Re: What's the difference between set and shift on the exposure settings?

2023-03-10 Thread John Francis
I'd guess that shifting one of the settings would bias the automatic selection to a setting that was one or more steps above or below whatever the camera decided was the optimum value, while changing that setting would override the automatic algorithms and select an explicit value. -- %(real_name)s Penta

Re: What's the difference between set and shift on the exposure settings?

2023-03-10 Thread Bill
On 3/10/2023 1:10 AM, Larry Colen wrote: P 104 of the manual is discussing the E-dial, and it makes a distinction between changing T, A or ISO, versus shifting them. I don't understand the difference. Usually, changing is a direct input whereas shifting is an indirect input, so for example,

What's the difference between set and shift on the exposure settings?

2023-03-09 Thread Larry Colen
P 104 of the manual is discussing the E-dial, and it makes a distinction between changing T, A or ISO, versus shifting them. I don't understand the difference. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-03-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
>> I’ll also occasionally play with the sel-9 autofocus mode. >> >> I realize that different types of photography take different techniques. >> With static scenes I can fiddle and frotz until I get something that seems >> to work, but when photographing bir

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-03-01 Thread Stanley Halpin
I’ll also > occasionally play with the sel-9 autofocus mode. > > I realize that different types of photography take different techniques. > With static scenes I can fiddle and frotz until I get something that seems to > work, but when photographing birds, either in trees or on the w

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-28 Thread Toine
hniques. > With static scenes I can fiddle and frotz until I get something that seems to > work, but when photographing birds, either in trees or on the wing, I really > need some techniques and settings that at least improve my odds of getting a > shot in focus. > > W

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
When I had the Pentax *ist DS and K10D bodies, I replaced the poor quality standard focusing screens with ones that worked well. This is actually the exact same thing I did with focusing screens in some of my SLR camera bodies from 20-50 years ago. In fact, I was finding that focusing my

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
When I had the Pentax *ist DS and K10D bodies, I replaced the poor quality standard focusing screens with ones that worked well. This is actually the exact same thing I did with focusing screens in some of my SLR camera bodies from 20-50 years ago. In fact, I was finding that focusing my

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
In the case of when I cannot see well enough to focus, I just set a distance by scale and get perfect focus. Of course, this doesn't work if you have lenses that have no focusing scale, but I tend to avoid lenses like that. G > On Feb 25, 2021, at 1:14 PM, John wrote: > > Unless you're half

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Larry Colen
This is pretty much what I’ve been doing, but I don’t like to assume that just because something seems to work for me that it is the best way. I have learned that stock focusing screens in 2020 don’t work nearly as well for manual focus as focusing screens did 20-40 years ago. Unfortunately,

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread John
wrote: What settings do you use in which situations? -- -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread John
atic scenes I can fiddle and frotz until I get something that seems to work, but when photographing birds, either in trees or on the wing, I really need some techniques and settings that at least improve my odds of getting a shot in focus. What settings do you use in which situations? -- Larry Col

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Rick Womer
Ditto what Alan wrote. Rick > On Feb 25, 2021, at 2:55 AM, Alan C wrote: > > I mostly use auto focus, single point, spot. Works fine for me. M focus > occasionally if I am trying to thread the sensor through the undergrowth. > K110D, K7 & K5 all the same. > > Alan C > > On 25-Feb-21 07:59

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 24, 2021, at 9:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> On Feb 24, 2021, at 9:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> I just turn AF off and focus manually. Much faster and simpler. :) > > Depends on which Pentax body. Like I said, with my K100, K2 & Kx that was > true. I forget which one you’re

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I just turn AF off and focus manually. Much faster and simpler. :) — G — Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com - 408-431-4601 > On Feb 24, 2021, at 7:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > What settings do you use in which situations? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubsc

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Henk Terhell
mode. I realize that different types of photography take different techniques. With static scenes I can fiddle and frotz until I get something that seems to work, but when photographing birds, either in trees or on the wing, I really need some techniques and settings that at least improve my odds

