Showing posts with label pentaxian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pentaxian. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Secret tips for budding photographers
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| Low light photo by Putu Agung Wijaputera. |
If you already have a digital camera, then you should get out of the house, and bring your camera. Feel free to take picture what you find anywhere. Make sure camera you already contain memory card and the battery is full.
If you have plans to buy a digital camera, then do not be dazzled by the amount of megapixels on the camera. Megapixels are not the most important feature of a camera; the sensor size is the most important features.
For the novice photographer, I wanted to share some tips that may be able to use according to your needs. Please select the issue you want to do, which is as mentioned below:
1. Before leaving photographing, check your camera settings, you should not use these incorrect settings (landscape shooting with ISO 1000 for example). According to the pro photographer, good order is the following checks: check White Balance - Highlights activate warning - check the ISO setting - check the size of your image resolution.
2. To practice your panning skills, shoot objects that are moving at normal speeds (people riding motorcycles for instance), use the shutter priority mode and set the shutter speed up to 1/30 sec, slower is better. Pay attention to your background.
3. For photographing macro (super close range), activate the Live View feature on your digital camera in order to more easily examine depht of field and you can get the right focus.
4. To make a face photo outdoors, try when the weather is overcast. If not, look for areas that are not exposed to dim and direct sunlight. Sunlight makes harsh shadows on the face.
5. CPL Filter (polarization) are very useful to eliminate reflection of sunlight on water and glass, and also work to improve the color of the sky.
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| Singapore by night. Image: Putu Agung WP. |
6. When you take pictures in low light conditions or difficult to use autofocus mode, then switch to manual focus. Autofocus on the camera is usually long enough to find a focal point in low light conditions.
7. To create a silhouette image, make sure you turn off the flash and use the sunset mode (for a pocket camera). If you use a Digital SLR camera, then use manual mode and measure exposure in bright areas behind the object.
8. If you like landscape photography, then you will get a good picture from 5 pm to 8 am, and from 4 to 7 pm. In the afternoon you can photograph the sunset on the beach or the sunset behind the mountains.
9. Remember to download the pdf version of the manual for your camera, so you easily do a quick search for the information you want to know than have to flip through pages of paper.
10. When you are photographing babies or children, make sure you focus on the eyes. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the eyes of children. Do not use the flash when you take pictures of children so that you get a more natural picture.
11. Format the memory card in the camera only, never format the memory card in the computer. In addition to much faster and easier also much safer if you do it in camera, memory card so you do not have a virus.
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| Singapore blue sky. Image: Putu Agung WP |
12. If you have the excess capacity of the hard disk in the computer and loves to do photo editing, use when shooting RAW format, if not just use JPG.
13. When taking pictures, look at the brightest area that goes into your viewfinder. If the light is too flashy compared to other areas, change the shooting angle.
14. If you want to shoot HDR, use auto bracket mode. One more thing: for landscape HDR photos are terrible, just wait until a little cloudy, and then start shooting.
15. If you buy a used lens or camera, make sure you do the transacetion with the seller to meet in person. You must examine the goods, hold and try the camera.
16. The extent possible, use the lowest possible ISO setting. Although noise reduction can reduce the noise generated by the high ISO, but it will reduce the overall image detail.
17. If the color makes your photo is too "busy" and crowded, turn your photos into black and white photos. You can use photo editing features in the camera or take advantage of software like Photoshop and other software that you can download for free on the Internet.
18. To produce a good black and white photo, note the contrast in your photo. The more contrast (dark and light areas are diverse), then the better your black and white photo you can make.
19. Bring a camera wherever you go or when you are on vacation. This is the fastest way of improving your photography skills is by extending the hours of flying, there is no better.
20. My advice, join a photography club in your city. Nikon and Canon have fans so much, there must be a Canon and Nikon club in your city, even manual cameras Pentax has a fanatical community known as Pentaxian. Are you a Pentaxian?
