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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 09-08-2020, 09:10 AM  
How to update Lightroom to support K-1 II
Posted By steephill
Replies: 27
Views: 2,975
It is possible to update old stand alone versions of Lightroom with additional lens and camera profiles. These are bundled with the free download of AdobeCamera Raw/DNG converter. Download and install then copy the relevant profiles to your custom profile location as detailed here Where are the lens profiles? - Adobe Support Community - 8990892
It works for my K1mk2 and lenses newer than the last version of Lightroom 6.14.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 10-28-2019, 05:40 PM  
plastic film can - dumb question
Posted By CarlosU
Replies: 35
Views: 2,240
The cap on the translucent ones used by Fuji makes a perfect cap for the 40 limited hood. Much easier to put on and off and less worry if you lose one (as long as you have spares)
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 06-06-2018, 08:35 AM  
DPR's K1ii Re-shoot is up: Score now 80%
Posted By normhead
Replies: 197
Views: 16,823
At some point in the design process, someone figured out how to compile a RAW image. It wasn't done in vacuum,it was done to produce the best image results. The "purity " of the RAW image is a joke in that context.

This should really end soon.

No one really knows what proprietary image processing goes into any one company's "raw" files, I have rarely seen so much time devoted to discussing something no one knows anything about.

Raw fikes are not like gold. There is pure gold and there is contaminated or compounds of gold. There is no "pure raw". It's all a creation of internal digital processing.

There is not one person here conversant in what goes into the production of raw images. DPRs allegations are baseless. Everything in this thread is written from a position of ignorance.

There has been not one contribution in this whole thread from someone that actually knows what goes into creating a "raw" file from even one camera company, forget about all of them. But raw is just a name. It's crazy there is so much baggage around the term. SO much that DPR can create controversy by poking everyone with their "raw purity" stick.

And the funny thing is. there are people on the forum so influenced by the whole concept of "pure raw" that they have started compiling evidence to support the concept, and are seeing big issues, where I see nothing or nothing that couldn't be explained by different exposure values and processing technique.

The whole thing is made up click bait.

Y'all been had.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 06-07-2018, 12:21 AM  
Today was a sad day with my Agfa APX 100
Posted By fs999
Replies: 8
Views: 1,944
You could try the Rollei RPX 100. This film in some opinions is far better than the old APX 100 and much more than a substitute. Very fine grained.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-14-2017, 04:35 AM  
D-FA* 85mm f1.4 also coming
Posted By beholder3
Replies: 1,820
Views: 202,733
Are you implying that you might feel the benefit of one or two pounds advantage of the weight quality of the lens does have way much more impact on your every day photography fun than changing the resolution quality of the lens from 2456 LP/PH to 2581 LP/PH which you are the only person to ever recognize but all the consumers of your images / your friends and family never?


Heresy! Sicko basement dwelling pixelpeepers: build up a pyre!


:lol:


And don't start to mention size quality... Comfortably putting a good size quality lens in your jacket pocket versus having to drag around a big extra bag for a poorly designed lens with inferior size quality... Who want's to enjoy photography?


Don't we all want the early 1 pound cellphones back, which clearly had a better audio quality? A pro caller only uses 1 pound cellphones!
:lol:
Forum: General Photography 09-22-2016, 10:02 AM  
Yahoo/Flickr is expected to confirm a massive data breach
Posted By THoog
Replies: 36
Views: 4,186
I just checked my Flickr account, and I've been hacked! All my pictures look uninspired and mediocre now!

Wait, wait, no, that's normal. Never mind - false alarm!
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 09-22-2016, 11:16 PM  
What classics are worth a CLA?
Posted By sergysergy
Replies: 49
Views: 8,058
That is a very dangerous road, I know because I am there and there is no stop :D
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 05-06-2016, 09:44 AM  
Battery grip: yay or nay?
Posted By Quartermaster James
Replies: 106
Views: 18,798
Sorry to hear that.
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:lol:
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-18-2016, 02:09 PM  
Any PF Filmies Thinking of Snagging a K-1?
Posted By gofour3
Replies: 120
Views: 12,260
Nope not I, never owned a digital camera and never will.

