Blackburn11

You are right, the focus wasn't right.  But I was too slow to get the focus spot changed.  I feel I am just playing the lottery with focus, composition, and content.  I take lots of pics and hope...

Yes, I should try cropping the light on the right.  It was off centered originally and I wanted to cut out a vehicle on the left.  So was thinking about that thirds rule people sometimea talk...

Ok... this is nice to hear.  Cause I go through a bunch before I get one I am really happy with.  The nice thing is, things like exposure, wb, and those type of things are not much of an issue with...

So I have had my new k-30 and Tamron 18-200 lens for about a month now and have taken about 2500 photos.  I am very new, but having a great time with the camera.Here is a photo I took today with my...

Agreed.  Thanks for you input.To be honest, I think it is just my inexperience and not anything with the camera.  Surprise surprise...right?!Thanks for your input.

Excellent idea with a ruler.  I did the same thing with a nail on a board and believe that if it is off, it's certainly not off by much.  It is just very hard for me to focus because the slightest...

I see.  Thanks for the advice.  I def need to experiment more.  Also need to understand that I don't need to shoot at 1.7 just cause the lens can!

Yes, my camera will beep when I manually focus and it registers a lock.  The red focus square also lights up.  that certainly helps focusing.  I read you can have the camera shoot the pic when it...

sorry to add more to my list of questions.... but I also seemed to get more purple fringing with the pentax "m" 50mm 1.7 lens.  Does this seem reasonable/possible?  I am comparing it to the Tamron...

Thank you all for your replies.I just want to make sure I read these correct.  So the live view and focus peaking setup means I see exactly what the sensor sees.  However, when I use the...

I am new to dslr's.  I have a k-30 and got a pentax m 50mm 1.7 lens to try and learn with.I was out shooting with an aperture of 1.7 and realize that it is hard to focus.  I shot a pine cone on a...

yes, thanks for the advise.  I was having better luck with av mode last night and then used shutter speed priority when my daughter was running and moving fast.I realize how silly it was to use iOS...

Ha... after a thousand?!  She is already sick of it!

That makes sense!  Thanks for the link.

Thank you.I also felt that I was worrying about to many things when I was out.  If I wanted to get shots of my daughter playing, I didn't care about the aperture and only wanted to change shutter...

Thanks!  And it certainly is more fun and easier to customize!I went to a renaissance festival with my family and in laws on Sunday (was upset about not halving my k-30 yet!).  I had my Sony hv9x...

I got black.  Was to scared to get another color.  That and I got the black for cheap!

Sorry....what is SR?

I did want to lighten her face but didn't know how exactly to do it.  I saw the adjustment brush but didn't know how to use it or try it.  I def have to spend time learning Lightroom.  I love how...

Thanks for the advice.  I will prob do that most of the time since shutter speed is usually the determining factor for getting pics of my daughter.  then switch when I want to get background...