Monthly Archives: December 2006

New lens

Posted on 26 December 2006 by a1291762

I’ve ordered a Sigma 28-90mm lens. Because the 18-50mm lens is so slow at 50mm, I’ve been using the 50mm prime (with the manual aperture hack, sooo much better than full manual mode even with the dimmer viewfinder) quite a … Continue reading →

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UniMotion is making stuff happen

Posted on 23 December 2006 by a1291762

I never really thought it would amount to much but UniMotion seems to be doing things. The latest thing I’ve seen is a simple little game where the object is to roll a ball through some lines. Nothing complex but … Continue reading →

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Manual aperture support on the K100D

Posted on 23 December 2006 by a1291762

This was added to the end of a previous post but I’ve figured it out a bit more so I’m posting it as an article on it’s own. The K100D (actually all Pentax cameras produced since 1997) features a crippled … Continue reading →

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Lens choices

Posted on 20 December 2006 by a1291762

Damn, this is hard! I’m basically looking at 3 options right now: – Pentax/Sigma 28-80/90 ($30-$100). The lack of range would make this a sub-optimal “holiday” lens but at least it’s cheap. It would fill the gap between my 18-50 … Continue reading →

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Isaac drinks from a staw

Posted on 18 December 2006 by a1291762

We’ve been thinking that Isaac would be ready for a straw by now but we threw out all the cups we used on Emily. The reason we used them is because they had 2 holes in the lid so we … Continue reading →

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Recent events

Posted on 15 December 2006 by a1291762

Ugh. It’s so hard to keep this blog up to date when there’s things happening all the time. Recently we went to Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort. We’re not really into that sort of thing but it was ok for free … Continue reading →

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In defence of the K100D's AWB

Posted on 12 December 2006 by a1291762

So practically every review I read on the K100D complained about the auto white balance performance indoors. I wonder if any of the reviewers read the manual? It says quite clearly that AWB handles down to 4000K. Tungsten lights are … Continue reading →

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Lens musings

Posted on 9 December 2006 by a1291762

So when I purchased my new camera, I did plenty of research on the body but not a lot on the lenses. The “standard” lens for the K100D is a Sigma 18-55mm f3.5/5.6. In English that means you get nice … Continue reading →

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How to buy a new camera

Posted on 4 December 2006 by a1291762

Bree recently decided that I’m good enough to take nice photos of the kids but our camera isn’t up to scratch. About a week ago, I started researching DSLR cameras. It’s a fascinating world where all the things you thought … Continue reading →

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