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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-04-2008, 03:09 PM
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I assume you mean, the longest focal length for which tilt/shift functionality might be interesting. Certainly plenty of great landscape opportunities exist at longer focal lengths. Most of mine is done in the 24-45 range on APS-C.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-02-2008, 08:21 PM
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I would have thought it obvious from the context that when I said none in production, I meant for Pentax. None in production, but plenty available. So for the <1% of photographers who might care about tilt/shift lenses, you need not go to Nikon or Canon to get them.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-02-2008, 08:20 PM
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No. I mean if you know what you are pointing your camera at and have a sense of whether it is something that you want to come out something a little darker than middle-value gray as the ISO standards for metering suggest it should, then you'll know the exposure is what you want. If you know the thing you are pointing at is supposed to come out lighter, you know you need to increase exposure, and vice versa if you want it darker. If you've got a scene with a range of values, and you use the meter to tell you where the darker and lighter areas are and how much they differ in value and set the exposure at an appropriate point between those extremes, you get an exposure that reflects. Every time, without fail.
In other words, if you understand how metering and exposure works and know how to use a DSLR rather than expecting it to work like a P&S, you'll find that it is does in fact behave exactly as expected.
On the other hand, if your understanding of exposure is so limited that you imagine the need to apply exposure compensation means the camera has a fault, then indeed, you'll constantly be flummoxed with Pentax DSLRs.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
10-02-2008, 08:07 AM
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Yeah, but I think for most purposes, it's still good enough. As is APS-C. As is FF, which of course isn't as big as medium format. Which of course isn't as big as ....
If you know how to use the camera, you can get any exposure you want, just as is the case with all other brands.
There most certainly are - none in current production, but plenty of them out there, and they are available used on a fairly regular basis.
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