Showing posts with label DPReview K-5. Show all posts
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, November 25, 2011
Our first outing with my new Travel Trailer / Photo Studio
Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Photographer friends,
Thank you for stopping by,
Yvon Bourque
Hi Photographer friends,
A few weekends ago, we took my Travel Trailer for our first outing. I purchased this Trailer several months ago and wanted to rebuild it to it's original condition...and then some. I'm almost completed. I converted the inside so that it could also serve as a field photographic studio. I have the same computer equipment and printing capabilities in it as I have at home. We have Internet by using the Verizon cellular service. WE have our own electricity when we need it via a Honda quiet generator and also a 1200 watts inverter hooked up to the Chevy Silverado.
We chose a very desolated place for our first trip. It's called Mojave River Fork campground. It's part of the Mojave High Desert, and if one needs some quiet time, that's the place. All we could hear was the wind and the birds.
I worked on testing my new AlettA Stabilizers Generation II and had fun doing it. There weren't anybody around. My spouse was a little reluctant to join me at first, but she ended up coming, and she enjoyed the quietness a lot.
Unlike a regular trek, I was able to bring all of my photographic equipment. That is all of my Pentax lenses and four cameras, The K-r, the K-7, the K-5 and the new Pentax Q. Here, in Southern California, we can camp all year round. It gets a little cold at night but the trailer has a good heater. It's really a home away from home. The best part, is that I purchased it for about the same price as a Pentax K-5 with a good lens attached. I added lot's of work and about $1,000 in repairs and upgrades.
We chose a very desolated place for our first trip. It's called Mojave River Fork campground. It's part of the Mojave High Desert, and if one needs some quiet time, that's the place. All we could hear was the wind and the birds.
I worked on testing my new AlettA Stabilizers Generation II and had fun doing it. There weren't anybody around. My spouse was a little reluctant to join me at first, but she ended up coming, and she enjoyed the quietness a lot.
Unlike a regular trek, I was able to bring all of my photographic equipment. That is all of my Pentax lenses and four cameras, The K-r, the K-7, the K-5 and the new Pentax Q. Here, in Southern California, we can camp all year round. It gets a little cold at night but the trailer has a good heater. It's really a home away from home. The best part, is that I purchased it for about the same price as a Pentax K-5 with a good lens attached. I added lot's of work and about $1,000 in repairs and upgrades.
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| We had the choice of space as we were alone. |
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| It was a beautiful day, with a moderate temperature of about 70 degrees F. |
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| It took all but five minutes for Anne to get a long chair and soak up the sun. |
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| I'm not a birder, but they were all around and unafraid. |
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| A lone tree, among the rocks and tumble weed. |
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| Our tax dollar at work...a fire hydrant in the middle of nowhere. |
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| This is a close up of a dead tree trunk. I liked the pattern. |
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| Testing the K-r with the DA* 300 mm set on the Stabilizer G-II, QR system and L-bracket. |
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| Here, we have the K-5 with the DA*300 mm on the G-II. Perfect horizon on not so perfect surface. |
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| Testing the K-r with the DA 18-55 mm set vertically on the Stabilizer G-II, QR system and L-bracket. |
Thank you for stopping by,
Yvon Bourque
alettaphoto.com
Sunday, July 3, 2011
The Pentax K-5 e-book is now available for iPad, iPhone and iTouch.
Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
For some time now, I have received emails to make the K-5 e-book 100% compatible with the Apple products and other tablets and mobile devices. i.e. iPad, iPhone and iTouch. The K-5 e-book is my last e-book and I still have the current files on my new computer. I will search for the other e-books, but after my hard drive crashed, I lost many of my precious files.
It's not that the current e-books do not load on the iPad and iPhone, but some of my readers have reported that some of the images did not appear. There are many ways to fix this compatibility problem, check here, but with the K-5, I reformatted the whole book so that all the images would be viewable.
