Re: K-1 grumbles
I've been looking into that and it seems that all Pentax cameras that have been tested recently have about a 36 mb/s write speed regardless of how fast the card is, though they can't write faster than the card will accept the data. I got curious since I don't shoot Nikon, so I haven't been looking for write speed tests on any Nikon cameras. Well I couldn't find a Nikon 810 tests, but the D800 tops out at about 39 mb/s, on the one I could find. Doesn't seem to blisteringly faster than the K-1. Using the actual numbers not my rounded numbers the Nikon seems to be about ~7% faster than the Pentax. Now Nikon might have upped the buss speed when moving from the D800 to the D810, but it doesn't seem that likely. On 10/10/2017 5:10 PM, Mark C wrote: FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several minutes of write time it may be the card. Overall I agree with your comments. File saves are on the slow side and the AF point configuration leaves a lot to be desired. AF in liveview mode is very slow - verging on unusable when shooting macros. There's room for improvement to be sure, but still a fine camera. Mark Larry Colen wrote: In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for the price. However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've shot a friend's Nikon 810. My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
The bus write speed on pretty much all recent Pentax cameras tops out at about ~36 mb/s, maybe a little faster, but closer to rounding down than to rounding up. The claimed card speed of 85-90 mb/s is usually the read speed of the card. Write speed is often less than half that, sometimes a lot less. With a class 10 card you're only guaranteed 10 mb/s. Most Sandisk cards are faster that that, but not all are. I'd check to see what the claimed write speeds of the cards are, and not use any that were slower than the camera buss. I wouldn't buy anything that had a write speed much faster than the camera buss either unless the price was pretty much the same as for the slower card. On the other hand if all your cards turn out to have write speeds faster than the cameras buss speed, I really have no other suggestions. I keep all the lens correction and other in camera file manipulations turned off when shooting raw anyway, but maybe doing some of that will help. Auto focus speed is another issue altogether. On 10/10/2017 4:47 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Are you quite certain you are using a fast enough SD card, and is there any possibility that you might have enabled any processing feature(s) that could be slowing things up? Even with the much larger 645Z files I have _never_ encountered anything like what you describe. If I had, I would have switched systems by now. Five freaking minutes to empty the buffer? Infuckingtolerable. Try a factory reset and a known fast card. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for the price. However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've shot a friend's Nikon 810. My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs (2) - Tower Crane
Nice shots. Couldn't you start a Bungee jumping siseline? Alan C -Original Message- From: Rick Womer Sent: 11 October, 2017 3:24 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESOs (2) - Tower Crane The university is putting up a building next to the one my office is in. They’re planning to fill it with people wearing suits, and it’s going to block part of the view from my 10th floor office. Anyway, it’s not often that one is on the same level as a tower crane. So, here is a view from a second-storey window: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Tower-crane/i-QFNJVFL/A and one from a 10th-storey window, down a long corridor from my office: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Tower-crane/i-tf8TjbP/A (K-5, DA 50-200) Comments appreciated! Cheers, Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESOs (2) - Tower Crane
The university is putting up a building next to the one my office is in. They’re planning to fill it with people wearing suits, and it’s going to block part of the view from my 10th floor office. Anyway, it’s not often that one is on the same level as a tower crane. So, here is a view from a second-storey window: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Tower-crane/i-QFNJVFL/A and one from a 10th-storey window, down a long corridor from my office: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Tower-crane/i-tf8TjbP/A (K-5, DA 50-200) Comments appreciated! Cheers, Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Well, this is weird
Brian Walters wrote: On 11 October 2017 at 09:48 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: Seems rather stupid to me. Yeah - Yashica made some fine cameras back in the day. Now someone has bought the rights to the name and is set on making it a laughing stock. Or maybe I'm a bit too old to appreciate this camera's coolness... It will open up a market for artisanal hand crafted pixels. It's interesting how in the video the same woman is both ostensibly the photographer and also the model. I really expected to see a guy with a hipster beard and a fixie bike. At least she had the hipster cigarette going. The video did have the crappy artsy color balance. I noticed how it was all about the experience and not the image quality. I will note that the canisters do make the settings easier, since you can't worry about ISO etc. you don't have to worry about them. And there is a precedent for the lack of a screen, doesn't Leica do that on one of their cameras? They could advertise the same rear screen as a Leica that costs several times as much. I wonder what the point of the winder is? I guess just to replicate the film experience. Snark aside, I have noticed that in many ways I much prefer the experience of shooting with a film camera. Photographing with my Argus is an entirely different experience than with my DSLRs. I haven't run a roll through a film SLR in ages, but being forced to think about everything in advance, and whether each press of the shutter is worth $1 does change the experience. Be that as it may, there are many reasons that I shoot digital and haven't gone back to film. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Well, this is weird
