I have found the Sigma 10-20 very resistant to flare.
The sun was behind very thin cloud in this shot,
http://rconn.zenfolio.com/p1019193613/?photo=h39448641#960792129 and you can
tell this by the water reflection. I am satisfied :)
PS - click on the image to get a full screen version.
Rod
I understand this setting simply as a means to disable AF on half press.
Thus, repeated 1/2 presses of the shutter release do NOT cause the AF to
activate, so long as you have the AF button pressed.
Too hard for my simple mind in the opportunistic type of shooting I enjoy so
I do not use that
It is interesting that I gave similar advice to an image for CC poster in
the Pentax List on DPReview.
This got me an immediate strong admonishment from another person who
apparently liked the flat image and who told me that this may well have been
the artistic intent of the OP and that the
I do believe it is out of line.
I had one of this style body back in the early 50's and the lens was
designed to be pulled out to this position from being hard against the mount
- you kept pulling and then rotated it to engage a breech type lock on the
end of the barrel which engaged in a socket
Thanks for some very interesting information
Rod
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From: David Bliss
Hi All,
Thought this document I just (finally) received from Pentax North America
might be useful to some of you:
http://dbsi.org/dist/pentax-k10d-parts-list-and-exploded-diagram.tif
Thanks,
david
was with
a Sandisk card that was defective from day one. They insisted I return it to
the manufacturer, who made me jump through hoops.
Paul
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From: Rod Connan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Look again Paul, I just went to BH to check their current price and find
steer clear of them.
Paul
On Oct 19, 2007, at 7:20 AM, Rod Connan wrote:
Being slightly unnerved by the OP's comments I checked on my
earlier emailed
order accepted on May 10th at a considerably lower price than BH's
at the
time and still so now.
I received a prompt reply that the order
Being slightly unnerved by the OP's comments I checked on my earlier emailed
order accepted on May 10th at a considerably lower price than BH's at the
time and still so now.
I received a prompt reply that the order was still current and was told that
they are expecting supplies in the near
Thanks Dave - that was interesting
Rod
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David Savage
This video was posted over at DPReview:
http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=hswsd4ef3c
I don't know how accurate a depiction this is of modern lens
I would suggest the setup and work flow I use.
I carry a battery in the camera (The Pentax original) and a battery in the
battery grip.
I set 'Select battery' in Set-up menu 3/3 to 'Grip First'.
In usage this means that the body battery is ignored and the grip battery
supplies the system.
One
Very, VERY true.
I have watched this in a number of situations - applies in commentary and in
notice given.
Rod
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graywolf
Welcome to the Camera Club, Frank. If your photos don't look like everyone
else's
Igor
I have purchased from them and the product is fine - I got confused in the
payment phase and they were helpful and quick in fixing things up - I was
very pleased with the transactions and delivery was good and prompt.
I dealt with them originally because of the excellent reputation of the
Other than noting that they are properly coated and have normal Hoya etc
machining and lettering and are apparently optically flat how else can we
test the filters?
I found that what I got passed all the above tests and I believe them to be
genuine.
Rod
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Thibouille
I agree completely.
They demand perfection from a device rather than practical high quality with
some problems that one must understand for especially odd situations - for
example, do not put a sea horizon on the very edge of the frame in a 16mm
shot 'cos of moustache distortion.
In
From the Pentax Life site
Pentax Japan has officially announced release date for two new DA* lenses.
In Japan DA* 50-135mm F2.8 will be available July 27, 2007. DA* 16-50mm F2.8
two weeks later - August 11, 2007.
In the United States (and most other countries) both lenses will available
Thanks Rob for the information on the sensors - it is something that was in
the back of my mind to find out.
For those who, like me, want to know what is in the package I found an
interesting discussion on how they work at,
http://dataweek.co.za/news.aspx?pklNewsId=19303pklCategoryID=45
I found
Thanks for this - very good - sent on to 5 already
Rod
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Halpin
Totally OT!
But if you want to know what makes the cursor move around on your
screen, follow this link. Once the image has loaded,
Fernando,
I have one of these and I consider it to be excellent - It has a very good
battery life (important with 2gig cards) and is very fast.
It is not a rebranded anything - it is a USA design from this company
http://www.hypershop.com/shop/index.php?cPath=27
and
20mb/second from a fast CF card which is awesome - that is saving 2gig in 2
minutes - sadly it does not use this DMA function on SD cards but it still
does these in about 7 minutes for a 2gig card and then shuts down so you can
leave it in your pocket saving and grab the card when you need it.
Godfrey,
Sadly I think they were optimists as I took identical condition images
before and after the update from v1.1 to v1.2 and sadly I could see no
significant difference.
I was actually pursuing minor VPN noise that I can only clearly display IF I
underexpose by two stops and then push 2
I have used it and modified the mounting to reduce the need for folding, I
particularly like the _much_ higher efficiency compared to a simple
diffuser.
Take a look at
http://rconn.zenfolio.com/p692399892/
for details and a couple of sample images taken with it at full extension.
I got my foam
It is available again from the same guy
http://tinyurl.com/378crj
Rod
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I also have one of these - I got the one with the normal straps rather than
the loop ones as these make the assembly too short for my height. I often
like to put my right arm through the strap to stop the camera swinging back
and forth sideways.
I find it extremely comfortable with my K10D+BGrip
Joy, oh frabjous joy :-)
Rod
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Stephen
I finally got the lens today!! Only about five months after ordering it.
And maybe six months after I started asking shops for a price.
I'll be in trouble if this
I was simply amazed that they thought they could lower the hydraulic tray
with part of the piano still over the floor of the moving van.
