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    Vivitar series 1 105mm f2.5 1:1 Macro "rattles" ?

    in Pentax

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    The lens is made by Kiron, and is the same as the Kiron 105mm macro lens, and the Lester Dine 105mm macro lens. By the way, it's one of the very best macro lenses ever made. I've had two of the Kiron ones, and one of the Vivitar ones, and they all make that little "rattle" when tilted. It's just part of the deal.

     

    Enjoy a great lens.

    help picking a camera

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    There are only about a million cameras that will do what you want, but the fact that you want an optical viewfinder cuts it down quite a bit.

     

    Go to the Canon website and look and the point and shoots. I have a Canon SD800IS that I like for snapshots. I think it has everything you mention, and it's small. I think the Nikon P50 and P5100 have viewfinders, and get good reviews, also. I'm sure there will be at least a hundred other suggestions.

     

    Cheers

    How to distinguish between a Nikon D70 and Sony Cybershot H1 digital image

    in Casual Photo Conversations

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    Yes, I agree with the lawyer bit, but I think you want to keep this as simple as possible. If you have unedited originals, with the EXIF data, that data will show what camera was used, the original date and time, whether the flash fired, the metering mode, focal length, ISO, aperture, and a lot of other info. I think if you have all that, it would be up to the other guy to prove that somehow you managed to come up with all that info off the cuff, or to prove that he had as much info for his images.

     

    Good luck.

    Ok- really in a rut...

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    OK, Stacy, here it is.

     

    You live in Indianapolis, right? Now if memory serves me correctly, there is a beltway around that fine city that is always under construction. It doesn't matter which way you go, you'll still find a huge traffic jam. So get your gear and head out there. Take some pictures of the traffic. You may be able to pick up some insurance company work along the way, because sooner or later someone will get irate and run over somebody else (NOT the somebody else who is a member of Pnet). And you will have captured it all with your camera, and will be in demand by attorneys for both motorists.

     

    If that doesn't work, gently place your gear in front of one of those huge tires belonging to an earth-mover and see how close the behemoth can get before you scream "Wait a minute, you idiot! ! ! That's my camera." At this point, you will pick up your gear and head to the nearest wedding because, even though weddings are more dangerous, they pay better. Or you could call Peyton Manning and see which grocery store he's visiting this week. He seems to allow just about anyone who has a couple of million dollars to take his picture.

     

    So there you have it. It will get you going again.

     

    By the way, you are a great photographer. Why am I giving you advice?

     

    I'll be coming through Indy in about three weeks. Maybe we'll meet in a traffic jam. I'll be the one throwing things and yelling "stupid Hoosiers." Now, don't you feel better?

     

    Cheers

    Not to be a pest....

    in PhotoNet Site Help

    Posted

    Josh,

     

    If you go to the critique forum (the page with all the thumbnails) and click on a thumbnail, when the photo first comes up it's in the "details" view, then quickly changes to the "critique" view. But from what I remember, it's been doing this for a long time. It's just one of those little fun photonet things.

     

    Cheers.

    cheap macro for K100D

    in Pentax

    Posted

    You might also consider a Kiron or Vivitar Series 1 (same lens) 105mm f2.5. They made an A model for Pentax, but you'd still have to manually focus. The lens will go 1:1, and is fantastic.

     

    The Tamron SP 90mm macro is also a nice lens. The older version will go 1:2 and there is a newer version that will go 1:1, and it is auto-focus.

    K10D Questions

    in Pentax

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    My experience is that if you shoot in green mode, it doesn't necessarily choose the optimum values for the photo, and I have had some trouble getting consistent exposure. It works great if the shot is all approximately the same brightness, but if you have a dark subject, and dark foundation, and a bright sky, you can get squirrely results. I usually use P mode and change the values to what I want. It also matters what the ISO settings are.

     

    But I agree with others that you should not shoot moving subjects with the anti-shake on. That function is to compensate for the movement of the camera - not the subject.

     

    Cheers.

    I am removing bogus accounts tonight...ratings will be dropping.

    in PhotoNet Site Help

    Posted

    Let's see. The two choices are:

     

    1. the approval of the experts - I don't see why one would ask for approval from the experts, when there are precious few experts.

     

    2. for the edification of the populace - I fail to see how posting one of my mediocre pics and hoping the 7/7 bot outperforms the 3/3 bot will at all suffice to edify the populace.

     

    There must be an answer behind door number three.

    hmmm

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    The last few times I have visited here, the pages load very slowly. I get the message at the bottom of the browser that the page is done loading, but the previous page is still in view. Then it either locks up completely and I have to try again, or it holds for a few seconds and then loads the new page.

     

    Very annoying, either way. I don't rate much any more, but I can see where that would be a painful experience.

    Client camera preference

    in Wedding & Event

    Posted

    Some customers are like some photographers - they have a definite preference one way or the other. If the client wants film, and you will only offer digital, you'll probably not get the gig.

     

    There are hazards associated with film as well as digital, however. My pro lab ruined two rolls of wedding film last summer, and lost a roll of family get-together shots this spring. So, guess what? I had to use digital tools to recover the photos for the wedding. Fortunately, they did manage to find the roll of family shots.

     

    You can have problems either way. Just hope they are small.

    Small church- how to do formals- please advise

    in Wedding & Event

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    Sure would be good if you could get inside the church to do a little planning. Some of these churches actually have quite a bit of room in the front, especially if the pulpit is moveable, and they take it out for the wedding. If the church has a platform up front (most of the early ones did) you might not need a ladder at all. You'll need to find out what color the walls and ceilings are, though, if you are to bounce the flash.

     

    Cheers

    Is my 2 day old K10D defective?

    in Pentax

    Posted

    I'm not sure what you mean by "hitting the autofocus" and the "autofocus points light up." When the camera does a preview, it won't do anything else until you press the shutter release button half-way to turn the focus mechanism back on. Before you return the camera, perhaps a thorough reading of the manual is in order (it's a little disjointed, but follow it step by step) or you may find your next one acts just like this one.

     

     

    Cheers

    System Outage

    in PhotoNet Site Help

    Posted

    I don't think the issues are fixed. I'm still getting server errors when trying to visit members' home pages, and responsiveness is very slow. I couldn't get to the forums when I first tried this morning. Seems to generally be a mess.
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