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<p>I had one of those in the 70's. I remember having to take the prism out to wipe it with baby oil so I could see through the viewfinder!<br>

Here is a shot I took back then with the camera where I played around with the Sabatier Effect.</p><div></div>

<p>Just wondering what you folks thought of this.<br>

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/25/bc-teen-photographer-arrest.html<br>

I was in Brantford Ontario recently with a friend doing some street photography. In one case, I asked a gentleman sitting on a bench if I could photograph him and he said yes. I also took photos of two police officers about an hour apart without asking anything. They didn't react at all.</p>

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<p>I use Kolor Autopano Pro 2.5 for all my panos. I make sure that there is about a 30% overlap in the images. Here is pano presentation of a group of people which was made up of 29 Photos stitched into an image 16134 x 4991. The photos were all taken at 18mm. The nice thing is that it was stitched unassisted an about 6 minutes.<br>

<br />http://mcdsgroup.com/Knox_Port_Dover/<br>

The program also does a fantastic job of full spherical panos. This pano is made up of 8 images using a 10mm fisheye on a Pentax K-7<br>

http://mcdsgroup.com/B-25/<br>

Cheers</p>

 

<p>I think the secret is not to try to get them to cooperate! Kids that young have an innate ability with matching desire to test and push limits at every opportunity. I will spend an hour just sitting or laying on the floor playing with toys along with the camera until the child becomes bored; usually (about 10-15 minutes.)<br /> About this time, they will (if you are lucky) slow down a little and become absorbed with either themselves (excellent) or a toy or something (good.) I just start to then start clicking off shots in the most unobtrusive way that I can. If this requires me to stay sitting or lying on the floor then that is what I do.<br /> I will not do a "forced pose" of a toddler at any time, for the same reason I wouldn't try to swim the length of Lake Erie... I can't be done!<br /> Good Luck<br /> Bob</p><div></div>

<p>Peter, Yes, I have compared the in-camera NR against Noise Ninja and although the camera's performance is not bad, the Noise Ninja is by far the more capable. It's the difference between taking a shot on Auto as opposed to shooting in Manual!<br>

Cheers<br>

Bob</p>

 

<p>Thanks guys,<br>

It was the NR setting. When I got the K-7 I turned off the NR right away as I process with Noise Ninja. I didn't have Noise Ninja when I bought the K200 and forgot I had turned it on, not realizing that the noise reduction processing would take that long.</p>

<p>Here are the numbers if anyone is interested.<br>

Camera.......NR.......Exposure........Processed <br>

K-7..............ON.......20 sec............16 sec.<br>

K-7..............OFF......20 sec...........<1 sec.<br>

K200D.........ON.......20 sec............19 sec.<br>

K200D.........OFF......20 sec..............2 sec.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

 

<p>Forgive me folks if this has been asked before... I had noticed for some time that when I took very long exposure bulb shots with the K200, as soon as the shutter was released the camera seemed to take the same length of time to process and store the image as it did to take the shot which was really irritating. When I got the K-7 I had no reason to believe that it would perform any different. It did. After the first two minute time exposure, the camera was returned to me ready for use immediately.</p>

<p>Has any one else experienced this... Or is my K200 seriously ill!</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

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<p>I have only been working with 360 panos for a couple of months now, but can say that is it quite interesting. There is some additional investment in hardware and software, but overall, it certainly adds to the portfolio.</p>

<p>Here is a multi-pano tour I did recently. The blue buttons are links to the next pano. click and drag where you want to look, and mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Best viewed in full-screen mode (rightmost button on the control panel)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.mcdsgroup.com/pano/macnab/">http://www.mcdsgroup.com/pano/macnab/</a></p>

<p>Cheers</p>

 

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<p>Okay... Here is my two cents worth here. First, thanks William for fielding some pretty sceptical responses with finesse. I don't think that what we are looking at in the legs is restricted to just the yellow and black line but the concrete also. Look at the SA's chest area, which is far less washed out than his legs. I believe that it is an unusual case of lens flair that dissipates the further the view moves from the line. I think this lens flair is related directly to the same flair we see coming off the bottom of the engine cowl. The angle of the this flare is at a slightly different angle from the yellow line flair due to parallax distortion.<br>

Cheers</p>

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<p>I have used a number of different NiMh batteries and have been satisfied with their performance until using them in the K200D. In some cases fully charged cells would not even fire up the camera at all! I contacted Pentax Canada and was told that it was a hardware issue which could only be resolved by using the AA Lithium's. The problem is that the voltage sensor in the K200D is set to cut off at 1.2V, which is exactly where regular NiMh cells sit fully charged.</p>

<p>I bought a pack of Eneloops and a pack of ReCyko rechargeables. They are supposed to discharge in storage to 85% after one year which is unheard of with regular NiMh cells. I have to check my charged Energizers every month or so. The Eneloops and ReCyko's are a hybrid of the standard NiMh which actually charge close to 1.3V</p>

<p>I put the ReCyko batteries into the K200D right out of the package. I have just under 800 shots on the camera and the indicator is still showing fully charged.</p>

<p>I will convert everything I own to these batteries.</p>

<p>I note also that the ReCyko batteries cost $16 (4-pack) and the ReCyko's cost $12.</p>

<p>Cheers</p>

<p>I got to try out the K-x for two days this week that my niece purchased. The sensor/processing engine is amazing. The burst rate for an entry level camera is far better than expected, much faster than my K200D.<br>

But...<br>

The 18-55mm kit lens included uses a plastic chassis. It felt much too light and made me wonder how many times the bayonets would hold out if you were doing many lens changes. The camera has a bulb setting but no cable release plug! Which renders the long exposure feature totally useless! Also, Pentax felt the need to not include a lens hood, and since the store (Henry's) did not carry them, the salesman said she would also need a UV filter to protect the lens.<br>

The camera, like the K200D comes with shake reduction, but instead of a switch on the body, you have to go through 8 button clicks to toggle it off and on. Live View is interesting but it seemed that the AF was really struggling to get a fix in this mode. On a couple of test shots it took up to ten times as long to get a AF lock on a subject in Live View; and in each case the subject was stationary!<br>

My impression is that the sensor, and processing engine used here is superior to what I have seen in other models, but the build is cheap, and Pentax have really cut some corners probably to help offset the cost of sensor development!<br>

Cheers</p>

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