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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
04-04-2016, 09:48 AM
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Oh, you can open the boot, just not while the car is moving... ;)
Steve
(...amazing how not meeting one person's use cases on a single feature makes a tool useless for its primary purpose...go figure...)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 10:11 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 09:54 PM
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Already exists.
The chant has been building for a long time with most of the same voices chiming in. With every new camera release there is disappointment that sensor-based SR has not been restored and that whatever codec that is supported is not the one used by , low frame rate, and that the video AF support sucks. Oh, yes, and the matter of no clean HDMI out.
I have to admit to having sympathy for their complaints. If you can imagine a world-class video-capable SLR with larger sensor, in-body SR, and a wide choice of vintage and modern lenses at the price point of a K-S2, K-50, or K-3II or for FF, the K-1?
Now, how about that new manual, eh?
Steve
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 09:35 PM
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My thoughts regarding the video on my K-3 is that I use it in much the same way as the video on my cell phone with similar expectation. To balance that expectation, I would add that the video quality is pretty decent as long as you are willing to do your own focus, use professional camera support and make do without clean HDMI out. Strangely, that is the approach I would use if I were wanting to take up video even if not with the K-3. If I wanted AF, SR, and support for an external recorder I would buy a video camcorder or perhaps something with the Lumix label.
Steve
* Clean HDMI out would be nice, however...did I read that Ricoh said this was approachable?
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 01:57 PM
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Thanks! I forgot that Google is my friend :o
Steve
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 01:46 PM
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Yep...It is hard to describe how it works unless you actually have a shift lens mounted or have access to a view camera. Keystoning is simply the laws of perspective as they work out within the image frame. With a rectilinear lens, if the lens axis is perpendicular to the subject plane, parallel lines stay parallel. Tilt the lens upward and lines will converge to the top of the frame. What composition adjust allows you to do is to leverage the unused sensor area outside the frame to make it possible to "see" just a little more of the top of a building, tower, or tall friend without tilting the camera.
This diagram shows how it works:
as does the page I stole it from:
http://cow.mooh.org/projects/tiltshift/howdoesitwork.html
In short, the camera shifts the sensor downward to "see" more of the subject top without having to tilt the lens. This approach works well within limits of unused sensor real estate and the image circle of compatible K-mount lenses. A true shift lens has a large image circle and moves the lens axis rather than the sensor to get the same effect.
Steve
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 10:55 AM
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I dunno...looks like it works the same as on K-3 and other supporting Pentax dSLRs (i.e. no keystone adjustment).
Steve
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 10:50 AM
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...just realized that my K-3 has the same option...still don't know what it does :o
Steve
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-31-2016, 10:39 AM
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Wow! Pirated copy courtesy of PF! (Ricoh could have made this SOOOooooo much easier by simply posting it to their Web site.) Did you notice the 2015 copyright ;)
Browsing...browsing...browsing...CTE!? Color Temperature Enhancement? No explanation in the text!
Steve
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