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Christine - wel think a lot alike on these things... I would be unlikely to shoot more than 200 either and would, like you probably rather have more 8 gb cards than one 32 normally. Though in the situation I'll be in, with not a lot of time to chimp - and being all thumbs .. what I might do though, is shoot the wedding on once card and tuck it away before the reception and then if I feel like grabbing a few at the reception that I can't resist on a second card. Boris - I certainly will be practicing a lot :-) ann On 7/10/2013 22:56, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. A LOT!!! :-)) I only shoot on 8gig cards, so I don't know exactly how many frames fit on a 32 bigger. I think I get about 200 frames on an 8 gig card with RAW. I use 8 gigs because of the all eggs in one basket fear. Yep, you can turn off beeps on the K-5. You'll be amazed at how quiet the shutter is too. Can't wait to see your test/practice shots, Ann. You're going to have a lot of fun playing with the K-5 before your shoot. Cheers, Christine ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- 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.
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On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. I also recommend bringing a spare SD card reader, they're cheap. bring?? Aahz I'm not bringing a card reader to the wedding - its 30 minutes from my apartment by train, 10 by cab. :-) If I were going back to Alaska, you bet I'd bring lots of card - the smallness of the sd is an annoyance and I am klutzy, but I should have time to go to a second card if I need. I bet you think I have a laptop. hehe ann -- 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.
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full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. I did get the confirming email from KEH - I splurged on the UPS second day air and the regular UPS guy knows me - he actually helped me id a couple of the buildings in the Back in the Day calendar :-) sounds like 32gb is more than I'll need for the wedding. ann On 7/10/2013 22:00, Gerrit Visser wrote: Give or take 800 angels on a 32gb using DNG on a K5. Not sure if anyone mentioned it, the shutter is very quiet compared to K100D et al. Not silent but quiet. jpg takes more processing power in the camera, plus you want Raw anyway to processing :-) So may as well just shoot raw. I switched to raw only before our last trip and ain't going back. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- 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.
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On 7/11/2013 12:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Great news, Ann. You're going to enjoy your new camera. The only thing I can suggest is that you shoot extensively with K-5 before you do any serious work (such as your friend's wedding) with it. It has very different rhythm than *istD (or K10D for that matter, which is from where I transitioned to K-7). I do suggest that you set your K-5 to output DNGs. I don't even remember if it can do PEFs. It can. PEF or DNG. -- 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.
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As long as Elements 5.0 can read DNG you will be fine. K5 doesn't output PEF's Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:45 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. I did get the confirming email from KEH - I splurged on the UPS second day air and the regular UPS guy knows me - he actually helped me id a couple of the buildings in the Back in the Day calendar :-) sounds like 32gb is more than I'll need for the wedding. ann On 7/10/2013 22:00, Gerrit Visser wrote: Give or take 800 angels on a 32gb using DNG on a K5. Not sure if anyone mentioned it, the shutter is very quiet compared to K100D et al. Not silent but quiet. jpg takes more processing power in the camera, plus you want Raw anyway to processing :-) So may as well just shoot raw. I switched to raw only before our last trip and ain't going back. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- 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
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Please ignore, just found that setting -Original Message- From: Gerrit Visser [mailto:gerrit...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:54 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: soon to be enabled As long as Elements 5.0 can read DNG you will be fine. K5 doesn't output PEF's Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:45 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. I did get the confirming email from KEH - I splurged on the UPS second day air and the regular UPS guy knows me - he actually helped me id a couple of the buildings in the Back in the Day calendar :-) sounds like 32gb is more than I'll need for the wedding. ann On 7/10/2013 22:00, Gerrit Visser wrote: Give or take 800 angels on a 32gb using DNG on a K5. Not sure if anyone mentioned it, the shutter is very quiet compared to K100D et al. Not silent but quiet. jpg takes more processing power in the camera, plus you want Raw anyway to processing :-) So may as well just shoot raw. I switched to raw only before our last trip and ain't going back. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- PDML
