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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-12-2011, 03:39 AM
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good to know you can get those shots with the mirror flipping up as well. i have not yet tried any but was worried the mirror movement might create a blur even when the camera was on a tripod.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-12-2011, 02:53 AM
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well done on purchase.
i take it your lunar were mirror up captures. i have a William Optics 72 and a 5" Maksutov-Cassegrain and am going to get the adaptor to attach my K5 direct to the scopes.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-25-2011, 04:03 AM
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agree this sounds like ever ready case base for camera.
when i bought mine a few months ago it was offered with a free pentax ever ready case, however i was given an old D-ist case which did fit but i did not like it.
the case came with 3 different camera base attachments.
i would agree that you may have been given a previously returned camera. use Exiftool
ExifTool by Phil Harvey
to get details of the manufacture date and number of shutter actuations
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
11-18-2011, 07:37 AM
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i fully understand that there are a number of adjustments that i can make to my raw images, the better way to ask my original question would be under the following terms:-
1. if i have the DNG file on my screen and simply add it to process queue without any alterations and then hit ok from image process queue will it create a jpeg exactly as the camera would have created a jpeg, and
2. my understanding of when a camera creates a jpeg from a raw file is that one of the things that it does is create a tone curve, why when i open a jpeg in PDCU is the curve flat, when i process a DNG is a tone curve being created at all or is that one of the things i am supposed to be doing myself as a matter of routine.
3. Is "extract jpeg" used when you have made alterations to just provide a preview image of what the final jpeg should look like
4. if i have a histogram where there is no data at one end, should i be dragging the arrows in the exposure pane curve to cause the histogram to have data spread evenly. (this question may not make sense!) i have used other software that allows levels adjustments, dragging the sliders to the black and white points. what should i be doing in PDCU instead?
5. i am assuming i will find a set of adjustments that i will like to be generally applied to my photos and then save those adjustments as a parameter?
hope to receive some replies!
Mark
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
11-17-2011, 03:24 AM
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hello to all. live in Bristol UK
took the leap from 35mm Canon A1 (donkeys years ago) through EOS and then last few years using Panasonic LX3 which i loved. my brother is a 40D user and was amazed what the LX3 could produce.
deciding that it was about time i grew up and got a proper DSLR i spent 3 months deciding how best to spend £800. Despite forums raising fears of mirror slap, sensor stains, lens release buttons coming off etc i made the effort to ignore Canon and Nikon (though the D7000 was a close run thing!) and go for the K5. a DA limited 70mm is next on my list but currently only have the kit 18-55 lens.
so far i can say that i am at creche level on PDCU, that is going to take some time. i am loving the camera, i got it 4 days before a wedding and was very pleased with the results i got. firmware is updated, checked build date and it is May of 2011 so am hoping that i have avoided any early build issues. have to say that DPReview of the camera did sway me a lot, and i thought they were Canon biased.
have this site set as favourite already.
regards and happy shooting
Mark
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
11-17-2011, 02:59 AM
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hello.
i have been looking through various forums for assistance with PDCU4 since i got my K5 and have a question that i hope you might be able to answer.
i have moved to Pentax from using a Panasonic LX3 which shoots raw.
with PDCU i dont understand why if i shoot RAW + JPEG both images look absolutely identical. the histogram's look slightly different but i thought i woudl be able to see what the camera is doing to the DNG to make the JPEG.
i assumed that when viewing in PDCU in the laboratory tab that the DNG would look a little rough and that under the exposure tone menu on the right that when i clicked the jpeg there would be a curve on the exposure tone graph rather than a flat diagonal.
i plan to just shoot raw and am finding it difficult to work out what i should do with the raw files to get the software to mimic the JPEG that the camera would create, do i need to be "creating" a curve on the raw file using that graph and then putting the images in the queue for processing. it is not the most intuitive software but i understand it does quite a good job, especially as it is free!
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