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Forum: Post Your Photos! 02-06-2017, 11:48 AM  
Best of 2016 Splash of Sea Foam
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 15
Views: 1,687
I like the way the foreground and background mirror each other. Great stuff. --Anders.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 01-21-2017, 07:36 AM  
How is your 16-50 autofocus accuracy in S-AF?
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 6
Views: 1,173
I often have trouble autofocusing my 16-50 towards the short end. It'll often front focus 1-2 meter. I've learnt to anticipate it and work around it by doing the zoom-in-focus-zoom-out-again thing.

I've also experienced the phenomenon described by the OP, with all focus points. I attribute that to an old worn SDM drive.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 10-28-2016, 12:50 PM  
2 days of food
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 12
Views: 1,143
Food often looks best backlit, as you demonstrate here in the low angle shots.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Photographic Technique 10-02-2016, 02:44 AM  
Favourite Exposure Mode
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 27
Views: 2,214
That's depending on the chosen program line. Program line is the trade off between shutter, aperture and iso and it's only applicable in P and green auto. You can choose the program line in P mode in the menus and you let the camera pick the program line based on focal length and focus distance when in green auto.

I know the "Normal" program line best. It has an inflection point where the light level corresponds to wide open aperture, lowest auto-ISO and 1/Fl shutter speed. In stronger light, it speeds the shutter and closes the aperture evenly. In lower light, it raises the ISO until it reaches max auto-ISO. As the light wanes even more, it starts to slow the shutter.
On the K-3 there's an additional inflection point for lenses f/2.0 and faster. The K-5 didn't have that.

Program line properties are hard to descrive in words as well as in pictures. If you're genuinely interested, I suggest you experiment yourself. Put the camera in P mode, pick the Normal program line and point it at different light levels to study what it does. I assure you it's completely deterministic and it's possible to understand it well enough to use it to your advantage when appropriate.

Regards,
-Anders.
Forum: Photographic Technique 10-01-2016, 03:50 AM  
Favourite Exposure Mode
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 27
Views: 2,214
If I'm at a place where the light is even and constant and I need to take many shots, I'm usually in M. Then I don't have to ride the EC for every shot. That could be on overcast days outside, or indoors in sports arenas.

If I move between alternating light situations, only taking a few shots every place, I'm usually in an automatic exposure mode. That would be Av if the scene is stationary or Tv if it's dominated by motion. If there's lots of light it's usually P.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 09-13-2016, 05:14 AM  
50mm, 35mm and a wide angle lens for my K-1
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 9
Views: 1,217
That one is an APS-C lens. Be careful.


Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 08-05-2016, 10:16 AM  
Sunset color
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 18
Views: 1,801
Try in manual mode with iso 100, f/16 and 1/4000 and see where that takes you. If that still blows out the sun you'll need a ND filter.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 08-04-2016, 05:19 AM  
Sunset color
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 18
Views: 1,801
It could also be red channel overexposure. That makes red and orange sunsets turn yellow.
Check your RGB historgram to confirm.

edit: what southlander said...

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 07-18-2016, 12:25 PM  
Pets The Cat
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 3
Views: 647
Nice indeed. Funny how the two tone fur matches the surrounding colours and the white bar cuts the cat in two in just the right place.

Plus I just like cats.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 07-18-2016, 12:17 PM  
K1 Crop Mode...Why You Should Love It!
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 56
Views: 20,046
Rats!

:)

Regards,
--Anders
Forum: Pentax Full Frame 07-16-2016, 05:25 AM  
New display color theme
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 14
Views: 1,665
For shooting inside darkrooms? :-)
Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories 07-10-2016, 04:43 AM  
TR POWER PACK 3 FOR AF-540FGZ - DIY or alternate
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 6
Views: 1,837
If you want an external battery back for the faster cycle time, it'll have to be a high voltage power supply, not a 4xAA 6 volt DIY solder and gaffa tape job that connects to the battery compartment contacts.

I also recommend the JJC power pack, from personal experience.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 07-09-2016, 10:24 AM  
Who gets in-camera JPEGs they like, even if they PP RAW files at other times?
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 70
Views: 8,386
There are lots of cases such as this one where the light and conditions are very static. There's time to set up the JPEG contrast, saturation etc. to give a great result for that shooting session. The key is to adjust JPEG settings to match the location, light and subject matter.

Regards,
--Anders.

---------- Post added 9th Jul 2016 at 19:37 ----------


Yes, it's called shadow and highlight correction, not protection. You might need to set your ISO to something other than 100 to have access to highlight correction "on".

