Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-15-2013, 07:34 AM
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A before and after shot |
Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-18-2012, 05:49 AM
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Yes, she'd jokingly told me she'd always wanted to be a model for car ads. Her 15 seconds of fame right here.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-16-2012, 01:29 AM
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Is this the longest running thread on the forum or what? :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-16-2012, 01:16 AM
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I hadn't done portraits in such a long time, and this was a very refreshing experience for me.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-23-2011, 05:03 AM
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Thread still going, eh? :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-23-2011, 05:02 AM
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Wow, haven't been here in a while. Here's a photo I took back in April.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-02-2011, 08:21 AM
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Pentax is the OK brand nobody wants to buy.
It's like cars. If you have lots of money you go for a Merc or a BMW; almost never for a Jaguar.
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Forum: Pentax K-r
04-02-2011, 08:12 AM
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You were using TV, which means the shutter speed is the selected value at all times.
The aperture was already at its lowest value (smallest opening).
How do you reckon the camera can darken the image when it can't close the aperture further and it can't change the shutter speed?
What ISO value did you use?
If you need a few extra stops of light suppression, pop a neutral density or a polarizing filter.
If you don't own any of those, just use a faster shutter speed.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-22-2011, 05:13 PM
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It's only a stop slower than an f/1.4. That's still pretty fast.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-22-2011, 05:06 PM
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Any fast 50mm lens is a nifty fifty.
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Forum: General Talk
01-22-2011, 06:51 AM
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Uzinele Vulcan de pe Str. Progresului.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-20-2011, 10:39 AM
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I remember reading about something like this a few years back; when a memory manufacturer shipped infected SD cards to consumer. One PC manufacturer did the same thing.
Caveat emptor? :confused:
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-13-2011, 03:25 PM
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Yes, that's what I was asking. So, do they show up? :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
01-13-2011, 01:23 PM
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I've recently started shooting film again and have been loving every second of it. Here's a sample:
As ever, my go-to combination for carefree shooting - Pentax ME + smc-A 50mm f/1.7 :)
More on my blawg.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-13-2011, 12:07 PM
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That's a mighty fine catch, Javier.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
01-13-2011, 12:05 PM
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Do the pictures appear on the card regardless? If not, try using another memory card, as the camera might have trouble writing to the one you currently use.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-13-2011, 11:55 AM
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To anyone wondering, the flipbac is an LCD angle viewfinder, and I just found out about the product after reading your question, so I can't help.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
11-14-2010, 05:49 PM
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I like how you post that smug emote as if you deserve any credit for the high-ISO performance of the K-5.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
11-14-2010, 04:58 PM
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I think you're being too picky. I use Lightroom for most of my edits and I organize my own pictures. Then I just tell it to add my pictures without moving, copying or modifying them in any way; work on them to my heart's content; then remove them from the catalogue after exporting everything.
Stitching.. if you mean for panoramas and such, hugin does the best job I've ever seen.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-14-2010, 04:52 PM
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I'm guessing OP bought a double-lens kit consisting of K-x body + 18-55 + 55-200, both in DA L flavour.
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Forum: General Talk
11-14-2010, 04:41 PM
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It makes me think that I could get some significant cash out of selling all my gear.
Like that's ever gonna happen.:p
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Forum: General Talk
11-14-2010, 04:39 PM
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Ah! You might be onto something there. I had heard the K-x was hugely popular but imagined most of these newcomers would just stick with the kit lenses or upgrade after a while. I'm thinking the type of person who buys a K-x due to colour customization options shudders at the thought of having to control aperture via a ring on the lens.
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Forum: General Talk
11-14-2010, 04:37 PM
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Don't be such a fanboy. I've played with many many many Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Minolta cameras from the 80s and early 90s. All very respectable performers. Some are even better built than Pentax equivalents. I found Minoltas particularly quirky and enjoyable.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-14-2010, 04:29 PM
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It's understandable if you use it often.
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Forum: General Talk
11-14-2010, 04:27 PM
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Back in 2008 I bought an excellent MZ(ZX)-30 for $25 + shipping. There's an MZ-M on sale in the marketplace for twice that much.
A crummy DA L 18-55 is $65. What?
The thing that sold me with Pentax could be summed up in four words: cheap glass; backwards compatibility. As a student in a poor country, this seemed like a great selling point. I could get all the lenses I needed (granted, without all the bells and whistles like AF) for little money, save for a cheap digital body and live happily ever after.
Look at the second-hand market now. Why is there suddenly such a huge demand for average (face it!) photo equipment with a PENTAX logo stamped on it? It's not better than most competing products being made at the time.
Pentax community, what the fudge happened?
tl;dr I want a K-5, a 16-50, 50-135, Sigma 70-200, 100mm Macro WR and a 2" Meade f/3.3 focal reducer. This has nothing to do with what I said earlier.
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