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Forum: Site Suggestions and Help
10-01-2017, 10:35 PM
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No matter where I view them or in what browser, photos hosted on PF all have the same kind of blur to them when embedded. It isn't like a soft or out of focus lens (viewing the pictures full size in a separate tab show that this happens even if they are wicked sharp). Its more like I'm looking at the image slightly cross-eyed.
There's nothing I can do to correct this on my end is there?
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-16-2017, 02:35 PM
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What I mean, is that if the problem went away by switching lenses, then the problem is the lens. Therefore, not a problem with the shutter which is in-body.
Except, it was a problem with the shutter--it was too fast for the lighting. But it wasn't malfunctioning.
Thanks for trying to clarify anyway.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-16-2017, 02:22 PM
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Adam, you are brilliant, thanks. I've never even considered that you have to keep shutter speed below a lights flicker rate. It was florescent lighting, and looking around the net, I see this exact effect. The different color and intensity tones in the same frame is a result I guess of the rolling shutter? I've never had this happen at the same location with my STakumar 50mm 1.4 and was dismayed that my new lens might have issues. This has turned to fascination.
No filter, and wasn't visible through the viewfinder. My guess is that the moons aligned and I just happened to catch the flicker in the oof at the right time.
Thanks guys!
Addendum: I'm reading that a few newer cameras have a flicker mode; do any Pentax bodies have this? It syncs the shutter release to correspond with the brightest point in the cycle. Neat stuff.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-16-2017, 01:55 PM
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While shooting today, I noticed that over half of the images taken with my k 50mm f1.4 had dark amber bands at the top or bottom of the frame (in the oof areas oddly). This was so unsightly that I ended up switching lenses--no problem so its not a bad shutter or shutter timing issue I don't think. I'll include a few images that show the problem.
Anyway, Has anyone ever had a problem like this? I can't seem to replicate it now, but I find it quite bizarre.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
10-08-2016, 08:00 PM
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Wonderful arrangement! One of my top three. Nominated.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
10-08-2016, 07:59 PM
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Perfect pattern! Nice and straight too, though I think it would be much nicer in high contrast mono. Nominating
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
06-03-2014, 05:09 PM
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Beautifully sharp and contrasty, a nomination your way!
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
06-03-2014, 05:08 PM
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Love the simplicity! Nominated
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
06-03-2014, 04:26 PM
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This is my favourite of all the photos submitted! And that's saying something. Absolutely Nominated.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
06-03-2014, 03:27 PM
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Wow, beautiful, love the shadows and textures. Nominated!
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Help
03-29-2013, 08:11 PM
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I am using firefox, so maybe thats why. All other internet photos are fine, and even some of the photos here on PentaxForums... curious.
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Forum: Site Suggestions and Help
03-29-2013, 07:52 PM
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Sorry, it seems that this is a camera troubleshooting forum, but I could find none for forum-related problems.
Anyway, the problem is thus: perhaps 80-90% of photos that people post will not display when I go to their thread; I can see nothing where they are supposed to be. No placeholder space, no red x (do images that won't load still do that? I don't recall seeing a red x in years, haha), it is almost as if they don't exist.
Anyone know what might be going on?
Thanks,
Chance
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-23-2013, 08:20 PM
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I can see it now, thanks. Your picture wasn't the first that this has happened. Its almost every other post that I look at *weird*. That's neat, it looks like you nailed the focus.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-23-2013, 05:18 PM
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I can't see the picture? does it come up for everyone else?
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Forum: Photo Critique
03-20-2013, 12:30 AM
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Hey, that looks great! Though I think a bit too much halo around the ship.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-16-2013, 05:21 PM
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Just cleaned the contacts; I will let yall know if the problem happens again. Thanks all :)
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-15-2013, 10:42 PM
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Yes sir, I've used all three of these lenses successfully before, and two are not Auto lenses. I have enabled the aperture ring with m42 lenses, and have tried shooting in Manual mode, as well as Aperture Priority. Everything is working correctly for the moment, but I'd still like to see if we can find out what was going wrong, if it is alright with you.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-15-2013, 07:42 PM
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Without the lens on, the actuating lever in the camera body will go up and down, as it is supposed to. With the lens attached, when the problem was occurring, nothing. It sounded like the lever was moving, but the lens wasn't stopping down.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-15-2013, 04:30 PM
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The actuator works in my camera, so that isn't the problem. For some reason it is working again, so it seems to be an intermittent problem... curious
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-15-2013, 03:53 PM
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Hello everyone,
I recently bought a second hand k100d Super. Up until now it was working fine, but today it seems that the camera will not stop down any of the lenses that I mount. I've tried a Vivitar S1 70-210/3.5, JC Penny MC Auto 80-200/3.9, and a Sigma Zoom Master 35-70/2.8-4, and none of them are stopped down. After taking the lenses off and manually working the aperture levers, the JCPenny and Vivitars will stop down just fine, but the Sigma won't (though the lever moves freely and much easier than the Vivitar lever). There is oil on the blades of the Sigma, so it is intermittent.
Any idea what might be wrong? I'm hoping it is a problem I can fix myself without much expense.
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Forum: Photo Critique
03-15-2013, 03:38 PM
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I thought so; It definitely has that flash-effect.If you get a chance to shoot these birds again, I think if there was any way, try to work with the available light, or if possible, flash from a different angle, instead of dead-on from camera. The texture of the feathers, as well as the colours of the plumage would look much better, in my opinion.
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Forum: Photo Critique
03-13-2013, 10:06 PM
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It looks to me like you used fill flash on the second shot, am I correct?
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-13-2013, 07:52 PM
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Thanks for the welcome :)
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-12-2013, 09:32 PM
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Wow, this is the 19th new post in this section today. I applaud you who watch the welcome section to greet newcomers like myself.
I'm Chance, from Texas, and have been a pentax fan for a few years now. My first SLR was a Pentax Super Program that my former girlfriend gave me for my 17th birthday Four and a half years ago. I never really learned to use it, but fell in love with older K-mount lenses using a K-EOS adapter for my Canon XSi. I am now trying to sell all my Canon equipment to convert to Pentax, and shoot a K100d Super that I'm already enjoying much more than the XSi.
I've been lurking around reading (heavily) the lens review section, and decided to join to ask a few questions, post a few pictures, and sell a few lenses! Hopefully I can help out with what little I know, and I won't turn into a one-month forum poster like I usually do.
Nice to meet you all, and I look forward to jumping in!
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