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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-23-2010, 01:53 AM
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disappointed that I can't use the 200mm f4 prime I bought... shows f-- like no fstop and won't take a pic, can I still find a way to use it?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-09-2010, 12:30 PM
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I thought the same thing at first Marc, but you have to consider the test was done on a tripod with AF locked in to the cameras correct guess, I assume even if the focus was a bit softer on the K-x it will still come out with much better contrast and what not.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-09-2010, 08:24 AM
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I was at odds, I have always loved the Elan 7N because for a film SLR it really can't be beat... I've always wanted one for the last 5 yrs. Now that I have some money I was going to get it's bigger brother the 450D for 450$ on KEH, instead of the K-x which I just KNEW couldn't compare to the Canon's AF speed or IQ...
Well I was HORRIBLY wrong...
This is at 100iso look at the middle pattern and you can tell the K-x is INCREDIBLE compared to the 450D... I was leaning towards the 450D for IQ and AF speed and the K-x for prices on the lens and IQ for the older k-mount lenses. But I am going to rest assured now with my decision to get a Pentax, I just had to show this to you guys!
BTW, this is about 10% crop of the original image, and it looks like it's the whole frame for the K-x, that is incredible to me... I don't know about you guys...
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Forum: Photographic Technique
01-06-2010, 08:54 AM
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Couple things, first off I don't have a camera yet, =) so I can't tell you which model...
And second, I thought the notebook would give it away teeheehee... yes I have only used film, but I swear by learning on film, I know it's slower and that's why I think it's better... I know digital gives you that availability of immediate review, but this is another reason why I tried so hard to get everything right, because I didn't want to embarrass myself when I went to pick up the film and two I knew I would have to wait and see the results until then and I wanted a good present =)
I am thinking about getting 3 bodies... a K1000 instead of an LX, a ZX-5 instead of ZX-5n or Z-3, I don't like the MZ-s because I want the manual dials on this body.
Those are my two manual dial cameras, I am aware that the autofocus isn't as great as the infamous elan 7 quiteness... I used to droll over the Elan for af performance and quite, I heard that you can't even hear it roll the film back at all unless you put your ear to the back door.
And the digital I am going to get a KX and be able to use the other film bodies with the money I save with not buying a K 7 or K20d.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
01-05-2010, 11:36 PM
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So heres a question, I HATE when the camera changes the aperture, can I set it into aperture priority mode and have the camera change the shutter speed during bracketing?
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Forum: Photographic Technique
01-05-2010, 11:18 PM
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Forum: Photographic Technique
01-05-2010, 10:43 PM
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I was under the impression that when I set the exposure compensation dial that the camera automatically took the photo at the setting specified and then a second one at the exposure compensation level specified, I'm thinking that I just learned that it only takes one photo period.
Now I am confused as to why the exposure compensation dial even exist because if it was just going to do that, why wouldn't I just change it myself instead of having a dial. Is it just so that it reads as if I was doing that in the first place, if so... I think that is a horrendous waste of a dial. Kind of pisses me off...
I have never owned a camera with exposure compensation dial and still don't, but I wanted to get one because I thought it was a great idea to set it up as a back up frame so that it would take the first frame and then a second with the amount of compensation desired. It's kind of useless if it only takes one frame with the adjusted compensation if you ask me... because compensation is a just in case type of deal in my mind.. just in case this exposure would have worked out better...
I love taking three photos of everything... often I am happy if I get 6 perfect frames out of a 36 frame roll. I shoot for 4-5 perfect photos per roll of 36.
I always take the photo I think should be perfect and then one shutter speed over and one under and sometimes I will take a 4th or 5th with different aperture, sometimes the one I thought would turn out didn't. I used to have a notebook and would record the settings for each frame and sometimes I'd find out one of the other frames turned out much better.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-05-2010, 01:00 AM
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I am thinking about the MZ-3 since it's a step down it may be cheaper and it has the dials I prefer..
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
01-05-2010, 12:29 AM
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You do realize that there is one major benefit to Pentax not making their own sensors right? Since Sony's sensor is doing so well in the K-x, this should more than likely cause Samsung to be fearful of losing sales to Sony, third parties will be competing with eachother for better improvements over sensor technology and thus better sensors for us... Canon is only competing with their last great product...
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-05-2010, 12:14 AM
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I fell in LOVE, but there are a couple issues, just how much brighter is the penta prism instead of the mirror, is it that big of a deal? And I'm assuming the AutoFocus will be pretty fast and accurate considering it's a later model correct?
Is there any Pentax Film Body that has a penta prism with the same dial configuration? Or close to it? I LOVE full manual look of the Mz-M, it reminds me to a T of my old Chinon-CE5 where you turn the dial to the shutter speed... soooo .... drools.....
What's the difference between the Mz-S and Mz-m I noticed it's 300$...
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-01-2010, 03:31 PM
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I'm terribly confused... I had a Chinar lens that is 35-70mm and I would manually focus it, check the shutter speed indicator to see if it needed a slower shutter speed or just open the aperture and then after setting the aperture ring after adjusting or leaving it alone, I would take the picture.
Are you folks telling me it works differently than that with an M series?
What the HECK do you mean when you say this...
"worth while to shop for the A version which supports all exposure modes. With the M version you are restricted to using M exposure mode."
I assume you must be referring to aperture priority mode, shutter priority mode, and auto mode? I just figured that the M series would allow me to set the aperture ring and the camera would work out the shutter speed in aperture priority mode, you're saying this lens isn't compatible with aperture priority mode? Not a big deal as long as the camera has a meter that allows me to see if there is enough light getting through for proper exposure, I can just set the aperture with the front dial on the k20d according to the review.
