Re: Blue skies...
on 08.01.04 2:10, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it likely that this type of shot really needs PS'ing to make the sky look so deep blue in colour? Should I try using a graduated filter of some sort? You can use light blue grad filter to enhance blue skies. If you use polarizer, just remember, that the best effect can be achieved, when the sun is straight on your left or right - at 90 to the axis of your lens. Keeping to this rule, I had many shots with deep blue skies without using any sort of blue grad filter. -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Ergonomics of *istD
Hi, for me, Pentax could change left side mode/WB/ISO wheel to the thingy in style of the one found in Z1P and Z1. It would be just superb for digital camera, as you would always be in shutter priority - even during changing ISO, WB, image quality, you could always back to photographing by just pressing shutter button - no need to turn the wheel to come back to one of exposure modes. And with this one solution many functions could be integrated in one convenient control wheel - no need to create more buttons, which start to confuse you if there are too many of them scattered around camera body. If they returned to known from Z1s hyper exposure modes, then they could back to that too instead of copying thing from Nikon D100 and similar cameras. -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: My first *ist D gallery
Very nice photos! Neutral colour, very good exposure. Ah, and you are lucky - you have summer in Oz now, we have -10 degrees here in Poland :-) What I like about *istD pictures, that they are slightly film like with natural colours and tones. -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: AW: *ist D finder magnification
on 04.01.04 18:03, graywolf at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: High magnification finders have a low-viewpoint (your eye has to be very close to it). Nikon started all this lower magnification stuff with the HP (high-viewpoint) finder for the F3, and suddenly eyeglass wearers could see the whole screen without have to move their eye. Things like this are alway a tradeoff. And that's another plus for *istD - despite having the greatest magnification of all APS-sized CCD DSLRs, its viewfinder is undoubtly of HP type with 21 mm eye point. -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: hello again
on 04.01.04 8:50, mapson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After a long absence on the list (several years), I'm back. ;-) Since then I've gained more experience and Pentax equipment. Surprise, surprise. I could only find a couple of names of the old users, so let's start from new. I live in Australia Hello Robert, and welcome back! Althought we probably haven't read each other before, as I have been on the list for merely two years :-) Wait a moment. Mother company of the subsidiary I'm working in is called Australian General Enterprises, so we have something in common, even that I live in Poland :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek
Happy New Year!
Hello All, I would like to wish you all the best in the upcoming 2004 year. Have good health to take photos, be happy because of the great shots, have money for your new toys :-) Happy New Year! -- Best regards Sylwek
Re: Konica Minolta?
on 18.12.03 18:57, graywolf at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nikon belong alongside Mitsubishi already. Asahi Glass is now subsidiary of Mitsubishi too ;-P Actually it has been since 1944 :-))) http://www.agc.co.jp/english/company/history/history.html But I doubt if this company has anything in common with Asahi Pentax :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Why P-TTL?
on 16.12.03 17:51, Joseph Tainter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone who owns the AF360FGZ confirm that P-TTL has given you better exposures than ordinary TTL? Yes, P-TTL is significant upgrade to plain TTL. It usually tries to expose picture so as the flash would be as weak as possible to obtain proper exposure, resulting in more natural results. In what conditions? For instance if you have some object that are nearer than main subjext, that you have focussed your camera on. In P-TTL main subjext is usually well exposed, while neareer, out-of-focus objetcs are overexposed. In plain TTL, reflected light from nearer object would foul flash automatic, properly exposing near object and leaving underexposed main subject(s). Actually this is possible because P-TTL uses distance information coming from F and later series lenses and of course it works only when flash head is directed straight (not tilted). I could write about more real-world examples, but I think there's no comparison - P-TTL is simply better, period! It's just pity there's no stronger than AF360 flash that would work in P-TTL. Maybe because Pentax has filed this year new patent for flash metering system using not only multi-segment metering, but also taking in consideration different reflectivities of various colors? Will there be C-TTL (or something) in next Pentax DSLR? It yet has to be seen, as many of the patents remain just patents... -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: Konica Minolta?
on 12/17/03 8:51 PM, Bill Owens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw an ad on TV last night for a camera and the logo on the ad was the usual Minolta globe, but the name was Konica Minolta. Who bought who? Konica bought Minolta. -- Regards Sylwek
Re: mz-6/af360fgz
on 16.12.03 12:15, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, guys and gals, here's the thing - I have this combination MZ-6 (ZX-L) and the AF360fgz. When I purchased the AF360fgz, I read the manual from front to back, only to discover that many of the options weren't available unless you were using it with an MZ-S (such as high-speed sync, p-ttl, wireless ttl etc). So, tonight, I have opened the manual for my MZ-6, after deciding that I don't use nearly enough of its features, only to discover that the manual says that yes, indeedy, I CAN use these functions with this combination. It has led me to wonder, are they also available on the *istD? Does anyone else have the MZ-6/AF360fgz and can shed some light on this? It is very strange to me that in the AF360fgz, Pentax would only refer to the MZ-S, when in reality (according to IT'S manual), I am able to use the MZ-6 in much the same way The manual for AF360 was written in times when MZ-6 was not available, that's why they mentioned only MZ-S. And *istD makes full use of features available in AF360FGZ, althought as I can see there is no proper flash exposure confirmation in this combo in P-TTL... But anyway it is perfect flash for *istD, tried it lately and I was satisfied :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: push/pull colour neg film?
on 16.12.03 12:18, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was chatting away with Rob Studdert today, and together we raised an interesting issue - in light of the postings about pushing/pulling film these past few days, and their tolerance of standard processing etc, we were wondering if any of you had achieved successes in the same way by push/pulling COLOUR NEGATIVE film? ie. for eg. rating an ISO 100 speed film as 400 but processing it as normal ie as an ISO 100? I think this can be quite easy done with almost every film developed in C-41 process. AFAIR Kodak allows to expose T400CN bw C41 film at iso100-1600 and still have good results. Someone has mentioned onse on photo.net, that he had better grain, when exposed T400CN at iso100. More problems with colour film could be related to colour shift when exposed at non-standard sensitivities, but theoretically this could be corrected in mini-lab. let the discussion begin vbg Was I first? ;-) -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: mz-6/af360fgz
on 16.12.03 12:27, Kostas Kavoussanakis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: p.s.: Pity this flash has a blue cast. It is excellent otherwise and quite cheap. Blue cast? When? How? -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: mz-6/af360fgz
on 16.12.03 13:21, Kostas Kavoussanakis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cobra 750, not Pentax 360. :-) That's good. I just thought my af360 could be damaged ;-P -- Best Regards Sylwek
Re: *istD
on 15.12.03 14:32, Tanya Mayer Photography at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Best online price ever?!!? http://www.infinitycameras.com/viewitem.php?IndexID=4227 Anyone ever dealt with these guys before? They have very poor comments from customers. And shipping is 60$. I'd better buy for 30$ more here: http://www.digitalmegastore.com/products/?Pentax*istD02567com=8 -- Best Regards Sylwek
