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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-23-2014, 05:45 AM
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Terrific Detail, I bet this comes along nicely as a print - thanks to all that MPs ;)
Nominated!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-23-2014, 04:33 AM
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Nice warm lighting! Nominated!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-23-2014, 04:30 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-23-2014, 04:28 AM
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Very nice blending and scenery. Nominated!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-23-2014, 04:26 AM
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Nice night shot, nominated! :)
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-23-2014, 04:25 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
05-04-2014, 12:56 PM
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Here's my submission. A glorious sunset above the "Schrammsteine" formation in the Saxony Switzerland, Germany.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-17-2010, 12:27 AM
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Also looking forward to the ISO 50 setting which is good to lengthen the exposure times so I don't need as much ND Filters. At least it's one stop longer than ISO 100 so comes in very handy for me who mostly shoots long exposures anyway. :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-16-2010, 11:45 PM
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Ok, tried it with the MODSET.442 and SYSPARAM.TXT from the DFS.zip and it worked fine. Now I only wonder if the camera takes any damage of some sort when using it without NR since otherwise Pentax just could've given us an off switch in the first place.
Btw. does anyone know if damages caused by playing with the debug mode are covered by the waranty? :D
But first of all a big thanks going out to darky_mtp. :)
I guess you don't mind if I spread the word? :D
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-14-2010, 07:58 AM
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Woah, that is indeed awesome. :D
Hope to get clear skies to test this tonight. :D
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-13-2010, 05:38 PM
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I guess then you need to add a file with [ENABLENR] 1@ or [DISABLENR] 0@ to switch back?
Or does the camera automatically switch back when leaving Debug mode? So I could simply carry one flash card with the debug data and one without switching back and forth between no DFS and DFS? That'd be pretty convenient for longer travels without PC which I do pretty often.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-13-2010, 03:01 AM
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:O
I so have to try that, first thing I'll do after lunch is to get to know how to get into the debug mode, I've only read something about creating a new textfile which allows you to do so; either way googles my friend. Thanks a lot for the hint. ;)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-07-2010, 04:36 PM
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18-55 for 219 pounds ?
I can get a new one here for 79€ :D
They must be going insane, I don't think they're gonna sell one item. :D
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-06-2010, 06:22 PM
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I never got why people like smaller cameras, I actually bought a batterygrip to make my K20D a little bigger and heavier so it doesn't feel like a toy (note I'm 6'5 so I have big hands). Also the heavier the camera the less the tripod will shake in a haze when you're taking long exposures.
I'm really looking forward to the Photokina in Cologne where Pentax will give some official details about the K-5. Hope they fix the DFS thingy I mentioned in another thread. But most likely I don't see why Pentax should be using higher resolution, Nikon doesn't either and still sell pretty good. It's about the quality of the images not only about the resolution; and I've heard some good things about the new Sony Chip. ;)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-06-2010, 06:16 PM
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Thanks for the link; I shall look into it. :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-06-2010, 04:11 AM
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Thanks for the insight. I should've mentioned that I would take a DFS shot afterwards of course as all the Canikon guys do it, so no DFS is out of the question of course. Sorry for that.
And that Pentax is actually doing something that makes sense I won't negate, still the K20D isn't a K-x so something aimed at people who may not have as much experience with photography, and all I ask for is an off-switch, not getting rid of the DFS entirely. But in the end it makes quite some sense to do DFS right after the shot at least after reading what you explained, still a manual option would be nice for this use for example.
On the Dark Sky Finder; I must say that is a handy application indeed. But around here (in the Ruhrgebiet/ Germany you won't find any space that is not totally lightpolluted). To bad though that there are no entries on that in the map.
And yeah, I'll go out either tonight or Wednesday which is new moon, but I'll still have gaps in the trails or to much light, since I don't have the money to spend to much gas on driving around, for I would have to drive quite some distances to get a single exposure. :(
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-05-2010, 05:16 AM
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Well, my camera only does that kind of Color banding sometimes and mostly random, I've taken some good trails though. But single exposures usually don't work because the light pollution where I live is to strong, as can be seen in the 10min exposure straight into the sky at only ISO400 and f2,8 posted below.