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-25 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
I've taken the autofocus away from the trigger button, put it on the AF button and set it to spot in the center of the frame. So, I take the detail that I want to focus on into the centre, shortly hit the AF button with my thumb and then shoot when the moment is right. Works fine for me. Ralf

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-24 Thread Alan C
I mostly use auto focus, single point, spot. Works fine for me. M focus occasionally if I am trying to thread the sensor through the undergrowth. K110D, K7 & K5 all the same. Alan C On 25-Feb-21 07:59 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 24, 2021, at 9:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I just turn

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
erent types of photography take different techniques. > With static scenes I can fiddle and frotz until I get something that seems to > work, but when photographing birds, either in trees or on the wing, I really > need some techniques and settings that at least improve my odds of g

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-24 Thread Bob Pdml
on an eye, with further settings for nearest, furthest and somewhere in between, I guess. If your pentaxes have something like that it would probably with your microphone problem. More recent Olympoi than mine also have a bird recognition capability and focus on the bird’s eye. In general I use AF-S

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-02-24 Thread Larry Colen
> On Feb 24, 2021, at 9:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I just turn AF off and focus manually. Much faster and simpler. :) Depends on which Pentax body. Like I said, with my K100, K2 & Kx that was true. I forget which one you’re using these days? You seem to change your cameras more

Autofocus settings

2021-02-24 Thread Larry Colen
and frotz until I get something that seems to work, but when photographing birds, either in trees or on the wing, I really need some techniques and settings that at least improve my odds of getting a shot in focus. What settings do you use in which situations? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-17 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: I see it! Thank you, P.J. It's actually a tiny rectangle with four miniature arrows in it. Just below the MF/AF indicator. Well now - how about that?!! It's the same on the K-5 - never knew about it before. I wonder what else I've missed.

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-16 Thread Jack Davis
Ann, I've come to this way late, but must offer white balance as the possible problem. It's gotten me in a color dilemma a couple times. Actually hard to admit..blush ;-/ Jack Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2015, at 8:50 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Top shows info for a photo

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-16 Thread Jack Davis
Simple minds tend to inadvertently over simply, but are the settings specific to the displayed images? Shake your head, roll your eyes and ignore my base query, Ann. I would in your place. :-))) Will be watching for the answer. Jack - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Bruce Walker
Ann, I'll describe what has happened to me a couple of times and this might explain how you got into a funny colour space. I mainly use the 4-way arrows to move the AF point around. I use them that way much more than I use the menu options (Drive, WB, Flash, etc.), so I leave the 4-way mode in AF

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread P.J. Alling
That could happen another way as well. I often carry three small lenses the FA 43mm, A 24, and M 85. I often change focus points with the 43, neither of the other two allow that but the camera helpfully puts the four way into menu mode when I switch to one of them. I also use the FA 43 in

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Jack Davis
Describes my point exactly! I have a particularly coveted hawk Image that continuously reminds me of what it could have been had I been less panicked in setting control while shooting. I've come to expect a huge DUH factor. Jack Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Bruce Walker

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
The settings that were wrong showed up when I looked at the complete info with images going back several days I just scrolled backwards in the view until I came to a photo that was correct - I could pin point the occasion where I messed up.. It was in the restaurant whre my show

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bruce I do shoot RAW - but that made me lazy in getting down more quickly to what was causing the problem -- I think I must have accidentally hit the menu button as you had done for starters.. ann On 4/16/2015 11:26, Bruce Walker wrote: Ann, I'll describe what has happened to me a couple

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Jack Davis
I'll add that my settings review now starts with my being certain the left icon on the 4-way controller shows AWB. Even though shot in RAW, each time I come across that hawk image I still feel a wince of disappointment. Jack - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Bruce Walker
Does anyone know if there's an annunciator -- icon, indicator, whathaveyou -- that will tell me at a glance what mode the 4-way control is in? All I can do now is experimentally poke a button and see what happens, then if it's wrong press the mode switch button and try again to verify. If it's

