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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-16-2016, 05:55 PM
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I generally agree, except it does depend on the intended use. I shoot a lot of work for stock agencies. In general an image must be technically near perfect, and regardless of how wonderful an image it might be it is not going to ever get seen by anyone unless it passes the technical bar first.
On the other hand, a good image can overcome a multitude of technical flaws if it is being judged as an image or as art. Many (most?) of the really wonderful images I see have technical flaws if you look, but it does not matter because the image or concept itself is strong enough.
Most people (as in non-photographers) will never notice the flaws we see as a matter of course. They just look and enjoy the image without tearing it apart and complaining about WB, noise, dust spots, composition, and so on.
I had a shopper pick up a print at a show this past weekend, it is an old image taken with the k-x in fact. Not my best by far with lots of little flaws if you look. And the flaw he found? One of the clouds is actually a distorted vapor trail instead of a cloud. He didn't care a whit about all the things I saw as problems, but that vapor trail was a no go. And I lost the sale.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-16-2016, 10:21 AM
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Definitely! That's why I'm getting a k-1, so I can be a pro and finally look the part. No more being embarrassed by all those pro cameras out there taking pictures of ducks and pigeons and stuff. Maybe if I get really good I can work up to taking some squirrel pictures. But that will have to wait until I get good, those little critters are awfully fast up here.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-13-2016, 09:56 AM
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Or designed to be sharp edge to edge.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-08-2016, 08:09 AM
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Took me awhile to figure that out. :) Just copy the first one then paste it into a new document in PS or whatever editor. Increase the size of the canvas vertically to match the second banner then copy/paste it in. Align to suite. Save as jpeg. In the Signature editor upload the file you built. Make sure the [SIG] brackets are in place and all you should have to do is swap the images.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-07-2016, 06:55 PM
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Good point. I think I'll hang mine out as well then. Since you gave me permission :):)
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-07-2016, 06:04 PM
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My belief is that the technical side is the foundation of photography, the price of entry we sometimes say. You have to understand the basics before you can even turn on the camera or change the settings. But, IMHO, that is just the basics and too much time is argued over little details that make no practical difference to whether an image is 'good' or 'bad'. Some of the best images I have admired were, on close examination, blurry or not really in focus or had some other obvious technical fault. The image itself was so good you never noticed that it was not sharp.
What I am trying to say is that you must understand the technology, be it film or digital but that images are far more than that. Does it really matter that camera 'A' can give a half stop better dynamic range than camera 'B'? Or any other technical specification. When I can consistently produce better images than Ansel or Henri then I can start worrying about the half stop. Until then perhaps I would be better off studying or working on my composition or style. YMMV
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Nice K-1 badge by the way. Do we get to fly that when we pre-order or when it arrives?
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
03-06-2016, 11:24 AM
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I am not sure that people who make statements like that actually have any idea what they are talking about. It is one of those logical things that seem to make sense, right? It is more megapixels so the lenses should not work as well, right? The only part of that I believe is "remains to be seen".
If we are talking about film era lenses then the lens will still perform as well as it ever did. If the sensor can 'resolve' more, then a better lens might make more use of the sensor, but in no case is the lens going to perform worse.
If we are talking crop lenses, well yes that remains to be seen, but many of those have been tested on other FF cameras.
If we are talking pixel density then the k-3 has a higher pixel density than the k-1.
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