-02-2010, 02:50 AM
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Here is a simple cheesy trick :) . Set your camera to MF and intentionally mis-focus, then take a picture of the tree. The more lights on the tree, the better the result.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
12-05-2009, 03:29 AM
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Yes, it is.
Notice that he was using the 2 seconds timer, which, as someone already stated, automatically disables SR.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-22-2009, 08:11 AM
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I have the white K-m. I bought it in June and so far it is not showing any signs of discoloration or smudges.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-30-2009, 12:13 PM
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Yeah, that is the best way. And don't forget you can use shutter half-press to turn even the review screen off.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-21-2009, 12:21 PM
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Are we still talking about a stock K2000 (no aftermarket focusing screen etc...)? The AF is accurate and fast. I really doubt one could consistently match it's performance when MF'ing.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-20-2009, 11:50 AM
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Try to get the FA version, otherwise you'll miss autofocus. Manual focus kinda sucks.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-13-2009, 11:09 AM
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It's called flickr and it strips the data mercilessly to save bandwidth. :)
Anyways, from looking at the data, a simple change of the Auto ISO setting to allow maximum ISO higher than 400 (800 at least) would help you a lot in low light.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-10-2009, 11:51 AM
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Tough questions, because I do not have a black one to compare. Neither do I have any longer black lenses (the kit lenses were white, too), the one in the picture is a FA50, which is pretty compact.
My personal opinion is that it looks good with black lenses, but a bit odd with the white ones. It's almost like a toy camera.
As for candid shots, my experience is that people generally don't care. The camera looks very non-threatening. At least I have never been aproached by anyone. Aside from the white body, a big reason for that might be that I never use a lens hood and most of the time I look like a slightly confused tourist just passing by. Camera in one hand, snack/cell phone/map/book/bag in the other.
The most important factor for me is that *I* like the white color. That means I enjoy picking the camera up, taking it everywhere with me and using it. I always look forward to using it. I know this might sound a bit stupid, but it definitely forced me to take lots of pictures and learn quite a lot about photography. :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-09-2009, 01:30 PM
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Like this?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-03-2009, 03:36 AM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-02-2009, 12:53 PM
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Wear that Pentax strap and wear it proud! :)
I do, except it's wrapped around my wrist.
It seems a bit small to be used as a neck strap, unless of course the wearer is a tiny japanese woman. :)
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
10-02-2009, 12:47 PM
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I almost always boost the contrast, but I actually like the colors ever so slightly desatured most of the time.
So, ideal for me.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
10-01-2009, 12:29 PM
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Ballon glow is an event where the balloon owners inflate their ballons at night. The flames make the ballons glow in the dark. It's an amazing thing to watch.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
09-29-2009, 11:34 AM
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Focus+recompose works for me. I usually try to focus on the area between the nose and the eye, I dunno why, but it works most of the time.
Subject has to be steady tho. With moving subjects it's always a gamble.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-27-2009, 11:19 AM
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Thanks. There are two major things I do that make the subjects stand out.
1) The shooting phase:
I almost always use as large aperture as possible to get shallow depth of field. I also try to get close to the subjects, but leave enough distance between them and the background for that nice out-of-focus blur.
2) Post-processing.
I shoot raw and load the files in Rawtherapee afterwards. Then I manipulate the curves tool and changed the straight line to an S-shaped one, which increases contrast and saturation.
Then I check the shadows/highlights warning and if I see some areas that are too dark or too bright, I use the shadow and highlight compensation to bring them back. I like the shadows at about 4-5, anymore and they start looking unnatural to me. I guess I like dark shadows. Highlights I usually pull back a lot more, the slider usually ends up somewhere around 50-60.
The basic settings look like this:
I rarely adjust other values in the topmost part of the menu.
Then I quickly go over the other tabs, usually to desaturate the colors a bit and tweak the white balance if needed.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
09-20-2009, 10:36 AM
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It was probably too dark inside for the camera to focus, that's why it used the flash as a focus assist light before taking a shot.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-19-2009, 01:54 PM
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And the final one, a toast to this lens, because it almost never leaves my camera. :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-19-2009, 01:43 PM
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A Star Wars parody would make a great ad for the K-x. Imagine Vader on a vacation with a black K-x, accompanied by a group of Stormtroopers with all white ones, Chewbacca with a brown one, Leya with a pink one etc... they could be walking around taking pictures and then run into each other. :)
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-19-2009, 01:39 PM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-19-2009, 10:11 AM
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All these things mean that you can mount a small prime/pancake and carry the camera with you pretty much all the time. Where else can you get a 50mm F1.4 stabilised APS-C P&S? Such a combo comfortably beats even the micro 4/3 format offerings and you don't have to worry about m4/3 lens adapters. You even get a video recording.
For an experienced photographer, it would make a great second camera. And you don't have to buy a red one if you don't want to. They still offer a black one.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-19-2009, 09:53 AM
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I have been thinking about a custom remote, just an IR led, on-off switch and a larger battery. This is obviously assuming that the remote doesn't send any codes. Does anybody know whether this is the case or not?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-19-2009, 09:47 AM
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Furthermore, K-x should show focus point indicators on the LCD. You just don't see them in the viewfinder.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-19-2009, 09:43 AM
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I really hope so. I waited 2 months for my white K-m, I don't mind waiting another 2 for a bright yellow/olive gree/brown/silver K-x.
Yeah, I actually like the brown ones, too. They look kinda classy.
As classy as a colored plastic camera can... :)
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