I do however hope that the new K-1 is a big success and those FF is coming threads on the forum finally cease to exist. :cool:

Phil.
Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom 02-17-2016, 04:05 PM  
Negatives stuck to plastic sheets
Posted By tuco
Replies: 20
Views: 6,471
Are these archival sleeves the negatives are stored in? I've never seen that happen before with any of mine for over 30 years. Were they stowed wet, I wonder. But you can rewash a negative without harm. Pick one that's not so important and give it a test spin.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 10-12-2015, 07:26 PM  
The only justification for my LBA...
Posted By THoog
Replies: 84
Views: 6,328
LBA is an unappreciated art form.
Forum: General Photography 06-05-2014, 02:48 PM  
Where to draw the line.
Posted By fgaudet
Replies: 88
Views: 8,294
After reading some of the comments regarding the finalist of the K3 contest (and similar threads after every photo contest I participated) I think it is pretty clear how polarized and opinionated people are regarding post processing.

For a start, I'll make my position clear, I am pro post processing to any extent. I for one, sometimes due to laziness, sometimes due to lack of time, often aim for "good enough, I'll fix it later" instead of spending an unreal amount of time trying to get the perfect shot in camera. My ultimate goal is to have a good looking picture which represents how I saw the moment I captured; if I need to spend an hour to fix it later, so be it, as long as the result is what I want.

But always I wondered where the line between acceptable and non-acceptable should be drawn? Changing WB is ok but adjusting curves is wrong? Tweaking exposure is tolerated but pushing the shadows is a no-no? Cropping is OK but focus stacking is too much? Adding a vignette is fine but applying a color filter is heresy? Softening is normal but increasing details and sharpness is a bad thing? Discarding colors (B&W) is not a problem but saturating the colors is? What about the use of lens mounted filters (ND, Grad, color)? And what about artificial lighting and light modifiers? What about in camera processing (filters and correction)? And how about old fashioned double exposures?

It was suggested that straight out of camera RAW files be submitted... But RAW is the equivalent of unprocessed film. I'm sure that most NatGeo award winning pictures if developed improperly wouldn't be so great. Film processing is an art, not too far off from digital processing. Most software filters and processing tools are simply mimicking dark room tricks. Even compositing comes from the good'ol days. I remember when I was still young, cutting out pieces of photograph, gluing them to another photo and then snapping a picture of it. Sure, using Photoshop made all those things so much easier but no matter how good you are, you cannot make a bad photo look good; the subject has to be interesting, the composition has to be right and the picture has to trigger interest.

It was mentioned that those who know photoshop have an edge over those who don't making it unfair. But aren't those who have better cameras and lenses also have an advantage? And those with more experience? Or those with more free time allowing them to shoot more?

I know it's a very tricky subject but what are your thoughts regarding this?
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 05-14-2014, 02:08 PM  
Small insect inside my lens!
Posted By glasbak
Replies: 18
Views: 6,182
:eek:That is the SDM bug.;)
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 05-08-2014, 08:50 AM  
Pentax DSLRs need to go on a diet!
Posted By Lowell Goudge
Replies: 53
Views: 5,406
Fine. Go with HSM only and take the motor out of the body, and cut all support for entry level cameras and legacy lenses like Nikon and canon entry level cameras.

Is that what you want. Also, forget body only weights. I never knew anyone who took photos with the body only. Stick a kit lens on them first. Then do a comparison
Forum: Pentax Full Frame 02-06-2014, 01:25 PM  
I switched to FF
Posted By normhead
Replies: 81
Views: 12,714
"I used to have a $1,000 camera now I have an $8000 camera. Oh and by the way, it's better" (duh). Well lucky you. You seem to want to give Pentax the finger on the way out the door. The only problem is we aren't Pentax, we are Pentax users, so save the finger for someone who cares. The vast majority of us aren't waiting for FF, and could care less if it ever comes. Do you know how silly that post looks to the Pentax user that's happy with their system?