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. I also recommend bringing a spare SD card reader, they're cheap. bring?? Aahz I'm not bringing a card reader to the wedding - its 30 minutes from my apartment by train, 10 by cab. :-) If I were going back to Alaska, you bet I'd bring lots of card - the smallness of the sd is an annoyance and I am klutzy, but I should have time to go to a second card if I need. Sorry! I think I got you and Walt mixed up. ;-) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Walt wrote: On 7/10/2013 11:48 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. Also, you might want to consider using something like a pair of tweezers to get the SD card out of the K-5. I found it a little more difficult to pull out of the slot than on any of my other bodies due to the weather sealing. It holds it fairly snugly, and if you don't use the right touch when you press and release it, it doesn't eject the card quite as far and it can be a little tough to grasp with your fingertips. That wasn't my experience with two or three different K-5 II bodies, so either they changed things a tiny bit, your body is a bit different from spec, or I just didn't notice because I'm reasonably good with fiddly bits. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
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Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. Not wishing to throw a spanner into the works but does Elements 5 support PEFs from the K5? I could be wrong (hopefully) but the ACR plugin for Elements 5 might not. If so, you may have to use DNGs. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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.
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On 7/11/2013 09:12, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: Aahz I'm not bringing a card reader to the wedding - its 30 minutes from my apartment by train, 10 by cab. :-) If I were going back to Alaska, you bet I'd bring lots of card - the smallness of the sd is an annoyance and I am klutzy, but I should have time to go to a second card if I need. Sorry! I think I got you and Walt mixed up. ;-) that's some mixup! ann -- 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.
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so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On 7/11/2013 09:19, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. Not wishing to throw a spanner into the works but does Elements 5 support PEFs from the K5? I could be wrong (hopefully) but the ACR plugin for Elements 5 might not. If so, you may have to use DNGs. -- 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.
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Walt, check for a tiny sliver of plastic broken off from an SD card during an earlier insertion. Some SD card brands have thin plastic ridges around the SD card's contacts. These are fragile and break off, usually in your SD slot or a card reader. Very poor design! I've experienced this in both places. A few puffs from a blower bulb aimed into the slot removed the plastic and fixed the problem for me. BTW, this doesn't happen with the SanDisk cards. Nudge-nudge. :-) On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Also, you might want to consider using something like a pair of tweezers to get the SD card out of the K-5. I found it a little more difficult to pull out of the slot than on any of my other bodies due to the weather sealing. It holds it fairly snugly, and if you don't use the right touch when you press and release it, it doesn't eject the card quite as far and it can be a little tough to grasp with your fingertips. -- -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.
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For the K5's raw file size, 16 GB cards might offer the best compromise between capacity, cost redundancy (eggs/baskets). On 7/11/2013 8:14 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Christine - wel think a lot alike on these things... I would be unlikely to shoot more than 200 either and would, like you probably rather have more 8 gb cards than one 32 normally. Though in the situation I'll be in, with not a lot of time to chimp - and being all thumbs .. what I might do though, is shoot the wedding on once card and tuck it away before the reception and then if I feel like grabbing a few at the reception that I can't resist on a second card. Boris - I certainly will be practicing a lot :-) ann On 7/10/2013 22:56, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. A LOT!!! :-)) I only shoot on 8gig cards, so I don't know exactly how many frames fit on a 32 bigger. I think I get about 200 frames on an 8 gig card with RAW. I use 8 gigs because of the all eggs in one basket fear. Yep, you can turn off beeps on the K-5. You'll be amazed at how quiet the shutter is too. Can't wait to see your test/practice shots, Ann. You're going to have a lot of fun playing with the K-5 before your shoot. Cheers, Christine ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- 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.