The iPad and iPhone have the capability of bookmarking, referring to a table of contents, search within the e-book or on Wikipedia. It can also easily link to other sites and come back to the e-book. I would say that the iPad and iPhone are at the top of the list for mobile devices. However, it seems that "Droid" mobile devices can read PDF files better than the Apple Products.
Let me (us) know what device you use for reading the e-books.
Hi Pentaxian friends.
For some time now, I have received emails to make the K-5 e-book 100% compatible with the Apple products and other tablets and mobile devices. i.e. iPad, iPhone and iTouch. The K-5 e-book is my last e-book and I still have the current files on my new computer. I will search for the other e-books, but after my hard drive crashed, I lost many of my precious files.
It's not that the current e-books do not load on the iPad and iPhone, but some of my readers have reported that some of the images did not appear. There are many ways to fix this compatibility problem, check here, but with the K-5, I reformatted the whole book so that all the images would be viewable.
The iPad and iPhone have the capability of bookmarking, referring to a table of contents, search within the e-book or on Wikipedia. It can also easily link to other sites and come back to the e-book. I would say that the iPad and iPhone are at the top of the list for mobile devices. However, it seems that "Droid" mobile devices can read PDF files better than the Apple Products.
Let me (us) know what device you use for reading the e-books.
Thank you for reading,
Yvon Bourque
Monday, June 13, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
I am in Florida this week for the wedding of my youngest daughter. With luck, me and my K-5 will make some good pictures in Florida.
Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
I am in Florida this week for the wedding of my youngest daughter. With luck, me and my K-5 will make some good pictures in Florida.We got here today and it was a long flight from California.
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| I don't know who this guy is, but before the flight was over, he was listening to his iPod from his right eye and the back of his head! |
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| We changed plane in Las Vegas and had an hour wait. My wife won $90.00 after a few spin and I won $40.00. We cashed it all in immediately. That is a pretty good return on our investment of less than $20.00. |
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| On our way to Florida, somewhere over Nevada. |
All pictures above were taken from my iPhone. The Pentax was in the storage bins.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
It's weekend already. It's gonna be a Pentax DA* 300mm weekend.
Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
Yesterday, I received my latest acquisition... a "like-new" Pentax DA* 300mm lens. Since I started to sell my AlettA Stabilizers for the K-5 & K-7, the only big lens I had to illustrate some of the functionality of the Stabilizer was an older Tokina 400mm. The Pentax 300mm weighs almost 3 pounds which is nearly one pound heavier than the Tokina. The 300mm came with no hood because it was broken when the camera was resting on a table and toppled over. That wouldn’t have happened with a Stabilizer under the camera.
So Sunday, weather permitting, I will go out and about and take pictures with my new DA* 300mm. There is no doubt that the quality of the images will be better than the older Tokina, but I will shoot with both lenses so we can compare. I have a 1.4x and a 1.7x tele-converters and will test the Stabilizer with them on. This will make the lenses much longer and defy the law of gravity. I don’t know if it will work or not but I will wait until Sunday to try.
Hope you have a great weekend and go take some pictures.
Thank you for stopping by,
Yvon Bourque
Hi Pentaxian friends.
Yesterday, I received my latest acquisition... a "like-new" Pentax DA* 300mm lens. Since I started to sell my AlettA Stabilizers for the K-5 & K-7, the only big lens I had to illustrate some of the functionality of the Stabilizer was an older Tokina 400mm. The Pentax 300mm weighs almost 3 pounds which is nearly one pound heavier than the Tokina. The 300mm came with no hood because it was broken when the camera was resting on a table and toppled over. That wouldn’t have happened with a Stabilizer under the camera.
So Sunday, weather permitting, I will go out and about and take pictures with my new DA* 300mm. There is no doubt that the quality of the images will be better than the older Tokina, but I will shoot with both lenses so we can compare. I have a 1.4x and a 1.7x tele-converters and will test the Stabilizer with them on. This will make the lenses much longer and defy the law of gravity. I don’t know if it will work or not but I will wait until Sunday to try.
