Forum: Sold Items
05-07-2009, 05:21 PM
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Realized the price was steep and has been reduced to $100 plus shipping (50% of what I paid and it's like new).
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Forum: Sold Items
05-04-2009, 02:49 PM
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PentaxForums.com Marketplace Listing Item for Sale
Quantary (Re-Badged Tamron) Asking Price
$100 CAD Item Description
Looking to sell my Quantaray LD 70-300mm F4-5.6 1:2 Macro zoom lens with UV filter and hood. It's in mint condition, rarely used.
I'd prefer to deal locally (Toronto area) but will ship.
More pictures are available upon request.
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Yes Are you selling or trading this item?
Selling Item Condition
Used
Mint Item Location
Toronto Shipping Charge
to be calculated Shipping Services
Buyers choice Shipping Destinations
Worldwide Accepted Payment Types
PayPal Additional Details
Includes lens hood and UV filter
Please send me a private message if interested in the item!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-15-2009, 01:49 PM
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The first photo is very nice, nice out of focus background, nice colours and nice even lighting.
-Mikhail
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
08-16-2008, 08:40 PM
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I am quite confussed how LR is running so slowly for you, I use LR2 and on occasion Picasaa and LR is notably faster. Rendering previews upon import is a good habit to get into as it greatly increases the speed of LR. Picasa renders these previews by defaul which is the likely cause of some of the speed issues.
Maybe a fresh install is needed or a closer look at your preferences, maybe LR isn't getting access to all cores+enough ram.
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EDIT: Also why have both v1 and 2 of lr installed, it should, but sometimes that can mess things up.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
07-27-2008, 05:45 PM
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Yea but not 5120x3402 actual pixels, upsampled after the fact.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
07-27-2008, 05:43 PM
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And the editor of Photography Monthly (UK Mag) in the current, or recent issue was wearing a Pentax around his neck in his editorial photo.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
06-30-2008, 05:08 PM
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70 Ltd on its own beats the 50mm FA for portraits IMHO but 50mm FA + grips wins out overall. Shooting portrait orientation with a vertical grip makes life just so much nicer.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
06-29-2008, 04:08 PM
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I cannot find the link right now but some one visited the "store locations" for Broadway Camera and they didn't exist... At least I believe it was BW but still stay WELL away from them.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
06-29-2008, 01:57 PM
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Not quite, it wasn't completely broken. In certain conditions AF Servo did a very mediocre job of focus tracking. Subject running straight at the camera more than a fair share of shots ended up out of focus. Although to be honest it was hyped up bigger that it should of been. Just like everything else with Canon..
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Forum: Photographic Technique
06-29-2008, 01:55 PM
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I sometimes wonder if Canon shooters ever go outside and take pictures... Because all they ever seem to be doing is complaining about this that or the other!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-27-2008, 01:19 PM
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This time instead of putting myself both in front and behind the camera, my girlfriend got to be the model. She personally detests it as she prefers being behind it but with enough convincing she agreed to do a little shoot. All pictures were taken in our back garden. We were planning to go into the forest for the shoot but it was too hot out so just used the garden. Finally we had to re-schedule the shoot earlier as well so they were taken with the sun very high in the sky. Clicking on the images takes you to Flickr page for a larger view
Comments would be greatly appreciated.
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Forum: General Talk
06-25-2008, 06:21 AM
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How so? They have always been a very good team but seem to stumble at the end on a consistent basis.
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PS. Their club teams (at least a couple years back when R. Madrid was #1) have always been dominant with Spanish players in the club teams yet it has never translated to national success.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-24-2008, 06:23 PM
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Nice set and absolutely love the last shot. Maybe a bit of fill light in the shadows but otherwise a great shot.
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Forum: General Talk
06-24-2008, 06:03 AM
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Spain - Germany final, 'nuff said! :D
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PS. Although I was really hoping the Dutch would win this year, but spain deserve it more as they never have won anything.
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Forum: Sold Items
06-23-2008, 03:34 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-22-2008, 09:10 AM
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Thanks guys very much appreciated.
About the thumbnail's Dave I try to keep them small for forums so as people on slower connections don't get bog down and to try and help keep Adam's bandwidth down. They are all click-able to see a larger version as well.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-21-2008, 06:58 AM
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Thanks for the comment Les, much appreciated.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2008, 04:37 PM
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You literally read my mind irish_spring right after I took those photos, but I was too tired to get everything out again and play around with that. its definitely something I plan on playing with.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2008, 01:50 PM
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Upon going over them again I do agree that maybe looking towards the camera more would have helped the photos.
i totally agree that blank backgrounds can be very boring add I am always looking for something interesting to use as a background.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2008, 11:44 AM
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I do think your being hard on yourself, seems to be a thing photographers do a lot, as those images are quite nice. You probably just got nervous and didn't take your time. Also since you knew you hadn't used flash for awhile maybe taking 20minutes before heading to the gig\bar\whatever to just play around with it to get a feel for it and set your camera settings in advance! Such as focus mode, ISO, exposure mode, file format etc so you don't have to worry when you arrive there to shoot.
Keep up the good work!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2008, 11:39 AM
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@nupentaxian: thanks for the comments, and I do agree the sleeve is a slight distraction to the photo.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2008, 11:36 AM
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Thanks for the comments guys.
@Maxwell: Well Im not a huge fan of HighKey either but I like how it worked with that photo.
Just like Don I do think you are correct in saying the shadows are maybe a tad busy. The sun was setting fast and they are self portraits so I was working quickly and didnt notice I didnt underexpose the background enough.
@vizjerei: thanks! you seem to like that PP Im assuming?
@and: Thanks!
@don: Thanks and see above for shadows.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2008, 10:12 AM
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Weather has been quite nice recently so my "macro" lens has been getting a bit of a work out! After chasing a bee around for and hour I gave up and shot some flowers. Some of the better ones are below. Also a little tip: don't shoot with your dog in the neighbourhood, he\she will chase away the insects and step in front of the camera just as you press the shutter button!
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Comments greatly appreciated.
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EDIT: Forget the little bee..
The other bee shots can be seen here.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-20-2008, 10:06 AM
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I had some time on my hands recently and saw this interesting shadow created by a window. So I set up next to the window for main light and speed light for fill/slide light and also used a black "reflector" to get some interesting shadows.
There are a few of the same copies here but I would also like feedback on the postprocessing techniques. Click on images for larger views.
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Comments would be greatly appreciated.
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