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 4/16/2015 15:56, Jack Davis wrote: On the K-5, switching on the monitor INFO display is one fairly quick way to review settings/modes. Jack Yeah- which is how I found the mistake :-) ann - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-16 Thread Ken Waller
Isn't there a part in the menu that lets you rest to factory default ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... Ok I found how to change that stuff

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Jack Davis
Gather you're referring to the K-5. K-3 indicates the AF mode by size and color coding the various settings. I'll check the K-5. Haven't held it for awhile. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Bruce Walker
wrote: Gather you're referring to the K-5. K-3 indicates the AF mode by size and color coding the various settings. I'll check the K-5. Haven't held it for awhile. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Jack Davis
settings... GOT IT - Jack, not the AF Mode, but rather which mode the 4-way controller buttons are in, where one mode is push the AF point around and the other is to select WB, Drive, Flash and colour spaces and processing. And I mean on the K-3. On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Jack Davis jdavi

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-16 Thread John
Just a SWAG, but the settings appear to show those that were in effect at the time the image was taken, and are those applied to that image. According to the manual (page 222) you set Image finishing tone and Custom image parameters before shooting. It doesn't look like you can change them

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Jack Davis
On the K-5, switching on the monitor INFO display is one fairly quick way to review settings/modes. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 10:37:32 AM Subject: Re: Help! problem with K

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread P.J. Alling
In the viewfinder display there's a checkerboard pattern Ikon that lights up if the the four way controller is in af point mode. It's easy to ignore. On 4/16/2015 1:37 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Does anyone know if there's an annunciator -- icon, indicator, whathaveyou -- that will tell me at a

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread Bruce Walker
I see it! Thank you, P.J. It's actually a tiny rectangle with four miniature arrows in it. Just below the MF/AF indicator. And it was _extremely_ easy to ignore. I guess if I'd really paid attention to the manual instead of burying it under a year's worth of VISA statements and empty kitty

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-16 Thread P.J. Alling
When you wrote arrows, my first thought was Maybe they changed it in the K-5II since I think you're using the K-5, so I looked closer and damn they are little arrows... On 4/16/2015 7:22 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I see it! Thank you, P.J. It's actually a tiny rectangle with four miniature

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings... GOT IT -

2015-04-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
to change the tone (where It should say +- it says -- or a color...) and when I shoot the color os off. :-( ann On 4/16/2015 01:01, Ann Sanfedele wrote: But what I want to do is unset it - I still don't see where to do that on the camera.. What did I press by accident to change those settings

Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Top shows info for a photo where the color is totally off bottom shows a photo that had correct color. I don't understand the iconography, for one thing... Pretty sure I simply pressed some levers or buttons at some point and that caused the problem - can't figure it out from the menu or the

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
that on the camera.. What did I press by accident to change those settings that i didn't even know existed? On 4/16/2015 00:04, Philip Northeast wrote: Its on page 222 setting the image finishing tone Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 16/04/2015 1:50 pm, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Top shows

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
But what I want to do is unset it - I still don't see where to do that on the camera.. What did I press by accident to change those settings that i didn't even know existed? On 4/16/2015 00:04, Philip Northeast wrote: Its on page 222 setting the image finishing tone Philip Northeast

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-15 Thread Stanley Halpin
Or maybe 267 Applying the Digital Filter. stan On Apr 16, 2015, at 12:04 AM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Its on page 222 setting the image finishing tone Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 16/04/2015 1:50 pm, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Top shows info for

Re: Help! problem with K-5 settings...

2015-04-15 Thread Philip Northeast
Its on page 222 setting the image finishing tone Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 16/04/2015 1:50 pm, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Top shows info for a photo where the color is totally off bottom shows a photo that had correct color. I don't understand the iconography, for one

Digest Settings

2014-10-27 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
Can we change our digest settings via e-mail to the list server? What are the commands? Kevin -- 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: Digest Settings

2014-10-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I think you can go to http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net and change the settings there, but you may have to wait until Nov 1, as we have exceeded our bandwidth limitation for the month on pdml.net. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7

