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On Jul 16, 2013, at 8:02 PM, <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > As they say size does make a difference! > > All depends on the size/weight of the lens you're using and what you're > shooting. > > Try hand hold a 300mm lens while tracking a caribou for a few minutes! I prefer to hire native guides to do the tracking for me. stan > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zos Xavius" <zosxav...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Any new flagship camera rumors? > > >> I don't know about you, but over 1/200 I can rarely see much >> difference in hand held vs tripod and I am certainly capable of sharp >> pictures down to even 1/8s hand held with wide angle lenses. I have a >> few 1/4s pictures that I have kept even that were very sharp. If I >> have the slightest hint of camera shake, I tend not to keep the image. >> That's just me though. The moire on the K-5 IIs is troubling to me. At >> the apertures I shoot at, the gains in resolution would mostly be >> lost. Such is life. >> >> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Dario Bonazza >> <dario.bona...@virgilio.it> wrote: >>> You won't see evidence of the K-5IIs improvement over the K-5II in more than >>> 90% of handheld shots, as you don't have everything else in the quality >>> chain up to the task. >>> On the other hand, you'll have evidence of the K-5IIs improvement over the >>> K-5 (older model) in say 90% of shots in artificial light. >>> For some reason, the K-5IIs seems to manage noise a bit better than the >>> K-5II (and K-5) too. At least, the two K-5IIs bodies I had the chance to try >>> did so. >>> >>> Dario >>> >>> >>> -----Messaggio originale----- From: Aahz Maruch >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 7:17 PM >>> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: Any new flagship camera rumors? >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Dario Bonazza wrote: >>>> >>>> -----Messaggio originale----- From: Aahz Maruch >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Dario Bonazza wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Funny, as I thought of the 16MP sensor in the K-5IIs as the second >>>>>> most important reason to upgrade from the K-5 (the first one being >>>>>> of course the huge improvement in AF accuracy in odd light). 16MP is >>>>>> already more than I need and I'm happy to delay any forced pixel >>>>>> count increase as much as possible. That's a wonderful world, isn't >>>>>> it? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The K-5 has the same sensor, doesn't it? >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes, but without an anti-alias filter, which means a visible jump in >>>> resolution & sharpness when everything else (lens quality, steadiness >>>> & focus) is at best. >>> >>> >>> Missed that you were specifically talking about the IIs. Anyway, I took >>> both II and IIs on my Alaska cruise, will report whether I notice any >>> difference in sharpness (although there were essentially zero duplicate >>> shots taken with the same lens on both bodies). >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