If they had manoeuvred the piano to be facing even say 45 degrees from the
position they used it would have been practical as the trolley would have
still
Brendan
Thanks for the review - I just ordered mine on April 3 and expect to see it
during this coming week.
I am pleased to hear you found it effective and am looking forward to it to
pick off a few marks that will not respond to a blower.
Yours is actually the first user review I have been
Thibouille
Here it is -- http://tinyurl.com/33fg87
Rod
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Thibouille
Could you please share the name of the Ebay seller?
Thanks
--
Thibault Massart aka
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K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t
Near the foot of the page of items - currently second last item
Rod
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Connan
Thibouille
Here it is -- http://tinyurl.com/33fg87
Rod
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All you get is a serial that will work with the current version of LE that
you can download from the Phaseone website.
According to the card in my hand the information is at
www.phaseone.com/sandisk
Also on the card is the following information,
Upgrade to Capture One PRO
SanDisk offers you a
Stephen,
Just for interest both BH Adorama have the lens in stock but are both
closed for Passover.
My problems with BH were not of their making - they were due to a computer
breakdown between them and the Commonwealth bank Credit Card system.
However they would have had the sale IF they had
Stephen,
I decided to get a FA 50mm f/1.4 mid March this year.
As I had problems with BH authentication of my VISA payment attempts on the
web orders and they would not accept a backorder in my phone contact after
the small quantity available one USA night were sold b4 the store opened I
went to
Thanks for the heads up :)
If I had other than a K10D I would be happily willing to do this - at he
moment I am holding my firmware at v1.1 so that I can use the software fix
if needed when my FA 50 f1.4 arrive tomorrow or the next day.
My kit lens and DA 50-200 work satisfactorily but I am
They look reasonable
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Willoughby_s
sample is too small to be sure
Rod
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Buhler
I'm about to enable myself with a DA21mm, but I want to pay with
Paypal because I
I was given a hint when browsing for a similar device by one of the
manufacturers sites.
Put the empty cards in label up (visible for SD cards) and used cards
returned to pockets label down (contacts visible for SD cards).
I may add the write protect step too
Rod
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And another - magic 60 :)
Rod
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Michael Perham
And one more ...that's 59.
Mike.
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Brendan - can you give me the URL of where you are sourcing this from - I
have not found it yet (Haven't done a concentrated search though).
I want one as it seems to be the sensible solution to the need for a backup
to a blower for the immovable specks (only one tiny one after 3 months).
Rod
Take a look at http://www.resellerratings.com/store/Sigma_4_Less
Rod
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Manayon
Sent: Monday, 19 February 2007 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: question about ShopDigitalCorp.com
Can I
Thanks Ken - handy to have the procedure clearly spelt out.
Love the special purpose tweezers GRIN
Rod
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K.Takeshita
For anyone who wish
I got it at my local craft and art store - foam cutouts are the new fad
(taking over from felt) so the basic foam material is pretty common
Rod
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Markus Maurer
Hi David
that was me as well:
Many thanks for these profiles and the installation comment - at the moment
this is 'Cutting Edge' for me :))
Rod
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David Savage
G'day Boris
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application
Ken
Many thanks for this addition to the series - Read it immediately I found it
and it was very interesting
Rod
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K.Takeshita
Hi folks,
Several days ago, I promised to translate yet another interview
John,
The movement required would be the same for say a 500mm lens independent of
sensor size - a point in the middle of the sensor would still move the same
distance with the same angular displacement of the camera/lens combination.
Still I am impressed with getting a fair proportion of my
Discussion on this subject
http://tinyurl.com/y52xfy
The Extreme III seems to be worth it
Rod
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Patrick Genovese
Has anyone done any real life
of shooting to fill the buffer, then timing the
next 15 shots.
Credible results when he says 14 shots to fill the buffer with the 150x
card.
Non-credible results when he says 1 sec to shoot the next 15 shots.
The K10D is just not that fast!
Regads, Bob S.
On 12/9/06, Rod Connan [EMAIL PROTECTED
With the m42 lenses the entry screen for focal length comes up automatically
when you turn on the camera after mounting the lens - apparently the K10D
also senses lack of any connection - this is with the Pentax M42 adaptor -
NOT the wide flanged one that mucks up the infinity setting.
The camera
Ralf
1.32 second problem - with a lightly used battery my K10d did give the 32
second shutdown - I used the battery the next day till it was almost flat
and then charged it overnight - Bingo, I got sick of holding the button at
one minute and the exposure did all post processing etc - sounds like
I didn't :-)
Thanks for the tip as I have been going in on the fn menu to check - duh
Rod
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Michael Chan
Most everyone probably knows this already, but when I stumbled across
it yesterday on the k10, I
James - I suggest you search the Pentax SLR forum on dpReview at
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1036.
I am reasonably sure there is at least one report of the Sigma not working
well with the K10D in a pretty big way - blank frames and over and under
exposure.
NB I am not
Seems so - Ah well, can't win them all -GRIN-
Rod
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From: Lawrence Kwan
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006, Rod Connan wrote:
The user stated that it was 'straight from the camera' and there was
comment
that the DNG compression was one of the reasons for the late appearance
Having purchased a pair of LCD panels at the start of this year for a
twinscreen setup, I had to get this question straight for myself.
As I remember it,
8 bit panel - all colours are in direct pixel drive mode - each pixel colour
has 256 possible intensities which gives 256 x 256 x 256 + 16 777
The user stated that it was 'straight from the camera' and there was comment
that the DNG compression was one of the reasons for the late appearance of
the firmware.
Seems the camera is producing compressed DNG :)
Rod
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Godfrey - thanks for picking that alternative up - that could be very handy
for me too
Rod
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Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: recharging the k10d battries
CTA makes one for the NP400 cell which includes a
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