Re: Digest Settings

2014-10-27 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
Yea. That's why I'm asking for an alternate method. Kevin Thornsberry On Oct 27, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I think you can go to http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net and change the settings there, but you may have to wait until Nov 1, as we have

Re: Digest Settings

2014-10-27 Thread Richard Dell
to pdml-requ...@pdml.net FROM the email address you are registered at pdml with (I tried from my home account and got nothing back) You may want to also add the set help command, after perusing what I got back. On 10/27/2014 7:56 PM, Kevin Thornsberry wrote: Can we change our digest settings via e

RE: Digest Settings

2014-10-27 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
Thanks Richard. I think that is exactly what I need. -- Kevin -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Richard Dell Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 10:26 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Digest Settings And realizing it might be useful to discuss

Re: Image settings for K-5 IIs?

2013-12-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Joe, I shoot exclusively RAW. So my settings were to make the JPGs to be the smallest possible with slightly lower contrast, as IIRC this was the suggested settings to obtain the look closer to that of the RAW files when chimping on the camera back screen. On 12/19/2013 4:23 PM, Joe J

Image settings for K-5 IIs?

2013-12-19 Thread Joe J. Wilensky
Wondering what those of you with the K-5 IIs have found to be the best default image settings (at least for jpgs) … do you dial up or down the sharpness settings at all? Without an anti-aliasing filter, do you find that sharpness/fine sharpness/extra sharpness makes a particularly good match

Re: Image settings for K-5 IIs?

2013-12-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
Joe, Been using it as set from the factory. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Joe J. Wilensky jj...@cornell.edu wrote: Wondering what those of you with the K-5 IIs have found to be the best default image settings (at least for jpgs) … do you dial up or down the sharpness

Re: Image settings for K-5 IIs?

2013-12-19 Thread Stan Halpin
...@cornell.edu wrote: Wondering what those of you with the K-5 IIs have found to be the best default image settings (at least for jpgs) … do you dial up or down the sharpness settings at all? Without an anti-aliasing filter, do you find that sharpness/fine sharpness/extra sharpness makes

Re: Image settings for K-5 IIs?

2013-12-19 Thread Bruce Walker
too much of a burden; if so, ignore this suggestion. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Joe J. Wilensky jj...@cornell.edu wrote: Wondering what those of you with the K-5 IIs have found to be the best default image settings (at least for jpgs) … do you dial up or down the sharpness settings

Re: K-5 settings and playing around

2013-02-18 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 16, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II: Highlight Correction on So far as I know,

Re: K-5 settings and playing around

2013-02-18 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:28 , Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Probably will once I get the hang of RAW editing; for now, I'm sticking with full-size JPEG -- disk space is cheap. I've said it dozens of times, but I'll say it again: If you have something like LightRoom, you don't even have to

Re: K-5 settings and playing around

2013-02-18 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote: On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:28 , Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Probably will once I get the hang of RAW editing; for now, I'm sticking with full-size JPEG -- disk space is cheap. I've said it dozens of times, but I'll say it again: ;-) If you

K-5 settings and playing around

2013-02-16 Thread Aahz Maruch
[Don't see anything about this in the archives, did I miss something?] AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II: Highlight Correction on Extended ISO Anyone want to argue against these? Any other defaults people recommend? One moderate annoyance I discovered while

Re: K-5 settings and playing around

2013-02-16 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: [Don't see anything about this in the archives, did I miss something?] AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II: Highlight Correction on So far as I know, Highlight correction only affects the JPEGs, so it doesn't

Re: K-5 settings and playing around

2013-02-16 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II: Highlight Correction on So far as I know, Highlight correction only affects the JPEGs, so it doesn't have any effect on photos that

Re: K-5 settings and playing around

2013-02-16 Thread Larry Colen
settings (e.g. F2.8, 1/100, ISO160 for both photo) then in some raw converters (e.g. Raw Therapee 2.4) you'll see that the photo with d-range on is exactly 1EV underexposed (due to being shot at ISO80, 1EV less than ISO160). On the other hand some raw converters notice the d-range on in the exif

