On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well > enough, or because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in > what situations does this present itself? If there is a work around, > what do you need to do to get the shot? > > Poor autofocus? Can't use the flash in the rain? Don't have enough > resolution to make wall sized prints?
Here, I'll play along with my Nikon P7100 (high-end P&S with 1/1.7" sensor): * Can't get shallow DOF except with macro, probably could learn to work around this with photo editing * Insufficient telephoto for some kinds of nature shots (28-200 equiv, I'm mostly not about wide-angle) * Good resolution maxes out at ISO400, 800 is usable, 1600 is desperation (or web-only); poor low-light performance particularly with telephoto as aperture closes * Dynamic range a tiny bit constricted, exposure metering often blows highlights (easily handled with the dedicated EV dial) * Slow card-writing performance, not really suitable for action photograpy (not a big deal for me, and I knew this going in, all reviews mention it) * Shutter speed maxes at 1/2000, aperture minimizes to F8 -- good thing there's a built-in 3-stop ND filter for bright light * 10MP means no wall-sized prints ;-) Overall, the only thing that really drives my wanting a better camera is low-light, I'd live with the rest easily enough. I note that I did experience some of the AF issues mentioned by others with the K-5, which rarely happens with my P7100 (that's why it's a P&S!). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