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Ann, for the quality of your final image: no practical difference. RAW is RAW. No lossy compression is used. One practical difference is how well compressed the RAW files are, and that affects your long-term file storage. Makes a difference when you have fifty thousand of them. Pentax created PEF is not as well compressed as Pentax created DNG which is not as well compressed as Adobe created DNG. So for best compression, create PEFs in camera then convert to DNG when importing into Lightroom or ACR. But since you are pulling your images into PSE for conversion to JPEG, you might be best off creating DNGs in camera as you're just going to be saving them to disk like that. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On 7/11/2013 09:19, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. Not wishing to throw a spanner into the works but does Elements 5 support PEFs from the K5? I could be wrong (hopefully) but the ACR plugin for Elements 5 might not. If so, you may have to use DNGs. -- 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. -- -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.
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? That doesn't matter much. I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? The difference is that DNG is an open standard (mostly true in practice in addition to theory), so any software that supports DNG works no matter what the manufacturer does, no need to wait for your software to get updated for your camera. It's one reason to like Pentax. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
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Ann, include me in that manner of thinking as well. It's my nature to do all to protect against my rampant forgetful accidents. If I collect an image that I'm heart racing excited about, I protect it by switching cards and putting the treasure work in safe bag storage. I, also, prefer a supply of 8 gb ( maybe a couple 16's) for my use. Looking forward to news of your experience. Jack From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 5:14 AM Subject: Re: soon to be enabled Christine - wel think a lot alike on these things... I would be unlikely to shoot more than 200 either and would, like you probably rather have more 8 gb cards than one 32 normally. Though in the situation I'll be in, with not a lot of time to chimp - and being all thumbs .. what I might do though, is shoot the wedding on once card and tuck it away before the reception and then if I feel like grabbing a few at the reception that I can't resist on a second card. Boris - I certainly will be practicing a lot :-) ann On 7/10/2013 22:56, Christine Aguila wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. A LOT!!! :-)) I only shoot on 8gig cards, so I don't know exactly how many frames fit on a 32 bigger. I think I get about 200 frames on an 8 gig card with RAW. I use 8 gigs because of the all eggs in one basket fear. Yep, you can turn off beeps on the K-5. You'll be amazed at how quiet the shutter is too. Can't wait to see your test/practice shots, Ann. You're going to have a lot of fun playing with the K-5 before your shoot. Cheers, Christine ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE
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On 7/11/2013 09:40, Bruce Walker wrote: Ann, for the quality of your final image: no practical difference. RAW is RAW. No lossy compression is used. good. One practical difference is how well compressed the RAW files are, and that affects your long-term file storage. Makes a difference when you have fifty thousand of them Pentax created PEF is not as well compressed as Pentax created DNG which is not as well compressed as Adobe created DNG. So for best compression, create PEFs in camera then convert to DNG when importing into Lightroom or ACR. what is ACR? just curious. If all you are saying is that PEF takes up more room than a DNG it doesn't matter. I'm not a big volume shooter at this stage. ann But since you are pulling your images into PSE for conversion to JPEG, you might be best off creating DNGs in camera as you're just going to be saving them to disk like that. On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On 7/11/2013 09:19, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. Not wishing to throw a spanner into the works but does Elements 5 support PEFs from the K5? I could be wrong (hopefully) but the ACR plugin for Elements 5 might not. If so, you may have to use DNGs. -- 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.
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On 7/11/2013 8:20 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. I also recommend bringing a spare SD card reader, they're cheap. bring?? Aahz I'm not bringing a card reader to the wedding - its 30 minutes from my apartment by train, 10 by cab. :-) If I were going back to Alaska, you bet I'd bring lots of card - the smallness of the sd is an annoyance and I am klutzy, but I should have time to go to a second card if I need. I bet you think I have a laptop. hehe ann These are really good for carrying spare SD cards: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/859448-REG/Think_Tank_211_SD_Pixel_Pocket_Rocket.html I have one each for my K10D another for my K20D. ... and I like these for SD card readers: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/811411-REG/Vivitar_VIV_CR_35_SD_Card_Reader.html That style card reader is small enough I keep one in the business card slot of each of the Pixel-Pockets. I also keep spares at each of my computers one in my laptop bag. -- 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.