> On 11 October 2017 at 09:48 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Seems rather stupid to me. Yeah - Yashica made some fine cameras back in the day. Now someone has bought the rights to the name and is set on making it a laughing stock. Or maybe I'm a bit too old to appreciate this camera's coolness... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Brian Walters > wrote: > > > The Yashica Y35 > > > > https://petapixel.com/2017/10/10/yashica-y35-digifilm- > > camera-faux-film-rolls/ > > > > Apparently already reached its Kickstarter goal. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Well, OK the K3ii has a thing for mikes. I'd try using a single point sensor or, at least, one with fewer sensor points. J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Jack Davis wrote: >> Hi, Larry. In what way is the K1 >> focusing better or faster than the >> K3ii? Thanks! > > The biggest way for me is that it doesn't obsesses over microphones the way > the K-3 does. For example only a few of my musician photos from last weekend > have the microphone rather than the singer in focus. I don't have any > quantitative data other than that, but my gut feeling is that it does seem to > be a bit faster, a bit more accurate, and most importantly a bit more precise > in following the selected focus point. > > When I'm using the long lenses, particularly outdoors, I still use the K-3ii > because I'll crop anyways, it gives more dpi on the sensor, and in good light > the sensor quality differences are barely noticable. > >> >> J >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 10, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, >>> landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for >>> the price. >>> >>> However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The >>> focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't >>> cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical >>> compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over >>> the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when >>> I've shot a friend's Nikon 810. >>> >>> My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would >>> buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance >>> competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in >>> rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing >>> at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then >>> take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes >>> something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no >>> idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the >>> shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying >>> the buffer. >>> >>> Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. >>> Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. >>> -- >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Silly GESO handrails
I was looking at some photos I'd taken documenting work on the house, and these four actually seemed kind of nice as photos in their own right https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157686060062362 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Well, this is weird
Seems rather stupid to me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > The Yashica Y35 > > https://petapixel.com/2017/10/10/yashica-y35-digifilm- > camera-faux-film-rolls/ > > Apparently already reached its Kickstarter goal. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Well, this is weird
It's just mind boggling how much stupid there is to go around. And after a pause for a good head shake, back to normal life -- or so I hope. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > The Yashica Y35 > > https://petapixel.com/2017/10/10/yashica-y35-digifilm-camera-faux-film-rolls/ > > Apparently already reached its Kickstarter goal. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Larry Colen wrote: Mark C wrote: FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when Is that 27-28 seconds with a full buffer, or one shot? Full buffer - about 17 DNGS in continuous shooting mode high before the buffer fills. After that its about 1 frame per second. A single shot saves in about 2 seconds - based on how long the drive light is on. A pixel shift image takes about 5 seconds though. But the full buffer clears in about 27 seconds. things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several minutes of write time it may be the card. Looking at three that happen to be out, all are SDXC C10 and the 95s are marked U3. You might want to look up the specific card and see if you can get details re maximum write speed - I've been burned buying cards that appear to be very well spec'd but are still slow. For example - this card has a 40mb max write speed: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1275611-REG/sandisk_sdsdxve_064g_gncin_extreme_sdhc_64gb.html while this one has a 90 mb/s max write speed: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1282965-REG/sandisk_sdsdxxg_064g_gn4in_extremepro_sdhc_64gb.html But the specs printed on the cards, which displays the read speed, makes it look like they would be almost identical. Again - I'm not sure that the K1 can use the fastest cards out there - not sure where the sweet spot is. - Mark --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT - Well, this is weird
The Yashica Y35 https://petapixel.com/2017/10/10/yashica-y35-digifilm-camera-faux-film-rolls/ Apparently already reached its Kickstarter goal. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Mark C wrote: FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several minutes of write time it may be the card. Thanks to Bruce for the advice. I turned off all lens correction, held the shutter down until the camera stopped taking photos, after about 18 frames the buffer filled, I hit the stop watch and about 30 seconds later the "transfer light" went out. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Mark C wrote: FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when Is that 27-28 seconds with a full buffer, or one shot? things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several minutes of write time it may be the card. Looking at three that happen to be out, all are SDXC C10 and the 95s are marked U3. Sandisk Extreme Plus 80 MB/s Sandisk Ulta 80 MB/s PNY 95MB/s Overall I agree with your comments. File saves are on the slow side and the AF point configuration leaves a lot to be desired. AF in liveview mode is very slow - verging on unusable when shooting macros. There's room for improvement to be sure, but still a fine camera. Yes, in just about any other case, it's an amazing camera. Mark -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Jack Davis wrote: Hi, Larry. In what way is the K1 focusing better or faster than the K3ii? Thanks! The biggest way for me is that it doesn't obsesses over microphones the way the K-3 does. For example only a few of my musician photos from last weekend have the microphone rather than the singer in focus. I don't have any quantitative data other than that, but my gut feeling is that it does seem to be a bit faster, a bit more accurate, and most importantly a bit more precise in following the selected focus point. When I'm using the long lenses, particularly outdoors, I still use the K-3ii because I'll crop anyways, it gives more dpi on the sensor, and in good light the sensor quality differences are barely noticable. J Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for the price. However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've shot a friend's Nikon 810. My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Doh autocorrect. "I agree about the focus points being too central" Paul via phone > On Oct 10, 2017, at 5:08 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I'll bet your cards are slow. I shoot football, including action sequences > and have no buffer problems. I use Sandisk Extreme Pro 64 gig cards. And set > the camera to record on both simultaneously. I agree about the focus pound > before BH too central but it's not a big problem with sports work in that > focus on the chest or arm of the principal player is usually spot on for the > face as well, which is less visible given the helmet and face guard. > > Paul via phone > >> On Oct 10, 2017, at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, >> landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for >> the price. >> >> However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The >> focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't >> cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical >> compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over >> the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've >> shot a friend's Nikon 810. >> >> My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would >> buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance >> competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in >> rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at >> a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take >> something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something >> like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of >> whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter >> and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. >> >> Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. >> Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several minutes of write time it may be the card. Overall I agree with your comments. File saves are on the slow side and the AF point configuration leaves a lot to be desired. AF in liveview mode is very slow - verging on unusable when shooting macros. There's room for improvement to be sure, but still a fine camera. Mark Larry Colen wrote: In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for the price. However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've shot a friend's Nikon 810. My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Bruce Walker wrote: Are you quite certain you are using a fast enough SD card, and is Mostly Sandisk, all of my (regular) cards are 80-95 MB/s. there any possibility that you might have enabled any processing feature(s) that could be slowing things up? Thanks for the clue. I thought I had turned off all unnecessary processing, but it turns out that only the first item in lens processing was turned off. Even with the much larger 645Z files I have _never_ encountered anything like what you describe. If I had, I would have switched systems by now. Five freaking minutes to empty the buffer? Infuckingtolerable. Try a factory reset and a known fast card. I just tried turning off all lens correction, which I had to do on an item by item basis. Is there anything else that anyone has found that makes a difference? On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for the price. However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've shot a friend's Nikon 810. My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
I'll bet your cards are slow. I shoot football, including action sequences and have no buffer problems. I use Sandisk Extreme Pro 64 gig cards. And set the camera to record on both simultaneously. I agree about the focus pound before BH too central but it's not a big problem with sports work in that focus on the chest or arm of the principal player is usually spot on for the face as well, which is less visible given the helmet and face guard. Paul via phone > On Oct 10, 2017, at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, > landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for > the price. > > However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The > focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't > cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical > compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over > the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've > shot a friend's Nikon 810. > > My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would > buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance > competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in > rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at > a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take > something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something > like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of > whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter > and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. > > Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. > Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Hi, Larry. In what way is the K1 focusing better or faster than the K3ii? Thanks! J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, > landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for > the price. > > However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The > focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't > cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical > compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over > the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've > shot a friend's Nikon 810. > > My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would > buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance > competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in > rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at > a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take > something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something > like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of > whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter > and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. > > Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. > Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-1 grumbles
