Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-12 Thread mike wilson
P. J. Alling wrote: It would also have been futile, M lenses don't auto focus... Focus confirmation, dear boy. Very ap(se)t in a church. On 9/11/2010 10:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: "*The flash does not discharge when using the AF540FGZ spotbeam exclusively as a focusing aid." (AF540FGZ ma

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
It would also have been futile, M lenses don't auto focus... On 9/11/2010 10:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: "*The flash does not discharge when using the AF540FGZ spotbeam exclusively as a focusing aid." (AF540FGZ manual - p56) From: "P. J. Alling" Which would have kind of defeated the purpose

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
"*The flash does not discharge when using the AF540FGZ spotbeam exclusively as a focusing aid." (AF540FGZ manual - p56) From: "P. J. Alling" Which would have kind of defeated the purpose when making this... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20prayerserviceatstmichaels.html

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
Which would have kind of defeated the purpose when making this... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20prayerserviceatstmichaels.html On 9/11/2010 8:48 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Just mount your AF540FGZ on the camera's hot-shoe and set the function to "Spotbeam". From: "P. J.

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 11, 2010, at 11:38, P. J. Alling wrote: > With fast lenses the newer cameras can pretty much see in the dark. Too bad > Pentax cameras can't focus in the dark. > I was in a dark bar last night discussing cameras with a guy who had an Olympus PEN. He was having focus problems, too - so

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
Just mount your AF540FGZ on the camera's hot-shoe and set the function to "Spotbeam". From: "P. J. Alling" With fast lenses the newer cameras can pretty much see in the dark. Too bad Pentax cameras can't focus in the dark. On 9/11/2010 12:25PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> > " At 25600 it loo

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread eckinator
2010/9/11 P. J. Alling : > >  With fast lenses the newer cameras can pretty much see in the dark.  Too > bad Pentax cameras can't focus in the dark. soft darkness looks much nicer though... think of it as night bokeh... Cheers Ecke - Cameras don’t shoot pe

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
With fast lenses the newer cameras can pretty much see in the dark. Too bad Pentax cameras can't focus in the dark. On 9/11/2010 12:25 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: " At 25600 it looks about the same as my old *istD at 1600, so I can at least stand by my second point. :)" John, Your wisdom

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
"  At 25600 it looks about the same as my old *istD at 1600, so I can at least stand by my second point. :)" John, Your wisdom is an inspiration to us all. ;-) The high iso stuff is amazing, isn't it? Glad I held onto my slow lenses. Your humble servant, Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread John Celio
There's really no point in asking this question right now. They've only just announced the cameras, no one's gotten their hands on them, much less tested them. Get with the times, John :-) Wow, I had no idea. Did someone already post that here and I just missed it? The noise levels look

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/11/2010 9:03 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Does anyone know if any work has been done on upgrading the sensors in the new bodies to avoid noise? Shoot in a forest.?? :-) Dave But then you'll hear the trees fall... -- "His lack of educa

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Tanya Love wrote: > Does anyone know if any work has been done on upgrading the sensors in the > new bodies to avoid noise? Shoot in a forest.?? :-) Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Tanya Love wrote: > Does anyone know if any work has been done on upgrading the sensors in the > new bodies to avoid noise?  Like seriously, if I didn't have noise reduction > in LR these days, I'd be trashing a LOT of my stuff - something I never had > to do with

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-11 Thread Miserere
On 11 September 2010 01:26, John Celio wrote: > > There's really no point in asking this question right now.  They've only > just announced the cameras, no one's gotten their hands on them, much less > tested them. Get with the times, John :-) Some K-r samples. First, comparisons at all ISOs:

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-10 Thread John Celio
Does anyone know if any work has been done on upgrading the sensors in the new bodies to avoid noise? Like seriously, if I didn't have noise reduction in LR these days, I'd be trashing a LOT of my stuff - something I never had to do with the *istD. There's really no point in asking this que

Re: New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-10 Thread paul stenquist
I'm certain that the K5 will show considerably less high ISO noise than the K7. However, I find that when exposures are accurate, noise with the k7 isn't objectionable up to ISO 800 or even 1600. For some purposes, like concert pics, 3200 is just fine. I expect that the K5 will soon be my main

New releases - any upgrades to the sensor noise??

2010-09-10 Thread Tanya Love
Does anyone know if any work has been done on upgrading the sensors in the new bodies to avoid noise? Like seriously, if I didn't have noise reduction in LR these days, I'd be trashing a LOT of my stuff - something I never had to do with the *istD. I need a second body very soon and was going to