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On 7/11/2013 9:53 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pentax created PEF is not as well compressed as Pentax created DNG which is not as well compressed as Adobe created DNG. So for best compression, create PEFs in camera then convert to DNG when importing into Lightroom or ACR. what is ACR? just curious. If all you are saying is that PEF takes up more room than a DNG it doesn't matter. I'm not a big volume shooter at this stage. ann ACR is Adobe Camera Raw. It's a program Adobe supplies with PhotoShop Lightroom that prepares your raw file to be opened by PhotoShop, Elements or Lightroom. ACR is periodically updated to add support for the raw file of newer cameras as they come out. Versions of ACR are specific to the version of PhotoShop, Elements or Lightroom you have, so when Adobe comes out with a new version of the program, the version of ACR that matches older versions are no longer updated. http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4920 The Camera Raw 6.3 plug-in is not compatible with versions of Photoshop Elements earlier than Photoshop Elements 9.0, or versions of Premiere Elements earlier than 9.0. The latest version of the Camera Raw plug-in available for Photoshop Elements 5.0 (Windows) is Camera Raw 4.5. But I don't think it will be a problem for K5 DNG files. -- 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.
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Ann - See my off-list message. -p On 7/11/2013 8:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On 7/11/2013 09:19, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. Not wishing to throw a spanner into the works but does Elements 5 support PEFs from the K5? I could be wrong (hopefully) but the ACR plugin for Elements 5 might not. If so, you may have to use DNGs. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- 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.
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Hmm. I hadn't thought of that. It just always feels like the rubber gasket is snug and kind of impedes the ejection. I sort of came to view it as a feature rather than a bug (good sealing vs. ease of removal), and that my stubby fingers and nails were more the source of the problem than the camera itself. I'll give that a whirl and see if it makes a difference. Thanks for the tip! -- Walt On 7/11/2013 8:31 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Walt, check for a tiny sliver of plastic broken off from an SD card during an earlier insertion. Some SD card brands have thin plastic ridges around the SD card's contacts. These are fragile and break off, usually in your SD slot or a card reader. Very poor design! I've experienced this in both places. A few puffs from a blower bulb aimed into the slot removed the plastic and fixed the problem for me. BTW, this doesn't happen with the SanDisk cards. Nudge-nudge. :-) On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Also, you might want to consider using something like a pair of tweezers to get the SD card out of the K-5. I found it a little more difficult to pull out of the slot than on any of my other bodies due to the weather sealing. It holds it fairly snugly, and if you don't use the right touch when you press and release it, it doesn't eject the card quite as far and it can be a little tough to grasp with your fingertips. -- -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.
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on 2013-07-11 6:44 Ann Sanfedele wrote Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. just a thought, this gig might be worth ensuring the images are backed up to a second drive (at least) as soon as you download them -- 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.
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I don't think that your version of Elements supports or can be made to support the K-5 version of the PEF format. You will probably need to shoot DNG or get the latest version of Adobe DNG converter and do it on your computer. I don't think there's any real advantage for you to be shooting PEF format with the k-5. Earlier Pentax cameras PEF files could be significantly smaller that DNG files but with the K-5 that's no longer an issue. I don't know how much memory your Dell has but if you can get enough to max it out I'd do it. The K20D which I'm using saves PEF files of 9 to 16 mb, (average 13-14), they expand when saved as TIFs to about 80mb, that's a pretty good analog to how much memory the un-manipulated image file will take up when you load it into memory, K-5 files will be probably twice that size. Invest in another terabyte of external storage I picked up a couple of 1tb external drives not long ago for under $40. It's amazing how fast they fill up. On 7/11/2013 8:44 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. I did get the confirming email from KEH - I splurged on the UPS second day air and the regular UPS guy knows me - he actually helped me id a couple of the buildings in the Back in the Day calendar :-) sounds like 32gb is more than I'll need for the wedding. ann On 7/10/2013 22:00, Gerrit Visser wrote: Give or take 800 angels on a 32gb using DNG on a K5. Not sure if anyone mentioned it, the shutter is very quiet compared to K100D et al. Not silent but quiet. jpg takes more processing power in the camera, plus you want Raw anyway to processing :-) So may as well just shoot raw. I switched to raw only before our last trip and ain't going back. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions
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The only difference between DNG and PEF from your perspective is the file extension, and the fact that your version of ELEMENTS can open the K-5 version, other than that nothing. The K20D and earlier cameras exported DNG files that were 30-40% larger than PEF files, that's the only reason I've stuck with shooting PEFs. On 7/11/2013 9:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On 7/11/2013 09:19, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. Not wishing to throw a spanner into the works but does Elements 5 support PEFs from the K5? I could be wrong (hopefully) but the ACR plugin for Elements 5 might not. If so, you may have to use DNGs. -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- 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.
