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Forum: General Photography 08-15-2014, 04:50 AM  
My name is Colton and I have ALS.
Posted By Douf
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My father had MND / ALS and passed away when I was only 7 years old. So naturally I didn't understand what was going on at the time. I have recollections of jumping in his whiz-bang electric wheelchair and zooming round the house when the condition really set in. Cheeky really thinking back, hope I got a smile out of Dad at the time.. I can't recall.
Science is moving in some really amazing directions so it is only a matter of time until there will be a breakthrough that will at least prolong the lives of those affected, if not single out the cause and eventually find that cure! Like you say Colton, it is not incurable.
Being partly a hereditary condition I could too end up with it, and apparently can be screened for it. I just wont. It just drives me to enjoy my life and my time with my family and do the things that matter to me.. Sometimes I forget and get drudged down by things. Then I think about Dad and get on moving again.

I am due to donate towards it actually. Time to set aside some dollars to this!

Good on you Colton for staying strong!

Doug
Forum: Photo Critique 12-18-2012, 06:09 PM  
People soft or too soft?
Posted By Douf
Replies: 7
Views: 1,321
Thanks for this - good to know.



Yes I find that a little distracting too.. will have a play with this later on as well as a bit more contrast to the background.



Thanks to eveyone for all your points, the main reason I put it up was my wife didn't like it so much but I thought there was still something to it.

I had other keepers from that day that were sharper but was also playing around at 1.4 for the sake of playing at 1.4 (fastest lens I now own..) - very hard to get your child to sit still enough to get the focus point exactly right!

For now though edits will have to wait.. he's just waking up!
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 11-20-2012, 07:38 PM  
K5II/s is it going to flop?
Posted By Douf
Replies: 31
Views: 4,854
Well it's worked for me. I bought a K10D in 2007 and have had some happy solid shooting over the years, however it was starting to show its age and finally started playing up between shots (turning off momentarily - enough to miss important shots).

I was very tempted to upgrade in 2010 with the K5 but held off as I justified the fact that I can still take good photos with the K10D when there's enough lighting - so I bought a flash instead, problem solved for the interim.

Whilst this release might not be enough of an update to tempt a current K5 owner into getting a II or IIs, it is enough of a bump in my needs to have warranted the upgrade.

Everyone buys things on different cycles - this time I was due, next release will no doubt tempt the K7 owners out there as well as a good proportion of K5 owners. Me? Well I'd say I'm set with my II's for at least another 4-5 years, quite possibly more given the fantastic build quality and weather proofing on Pentax bodies.

Now to get back out there and start shooting...
Forum: Site Suggestions and Help 04-06-2011, 05:22 AM  
Question Android/Apple support
Posted By Douf
Replies: 3
Views: 889
There is a simplified front end you can turn on for mobile devices - that what you mean?

Manage Account, Edit Options, Miscellaneous Options - Mobile Device Preferences - Yes

I find this works well on my iPhone when out and about..
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