Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-16-2010, 06:33 PM
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Wow! Thanks to all for the tips.
I'm leaning towards using the manual 70-210. I figure that I should get a keeper in the 2-3 hours that I'm going to be out there. Is this focal length to restrictive for a marathon? Wide angle better?
Thanks again
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-16-2010, 03:52 PM
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Hi everyone,
I'm going to be attending the Boston Marathon on Monday and wanted to get some tips from you folks. Most of the things that I shoot (landscape, cars, etc... ) don't involve too much movement so shooting a bunch of runners is all new to me.
Here's what I'll be playing with
Pentax ist DL
Pentax F 50MM f1.7
Pentax 18-55 Kit lens
Pentax A 70-210 f4
So, what's the recommended focal length? Is using the 70-210 manual focus lens a recipe for disaster for a newbie?
Thanks for reading.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-20-2009, 08:01 PM
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Looks great I can see how there is more detail in the first "T".
I looked over the photos again and found that they were not that bad. My screen at work is much better suited for photo viewing versus my glossy laptop screen.
After going out with the 50mm I've found that it made me think more about composition versus going out with the 18-55 and just blasting away. I still have a lot to learn, but thank you to all who replied.
Here are some more photos for all to enjoy. The Mercedes SL65 Black Series was quite a sight. Only 200(?) in the US. Burlington Audi/Porsche - a set on Flickr |
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-20-2009, 07:35 AM
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Thanks for all the replies.
I'm going to take a look at the histograms when I get home. I did take a look at some of the histograms when I was shooting and did notice that some of the washed out shots were not evenly distributed but had peakson the right hand side of the histogram.
I'll take a look at those shots on my work monitor and see if they look any different. Maybe my Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop with the glossy screen is the problem.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-19-2009, 09:14 PM
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Thanks for the quick reply.
I'll post some shots of a silver Audi R8 that I believe were overexposed as well.
What's weird is that they appear to be overexposed when I open them up in Capture One. The pics when viewed via the LCD on the camera are colorful/vibrant and not overexposed. Again, this phenomenon only appears to be happening with my 50mm and not the 18-55 kit lens.
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
05-19-2009, 08:00 PM
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hi everyone,
I had a chance to go to a Audi/Porsche dealership grand opening today and was excited to tale my ist dL with me. I brought the SMC-F 50mm/1.7 with me to gain some speed for indoor and evening shots. Well, I got home and loaded up the pics into Capture One Pro and found that almost all the shots were overexposed and washed out. Capture One Pro has a wizard that corrects exposure issues automatically so I tried it on all the shots to see if there's some sort of pattern with all these pics. It appears that a majority of shots overexposed by 1.3-1.5
Note; For wide angle stuff I use the stock 18-55 lens and exposure is always correct. I didn't have it with me at this event so I couldn't compare shots at the same venue.
I've posted a couple of samples on flickr. Can someone assist me in troubleshooting the problem? 50mm-overexposure - a set on Flickr
Thanks,
Ben
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
02-21-2009, 06:06 PM
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For those of you who ordered from focusingscreen.com which one did you purchase? I see that some have bought the K3 by Nikon but there are also a number of Canon screens as well. Is it just personal preference?
I'm planning on getting one for my istDL.
Thanks
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Forum: Sold Items
10-07-2008, 12:11 PM
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PM Sent for F50mm 1.7 lens
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