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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
07-02-2015, 02:15 AM
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excellent photo. One vote.
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
07-02-2013, 07:03 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-02-2013, 06:59 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
06-20-2013, 09:50 AM
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Turn your 'auto' mode off. Start with Av mode and take lots and lots. This helped me move on to Manual mode without too much fuss. Oh, and another call for "Understanding Exposure". It's really excellent.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
11-06-2012, 01:27 PM
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I also have the tamron and think it's a great upgrade from the kit lens.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-06-2012, 04:42 AM
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I've put a skinomi skin on my phone and it's excellent. They do protectors for most of high end electrical stuff. You could try them.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-02-2012, 02:43 AM
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Yep it's a jpeg, but I have also kept the psd file so I could go back to it following any suggestions on here! Thanks, will try the clarity slider later today.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-01-2012, 06:05 AM
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Its a great question! For me, photography is a hobby and as others have said, it gets me out of the house. I'm getting to the stage where I'm starting to want to print more - I gave away some as birthday presents this year and (most!) were well received. Not interested in competitions really, unless its a 'just your camera, no post' type one. It kind of bugs me that when you see 'photograph of the year', you know that they didn't take that shot - a lot is done afterwards. I just want the best picture from my camera, time is too precious to spend it in front of a computer screen! That said, I have just cleaned up a shot of mine using PS and am happy with the results, so I can see why people like it. It's just not for me, most of the time. So to answer the question, I take photos for me primarily.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
11-01-2012, 05:57 AM
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So I've cleaned up the shot in PS and sharpened it, etc, so now it looks like the attached. I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions on how to improve this sort of shot (for the record I'm pretty happy with it, but always keen to know more!).
Thanks all.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-25-2012, 10:46 AM
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Sensor now cleaned using the sensor pack and eclipse thing from Amazon. Excellent and really easy to use. Thanks all.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-21-2012, 07:34 AM
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I have a KX. It does 'dust removal' every time I switch it on. I've now tried a couple of shots with different lenses, and the dust spots are there which confirms they are on the sensor, not the lens. I've looked on Amazon and found this:
Digital SLR Camera Sensor Cleaning Pads with Fluid: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo
Anyone used it? Any idea how much it would cost me to get it professionally done? I live in the sticks in Devon, so popping to my local store involves nearly a two hour trip...!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-21-2012, 02:37 AM
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Thanks to all for your responses.
Can anyone recommend a sensor cleaning kit? I've had a look at amazon and the reviews are sketchy to say the least - lots of arguing about whether the reviewer works for the company etc!
I have a photoshop copy, so can clean up the dust, presumably with clone tool? Will spread some likes round when I'm on a PC, not this tapatalk nonsense!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-20-2012, 02:29 PM
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Everything I've read to date says to use f13-16 ish for landscape shots. Is that not true? I've only had a dslr for a year, so reading a lot, shooting a lot and deleting a lot!!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-20-2012, 02:26 PM
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As the lens is brand new (I've only had it a few weeks) I'm guessing its the sensor that is causing those marks?? Can I clean that myself or do I need to get a pro to do it?
Pretty clueless on the cleaning side of things so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-20-2012, 11:47 AM
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Dear all
I have just upgraded my kit lens to a Tamron 17-50mm and took this photo of castle Drogo in Devon, UK:
When I zoom in it looks blurry to me, so will this show up on A2? Is this what you guys call 'pixel peeking'?
How can I make the shot sharper? I thought I'd focused roughly a third of the way into the shot (so probably haven't) and the camera (a kx) was resting on a rock with a 2 second delay on the shutter.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
06-25-2012, 12:53 PM
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I've just bought the one for the k-x and I think it's far better than the manual. I've put it on my phone (HTC Desire HD) and can open it with no problems there too, using Adobe Reader for android.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-20-2012, 05:04 AM
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Thanks. I was more interested in the macro function though, and that's A LOT more usually, although the SIGMA has it from 200-300 (I think).
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-20-2012, 03:42 AM
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Is that the pentax 55-300?
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-20-2012, 02:35 AM
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Hello all
I've looked in the forum and can't find an answer to this, so apologies if this has been covered. I have the Pentax 55-200 DA lens that came as a pair with my K-x and 18-55. I like it a lot, but want more reach, for wildlife and close up work. Would a converter work for this? Would I still have autofocus? I have my eye on the Sigma 70-300 APO as it has decent reviews and won't make my wife divorce me but would my money be better spent on a converter (ie its cheaper, see earlier comment about divorce!).
Thanks for any help/advice.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
02-20-2012, 02:51 AM
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Thanks everyone for your responses. I've had a camera expert mate look at it, and check the focussing and it is all correct, so I'm worrying about nothing.
It is good for us newbies to know we can post here without being ridiculed for our ignorance!
Many thanks.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
02-18-2012, 01:24 PM
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That's the bit it doesn't do! When I twist the 'zoom' bit, I get a little bit left hanging out. When I switch to MF, I can fully retract it. Does that mean its broken somehow?
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
02-18-2012, 07:33 AM
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What's the difference between the Da and Da-L? Is it the plastic mount?
Scrap that - a 10 second google answered my question!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
02-18-2012, 07:13 AM
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Thanks for the very prompt response!
I'm pretty sure that a few weeks ago I would twist the large ring (not the focussing one, the zoom bit) and the lens would compact down for storage. Now it seems to leave a little bit sticking out, unless you manually twist the focussing ring. Am I misremembering? Do I not need to worry about the lens? I know its not supposed to act like a P&S camera.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
02-18-2012, 06:55 AM
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Hello all
Frequent reader/(very!) infrequent poster here, I have a question about my lens. Once it has been used, it no longer retracts fully. A small bit (about a cm) sticks out, unless you switch on manual focussing in which case you can twist the lens fully back into its body. Does that make sense?
Is the lens broken? Seems to take decent pictures still, but this just annoys me. Is it worth taking back? My camera shop is a 70 mile round trip so any advice from on here would be gratefully received.
Also is the 55-300 mm a decent upgrade? Will I notice an improvement in IQ?
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
02-01-2012, 11:30 AM
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Many thanks to you both. Looking speculatively really. I was given a 50mm prime manual lens which is awesome but my focussing eye is not quite there yet. The price of this kens attracted me! Will look in the marketplace.
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