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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-07-2015, 07:23 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
04-15-2015, 07:43 AM
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So, does anybody know the best (and/or latest) setup for the K-5 and a Wi-Fi card?
(the problems discussed here are probably outdated)
The links and review posts are too old to find.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-17-2014, 08:24 AM
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Wow!
The camera was a K10D though :)
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-16-2014, 05:23 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-04-2014, 02:13 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-04-2014, 02:10 AM
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Macabre, something historic to it, love it
(but the watermark is kinda ruining it)
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-04-2014, 02:06 AM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-04-2014, 01:50 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-18-2014, 12:00 PM
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That is exactly what I do. I try to open the aperture for portraits and close objects, so you can create a nice "bokeh". For other things, more at distance I usely try f/5.6.
I'll give it another go tomorrow. But when I zoom in, everyting always seems a bit OOF ( :) ).
Probably in a year or two from now, I will look back upon this moment and think of myself: "What were you thinking?" :lol:
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-18-2014, 11:48 AM
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Thank you for al this advice.
* I think I may have found a big problem that plays part in a lot of pictures I took. Which is having the aperture wide open, being close to the object, but not using the middle focus point. I tend to use 'SEL' and select another focuspoint to have a better composition.
I'll try to hold the 'push button' and recompose that way.
* I always try to shoot RAW, but I always forget to go into settings and change it there (so I wouldn't have to push the RAW button each time and I could use that button for something else). Most of my pictures are JPEG for now.
* I do shoot steady I think. I think I have the correct stance.
* To summarize the rest. I bought Scott Kelby's manual for beginners. So the most basic stuff I know. I also read the internet, yes.
And thank you Na Horuk, I will take that test tomorrow :)
And as I said above I bought a tripod. Only used it inside at ISO 3200. I know the disadvantage of a high ISO, but does it affect the 'sharpness' too? Then there wouldn't be sharp concert photos to be found for example. And I used the 2 sec timer.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-18-2014, 11:22 AM
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Thanks for summarizing that out. Some things I already knew. But the remarks about focus and 'OOF' are kind of new to me.
Most of my pictures are with wide aperture (f/ 2.4, f/3.2): objects, people and my pet have been my primary test objects :D
Now I took some mediocre pictures, but most of them are just for trying things out (bracketing, etc.). So the following pictures are quite bad. I just want you to look at the sharpness. None of them are sharpened afterwards.
There are a lot of test pictures on this forum (K-5), there is only one in terms of sharpness that I made and is similar to it.
This one:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/doufbn.jpg
EXIF: 1/60, f/ 2.4, ISO 1100, 70 mm
This one (in terms of sharpness) wasn't bad either:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/24cwjer.jpg
EXIF: 1/125, f2.4, ISO 200
---------- Post added 10-18-14 at 08:30 PM ----------
I couldn't edit, so..
Here is an example of how a picture should be better I think (and most of my pictures are this kind of sharp, in any light setting)
http://oi62.tinypic.com/9bhhub.jpg
Exif: 1/100, f/11, ISO 200
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Ok bad example because the focus isn't on the horse now. But I can give a lot of pictures where the focus is on the subject and it is as sharp as that horse is.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-18-2014, 10:45 AM
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Will this help?
How to Quickly Test Your DSLR for Autofocus Issues
And I know sounds like -kind of- a stupid question above. But I really have the feeling I'm doing things fine. But the results don't exceed the quality of my snapshots by an old compact camera or pictures by other beginners.
Composition, lighting,.. are things you can discuss. It can be done wrong. But just taking a picture (i've tried it in auto, Av, Sv, P, USER, etc...) very steady and on the computer it just isn't quite that.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
10-18-2014, 10:24 AM
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Hello everyone,
I've bought my first DSLR, which is the K-5. Other material in my photography bag include the limited prime lenses DA 21mm and DA 70mm. Also I own the Sirui ET 2004 tripod.
I live closely to the city of Bruges, or sometimes called the Venice of the North :p
Have a good day
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-18-2014, 10:18 AM
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Hello,
I am new to this forum. I recently bought my first DSLR and I chose the K-5. I've heard repeatedly that it was a wise choice. The two lenses I own, are the DA 21mm and the DA 70mm (limited, green rings). These are all bought at second-hand. The body should have been looked at by Pentax.
Now, I am actually quite fast at catching up the principles and technical possibilities of the digital camera. Yet, the past couple of weeks I shot only 1, or maybe 2 truely 'sharp' pictures.
I am quite young so I have a relatively steady hand :D.
Yet I was thinking that none of my pictures were ultra sharp because of movement somehow. So I invested in a tripod, a relatively good one. Now I have tested the camera indoors (ISO 3200), yet again none were really sharp. Agreed, some were moving objects but the shutter speed was high enough.
(I know that every photographer shoots a lot of pictures and maybe 1 on 20 or 30 he truely likes)
I've read from other experiences that the combination I have shouldn't have that many problems with shooting in less light.
I still am a beginner, so am I doing something wrong? Or could there be a technical issue (I'm thinking with the focus or something)?
And how do I attach pictures here with a lower format, so when you click on them you can see it in original format?
Thanks for reading
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