Feb 20 2012

More Pentax K-7 filter images

Here are some more images that I processed in camera with my Pentax K-7.  Yes I am well aware that you can do all of this on a computer but no one says that when you use your smart phone to do a similar thing.


Feb 5 2012

Pentax K-7 built in filters

Having done so much cell phone photography ( “cellphography” it could catch on!)  and processing those images on the phone I was inspired to play around a bit with some images I had captured with my Pentax K-7.  All these images were processed and cropped in camera. It’s surprising what you can achieve by combining multiple effects together.  Of course there is a limit and some of what could be good filters are held back because of the lack of user control.  The water colour filter for instance produces one unconvincing result no matter what you try, the toy filter is on the right track but has no option to turn off the blurring of the image. 


Sep 13 2011

Polaroid Process in camera with Pentax

I wanted to share this process I use to create Faux-laroid images using the in camera filters of the Pentax K-7.  Most of the information is contained in the images but I will add words as required.

While in playback mode the filters can be accessed by pressing the down arrow key of the four way controller.  This reveals this screen

Select the Digital Filter and press the OK button of the four way controller.  The next screen allows you to select a filter effect.  Here I have applied the custom filter with these settings.  Soft Focus 1, Tone Break Yellow, Shading -2

Once you set the filter parameters and select OK you will be presented with the option to save the file or continue applying filters, select the option to continue.

The next filter that I apply is the colour filter set to yellow with the strength set to 2 out of 3

This is followed by adding a frame

After this filter is selected it’s time to save the results.

And the comparison with a real Polaroid Spectra image

While the result isn’t exact and there is room for more experimentation the result is nearly as good as what can be done on a computer and is quite fast.  In fact now that you have one done like this you can use it as a preset for processing other files the same way.  By selecting Digital Filter when reviewing this already processed image you are presented with the option of recreating the effect.

After selecting this option you then scroll through and select the file you would like to process.

This takes the file from this….

To this

As you can see combining the filter effects provides quite a bit of flexibility and if you leave those processed images on your memory card you can use them as presets for applying to other images,  information about that can be found in a previous post. K-7 Filter Presets