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Steve they will be on the card and my harddrive - then on a memory stick for the groom AND on smugmug... I have unlimited storage space on Smugmgu, pretty much But of course you are right :-) ann On 7/11/2013 14:30, steve harley wrote: on 2013-07-11 6:44 Ann Sanfedele wrote Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. just a thought, this gig might be worth ensuring the images are backed up to a second drive (at least) as soon as you download them -- 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.
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Thanks PJ for this, and the other mail about pefs and dngs important info - will do DNGS for sure then YOu guys are much too worried about how much space I have, I think. ann On 7/11/2013 14:39, P.J. Alling wrote: The only difference between DNG and PEF from your perspective is the file extension, and the fact that your version of ELEMENTS can open the K-5 version, other than that nothing. The K20D and earlier cameras exported DNG files that were 30-40% larger than PEF files, that's the only reason I've stuck with shooting PEFs. On 7/11/2013 9:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On 7/11/2013 09:19, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: full disclosure time, I only have ELEMENTS 5.0 and it happily allows me to open PEF's and it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on changing what I'll be processing with. Many of you know I'm running Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that affects anything, changes any advice - etc. Not wishing to throw a spanner into the works but does Elements 5 support PEFs from the K5? I could be wrong (hopefully) but the ACR plugin for Elements 5 might not. If so, you may have to use DNGs. -- 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.
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Well Ann, you're going to get a huge increase in real resolution, and the files will tax your computer's capabilities. Now that you've got good eyes, you can enjoy it. You might want to check out buydig for a new K-5. They're selling for less than S100 more there than KEH is asking for good used ones. Sometimes buydig also has coupons that can save you a bit more too. On 7/10/2013 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- 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.
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: Well Ann, you're going to get a huge increase in real resolution, and the files will tax your computer's capabilities. Now that you've got good eyes, you can enjoy it. You might want to check out buydig for a new K-5. They're selling for less than S100 more there than KEH is asking for good used ones. Sometimes buydig also has coupons that can save you a bit more too. According to resellerratings.com, buydig has a 7.2 score vs 9.6 for keh; I'd stick with keh, I've had enough problems even from high-scoring companies. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/BuyDig_Beachtr http://www.resellerratings.com/store/KEH_Camera_Brokers http://www.resellerratings.com/store/B_H_Photo_Video_Pro_Audio -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
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Wow. Forget buying another k-7. If I just wait a little while a k-30 or even k-5 will be cheap enough to consider as a backup. Either would be a step up in IQ. The focus peaking on the k-30 intrigues me too. Too bad the engine is only 12-bit. :( On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: Well Ann, you're going to get a huge increase in real resolution, and the files will tax your computer's capabilities. Now that you've got good eyes, you can enjoy it. You might want to check out buydig for a new K-5. They're selling for less than S100 more there than KEH is asking for good used ones. Sometimes buydig also has coupons that can save you a bit more too. According to resellerratings.com, buydig has a 7.2 score vs 9.6 for keh; I'd stick with keh, I've had enough problems even from high-scoring companies. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/BuyDig_Beachtr http://www.resellerratings.com/store/KEH_Camera_Brokers http://www.resellerratings.com/store/B_H_Photo_Video_Pro_Audio -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
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Congratulations - you'll enjoy your new gadget! As far as numbering, I don't change the file number, but I do add to it. I started getting confused, well, more confused, about the time I had three different IMPG-2132 files and decided it was time for a new strategy. On import, files are renamed with a mmdd prefix. I also use the camera's capability to change the impg to something like _K5_. The final file name then is mmdd_K5_, and there is no chance of confusion with an image taken on the same day with a different camera, or with an image with the same camera 1 shots ago. stan On Jul 10, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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Congratulations on getting the K-5. To paraphrase the Men's Wearhouse guy...You're gonna like the way it works...I guarantee it I still shoot PEFs and let Lightroom convert to DNG upon import as the Adobe conversion gives a slightly smaller file size. If I think I'll need a quick turnaround to put up a gallery, I'll shoot RAW+JPG with the JPG set to the smallest file size so they're web-ready. -p On 7/10/2013 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- 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.