Are you quite certain you are using a fast enough SD card, and is there any possibility that you might have enabled any processing feature(s) that could be slowing things up? Even with the much larger 645Z files I have _never_ encountered anything like what you describe. If I had, I would have switched systems by now. Five freaking minutes to empty the buffer? Infuckingtolerable. Try a factory reset and a known fast card. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, > landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for > the price. > > However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The > focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't > cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical > compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over > the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've > shot a friend's Nikon 810. > > My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would > buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance > competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in > rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at > a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take > something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something > like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of > whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter > and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the > buffer. > > Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. > Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K-1 grumbles
In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for the price. However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've shot a friend's Nikon 810. My biggest gripe is the bus speed. Did they really think that people would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and then take something like five minutes to empty. Once it fills up, it takes something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying the buffer. Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon. Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?
I keep looking at one for my K-5II. They are supposed to be very sharp, comparable to the newish Zeiss Milvus 15mm optically. The only problem with the Samyang is it has a bit more distortion. On an APS-C sensor it's moderate but correctable barrel distortion, but on FF it's mustache distortion. Shooting most things I expect it would almost unnoticeable, based on the samples I've seen, but if you've got straight lines near the edges of the frame, it looks like it would be damned annoying. On 10/10/2017 2:33 PM, Jos de Fotograaf wrote: Dear group, I am considering Samyang 14/2.8 for my K1. Any comments? Greetz, Jos -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?
On 10/10/17, Jos de Fotograaf, discombobulated, unleashed: >Dear group, >I am considering Samyang 14/2.8 for my K1. >Any comments? I have the 12/2 I use on my Olympus 4/3rds (Pen F) and it's a good lens. The focus ring is a bit stiff, but I like that as I tend to use it has either a treet lens or a landscape lens and once the focus is set I don't want it to move. Very well built lenses, lots of metalwork. The glass is very reasonable for the money although I tend to use mine stopped down a bit. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?
Dear group, I am considering Samyang 14/2.8 for my K1. Any comments? Greetz, Jos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Modern Photographers
Yes, Jack, it was. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Dan, is that where your son was > contemplating the terracotta > carving? > > J > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 9, 2017, at 11:12 AM, Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: > > > > At the Terracotta Warrior Eshibit, Franklin Institute Science Museum, > > Philadelphia: > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas- > pesos/2017/10/9/photographers > > > > K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 mm zoom > > Comments are invited. > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Modern Photographers
One, on the left, is dialing; the other two were definitely taking images and quite serious about it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Mazybe they were dialing a friend.. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" < > danmaty...@gmail.com> > Subject: PESO: Modern Photographers > > > At the Terracotta Warrior Eshibit, Franklin Institute Science Museum, >> Philadelphia: >> >> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/ >> 10/9/photographers >> >> K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 mm zoom >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Examination
Thanks, Paul, Ken and Larry. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:52 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > It minimizing DOF is perhaps more important as it can smooth out even > somewhat busy backgrounds. > > Paul via phone > > > On Oct 9, 2017, at 8:01 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > > > > Ken Waller wrote: > >> If you had the room and the lens, a longer focal length would give you > a less in focus background? I use a 300 a lot in close focus situations and > get a really nice OOF background. It's a 300mm f4.5 FA and it close focuses > to around under 10 feet! > >> > > > > I find that the major advantage of the longer lens is that there is a > narrower field of view of the background, making it easy to avoid > background ugliness. > > > > -- > > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