About the contrast highlight and shadow adjustment sliders, here's a rerun posting from me about those:
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/282312-contrast-highlight-...ml#post3073704

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 07-08-2016, 01:36 PM  
Who gets in-camera JPEGs they like, even if they PP RAW files at other times?
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 70
Views: 8,386
Yes, high contrast scenes are where RAW starts to make a lot of sense.
But the JPEG engine offers some tools too.
You should always expose for the highlights of course.
  1. You can enable highlight protection for that extra stop of highlight headroom.

  2. You can use shadow protection on mid or max to lift the shadows.

  3. You can use the high/low key slider to lift the midtones.

  4. You can use the contrast slider to lower contrast - that also helps to manage the scene DR.


In total, all those tricks can lift the shadows around 2.5 stops in camera.
To make it work in camera you need the time to eyeball the scene contrast. And you need
practice with the JPEG engine to set it up before the exposure.

Another life saver is the "save as raw" feature. That thing makes me dare to shoot a lot more
stuff as JPEG than I'd otherwise do.

Yet another life saver is the ability to redevelop the most recent shot again and again
with different JPEG settings, including shadow protection and white balance.

Here's an old JPEG example of mine, where I spot metered to put the clouds at +2, used contrast at 0,
highlight protection on and shadow protection on max with the monochrome image style.



Regards,
--Anders.

---------- Post added 8th Jul 2016 at 22:45 ----------


You can also bring up the shadows in camera JPEGS with the shadow protection feature.

But in your case (get it right now or wait till next year?) I'd at least shoot RAW+JPEG for insurance.

Love your work, BTW.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 07-08-2016, 12:13 PM  
People Headshot - Jim Hankinson
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 16
Views: 2,205
I've seen people call it the Warner brothers haircut. :)

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 05-19-2016, 12:27 PM  
DA *200 uses other then birding
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 31
Views: 3,169
Sports. It works for sports.




I've never really understood this "which focal length for what subject"? discussion. Either the focal length follows from the distance and the desired framing, or it follows from the kind pf perspective you desire. I've also shot sports with an UWA and it's completely different but sports nonetheless. Like this:


Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 05-17-2016, 12:00 PM  
switching primes to zoom
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 22
Views: 2,059
I think the DA* 55/1.4 works on the K-1 as well. That one is also weathersealed.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 05-12-2016, 12:47 PM  
Interesting hands-on review of the K-1
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 43
Views: 5,129
Good to hear that you can now review shots before everything's written to the card. The predecessor cameras have always annoyed me with their hourglass behaviour.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 05-11-2016, 10:51 AM  
My K-5 suddenly donīt take as colourful pictures as before.
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 14
Views: 1,374
Post an example and let's have a look at the exif data.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Photographic Technique 04-08-2016, 06:39 AM  
What settings on K3 for flash in daylight?
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 9
Views: 2,653
I'd gladly go with P mode and P-TTL for daytime outdoors fill flash work. And I'd also go with auto ISO but that's just me.
If it's sunny, aim for backlit shots with -1/3 or -2/3 exposure compensation. That will reduce both the ambient and the flash exposure.
Also consider using a 1/4 CTO gel on the flash to give people a nice tan.
If it's overcast, set -1 to -2 flash exposure compensation for just that slight touch of fill flash to brighten up the faces. Don't gel the flash.


On ND filters versus HSS, they rob you about equally of flash range. The only way to gain flash range shooting into the sun is with
faster sync speeds. Or more flash power of course.


Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Photographic Technique 03-21-2016, 02:45 PM  
How would you light these event spaces?
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 2
Views: 1,771
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 03-19-2016, 04:31 AM  
K-5 IIs - colour problems- when photographing certain colours
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 17
Views: 1,765
What custom image is set on your k-5? Bright? Natural, vibrant, reversal film? And what hue and saturation settings?
Try natural with hue+1 or muted with saturation +3.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 03-03-2016, 12:53 PM  
People Bangladesh
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 20
Views: 2,223
Wow, great stuff. The duck herder shot is gold.

Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 03-02-2016, 05:27 AM  
Will K-1 SR handle 150-450 + 1.4xTC?
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 22
Views: 3,263
Hasn't SR always been compensating for roll? It's just Olympus that's been making "5-axis" a big deal lately?


Regards,
--Anders.
Forum: General Talk 02-04-2016, 01:07 PM  
Winter's Bone
Posted By asp1880
Replies: 3
Views: 656
It leaves a lasting impression. I found it almost painful to watch in its depiction of the lower rungs of society's ladder.

Regards,
--Anders.
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