Re: Settings

2012-03-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Those settings are controlled by the four-way switch, and they apply only when shooting jpeg. I rarely shoot jpegs, but I keep the broad range setting on normal, and that has worked fine on the occasions when I

Re: Settings

2012-03-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Those settings are controlled by the four-way switch, and they apply only when shooting jpeg. I rarely shoot jpegs, but I keep the broad range setting on normal, and that has worked fine on the occasions when I have shot jpegs. Sharpness and contrast and some other functions are controlled

Re: Settings

2012-03-18 Thread George Sinos
Paul - Do those settings show up in the Profile setting under the Camera Calibration tab in Lightroom or ACR? gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Those

Re: Image tone and contrast settings, K10D

2007-05-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
What does every one here have there image tone and contrast setting on? Since I'm shooting RAW using CS2 for final image rendition, my camera settings are all at the factory defaults. If you're trying to get images directly out of the camera without further manipulations, then using modified

Re: Image tone and contrast settings, K10D

2007-05-28 Thread David J Brooks
I use the camera defaults when shooting jpeg, and they seem fine. I have noticed, and maybe wrong, but my images are sharper on a monitor than the istD at factory settings. Dave On 5/28/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does every one here have there image tone and contrast

Re: Image tone and contrast settings, K10D

2007-05-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 28, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Kenneth Waller wrote: What does every one here have there image tone and contrast setting on? Since I'm shooting RAW using CS2 for final image rendition, my camera settings are all at the factory defaults. If you're trying to get images directly out

Image tone and contrast settings, K10D

2007-05-27 Thread jim
What does every one here have there image tone and contrast setting on? I ask this because i ran into a guy the other day with a K10D and a 360FGZ flash. He asked me If my K10D over exposes and have I heard about it. He stated that he got from somewhere, to set image tone to bright and to set

Re: Image tone and contrast settings, K10D

2007-05-27 Thread David Savage
I really can't remember. As I only shoot RAW, it's never been something I've paid much attention to. Cheers, Dave On 5/27/07, jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does every one here have there image tone and contrast setting on? I ask this because i ran into a guy the other day with a K10D

Re: Image tone and contrast settings, K10D

2007-05-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I shoot only RAW, so the tone and contrast settings are irrelevant. Paul On May 27, 2007, at 5:41 AM, jim wrote: What does every one here have there image tone and contrast setting on? I ask this because i ran into a guy the other day with a K10D and a 360FGZ flash. He asked me If my

Re: Image tone and contrast settings, K10D

2007-05-27 Thread jim
settings are irrelevant. Paul On May 27, 2007, at 5:41 AM, jim wrote: What does every one here have there image tone and contrast setting on? I ask this because i ran into a guy the other day with a K10D and a 360FGZ flash. He asked me If my K10D over exposes and have I heard about it. He

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-09 Thread Kenneth Waller
No problem. Still applies with jpeg. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D Hi Kenneth I was a gross misunderstanding on my side of the raw processing bypassing all

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Kenneth Waller
What are your experiences with the settings for saturation, sharpness and contrast so far? I've left them all @ default. You have much better control in PS. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Kenneth I was a gross misunderstanding on my side of the raw processing bypassing all of these settings. Have a little patience with somebody coming from old film cameras ;-) I will shoot raw only and on my second day in the all digital world I'm busy reading tutorials about the different raw

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread David Oswald
Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Kenneth I was a gross misunderstanding on my side of the raw processing bypassing all of these settings. Have a little patience with somebody coming from old film cameras ;-) I will shoot raw only and on my second day in the all digital world I'm busy reading

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Markus Maurer
storage . Thats good enough. thanks Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Oswald Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D Markus Maurer

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Markus Maurer
] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 6:48 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D In a message dated 3/7/2007 6:25:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a difference quality wise between Lightroom, Camera Raw and Pentax

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Markus Maurer
. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:46 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D On Mar 7, 2007, at 6:19 PM, Markus

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Markus Quoting Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm busy reading tutorials about the different raw converters at the moment :-) In case you haven't seen it, there is a comparison of some of the better raw converters on the OK1000 Pentax Blog: http://ok1000.blogspot.com/index.html