Hope you have a great weekend and go take some pictures.
Thank you for stopping by,
Yvon Bourque
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| Pentax DA* 300mm f/4 |
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| Tokina SD 400mm f/5.6 |
Thursday, April 28, 2011
If you like what I do or if you like my e-books or the new Aletta Stabilizer, I need all the help I can get.
Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
If you noticed, other than my own e-books or the AlettA Equipment, I do not display any Google ads or ask for donations or subscription fees. The Internet is full of free information, so for me, I chose to keep my blogs simple and uncluttered, so that my readers would like to come back. From the beginning, I refused to clutter up my site with the Google ads and third party advertisements. Of course, I miss the revenues that many sites gain from using part of their pages as a billboard, but that's just me. There is nothing wrong in advertising, and make a little profit for one's effort in writing and operating a blog site. If you look at the right side of my blog, I keep a list of other photography sites, links that I find interesting and think you will find interesting as well.
Lately, I tried to promote some interesting sites and started the "Site of the day" although I don't feature one everyday. If you have a site that you think readers would enjoy, yours or someone else, email me the link and if I think my regular readers would be interested, I will feature it.
I welcome your comments on anything I write, but we do screen comments for offensive language and trolling.
Speaking of comments, I participate in most of the forums and often give my opinion on whatever is being discussed. I also start threads when I think it would be interesting for all. The one thing I can't do, is advertise my e-books or AlettA products. This is where I could use your help. It's wrong for me to write about my products but it's okay for someone else to suggest or write about my e-books or my AlettA Stabilizer on forums. I see that many have suggested my free Front/Back focus Charts, as I get about 200 or more downloads of the Charts everyday, and that has been going on for almost four years. After all, readers visit these sites to exchange ideas about photography and equipment. It's okay to advertise the camera makers but wrong to do so for third party equipment.
So, if you purchased one of my e-book, or the AlettA Stabilizer, or just like to read my blogs, I would be more than grateful if you would give your opinion about them on forums and other social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
I like having this blog, although I often misspell words or write in the "Franglish" (Combination on French and English) language.
Merci very much for stopping by,
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To be used with smart phones. The QR code above is just an example of things to come, and this particular code brings you to this website. Imagine that you include a QR code on your business cards, people with smart phones (they will all be smart phones soon) will be able to scan the code from your business card and be transfered to your website for more details of your business or whatever you want to display on the Internet. |
If you noticed, other than my own e-books or the AlettA Equipment, I do not display any Google ads or ask for donations or subscription fees. The Internet is full of free information, so for me, I chose to keep my blogs simple and uncluttered, so that my readers would like to come back. From the beginning, I refused to clutter up my site with the Google ads and third party advertisements. Of course, I miss the revenues that many sites gain from using part of their pages as a billboard, but that's just me. There is nothing wrong in advertising, and make a little profit for one's effort in writing and operating a blog site. If you look at the right side of my blog, I keep a list of other photography sites, links that I find interesting and think you will find interesting as well.
Lately, I tried to promote some interesting sites and started the "Site of the day" although I don't feature one everyday. If you have a site that you think readers would enjoy, yours or someone else, email me the link and if I think my regular readers would be interested, I will feature it.
I welcome your comments on anything I write, but we do screen comments for offensive language and trolling.
Speaking of comments, I participate in most of the forums and often give my opinion on whatever is being discussed. I also start threads when I think it would be interesting for all. The one thing I can't do, is advertise my e-books or AlettA products. This is where I could use your help. It's wrong for me to write about my products but it's okay for someone else to suggest or write about my e-books or my AlettA Stabilizer on forums. I see that many have suggested my free Front/Back focus Charts, as I get about 200 or more downloads of the Charts everyday, and that has been going on for almost four years. After all, readers visit these sites to exchange ideas about photography and equipment. It's okay to advertise the camera makers but wrong to do so for third party equipment.
