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Forum: Pentax K-3 Photo Contest
04-29-2014, 08:32 AM
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A Pleasant Pheasant. that took over the bird feeder in my garden
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-04-2014, 11:23 PM
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Oh dear, Clackers, do you think so? I'm afraid I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to understanding these things so I will take your reprimand in the spirit it was given and remove myself to the back of the class until I can get my ears syringed.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-04-2014, 03:46 PM
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As many have alluded to here I think the problem was that Faststone RAW conversion was was set by default to import and work on low res files to increase process speed. I have altered the settings which means longer launch and process times and the banding seems to have disappeared. I would be disingenuous if I pretended I fully understood what I was proffering as an explanation but hopefully I can now settle down and enjoy my new acquisition. Thank you all for your help. An example of what I now get, A view of Dartmoor, at the back of my garden.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
04-03-2014, 10:45 AM
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Municpal flower arranging in Plymouth UK
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-03-2014, 09:31 AM
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I have no problem with your post, Imageman, and apologies are not needed. You had the interest and decency to try to help me resolve this problem and for this I'm grateful to you
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-02-2014, 01:30 PM
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I did a search through Google and found a lot of people complaining about the same problem as far back as 2005 with Pentax dslr cameras both in this forum and Dp review. A number of the respondents took a raw photo supplied by the originator of the complaint and opened it in Lightroom and could see no banding. However, When opened in a free converter such as Faststone, (the one I used) the banding was apparent. It was deduced that Faststone default settings dealt only with a reduced quality digital capture that showed banding and the way to deal with this was to set the default capture setting in Faststone to ' View in actual size - slower,' and batch convert in actual size - slower'. I did this and the banding did not appear in photos where I had previously seen it. So, if we get any more blue sky this year I will test out my theory and report back.
I would agree it is not the lens, nor do I think it's the camera, I am new to Pentax and I think it's my inability to grasp the rules behind RAW capture and conversion. It appears, in order to speed things up Faststone abstracts a low quality photo to work on.
As an aside, others mentioned that when converting into jpeg in Faststone file sizes were remarkably small, around 2-3mb. I found that by going into the Jpeg setting tag and disabling colour sub-sampling the same jpegs when converted had file sizes around 24MB. Thank you all for your help
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-02-2014, 08:41 AM
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The Raw files did shown this right out of the camera.The Raw files were about 23Mb in size. I imported them from them from the sd card with Faststone which I like using. It must be something I am doing (have done), So am going to reset the camera and reinstall Faststone to see if that cures the problem. Thanks to all for your help.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-30-2014, 10:48 PM
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Thank you, I'm using Faststone RAW converter, It is not something that happens all the time which made me think it was something I am doing to the camera. I will remove Faststone and revert to Pentax supplied software to see what happens. Attached is a Faststone conversion without the problem.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-30-2014, 11:52 AM
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Thanks folks,
The lines show up in the Raw file (19+MB) straight from the camera and are still there when I convert to Jpeg and print out like that. No Filter of any sort used.I will swap the colour space to see if that helps.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
03-30-2014, 10:55 AM
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I had this problem with my skies the other day and thought it was my new 18-135 lens on my new K5 mk2 producing those lines. I shoot raw and jpegs are set to four star 16mp, no filters. Then someone told me it was not the lens but a resolution problem. I'm not sure I fully understood the explanation so can anyone help me out and advise what settings are causing this. It does not happen all the time, and I shoot in P mode.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-29-2014, 11:58 PM
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-29-2014, 09:00 AM
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This chap has decided to take over our bird table.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-28-2014, 07:38 AM
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A shot of the entrance of Plymouth University UK and a sculpture of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Shot in Raw developed with Faststone.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-22-2014, 12:49 PM
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Very neat, love the crispness and the colours
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-22-2014, 08:45 AM
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Still getting used to my new K5 11 and 18-135 but loving the learning curve. A set here from my local city and city parish church was was rebuilt after being destroyed in WW2.
Thank you for looking.
Plymouth UK - a set on Flickr |
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-15-2014, 03:43 PM
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Thank you for your kind support, and when I see Sherlock I will give him your best wishes.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
03-15-2014, 12:30 PM
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After many years with a point and shoot I ventured out today for my first shoot with a new K5 Mk 2 and 18-135.
You can see the results here. Hope you enjoy them.
Flickr: windswept10's Photostream |
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
03-12-2014, 01:21 AM
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I love the colour composition and crispness of this photo together with the subject matter. What settings did you use and would you share your pp. Many thanks.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
03-11-2014, 03:22 PM
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I have just purchased a K5 Mk 11 having come from the excellent Canon GiX. I am in to long distance trekking and raise money for charity by undertaking long walks through Europe. You can get an idea what I'm on about if you visit my blog at WALKING THE CAMINO FROM PORTO TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA I have always carried my camera in a bum-bag when trekking for ease of use and I find I can also do this with the K5 11..
I am currently looking for a zoom to replace my kit lens and have been particularly impressed by the thread relating to the Pentax 18-135 and the photos contained within that thread. I am aware of the negative comments surrounding this lens but some of the photos posted are superb belying this negativity. The other option is the new Sigma 18-200 and I will await the reviews on this lens before making my decision.
For the last fifteen years, since retiring from my main employment, I have had a paying hobby as a freelance writer/photographed of travel articles and vehicle reviews/launches for a UK motorcaravan magazine, I am also a contributor to photo libraries.
I act as a volunteer ambassador for my local hospice and part of my duties involve taking photos at their events which they sell to raise funds. This was one of the reasons for upgrading to the K5 11 in that I find the controls intuitive and easy to use giving greater flexibility when at these events.
I live on Dartmoor in the UK and when not losing golf balls at my local club can be found meandering across the Tors with my faithful pooch Benny.
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