I'm in a big rush, but I'd just like to add that I just won two silver distinctions and a silver award at the Australian Professional Photography Awards, with nothing other than my K-7! :)
I tell you what, Pentax Australia is finally taking a bit of notice of me now, and I even had a nice long chat with the marketing department and CEO of CR Kennedy at PMA on the weekend. In all honesty, I *have* struggled in the past months due to the sensor noise that I have in low light conditions, but I have two *very* cheap K-5s on their way to me (thanks for listening CR Kennedy!), and I think I will be up to scratch then! You can see my award shots here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150241867583840.339602.256694448839 I have to tell you that I certainly did gloat a bit when a very well known AIPP Grand-Master (a professional of 40 years experience) who has been mentoring me for the awards and who shoots with a 5D MkIII, only went home with two silvers! Bwahahaha! And here's me, my first awards, and shot with only my trusty little K-7 and AF50mm/f1.7, beating him (and lots of others) in the awards stakes! Woohoo! t.x. -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Timber Sent: Friday, 1 July 2011 6:00 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: "I am leaving Pentax because it limits me..." Before you flame on me, no I am not. I will stay with my loved white Kr, and maybe a K5 update later... But how many times I heard this from friends... countless. Most of the time the reason is: Pentax is not good for studio photography. I was not aware of Benjikan (or Benjamin Kanarek) until recently a friend of mine directed me to his page. (FYI: http://www.benjaminkanarek.com/ ) So I now always ask my friends when they say Pentax is not good enough for studio: You think his photographs are not good enough? You already reached his level and you feel it's not enough for you? Obviously... the answer is no :D But to be honest I had some hesitations sometimes as well... I love Sony's new system, for not having a blacked VF during the photos and most importantly, videos. But is it really that important? Well... no. But which other company offers you the possibility to try the astrophotography for a low price of £200ish? Or has a grip so comfortable that you don't really want to use a battery grip to make the use of the camera comfortable? But on the other end there are limits for sure. Not having most of the 3rd party companies support for P-TTL (YangNuo, Phottix...) is one of the main concerns, but apart from that... I am still in love with Pentax :) So, yes... Sony A55 and Nikon D5100 are really tempting for me giving a bit more options, but I believe my little Pentax Kr is a very good partner for my photography needs. Why did I write this? Well... I just had to tell you this and we read so many rants then why not a praise? :) Regards, .t -- 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.