So, if you purchased one of my e-book, or the AlettA Stabilizer, or just like to read my blogs, I would be more than grateful if you would give your opinion about them on forums and other social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
I like having this blog, although I often misspell words or write in the "Franglish" (Combination on French and English) language.
Merci very much for stopping by,
Yvon Bourque
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| Free Front/Back Focusing Charts. |
Saturday, February 12, 2011
The instruction manual that should have come with the Pentax K-5. Maybe this is it.
Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
It's a universally known fact that EOM Manuals (Pentax, Nikon, Canon and others) are complex and ambiguous. They are translated in multiple languages and the original, being in Japanese, often becomes vague in another language. The e-book presented here was written specifically for the Pentax K-5. It contains 300 pages of information pertaining to the K-5 as well as photographic “How-to”, color photographs as examples of what it being taught, lots of theory and hands-on explanation, all written in a not-so-technical way that everyone can get something out of this e-book. This is the most complete e-book in our series of e-book published for the Pentax line of DSLRs. In addition of the demo pages below, a free and more complete sample download of the e-book is available here. You can also purchase the e-book here for the price of a few Starbucks coffees.
I am an Indie publisher, basically meaning that I am a self-publishing author, not part of the Amazon or big publishing companies. Unless you sell millions of books, there are absolutely no monetary benefits in belonging to a global publishing company. I don't ask for donations to write and maintain this blogsite nor do I post Google ads. There are no negative reasons in asking for donations or posting Google ads or being sponsored by the big camera stores like B&H or Adorama, etc. It's just not my cup-of-tea. My blogsite will never grow to the enormous sizes of some of the other sites, because I'm almost strictly Pentax. Pentax accounts for about 5% of global camera equipment sales. I'm okay with that. I'm a diehard Pentax user and will stay that way.
I received many positive comments about my e-books, and that makes me feel good, and justifies the long hours it took to write my e-books. I appreciate my blog readers and e-books buyers. I hope to be able to continue this endeavor for a long time.
Thank you for reading my blog and thank you for your encouragement.
Yvon Bourque
It's a universally known fact that EOM Manuals (Pentax, Nikon, Canon and others) are complex and ambiguous. They are translated in multiple languages and the original, being in Japanese, often becomes vague in another language. The e-book presented here was written specifically for the Pentax K-5. It contains 300 pages of information pertaining to the K-5 as well as photographic “How-to”, color photographs as examples of what it being taught, lots of theory and hands-on explanation, all written in a not-so-technical way that everyone can get something out of this e-book. This is the most complete e-book in our series of e-book published for the Pentax line of DSLRs. In addition of the demo pages below, a free and more complete sample download of the e-book is available here. You can also purchase the e-book here for the price of a few Starbucks coffees.
I am an Indie publisher, basically meaning that I am a self-publishing author, not part of the Amazon or big publishing companies. Unless you sell millions of books, there are absolutely no monetary benefits in belonging to a global publishing company. I don't ask for donations to write and maintain this blogsite nor do I post Google ads. There are no negative reasons in asking for donations or posting Google ads or being sponsored by the big camera stores like B&H or Adorama, etc. It's just not my cup-of-tea. My blogsite will never grow to the enormous sizes of some of the other sites, because I'm almost strictly Pentax. Pentax accounts for about 5% of global camera equipment sales. I'm okay with that. I'm a diehard Pentax user and will stay that way.
I received many positive comments about my e-books, and that makes me feel good, and justifies the long hours it took to write my e-books. I appreciate my blog readers and e-books buyers. I hope to be able to continue this endeavor for a long time.
Thank you for reading my blog and thank you for your encouragement.
Yvon Bourque
By the way, if you have suggestion about what you would like to read on this blogsite, let me know.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Pentax K-5 "Everything you need to know...and then some" e-book Edition 1.0 now available. Free upgrade.
