I shot last month mostly in aperture priority mode to keep the aperture fairly wide (2.5 or so) and increase shutter speed. I did run into some AF focus issues that I thought might be the result of multipoint AF, so I tried to restrict both AF and exposure readings to a center spot. I've got a shoot coming up in early November, so I may try manual focus on it. I usually shoot dress rehearsals, which are identical to the actual performances visually but allow me to get onto a 20-foot ladder fairly close to the stage. I can probably shoot at f/3.5 and rely on manual focus.
I'll probably not buy another camera body until I see a lot of feedback on the E-5 and the K-5. Most of my Olympus lenses are big and heavy (zooms, 25/1.4), so my preference would be to stick with Pentax. Jeffery On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > I'd have to ask what mode are you in, my experience with the K-x is it > does not have significant shutter lag except in LV mode (where the lag > is simply awful, LV is almost unusable on the K-x in my experience). > It does however have an AF system which struggles in low-light so if > you're shooting in AF-S your problem is most likely AF lag rather than > shutter lag since the camera is in Focus Priority mode. > > One of the major reasons why I chose to sell off my Pentax gear and go > Sony was the issue of focus in low-light where I do much of my > shooting. The K-x had two issues in really low light, the AF is > useless in such situations and the viewfinder isn't quite up to > accurate focus in low light at f1.4-2. The G1, which I owned for about > a year and a half, had the opposite problem, focus was no issue in low > light but I ran out of shutter speed (the E-30 had the same problem as > the G1, a functional ISO limit around ISO 2500). Thankfully the A33 > solves both problems as it's as easy to focus as the G1 in low light, > has much better AF in low light than the K-x (a real surprise, I > wasn't expecting much from the A33's AF system) and has nearly as good > high ISO performance as the K-x, allowing me to get reasonably high > shutter speeds in very low light. > > Note the K-x significantly outperforms any 4/3rds camera in terms of > Dynamic Range and Sensitivity (it remains just about the best I've > seen in APS-C for both DR and high ISO performance). The E-5 should be > superior in pretty much every other regard except size. > > -Adam > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> > wrote: >> I do a significant amount of shooting theater productions, and the shutter >> lag is a major issue for me, as is sensitivity/dynamic range. The E-5 is >> significantly improved here, or is it simply not a problem with the E-5? >> >> The K-x has not been an issue with dynamic range/sensitivity for me, and the >> 77/1.8 is a great focal length for most productions. However, I do get a lot >> of lost shots because what I pulled the trigger on had changed by the time >> the shutter actually fired. >> >> Jeffery >> >> On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> I needed a significant improvement in camera responsiveness and two >>> stops more sensitivity/dynamic range to obtain satisfactory overhead >>> room. This camera solves that problem with room to spare. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