If I can change the aperture on the lens and the shutter speed with the camera, why would that be a problem as far as ease of camera operation? To just... let the camera decide what shutter speed to use when in aperture priority mode was a nice thing in the past, but I preferred not to use it, I'd only use it SOME times, I like to be consciously aware of what settings I'm taking a picture with at all times.
And in shutter priority mode to allow the camera to change your dof I think is a horrible flaw, the dof is like the frame of the picture within the picture, to change it changes EVERYTHING, you could want something out of the dof that the camera chooses many times. So I prefer FULL manual.. even with the F series lens and the FA I will be using full manual all the time. I cant see why you wouldn't be full manual unless you are lazy, honestly, bird photography is not something you WOULDN'T want to do in full manual in my opinion, if you choose aperture priority mode and the shutter speed is adjustable, you might not capture it sharp enough or wings may move too fast, or a twitcher birdie haha. In shutter priority you might choose a shutter speed on accident that is 1 stop too fast that allows the camera to choose an aperture that shows greater dof and you would have to select the background in photoshop and blur it on purpose because you let the camera choose an aperture that allowed the frame to be too "busy".
I wanted to know if these lens were known to have defects as far as, HORRIBLE problems with sharpness, or CA, or anything else that would affect my IQ, not whether or not it's compatible with new age modes that are available that I hate to use anyways. I appreciate the help, but both were in regards to the same effect, meaning the A instead of M, and it's twice as much.
Not only that but the zoom, is 4 times as much... if it's not sharper, I don't want it. I need SHARPness to capture feathers and sparkles in the eyes, I need ACCURATE autofocus.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-01-2010, 12:56 PM
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So I am deciding on a setup, it's been awhile since I have taken any photos... 6 years, I'm 24.
K20D 700.00 (used)
SMC Pentax-F 28mm F2.8 200.00
SMC Pentax-M 200mm F4 100.00
SMC Pentax-FA 100-300mm F4.7-5.8 100.00
The 28 will be for Architecture, Candid Street, Portrait
The 200 will be for Landscape Mainly but also, Portrait
The Zoom will be my sole wildlife and bird lens, I know it won't focus as fast as DA series or more expensive Tamron or Sigma. But I take my shots with a Quantaray 70-300mm and they came out good and that lens was soooo loud when it focused and so slow and would fish and not lock on focus. So I think I can deal with this FA quite satisfactorily.
This is a photo I took with the Quantaray for Minolta Maxxum HTsi plus with Kodak Max Gold.
http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q348/1D4y4a0d/Michael/Photography/Red_bre...by_Lascivu.jpg
Here are the rest, all taken with that Minolta and FujiFilm SuperHQ 200 except the shots from Yellowstone, they were taken with Chinon CE-5 and 35-70mm Chinar K-mount lens with Fujifilm SuperHQ 200.
Photography pictures by 1D4y4a0d - Photobucket
I would like you guys and gals to steer me away from bad decisions and praise any good choices I made, letting me know how you feel these will perform for me. Someone told me not to buy the K2000 BRAND new for $385.00 because I could be a vastly improved sensor and frame rate by buying a new K-x, well I got wind of the K20D and it's weather seals and what not and 14 MP CMOS sensor instead of the CCD most companies were using 6 years ago and I watched a review on utube of it the K20D and I was very impressed with Pentax.
I have NEVER been a Pentaxing, just a K-mountian ahaha, I've always heard K-mount lens were good and I have never had any accept the Chinar lens for the Chinon which you all know of course was K-mount and marketed through Sears. I found out on Wikipedia that Chinon was a French town highly sought after during the 100years war, interesting huh.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-01-2010, 04:45 AM
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OK, so I'm 24, I haven't taken any photos in a few years, last time I was 18.. so 6 years ago... here are those photos...
Photography pictures by 1D4y4a0d - Photobucket
The Yellowstone shots where taken with a 1981 Sears boughten Chinon CE-5 with a 35-70mm chinar lens, and Fujifilm SuperHQ 400, I had driven as a passenger 14 hrs and realized I didn't have one roll of film with me, so we stopped at the first gas station I could find and they only have SuperHQ so I bought it instead of the other films... if only I had the 2 rolls of reala I thought I had left hehe.... I usually take 2-3 exposures per scene, manual exp compensation you know, it's an older camera so I couldn't trust the meter. In fact the meter is what eventually went out on it which is why I trashed it, plus the leather wrap on the outside peeled off.
The Mt. Rainier shots are taken from my property, our view of Mt. Rainier from Olympia, WA, taken with a Minolta Maxxum HTsi plus with a 70-300mm Quantaray for Minolta micro capable lens on a tripod. I stood on top of my sisters old Honda CVCC from 1960s that is a junk car and it had a divot in the roof and filled with water, I slipped on some ice that formed in the middle and fell on my butt on the top of this car and stood back up and took the shot hehe... I was 18 like I said so this was all fun and quite enjoyable experience.
Just about every shot was taken with the Minolta except for the Yellowstone shots... the bird was Minolta and the rest were Minolta.
So I decided on this setup...
K20D Used, 700.00
SMC Pentax-F 28mm F2.8 200.00
SMC Pentax-M 200mm F4 100.00
SMC Pentax-FA 100-300mm F4.7-5.8 100.00
I will be ordering these in less than two weeks... are my choices exemplary for a poor bastada hahaha.
I think I will succeed in obtaining choice images since the whole time without a camera I have never stopped imaging, how I would take a photo of everything I looked at... so I hope it's still with me...
Any advice, bad choices? Tiips? K-x? or is K20d for extra 100$ smart decision?
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