I used to shoot K25 handheld with Nikon. Those shots seemed better than many I have gotten lately. It sometimes makes me leery of autofocus. It always seems to me that what is in the viewfinder is way sharper than what hits the sensor, and I will probably upgrade me screen on the K5 to something with a split center.
And at 62, my hands are shakier. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 30, 2012, at 15:54, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > It often seems that the bulk of my photography is in situations where I'm > pretty much trying to make the best of a bad situation, and I'm not so much > going for a sharp photo, but a photo that is as sharp as I can get at the > moment. > > Call me bourgeois, but the poor technical quality (sharpness, exposure etc.) > of my photos has been bothering me lately. > > What have you done, if anything, to improve the technical quality of your > photography, and how much difference did it make? > I can't really afford equipment upgrades at the moment, but if changing gear > made a huge difference, that's important to know. > > In a related note, if people have noticed consistent technical flaws that I > make, like camera motion, or poor focus, that would also be helpful, and they > could send me recommendations wither on, or off, list. > > One thing that I do intend to do is start taking some photos in situations > where it's theoretically possible to get extremely sharp photos, so that, > frankly, I don't have any excuses that I can blame on the gear. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
