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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-13-2011, 03:14 PM
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-16-2010, 06:54 PM
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Do you mean a K mount-reversing ring, or a male-male filter reversing ring?
I've used both, and they both work.
What you need to keep in mind is that whatever lens is reversed should be an older lens, like an A or earlier. The reason is that you want the aperture to remain open. Modern lenses keep the aperture closed by default, and you would either need to rig it open, or hold it open with your finger.
Depth of Focus is very small using a reversed lens and a tripod is just about required for steady shots.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-08-2011, 12:43 PM
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There is also ioshutter for iphone/itouch/ipad. It's in the app store.
You need a special cable that hasn't been released yet.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-04-2016, 06:33 PM
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Here's my take on the scene.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-01-2012, 03:33 PM
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Pixels per inch has nothing to do with web pages. It's only for printing. Stick with the pixel dimensions that you want and don't worry about what the DPI is set to.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
05-06-2012, 10:32 AM
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
04-25-2012, 08:04 PM
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Absolutely, unequivocally wrong (in the US). Work-for-hire has very specific legal requirements, and social conventions don't change that. The 'industry' has not gone to an increased work-for-hire model, and isn't likely to.
If you don't inform your customers what they can and cannot do with the pictures, this situation will happen every single time. It's part of defending your rights to set them straight beforehand.
The problem comes from 'photographers' not being informed, and rolling over when they get pushback. You are making the problem worse by letting them do whatever they want and claiming that you are powerless.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-21-2012, 08:54 PM
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Wow. Do you honestly think that those of us that are realistic about the situation are being payed off by Pentax?
I think that having Pentax more widely available is a very good thing. Do I want to pay higher prices? Not really, but I'm not going to bitch and moan about how Pentax betrayed their customers because they'd like to sell products to more people and make money.
Contrary to what many people here (and other places that I frequent), selling products far cheaper than your competitors is not necessarily a winning move. It places you as a bargain brand and you attract people who will only shop based on price. And it seems that it has had that exact effect based on all of the complaining I'm seeing.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
04-01-2012, 01:45 PM
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Boo hoo. Never heard of April Fools Day? Lighten up.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
03-15-2012, 07:49 PM
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Not as much fun to be on the receiving end is it?
When you run Adobe, you can organize it however you wish and call the employees whatever you wish. Until then, make bug reports about defects in the product, and don't attack specific people, even if you don't agree with their qualifications. Ranting about the perceived personal failings of someone you know nothing about makes you look petty.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
01-28-2012, 09:02 PM
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The power level slider have no effect when using A or TTL modes.
The ISO/ASA setting needs to be set properly for the flash to figure the correct output.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
01-19-2012, 05:51 AM
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Not as much as you might think. We just have a great marketing department. The US has a long history of xenophopia and fearful reactions to world events.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-14-2012, 10:54 PM
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No. Please stop now. Step away from the computer and take pictures. Please stop with the physics of optics and take some goddamned pictures.
Unless your only interest in photography is gearfaggotry, it doesn't really matter. What can possibly be that important that you need to figure precise calculations to make something look similar to another system?
Just go out and buy a full frame camera and be done with it.
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
01-13-2012, 10:51 PM
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Go to Strobist and read Lighting 101 and 102. And do the exercises. You will learn so much.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-12-2011, 06:45 PM
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Is the shutter speed stuck at 2 seconds, or is there a 2 second delay before the shutter opens?
Try changing your drive mode from 2 second delay to anything else.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-16-2011, 07:53 PM
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Forum: Photographic Technique
02-18-2011, 06:49 PM
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It's fairly straightforward, hard light. Hang the lace, put the flash/light a few feet away, and adjust until it looks good to you.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-20-2011, 06:25 PM
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You have to use the Pentax Remote Assistant software that Pentax made. Version 1 works with the K100D, but it was never officially supported, and can be finicky.
When it works though, it is nice. I've managed to get it to work together with Lightroom to have tethering. It's a bit slow, but not too unreasonably so.
You should be able to find it by googling a bit.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
12-31-2010, 01:38 PM
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In the Manufacturer Notes section, look for Shutter Count. If you are using any software that strips exif, you won't see this. Take a pictures straight off of your camera or memory card and don't do anything else to it.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
09-19-2010, 09:37 PM
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It loaded fast enough for me that I wasn't aware of a load time (Comcast Cable)
It seems like a personal site. I don't get any indication that you are doing any for-hire work. Blog format doesn't really work as professional website, besides having a couple posts that are completely random.
Find a free template and build a site on that using cheap hosting, and setup a dedicated site for your for-hire work. If it's low volume, use your ISP's hosting that you should be getting with your account.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
09-07-2010, 08:52 AM
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DO NOT do this. If you want to be taken seriously as a professional, you do not crash weddings.
It gives all of us a bad name and when you are caught you will not likely be able to shoot in that church for real when you have a legitimate wedding to shoot.
Plus, you'll make it that much harder for other pros in your area to shoot without having restrictions placed on them because you did something stupid.
If you want to get experience shooting weddings, look through Craigslist and offer up your services. There are plenty of people looking for cheap photogs who are on a budget.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
08-24-2010, 11:56 AM
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Forum: Photographic Technique
08-21-2010, 02:48 PM
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You know what they say about opinions...
The problem with his post is that he is confusing working professionals with photographers who are semi-pro or shooting for fun on the side.
It's pretty simple really. Either the person is good enough to take jobs from working pros or, they are taking jobs that pro can't (or won't) take. If the pros can't take the job, then the pro isn't really losing out on anything. If the amateur is good enough to take jobs from the pro then the pro is doing something wrong.
The industry is changing and some people who marginal will be squeezed out and have sour grapes. If they can't keep up with how things are changing, then they will fail, sooner or later.
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Forum: Photographic Technique
07-29-2010, 04:25 PM
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My mirror goes away every time I press the shutter. It comes back though after the picture is done.
:cool:
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