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Ann I get Lightroom to add the date to the start of each file name so it makes it easier to find pictures taken on a particular occasion. I only use raw, dng version. I you need a jpeg on site you can always process it individually in the camera. I normally leave the AWB alone and do any colour correction in Lightroom. For a wedding you need to concentrate on the action not camera settings. The higher ISO performance of these cameras is amazing so a flash is often not needed. Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 11/07/13 1:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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Everyone - This is what I ordered from KEH tonight http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Digital-Camera-Bodies/1/sku-DP029991177660?r=FE# ... then got and email saying they wouldnt take my credit card money until they saw that they have the item in stock for sure. (tomorrow) fingers crossed ... Thanks for all the good input re the K-5 - I do have a good card reader that reads both CFs and SD's so I'm all set there. Definitely well get a spare battery. Have been happy with the PEF's the istD puts out, why would I need to DNG? (serious question) Can't imagine anything larger that an 16 gb sd card would be needed but I'll get a 32 as several of you mention it. I'll get to scout out the venue before the event (though I've been thre once before) It will be a relatively small wedding - maybe 65 to 70 and not a formal affair - Groom will not be wearing a tie. Bride is wearing (oh dear) _black_. should I worry about my friend the groom???:-) I'll only be shooting officially for a couple of hours.. posed pics before, then the very short ceremony. And the venue unencumbered by people, probably. In answer to the lens question, I doubt I'll be using the manual primes jsut the 18-55 kit lens and the 55-300, maybe. I'm not even sure I'll bother with that. I'll bring the istd bondy for backup. And pack my bag with the flash and rubber-band and card reflector - but hope I don't have to bring it out. I've done a fair number of weddings over the years, but all with film. Though the events I've shot with digital is basically the same kind of shooting . I want to get comfortable with the camera fast as I can. Not too fancy. ann On 7/10/2013 11:35, David J Brooks wrote: Ann. I have shot a few indoor events, no flash with iso around 3200 or higher and they came out fine in AWB. I shoot DNG's, my LR can handle the Pefs but my PS is old and does not handle the PEFs. I find LR 4 handles any noise just fine. I used to shoot raw/jpeg so i could load up a jalbum quikly Dave On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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Give or take 800 angels on a 32gb using DNG on a K5. Not sure if anyone mentioned it, the shutter is very quiet compared to K100D et al. Not silent but quiet. jpg takes more processing power in the camera, plus you want Raw anyway to processing :-) So may as well just shoot raw. I switched to raw only before our last trip and ain't going back. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- 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.
