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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-12-2012, 03:42 AM
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Thank you very much! Going to look around for a place to purchase now....
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-12-2012, 03:31 AM
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Im looking for direction on what type of flash to use for my KX.
Preferably 3rd party. Will be used for lighting up people in outdoor setting.
Small and compact might be the way to go. Im not a fan of the built in flash, so looking for flash options.
I used to use a Vivitar 285 Auto Thyristor (I think that was it..) from my film days. Im used to the manual way of configuring the flash. Although... any thing will do I guess.
Thanks!
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
07-25-2011, 07:34 AM
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Hello Everyone!
I am coming from a 35mm film background... and now a Digital noob.
I am trying to build a 24"x16"in poster collage of various images. All the images are from a k-x, 12 MP in DNG format. When using Photoshop, there is a step to process the images. I use all the default settings, except set the ppi to 300. The idea is to have all 300ppi images on the final Tiff that will go to print.
My question is... if an image is 300ppi... can the image be re-sized up. Say... from 1" wide x 2" high..... resized to 2"w x 3"h?
I am working in Photoshop CS3
My confusion comes from the fact I work as a web designer. I always start from large image and down size... never upsize. Also... in 35mm darkroom days.. I would just get a bigger piece of paper and move the enlarger head up.
The resolution with upsizing has me wondering about final output.
Thanks!
Jer
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
06-26-2011, 04:50 AM
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Hey Everyone. Newbie to digital photo world here. This picture was taken on a KX with a M Series 100mm macro. I shoot all manual lenses..(left over from film days). The manual lenses are tough to work with.. but I like the challenge.
f11, ISO 800, Speed 1/800.
Im just getting used to digital after taking a photo break of many years... Thanks for any feedback!
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-14-2011, 06:12 AM
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As a 15 year MX shooter... I recently purchased my first DSLR. A K-x... something to get my feet wet to learn the ropes on Digital Photography. After looking at Nikon, Canon, Pentax... the choice came down to a K7 or a Kx and I chose the k-x to spend time learning how to take good digital shots BEFORE purchasing a more pro-style camera.
Why stay with Pentax? Vintage lens compatability. When researching DSLR's... I could not get over the fact my collection of Pentax manual lenses from 35 years ago would work on a new Digital camera.
So, with the purchase came a kit lens.. 18-55. It works.. it auto this and auto that... blah blah blah. Pictures are fine.. nothing stellar. Okay... how do I turn off all this auto stuff and get a manual lens rockin. Out comes the 100mm Macro f4. Man...after shooting the first 10 pictures through this lens... the Pentax family makes all the sense in the world! Really.. really... really like the IQ.
Its as if the camera body has all the potential it needs... you just need good quality glass to bring out the full potential! Highly recommend the Pentax family!! Yeah Pentax!!
Very happy customer.
Stay the course Pentax with backwards compatability and I'm on board forever!
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