Visitors to this page also like "Recommended Reading" on the right column. Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
The Pentax K-5 "Everything you need to lnow...and then some" which was released on December 24th around 9:00 P.M Pacific time, has been upgraded. As promised, it was released before Christmas...barely :)
Yvon Bourque
You can purchase the K-5 e-book or download a free sample here.
E-books are also available for the K-7, the K-x, the k20D, the K10D and the K100D.
Hi Pentaxian friends.
The Pentax K-5 "Everything you need to lnow...and then some" which was released on December 24th around 9:00 P.M Pacific time, has been upgraded. As promised, it was released before Christmas...barely :)
The book has been updated with more information, additional pictures, indexed for easier reading on your computer, and more. Everyone purchasing the book from this point on will download the newest edition. Current owners of the e-book can email me at brqyvn@gmail.com Subject: K-5 e-book Edition 1.0, Include your name or paypal receipt for verifiction, and a free downloadable upgrade of the newest Edition will be emailed to you.
That's the advantage of my e-book, there is no need to run another thousand plus printed copies. As long as the K-5 is available from Pentax, updates will be published from time to time, free to those that already purchased the e-book. That's one more reason to follow this blogsite.
That's the advantage of my e-book, there is no need to run another thousand plus printed copies. As long as the K-5 is available from Pentax, updates will be published from time to time, free to those that already purchased the e-book. That's one more reason to follow this blogsite.
Thank you for purchasing my e-books,
You can purchase the K-5 e-book or download a free sample here.
E-books are also available for the K-7, the K-x, the k20D, the K10D and the K100D.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Firmware update for the K-5 and 645D.
Visitors to this page also like "Recommended Reading" on the right column. Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
Firmware Available for DownloadPENTAX K-5 FIRMWARE UPDATE VERSION 1.02
Please download from the following link:
http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html
UPDATED:
* Added support for SDXC memory cards.
Please note: Transfer rate does not correspond to UHS speed class.
* Bulb mode supports the use of all ISO settings.
* Improvements to AF focus speed.
Hi Pentaxian friends.
Firmware Available for DownloadPENTAX K-5 FIRMWARE UPDATE VERSION 1.02
Please download from the following link:
http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html
UPDATED:
* Added support for SDXC memory cards.
Please note: Transfer rate does not correspond to UHS speed class.
* Bulb mode supports the use of all ISO settings.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
NEW TUTORIAL: CAMERA SENSOR CLEANING - From Cambridge in Colour
Visitors to this page also like "Recommended Reading" on the right column. Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
Hi Pentaxian friends.
Cambridge in Colour, A Learning Community For Photographers, have released a new lesson. Follow the link below:
NEW TUTORIAL: CAMERA SENSOR CLEANING
Digital Camera Sensor Cleaning
If you're using an SLR camera, you'll eventually encounter spots in your photos due to a dirty camera sensor. If it hasn't happened yet, don't worry -- it will. When it does, you'll need to know if what you're seeing is indeed from sensor dust, or is instead the result of a dirty viewfinder, mirror or lens. Most importantly though, you'll need to know how to clean the sensor, and how to minimize the risk of this happening again. Click the link above to read more.
Hi Pentaxian friends.
Cambridge in Colour, A Learning Community For Photographers, have released a new lesson. Follow the link below:
NEW TUTORIAL: CAMERA SENSOR CLEANING
Digital Camera Sensor Cleaning
If you're using an SLR camera, you'll eventually encounter spots in your photos due to a dirty camera sensor. If it hasn't happened yet, don't worry -- it will. When it does, you'll need to know if what you're seeing is indeed from sensor dust, or is instead the result of a dirty viewfinder, mirror or lens. Most importantly though, you'll need to know how to clean the sensor, and how to minimize the risk of this happening again. Click the link above to read more.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
DPReview finally publishes the Pentax K-5 Review. Yeah! 83% with the Gold Award, "Best APS-C DSLR" Nikon D700 - 80%, Silver Award.
Visitors to this page also like "Recommended Reading" on the right column. Email: brqyvn@gmail.com
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