With your encouragement Stan, some of us other luddites might come along too. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > I have decided to come into the 21st Century. No, I have decided to embrace > it! > > In the late spring this year Mark C. posted some of his stunning dragonfly > shots and mentioned focus stacking. In the discussion of his images he > mentioned focus peaking with the K-01. What, I queried, is focus peaking? He > and others gave explanations, I did some web searches to find more. Hummph I > muttered. Not of any real concern to me. > > In August participated in a workshop where I learned much more about focus > stacking, and I learned something about using Liveview. But focus peaking was > still a mystery to me. In my October workshop I learned more about stacking, > and was exposed to the benefits of HDR, something that had also been a > mystery to me. > > In my playing around since receiving my K-3 I have had an epiphany. This > stuff really works! The K-3 Liveview focus peaking capability combined with > focus stacking in post-processing is truly a game changer in macro > photography. Look at the image on the LCD, twiddle with the focus, and it is > as though a flashlight is playing across the image, highlighting the areas in > focus. And Bill reported how Liveview and face detection(!), another modern > gimmick, helped him in the studio. > > The advances in camera firmware/software and the UI really do make a > difference. I still prefer the M mode to AV or TV, but I have found that TAV > can play a meaningful role. (I know, that has been around for a couple of > generations, but it is part of the total new package.) I haven't been this > enthusiastic about a new camera since I first started using HyperProgram > mode. Life is good and the K-3 is a great tool. > > stan > -- > 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.
