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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-22-2011, 03:39 PM
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Wow, thanks, a lot of good advice. Some archives I know I will be using again (Library of Congress and National Archives,for example) allow cameras but not scanners. Some won't allow cameras for that matter, but that's less true with my usual stops.
I don't have an iPhone (though I read that Verizon, the carrier I'm stuck with, has gotten on board. But it looks like my choices are:
1. fast prime, macro or not, 50mm tops, AF not an issue, with a tripod/table monopod arrangement and a remote
2. a capable point and shoot, probably with a cheaper monopod
3. an iPhone
At this point I have none of these things. (My last decent point and shoot flipped with me in a kayak, and the waterproof bag turned out to be a little less than that). Since I'm not ready for a new phone yet, and I'd have other uses for the lens, it looks like an excuse to shop.
Thanks for the pointers on what to look for.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-22-2011, 11:47 AM
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As far as I know right now, I'll be working with sheets of paper, not books -- with a few photos of photos. A full copy stand would be too big to travel with, so I was looking at this sort of setup:
Tabletop monopod, macro photography, mini tripod, camera stand, copy stand
At my first stop the lighting is pretty good (bright overhead with desk lighting as well). But since this is something that I'd likely do elsewhere later, a fast lens wouldn't hurt.
I've scanned documents to jpeg and then converted to pdf, so I'm assuming, maybe wrongly, that what I have in mind will work.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-22-2011, 11:01 AM
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I'm planning a trip to do some work in an archive, and I'd like to try to photograph documents I want. Once the jpeg files are turned into pdfs I can search them -- and in the meantime, I won't have the problem of lugging around and storing the paper.
Anyway, what lens? A wide macro? I know it's not either of the kit lenses that came with my k-x (DA L 18-55 and 50-200).
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
01-19-2011, 08:10 PM
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Hi all,
I used this forum a ton as I was trying to decide which camera I wanted for a Christmas present. I spent enough time here to feel as if I know some regulars already. My 35mm experience goes back to an (obviously old) East German camera. Otherwise, I've been using various point and shoot digitals. I had no investment in lenses, but I was sold on the bang for the buck that Pentax still seems to deliver and the wealth of old glass.
The kx seemed to be at the price sweet spot, with the kr on its way, so I went for the kx. Maybe a K5 someday, but for now, there's money for lenses. And learning what the kx and the kit lenses can do.
There I'll be looking for lens advice. My interest is in landscapes and structures (drawn to abandoned ones), as well as general family photos. I also will need to use the camera for taking pictures of documents in archives.
On to poking around..
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