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News

Across the board Firmware update for Pentax DSLRs (SDXC)

Pentax released a firmware update today (March 1st 2012 Japan time). It doesn’t sound exciting from the description, but sometimes they put unspecified fixes in firmware updates. It is states as an update to give “Improved reliability of recording operation when using SDXC memory card.” K-X v1.03: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-x_s.html K-R v1.12: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-r_s.html K-7 v1.12: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-7_s.html K-5 […]

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Nature Photography

Photo walk 02/25/2012

A friend wanted to try out his new Sony NEX-5N camera, so we went out today to take some photos. I decided to go light and use the K-5 with FA 31mm f1.8 lens. That lens is one of the best lenses for most situations because the focal length equates to around 46mm on APS-C. […]

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Learning Series

Video about the Golden Ratio and Rule of Thirds

I’m on a roll here with learning based videos. I’m hoping to make a lot more, but of course it takes time to record, and especially edit, the videos. This video is about compositional guidelines like the Golden Ratio and Rule of Thirds (3rds). Youtube link: They can help you with your framing and overall […]