PENTAX K-01 - Prestigious International 2012 Product Design Award
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airconvent
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Bro
Your shots are awesome! The way I like it, fulls colours and razor sharp contrasty images
ps curious, was the scenery on the Musuem projected on or it is a canvas cover? Looks nice!
PhilipKr35
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zoom3 said:
I think it's his lens
Hee HEe. yes yes. It's the lenses.. But wait.. The K-01 Also very impt.. A great Camera..
Bro
Your shots are awesome! The way I like it, fulls colours and razor sharp contrasty images
ps curious, was the scenery on the Musuem projected on or it is a canvas cover? Looks nice!
Nice bro.
Actually, this was taken in Singapore Zoo. It's the Leopard Cat.....
During the Pentax outing to the Zoo, went with some of the guys and try to catch it again. However, it's hiding and not at a good position when i took it last time.
le petit prince
Senior Member
K-01 and DA21.
Wonderful photos above by everyone using the K-01.
It's actually my main camera now; my K-7 is in semi-retirement; have not used it since I got the K-01.
Wonderful photos above by everyone using the K-01.
It's actually my main camera now; my K-7 is in semi-retirement; have not used it since I got the K-01.
I think it's the photographer.
Tiredofallthese
Senior Member
Thats the right anwser....
PhilipKr35
Senior Member
hjbyeo said:
Yes, it is also the photographer, but without K-01, the photo could not be brought to such high level of sharpness, colors. The photographer added composition, selection of location, time, and meaning.
edutilos-
Senior Member
Frankly speaking, at web-size you can't tell. The only thing that lenses bring in that would be apparent at web-size is shallower DOF.
fengwei
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Even for web-sized photos, a better faster lens will always help (to gain more light, thus more details in shadow and low light areas)
The easiest test is to use your kit lens and a fast prime (50/1.7 or faster) to shoot at the same scene (with a bit dynamic range), both lenses set at F8. Then you look at the shadow areas and see the difference.
I know they both should gather the same amount of light when set at the same aperture. But somehow better faster lenses work better for higher DR scenes.
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Even for web-sized photos, a better faster lens will always help (to gain more light, thus more details in shadow and low light areas)
The easiest test is to use your kit lens and a fast prime (50/1.7 or faster) to shoot at the same scene (with a bit dynamic range), both lenses set at F8. Then you look at the shadow areas and see the difference.
I know they both should gather the same amount of light when set at the same aperture. But somehow better faster lenses work better for higher DR scenes.
Now this is getting interesting! I've always presumed that faster lenses will be sharper than "slow" lenses at the same f-stop, but never knew they allowed for better DR also (which I always assumed was a function of the sensor alone). could someone kindly post a comparison please?
edutilos-
Senior Member
Sorry, fengwei, this could well be an issue where the actual aperture is not exactly the same size (like how certain cameras rate as more sensitive or less sensitive than ISO100 when you dial in ISO100). In your tests where it ended up that way, was the exposure equal?Even for web-sized photos, a better faster lens will always help (to gain more light, thus more details in shadow and low light areas)
The easiest test is to use your kit lens and a fast prime (50/1.7 or faster) to shoot at the same scene (with a bit dynamic range), both lenses set at F8. Then you look at the shadow areas and see the difference.
I know they both should gather the same amount of light when set at the same aperture . But somehow better faster lenses work better for higher DR scenes.
I will try, but I do not see how this makes any sense, at least not with my limited understanding of photography.
oceanpriest
Senior Member
I think the result will vary on the lens itself, perhaps different lens has different coating? like those voigtlander lenses got Single Coated or Multi Coated, for SC version will have lower contrast hence more detail in the shadow area?
Even for web-sized photos, a better faster lens will always help (to gain more light, thus more details in shadow and low light areas)
The easiest test is to use your kit lens and a fast prime (50/1.7 or faster) to shoot at the same scene (with a bit dynamic range), both lenses set at F8. Then you look at the shadow areas and see the difference.
I know they both should gather the same amount of light when set at the same aperture. But somehow better faster lenses work better for higher DR scenes.
There's f-stop and theres t-stop. The latter is the actual amount of light that gets 'dimmed' off as it passes the lens elements.
f-stop is just a function of lens diameter wrt focal length.
I've noticed this on some lenses as well.
Usually the more costly ones (also usually faster lenses) had a 0.3-0.5ev brighter shot to a usually cheaper lens even at the same exposure settings.
(Do note that I used the word 'usually', so there certainly are many exceptions)
One example is my Canon EF50/1.8 the so called plastic fantastic ($180) lens.
Compared to the S.Tak 55/1.8 and A50/1.7.
The same captured scene was always 0.5 stop darker.
Tried all out on the same camera.
My belief is that such a cheap lens would either not be as well designed/corrected and the testing tolerances be rather wide to have better yields to meet the cheap price.
Applies to all brands since this is a fact of manufacturing.
IMO, the DA35/2.4 is also this sort of lens derived from the FA35/2. (and it works wonderfully right from f2.4)
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le petit prince
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It's partly the sensor, yes. But what surprises me is how much I like the shooting at arm's length style. Sure, it's less stylo, less stable, less, eh, 'pro'. But it's a revelation to me how much less tiring it is not to have to close one eye, and how liberating it is not to have your whole face blocked by the camera. Just feel less cramped. And it's just more fun. I know, I know, I'm regressing, I am no longer A Serious Photographer.
And I got to check all the cool functions it has. Only ever used AV mode, centre focus point and.. that's it. Savvy I am not.
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