As a person interested in the advantages of a larger format, the possibility of getting the original 645D at a clear out price is way more interesting than thinking about a D3x.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 01-06-2014, 11:20 AM  
DXOMark - Best lenses for K-3
Posted By boriscleto
Replies: 46
Views: 12,113
Laboratory measurbation that means nothing.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 11-30-2013, 12:20 PM  
Machinery Personal Licence Plate
Posted By Canada_Rockies
Replies: 24
Views: 1,864
When you take into account the battery pack life and extra energy for manufacture, a Ford Model T is far more "green" than a Prius.
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals 04-19-2013, 10:32 AM  
Is it time to change "kit" concept?
Posted By VisualDarkness
Replies: 50
Views: 4,040
Well, compared to the non-IS 18-55 Canon sends with some camera's the Pentax kit is premium glass.
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 02-10-2013, 11:02 AM  
Is the main symptom of LBA that "I just need one more lens"?
Posted By monochrome
Replies: 72
Views: 6,303
The operative clause in your entire reply is, "for me." :)

Many people collect many different things because collecting things has a hobby aspect to it. My wife, for instance, collects Ehrmann needlepoint kits - she makes needlepoint items with new kits, but the old ones are collectible. My father-in-law collects painted lead soldiers. He has 30,000 of them. From time to time he gets together with his friends and plays out historical battles on sand tables with his battalions and divisions, but not with the really good ones. I buy, use for a while and then sell Pentax cameras and lenses. So what if the time I spend buying and selling far exceeds the time I spend using? It is my hobby.

When collecting is a hobby, the studying, comparing, deciding, allocating of scarce hobby money, inventorying, cleaning, exhibiting and (only sometimes) using (only some of) one's collection are aspects of the hobby.

For some of us collecting Pentax lenses is a hobby. For those of us, our personal approach to collecting - which ones we want, what we do with our collections, how much money we invest in our hobby - those are our hobby decisions. They may overlap our photographing hobby. We may not even have a photographing hobby, yet we still come here and read about and post about Pentax. For some of us coming here is the hobby.

We gear buyers from time to time make light of ourselves and our (relatively minor) collecting excesses because we know they are excesses, and we know they are outside what other people classify as a "norm." But our excesses are for the most part harmless. Very, very few of us are so compulsive as to cause ourselves financial distress or ruin - fewer of us perhaps than waste thousands of dollars and countless hours on professional sports season tickets (but those people are considered normal in our society).

I just had a neat offer in the marketplace - the Seller offered to trade any Site Supporter an old Ansel Adams book of little value for whatever Pentax item the Buyer felt would make a good trade. The key to the trade was - I can't tell the Seller what I'm trading. He has to be surprised. I cannot express in words how much fun it was to go through my boot boxes full of old Pentax stuff and consider whether this would be suitable, or would he appreciate that thing. I won't say what I put in the mailing box, but it is useful and It isn't something anyone sees every day. My points are: 1) I have it; 2) It is neat; 3) I wasn't afraid to GIVE IT AWAY!

I've known plenty of people who have or once had "too many 50's." I've never known anyone whose LBA was actually pathological. :D
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals 11-30-2012, 01:56 AM  
Photo-Bombers
Posted By TOUGEFC
Replies: 108
Views: 11,229
Did someone say photobomb?

Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 09-06-2012, 06:07 AM  
645DII - 50 MP with crop 1.1. - is it good upgrade?
Posted By normhead
Replies: 58
Views: 13,230
Funny how this works.... when you're talking FF versus APS-c a 12 Mb FF is better than 16 Mb APS-c, but when you're talking MF , a 46 Mp Canon FF is preferable to a 50 Mp MF, all based on conjecture of what might be. FF probably gets more development than MF because they outsell them maybe 50-1, but APS-c doesn't get more development than FF because it outsells them 10-1. The inconsistencies in logic just abound. It really gets old. Especially when it's all conjecture.
Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion 04-27-2012, 10:06 AM  
K-5 replacement to compete with an entry level FF Nikon?
Posted By RioRico
Replies: 26
Views: 4,820
What will new Pentax cams be?
Those who know, don't talk.
Those who talk, don't know.

[\thread]
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals 02-12-2012, 01:49 PM  
Sh*t people say to photographers
Posted By demp10
Replies: 41
Views: 4,108
I propose that the standard response to comments like "You must have a great camera"

should be:

"Yes, it's a Pentax"
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