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In bookstores you can buy books and magazines to review photography, so please take your time to read some of the aspects of photography that you want to know. If you're too lazy to read the book, so you can surf the Internet to gain knowledge about photography.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Pentax K-5 IIs unique alternative in the world of DSLR camera
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| Pentax K-5 IIs a strong camera. Image: pentaxforums.com |
Once in a while we need not worry about the competition Nikon and Canon. If at this time you have the money and power to buy a Digital SLR camera, you can find an alternative to other brands such as Panasonic GH3, Olympus E series or IIs Pentax K-5 Pentax K-5 successor. You will find a surprise in this camera, and then you need to open your heart to an alternative that is also attractive.
The Pentax K-5 IIs is a semi-professional DSLR camera, based around the same body design as the older K-5 and the same 16.3 megapixel image sensor as found in the Sony A55 and Nikon D7000 cameras. Pentax K-5 II takes greatness to the next level. Its high resolution sensor, highly advanced autofocus system and accurate shake reduction system coupled with its weather sealed cold proof design ensure that this camera is worthy of fixation. With features this rich and robust the K-5 II is sure to feed your photography obsession and take you to the next level.
SAFOX X autofocus system
You will enjoy SAFOX X autofocus system in this camera. Pentax claims this provides much improved speed and accuracy, as well as making the K-5 II the first APS-C camera to focus on lighting conditions as low as -3 EV. The system manages to focus almost instantly, even in the darkest of environments, and in many instances it does so without the aid of the AF assist lamp.
As with the old Pentax K-5, you still get 11 well-spread autofocus points, nine of which are the more accurate cross-type.
Pentax K-5 II is a strong camera because is fully weather sealed and coldproof design resists water, fog, snow, sand, dust, and more, for top performance in extreme field conditions as well as in the studio. You can bring this camera for adventure in Africa, Bali, and Nepal even in South Pole or Ayers Rock, Australia.
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| Pentax K-5 on test. Image: fotografovani.cz |
The K-5 IIs features a shutter unit which provides a high-speed shutter speed of 1/8000th second and an incredibly competitive 100,000 shutter release life-span, a figure more normally associated with professional SLR cameras. The standard 18-55mm kit lens is better built and more weather-proof than the kits lenses of its rivals.
This camera also capture widescreen HD video with stunning detail at full 1080p resolution and 25 FPS, including sound via a built-in or external 3.5mm stereo microphone jack. You also will find an HDMI port outputs high definition images, video and sound to HDTVs.
If you don’t have to create HDR picture with Photoshop or other digital image editor, don’t worry, Pentax K-5 II already equipped with improved in-camera HDR image capture features more blending options and better pixel registration for easier operation without a tripod. Color depth and dynamic range are still superb, especially when the Dynamic Range Enlargement feature is enabled.
You can create many unique photos because Pentax K-5 II built-in with a wide range of in-camera image processing and special effects filters encourages the photographer’s artistic expression.
The Pentax K-5 IIs has a traditional eye-level optical TTL viewfinder which offers an impressive 100% scene coverage. The viewfinder is bright and free of any distortions or aberrations, making it suitable for both auto and manual focusing. It also features a Natural-Bright-Matte IIsI focusing screen to improve focusing accuracy during manual-focus operation.
Built in Anti-Shake Reduction
The Pentax K-5 IIs features a built-in Shake Reduction system. Turn it on via the main menu option and the K-5 IIs automatically compensates for camera shake, which is a slight blurring of the image that typically occurs at slow shutter speeds, providing approximately 2.5 to 4 shutter steps of compensation.
The presence of anti-shake on the Pentax K5 IIs you not have to worry for taking pictures in low light conditions, but you also have to make sure to hold the camera firmly. Leaning on a wall or a tree will help you to produce sharp images and steady, not blur. Naturally anti-shake feature will be very useful when you are photographing a birthday party, wedding and event indoors. The K-5 IIs also displays a blur icon in the viewfinder to warn you that camera-shake may occur, regardless of whether or not Shake Reduction is on.
Become a member of Pentaxian
If you may escape from the establishment and the comfortable zone that was created by Canon and Nikon, then you are would choose the Pentax K-5 IIs and you may join the fan club the Pentax camera, and you become a Pentaxian. This club accommodate the Pentax camera owners, so that they may hunt together photos, create photo contest, to discuss of photography tips and solutions. You in fact you can participate a photo exhibition along with them.
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