Re: k-1 square crop test

2016-10-23 Thread P.J. Alling
Well, there you go screwing up my beautiful theory, with pesky facts. On 10/23/2016 10:18 AM, Alex Sarbu wrote: I've done some pseudo-investigation (actually, just opened a 1:1 RAW in Silkypix and Pentax DCU). They're saving the entire 3:2 frame, but with a tag for 1:1 cropping; so you can

Re: k-1 square crop test

2016-10-23 Thread Ken Waller
Probably has more value for those shooting jpegs and not wanting to do any perfecting after capture. -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> >Subject: k-1 square crop test > >When I was photographing a seminar at the dojo today, I tried >photogr

Re: k-1 square crop test

2016-10-23 Thread Jos from Holland
I came to following observations: 1. With FF lens and K1 in 1:1 cropmode makes little sense as indicated by others. 2. With APS-C lens and K1 in 1:1 cropmode, there can be the advantage of using the whole image circle. 3. However, many lenses do not offer the whole image circle to the

Re: k-1 square crop test

2016-10-23 Thread Alex Sarbu
I've done some pseudo-investigation (actually, just opened a 1:1 RAW in Silkypix and Pentax DCU). They're saving the entire 3:2 frame, but with a tag for 1:1 cropping; so you can recover the "extra" data - assuming your preferred image processing software's crop tool supports this operation.

Re: k-1 square crop test

2016-10-23 Thread P.J. Alling
I'm sorry, I may have slandered the wrong group of idiots, the thread that gave me a headache was on dpReview, the Pentax Fora thread was slightly less, err, horrible... On 10/23/2016 8:06 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I know nothing about the 1:1 crop mode, so I decided to do a little research...

Re: k-1 square crop test

2016-10-23 Thread P.J. Alling
I know nothing about the 1:1 crop mode, so I decided to do a little research... After reading the first few posts on a Pentax Fora thread, I wanted to yell at my computer screen: "IT'S CALLED AN IMAGE CIRCLE!"; idiots. Like reading arguments by theologians about how many angels can dance on

k-1 square crop test

2016-10-23 Thread Larry Colen
When I was photographing a seminar at the dojo today, I tried photographing in square crop mode. On the bright side, it worked great for the photos that I was taking. two people practicing Aikido can nearly fill a square composition, where they leave a lot of the 3:2 frame empty. On the down