On May 16, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> >> On May 16, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> More strong evidence that a change is in my future. The D800E is >>> looming large. Sigh. >>> >> Nothing to sigh about if you can afford it. They're all just cameras. > > I'm sighing because I can't afford it, but kinda need it, or will > sooner rather than later. > > I used to poo-poo the whole FF vs crop debate/fanboy-rant, but not > anymore. The necessity for raw, clean megapixels becomes clear when > you start retouching studio shots. > I was surprised to read that you're lacking clean raw megapixels, Then I read further, saw that you're shooting with a K20D, and i all made sense.The K-5 is a huge improvement over the K30D, particularly in terms of noise. I do plenty of retouching at pixel level and the K-5 images are extremely clean. I had noise problems with both the K20D and the K-7, but that's just a vague memory. To me, a camera with a different mount doesn't count as a backup. I have to be able to twist the same lens onto a new body if you get a failure. And I don't want to stop and think about the controls.
Borrow a K-5 and give it a try. You'll be amazed at the difference. If that can't work for you, I'm probably going to shoot seven or eight portraits in the studio in the next week or two (assuming the client signs the estimate). If you wish, I'll send you a RAW file for pixel peeping. Of course any RAW file that's shot at close to native ISO, studio or outdoors, can provide a good look at how clean K-5 images are. Paul >> I'd like to have a D800E, but I'd need two, and that makes it too costly. >> Working with just one camera is asking for trouble. I could probably get by >> with just two lenses initially -- a wide zoom and a long zoom -- but that >> second body is a deal killer for me. > > A valid argument, but can you imagine two 645D's instead? $22K Can. > just for bodies, not counting glass. I can not afford two D800E's much > more easily than two 645D's. > > Anyway, right now the backup body for my K20D is a K100D Super. :-) > I'm willing to endure a little risk to jumpstart my photo career. If I > managed to scrape up the wherewithall for a D800E and a couple of > zooms, the K20D would be its backup. > > >> Paul > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