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I made a quick on-line search, and it looks like you can get 2 - good quality 32GB Class 10 SDHC cards for slightly less than the cost of a single 64GB SDXC Class 10 card of the same quality. I'm not sure where BH is located in relation to where Ann lives, but if I'm calculating it correctly it comes out to about a $2 savings getting 2x32GB Cl 10 over 1x64GB Cl 10. Might be worth the walk if you're going out to exercise anyway? Plus the benefit of not having all your eggs in one basket. On 7/10/2013 2:03 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: Realistically, I doubt that you need more than a 32G card, which was at the peak for storage/dollar the last time I checked. A year ago, I shot for a week at dance/music events and used less than 32G per day. As people know, I am not shy about taking extra shots with digital, just to make sure that one of them turns out. Twice on my Alaska trip I ran through a 32GB card in a single day, so if Ann's at all worried about storage, my strong advice would be to go for 64GB (I'm glad I took my primary's advice about getting a pair of 32GB cards in addition to the pair of 16GB I started with). This was very little video, very little continuous shooting, and a fair number of bracket shots. Per previous e-mail, this was DNG, no JPEG. Another option might be to go for the EyeFi, but that would be pretty spendy -- just mentioning it for the record. -- 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.
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Ann, that is =excellent=. You're gonna love it. Except for testing purposes, I've not used the flash with the camera in ~9000 exposures. The low light sensitivity is wonderful. I use straight DNG output (~300 shots fit on an 8GB card), rename them on import into Lightroom (Bloggs Weddg 8-13 #__), and processing is simple from that point. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:09 AM Subject: soon to be enabled I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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Maybe not the best comparison, since he got fired last month. ;-D On 7/10/2013 8:12 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Congratulations on getting the K-5. To paraphrase the Men's Wearhouse guy...You're gonna like the way it works...I guarantee it I still shoot PEFs and let Lightroom convert to DNG upon import as the Adobe conversion gives a slightly smaller file size. If I think I'll need a quick turnaround to put up a gallery, I'll shoot RAW+JPG with the JPG set to the smallest file size so they're web-ready. -p On 7/10/2013 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. A LOT!!! :-)) I only shoot on 8gig cards, so I don't know exactly how many frames fit on a 32 bigger. I think I get about 200 frames on an 8 gig card with RAW. I use 8 gigs because of the all eggs in one basket fear. Yep, you can turn off beeps on the K-5. You'll be amazed at how quiet the shutter is too. Can't wait to see your test/practice shots, Ann. You're going to have a lot of fun playing with the K-5 before your shoot. Cheers, Christine ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- 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.
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Great news, Ann. You're going to enjoy your new camera. The only thing I can suggest is that you shoot extensively with K-5 before you do any serious work (such as your friend's wedding) with it. It has very different rhythm than *istD (or K10D for that matter, which is from where I transitioned to K-7). I do suggest that you set your K-5 to output DNGs. I don't even remember if it can do PEFs. And certainly - welcome back! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- Boris -- 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.
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. I also recommend bringing a spare SD card reader, they're cheap. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
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On 7/10/2013 11:48 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. I also recommend bringing a spare SD card reader, they're cheap. Also, you might want to consider using something like a pair of tweezers to get the SD card out of the K-5. I found it a little more difficult to pull out of the slot than on any of my other bodies due to the weather sealing. It holds it fairly snugly, and if you don't use the right touch when you press and release it, it doesn't eject the card quite as far and it can be a little tough to grasp with your fingertips. -- Walt -- 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.
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? For my Alaska cruise, I decided to skip the JPEGs to make the camera a little faster and save room on the SD cards. I used DNG instead of PEF, makes more sense because I'm on Linux. I'd stick with keh.com as a reliable source, myself (bhphoto.com has some things keh doesn't, but it's more spendy, so anything on keh gets priority IMO). You probably could save money by getting an EX or EX+ instead of LN-, keh seems to be conservative in their ratings. What lenses were you thinking of using? -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
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Congratulations Ann! You are going to LOVE the K-5. I think you will be happy with the AWB in most situations. You will need SD cards instead of the CF cards that the *istD uses (and thus a different card reader/adapter). The cheap USB adapters on ebay work fine. Update to the latest firmware as soon as you get your body. I would recommend getting the 64GB Sony SDXC card so you don't have to worry about changing out cards during the wedding/reception. It also reads/writes very fast. http://www.adorama.com/ISO64GSXC10U.html On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- 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.
