Ken Rockwell on the K-1
FWIW... http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/00-new-today.htm Must be taken with grain of salt. Kim -- 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: Slide Copying With Bellows
Thanks Mark. I'll read that. Kim > In case you haven't seen these: > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/01/scan-film-with-camera-1.html > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2012/01/how-to-scan-film-2.html > > Ctein's summary: > > "OK, I thought my position on this was pretty clear from my articles > and comments over the last two columns. Apparently not. So here it is, > with no minced words: > "I think digitizing film positives and negatives by photographing them > with a digital camera is a bad idea. Most people will get worse > results than they would with a reasonably-priced flatbed scanner. > Ninety-nine-plus percent of them will get worse results than they > would with a decent film scanner or with sending their film to a > dollar-a-scan service. I have not been encouraging anyone to do this. > Quite the opposite. My hope is to discourage people from wasting their > time even trying." -- 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: Slide Copying With Bellows
Thanks Malcom and Darren and all who answered. I was browsing archive and saw Darren was experimenting with Pentax Bellows II. Did you ever get it to work? Have yet to watch video. I most likely do scanner, as it seems easiest. Kim -- 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.
Slide Copying With Bellows
Hi, I recall someone was recently exploring digitizing slides with with a DSLR and bellows. May I please ask, how did that work and what was the setup? How does it compare quality-wise to a flat-bed scanner or film scanner? Thanks in advance. Kim -- 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: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF
> In other words: Demand for used gear drives up the prices of used > gear. Which in turn makes the purchase of new gear a relatively > smaller step up, economically. > If a particular new lens costs $1000 and the used equivalent costs > $500 then buying used is an very attractive choice. But if the used > price climbs closer toward $1000 the option of buying the new product > looks more attractive. Respectfully. In above example, how many used lens purchases might it take to inflate the price to that point where new one appears like a better deal? If I attempt to sell a newly purchased used lens at a high price when it is worth more, then new one looks good. Three years down the road, when used price falls, now people more likely buy used. How help manufacturer now? There was mention of indirect effect of used gear market. What about direct effect of purchasing new gear? Which has larger impact? Kim -- 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: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF
> I just checked my junk folder on Gmail and poor Kim had three emails one > of which was a reply to one of my threads. I hope he didn't think I was > being a dick and was just ignoring him. Dear PJ, No I did not think you resembled a certain male body part or private detective. Thank you though. We all spend what we may spend on camera gear and that can be different for each. I was hoping to say that buying used saves us money, but does that equal helping Pentax? What if most of used Pentax gear is sold to fund switch to other brands? Then used purchases do not help Pentax and money is funneled to Pentax competition instead. Kim -- 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: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF
Good idea, but don't this hurt Pentax in the long run? Kim > If you are wanting a great lens optically and don't mind the > screwmount AF, this might open up a pathway to potential bargains - > buying a lens discounted because the SDM is not working & just > planning on doing the conversion before you use it. -- 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: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF
Good idea, but don't this hurt Pentax in the long run? Kim > If you are wanting a great lens optically and don't mind the > screwmount AF, this might open up a pathway to potential bargains - > buying a lens discounted because the SDM is not working & just > planning on doing the conversion before you use it. -- 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: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF
I agree. Much of what you say maybe be true. But must ask. Some percent of used sales not going to fund purchase of brand new equipment from Pentax. Do you agree? Some is simply selling to bring dollars. Others could be to fund purchase of non-Pentax gear. So if majority of people follow in same, then Pentax sells less new items at highest profit margin. The best thing for Pentax is if users consistently upgrade and purchase largely new Pentax items. Kim -- 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 Sensor
Pixelsmithy@gmail wrote: > I continue to believe that it will be the 42MP Sony sensor used in the > Sony Sony a7R II and recently Cyber-shot RX1R II. A 36MP sensor would > be a significant upgrade from the current 24.3MP APS-C line, of > course, but that 36MP sensor has been around so long that I feel > Pentax would be opening themselves up to "Why didn't I just switch > brands when Nikon released the 800/800E 4 years earlier (though, to be > fair, the Pentax offering would probably be better compared with the > Nikon D810, which was introduced a mere TWO years ago). Either 36 or 42 would be fine with me. Even 24 MP. The D5 is 20MP. > Based on what other manufacturer's full frame camera owners have said, > a full frame sensor will definitely impact the selection of lenses you > are satisfied with. You don't have to be a big pixel peeper to detect > poor corner performance and this is the area that I expect to be the > differentiator. Although it is "mind over matter". If you don't mind - > it don't matter! That's what I've read as well. It would matter to me. What's the use of all those MP if the captured image is mushy from some point out to the edges? Kim -- 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 Sensor
Good Sunday morning. Any bets as to what size sensor, in MP, the K-1 will have? 24, 36, 42? Manufacturer? How will a given size impact lens suitability? I'm coming from a K20D. Kim -- 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 Sensor
Thanks Larry and John. Let's hope for 36 and not 24. I have a number of FF lenses including FA 100/2.8 Mac, FA 28-200, Takumar 300/4, 40/2.8 MF, and several MF 50's. I'm just not a frequent upgrader. If it was a 24MP sensor that could be some low-light competition for the D5, maybe? Kim -- 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: Bombarded by news of new Nikons.
pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: > Nikon has lots of adherents and spends lots of advertising dollars, so > it is not surprising that whatever Nikon rolls out gets lots of > attention. Also, blogs and photosites are beasts that need to be fed, > so ANY photographic new is grist for the mill, particularly when it is > from one of the Big Dogs. > However, these announcements hold very little interest for me. I don't > own Nikon mount glass (other than a couple of older screw-AF Nikkors > that I plan to sell, a 50mm f1.8 and a 70-210mm f/4-5.6. Oh, and an > old AI 135mm manual focus). The only people who really might have more > than a passing interest are those who can afford to sell everything in > one mount and reinvest in another (and that certainly isn't me). > I remain quite pleased with the current Pentax offerings (frankly, > anything since the K-5 remains a superb choice for virtually ANY photo > enthusiast). Cameras are like automobiles in some respects. If one > wants to focus on what one doesn't have or can't afford (like a > Lamborghini or Bugatti (then one can go through their whole life > unhappy and envious). > So "bully for Nikon". There will always be a "later & greater" but I > have more than I can reasonably use now. Nope. No sour grapes there. Kim -- 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.