I guess the stronger the light pollution the more often the color bandings appear. But since the light pollution is so strong single exposures don't work anyway. At least not around where I live.
Thanks, I've read quite a lot about star trails and the problems of the K20D by now and I've tried almost everything that I could (including getting the phottix cable release) and nothing worked.
There is not much I can do, the higher the iso the more visible light pollution get's caught in the exposure same goes for the exposure time. So there is not much I could do about it, the only thing that would let me get decent startrails is either moving to a place with less light pollution (so single exposures would work as in Nass' post) or an off funtion for the DFS (which I still hope to find so I can take pictures around the area where I live) or different camera, which I can't afford. But I guess the next thing I'll try is my old Super ME although I don't really care about analog because I can't scan my negatives yet and don't have a 10mm equal for it.
Here the single exposure and the blended one I did yesterday night at 2am-4am.
You see the big difference in terms of captured light pollution.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-04-2010, 10:58 AM
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Bought an external programmable shutter release now. Still it can't force the shut off for the nasty DFS. I guess the only hope that K20D users can hold onto is that Pentax actually finally brings out a firmware update finally adding an "off" option to the Noise Reduction for long exposures.
After my search on the net I found numerous photographers that were upset about this but none had a solution, not even some tech-freaks that might as well crack that thing and change the software, but people with so much insight are seldom to be found I assume.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-02-2010, 04:28 AM
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Yeah, I already looked into this. And I guess I'll get one, my old cable release got lost somewhere in Norway anyway.
About the Bulb: the light pollution in this area, actually the next 100km around here, is so bad every single exposure would have an overexposed sky so that wouldn't work.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-01-2010, 04:25 PM
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I tried the first which works. But it's still just 30seconds. Using the setting continuously doesn't work though. Which is a pity cause that would have been a way around this issue.
Anyway: this is what my 1 hour star trail looks like; the camera took a 30second shot each 55seconds (the DFS ate up around 25 seconds). You can clearly see the gaps. It seems that the DFS took longer every 5 shots though no idea why. :-|
I though about simply writing Pentax customer service an email about this hoping if some more people already did this they might actually fix this DFS crap in the next firmware update.
I also asked a friend of mine if I can use his Eos 50D for this stuff; it's a pathetic that I have to burrow stuff even though I have a good camera. :(
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
09-01-2010, 03:52 AM
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Then I'd had to stand next to the camera all the 2 hours and do that 120 times. But I actually think I tried that and it didn't work. The camera shuts down everything else but the chip still does the DFS and shuts down the chip individually afterwards.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-31-2010, 10:32 AM
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Well Nikon and Canon do actually allow long exposures without the DFS so did the K10D. But I mean all I want to find a way to take decent startrails with my camera, and even the K7's 28 secs exposure would be ok.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-31-2010, 09:02 AM
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Ok, tried it and it showed no visual effect at all. Single Exposures are pretty much impossible as it seems, I wonder if Pentax will implement an Off-Switch for the K20Ds DFS in the next firmware....
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-31-2010, 08:56 AM
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Well, this type of noise isn't caused by High Iso thus I don't know if Raw Border Corrector 0.9 would work. But I'll give it a try right away.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-31-2010, 07:26 AM
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Well, those images above were just meant to convey that I can't take single exposures do to that purple noise appearing randomly.
So, if I can't go above 7seconds which is a pity I would have to go with 99x7secs which would give me about 693seconds which isn't nearly enough to get nice trails. Or I would have to set up a 2nd (3rd / 4th / 5th and 6th) Interval shot with another 99 shots, but I assume that would be very difficult since I'll have to change some settings and thus minimally moving the camera which might cause the shots not to be exactly overlapping anymore.
Is there really no solution to this? I hate the fact that I paid so much for a semi-pro camera that won't let me switch of the DFS. :fedup:
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