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Hi Ann Welcome to the joys of K5-land. K5 outputs DNG so no conversion needed. I used to shoot only jpg until I finally got the hang of LR, now it is Raw only. LR can take care of fixing the WB, I think mine is set to cloudy on the camera. (Bruce had it for a while so have to check :-) High ISO is awesome, I will shortly post a shot taken handheld from back of an auditorium. This link brings you to a set of photos taken with just the avail ligth indoors: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.299828163432435type=1 Hope that helps a bit Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:09 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: soon to be enabled I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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I have no problems shooting in AWB with the K-5. I always make sure I have some frames with gray or white in them, so I can readjust white balance when converting if necessary, but AWB usually nails it. Tungsten light would be an exception, but as long as you have that gray or white reference you don't have to worry. You shouldn't have any trouble shooting without flash at the ceremony and for portraits. Ideally, you'll want to do the portraits outdoors in shade or backlit with a reflector at camera -- but you know that. I'd try a bit of both. At the ceremony I wouldn't hesitate to go at ISO 3200 and would go to 6400 if necessary, particularly for BW shots. Best, Paul On Jul 10, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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Ann. I have shot a few indoor events, no flash with iso around 3200 or higher and they came out fine in AWB. I shoot DNG's, my LR can handle the Pefs but my PS is old and does not handle the PEFs. I find LR 4 handles any noise just fine. I used to shoot raw/jpeg so i could load up a jalbum quikly Dave On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
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You have been anointed ! I'm so pleased for you. It's all even sweetened due to its being acquired as a direct result of applying your considerable photographic (artistic) skill. Your good friend is getting a bargain. Great!! Jack - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:09 AM Subject: soon to be enabled I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:09:18AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. Excellent news Ann! IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? I have jpeg set at 2MP, so that when I need JPEGs right away, they are already sized for the web and don't take up a lot of space. I don't often use RAW+JPEG, but if I need JPEGS, I do it that way rather than setting it to JPEG, if for no other reason than to prevent me from losing raw files by forgetting to set it back. any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Welcome back. I am sure that you will like the K-5. Third party spare batteries are not very expensive. It takes a few charge cycles to get the full capacity out of a new battery. If you don't like fumbling with SD cards, just invest in a 64GB card. It will last you through the whole wedding. I know that this suggestion borders on heresy, you could also tell your friend that if they buy a Sandisk extreme 64GB card for you to use, once you have copied all the files onto your computer for processing, you could just give them the huge card with all of the raw (or raw and web sized jpegs) files to keep. Realistically, I doubt that you need more than a 32G card, which was at the peak for storage/dollar the last time I checked. A year ago, I shot for a week at dance/music events and used less than 32G per day. As people know, I am not shy about taking extra shots with digital, just to make sure that one of them turns out. One advantage of the bigger card, and spare battery, is that would give you plenty of extra storage and battery for taking video clips. I also recommend that you experiment with live view, before the event. When shooting in low light situations, live view can be invaluable for framing, and particularly for manual focus. Make sure that you go through the menu ahead of time, and turn off all of the beeps. Regards, ann -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
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Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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.
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On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: Realistically, I doubt that you need more than a 32G card, which was at the peak for storage/dollar the last time I checked. A year ago, I shot for a week at dance/music events and used less than 32G per day. As people know, I am not shy about taking extra shots with digital, just to make sure that one of them turns out. Twice on my Alaska trip I ran through a 32GB card in a single day, so if Ann's at all worried about storage, my strong advice would be to go for 64GB (I'm glad I took my primary's advice about getting a pair of 32GB cards in addition to the pair of 16GB I started with). This was very little video, very little continuous shooting, and a fair number of bracket shots. Per previous e-mail, this was DNG, no JPEG. Another option might be to go for the EyeFi, but that would be pretty spendy -- just mentioning it for the record. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://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.