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Brian that's good news for me, thanks for the link! Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:23 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 8, 2007, at 12:57 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: thanks for you very valuable information. I had a quick glance at lightroom but somehow got lost in the interface and all the possibilities. For a start, ACR and Photoshop will be good enough, as long as I keep the raw files archived I

Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi K10D users What are your experiences with the settings for saturation, sharpness and contrast so far? Can I just leave them at the default natural setting or would I even get better results lowering for ex. in camera sharpening (and/or saturation/contrast) and doing that as the last step

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Bob W
if you shoot raw those settings are irrelevant. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Maurer Sent: 08 March 2007 00:37 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D Hi

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Since I capture using RAW format 99.9% of the time, all the image processing settings like sharpness, contrast, white balance, etc are almost entirely irrelevant. I suggest you leave the settings at the defaults and then experiment if you're unhappy with some aspect of how they render

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Doug Franklin
Markus Maurer wrote: What are your experiences with the settings for saturation, sharpness and contrast so far? Personally, I just shoot PEFs and worry about that stuff in post. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

RE: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Markus Maurer
Thanks Godfrey, Bob and Doug. I see now, these settings only affect JPG.. I will shoot raw only, after scanning film for years processing raw is peanuts :-) As far as my understanding regarding raw processing goes so far, as much adjustments as possible with the exception of sharpening and maybe

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
settings are good enough I could batch process pef's with Bridge/ Photoshop, any opinions on that? It is very rare that the auto-defaults of any of these things produce the best results. By and large, I built up my own set of defaults for Camera Raw and automated most of the grunt work of my image

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Doug Franklin
Markus Maurer wrote: I will shoot raw only, after scanning film for years processing raw is peanuts :-) No kidding! Especially compared to my CanoScan FS-4000. I love the quality of the scans, but it's *sooww* at maximum resolution. As far as my understanding regarding raw

Re: Saturation/Sharpness/Contrast settings at Natural in K10D

2007-03-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/7/2007 6:25:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a difference quality wise between Lightroom, Camera Raw and Pentax Laboratory or other raw converters? Camera Raw seem to be the simplest for me on first sight and if it's auto settings are good

Re: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc

2007-02-05 Thread Kenneth Waller
- Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc Thanks for the consideration on behalf on the audience Ken ;-) The keyword in the first sentence is _based_ on 1500 pictures. I've already got 1100 in the bin, more will follow. Don't worry

Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc

2007-02-04 Thread Thibouille
1/ As I understand, when Lightroom imports data it copies it to it own storage area (which means I'd beter have anough space for it). And I can backup the originals elsewhere once the import is done. 2/ Lightroom also stores previews, its database etc... Can I ask Lightroom to store *everything*

RE: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc

2007-02-04 Thread Bob W
. Lightroom imports the photos -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thibouille Sent: 04 February 2007 09:00 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc 1/ As I understand, when Lightroom imports

Re: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc

2007-02-04 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Thibouille, On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0100, Thibouille wrote: 1/ As I understand, when Lightroom imports data it copies it to it own storage area (which means I'd beter have anough space for it). I think you get the choice, either create copies (taking up much space) or reference an

RE: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc

2007-02-04 Thread Tim Øsleby
Sent: 4. februar 2007 11:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc Hi Thibouille, On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0100, Thibouille wrote: 1/ As I understand, when Lightroom imports data it copies it to it own storage area (which means I'd beter have

Re: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc

2007-02-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
*everything* on another drive? It'd make things a lot easier if any OS/apps reinstallation is needed. It could even be used to share the dtabase betwenn computers ... The Lightroom Library (or managed files directory tree) contains all the caches, information and settings it makes as well

Re: Where Lightroom stores settings, data etc

2007-02-04 Thread Kenneth Waller
Tim, I'm not Godfrey either but unless you're trying to put your audience to sleep, you better cut the size of your slideshow down or go thru them really, really fast. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Where Lightroom stores settings

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