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I need: 1) Higher ISO for night shots. Faster lenses might help, too. 2) Longer lenses for nature shots. Both of those would be nicely addressed by newer equipment so my shortcoming is monetary. HTH. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen Sent: April 15, 2013 4/15/13 To:

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From: Bipin Gupta In comparing the APS-C K20D and FF LX Viewfinders, Rob & PJ, you forget that the LX view finder is obviously almost 1.5 times brighter, being a FF camera and hence much brighter and larger. Then you mention "LX with a good screen", which again with its micro prism and split scre

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Okay. That makes a difference. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/17/2013 10:39:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, a...@pobox.com writes: On Wed, Apr 17, 2013, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 15/4/13, Aahz Maruch, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>Except that the Fuji mount has no real telephoto

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=really good= EVF; and half to 2/3 the size and weight of the K-5. Oh, and interchangeable lenses. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tim Bray To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 11:31 AM Subject: Re: What are the shortcomings of

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 15/4/13, Aahz Maruch, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>Except that the Fuji mount has no real telephoto capability > > Uh oh... > > So I was r

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On 15/4/13, Aahz Maruch, discombobulated, unleashed: >Except that the Fuji mount has no real telephoto capability Uh oh... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O)

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013, Bill wrote: > On 17/04/2013 9:36 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: >> >>PS: after the Boston serial bombing, we had a very bad case of >>terrorist bombing today in Bangalore where I live. Glad nobody got killed, hope you're doing okay. > I feel blessed that none of the really bad peopl

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On Apr 15, 2013, at 18:55 , Rob Studdert wrote: > > The K5 or even Kx provide so much more latitude in post processing > exposure manipulation than does the K20 it's stark, and the noise > characteristic of the K5 sensor is very non-intrusive, if you like the > grain of the K20 you can always add

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On 17/04/2013 9:36 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: "That doesn't work when I am photographing dancers. When shooting subjects moving around such as dancers and musicians, you can get some idea of composition, and wait for them to be in the right spot, but you can't necessarily prefocus. If I try to focus

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > > Honestly Larry, Bill, Bruce, David & Paul, I did not have fast paced > action in mind when I referred to the center focus point and > recomposing technique. Nor did I particularly, Bipin. More critical for me is the loss of focus inherent i

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013, Bipin Gupta wrote: > > Hey, why are you guys switching focus points when framing your > subject. I am told the center point is the most accurate. So I focus > on the subject using the center point, hold the shutter half way down, > and while still holding it recompose the shot

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On 17 April 2013 15:53, Bipin Gupta wrote: > In comparing the APS-C K20D and FF LX Viewfinders, Rob & PJ, you > forget that the LX view finder is obviously almost 1.5 times brighter, > being a FF camera and hence much brighter and larger. Then you mention > "LX with a good screen", which again wit

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I use single autofocus points, but shift them constantly. As Bruce said, for portraits I generally use one of the upper autofocus points. The specific choice is dependent on which eye is closest and the framing. I've become rather adept at changing points on the fly with my thumb and frequently

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I'll just add that if you think focus is critical now, wait until you have a stupidly high MP count. 2 things that routinely "spoil" my D800 (FF, 36MP) shots are diffraction & slight back or front focus. Downsize the images to a more sensible number of MP's the problem isn't apparent. DS On 17 A

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Bipin, besides the excellent (and both relevant to me) reasons that Larry and Bill point out, if you have your aperture very wide open, say above f/4, if you focus/hold/recompose, you are now out-of-focus as your DoF is quite shallow. *Especially* at f/1.4 where a tiny bit of movement by either pho

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On 17/04/2013 1:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 16, 2013, at 11:36 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Hey, why are you guys switching focus points when framing your subject. I am told the center point is the most accurate. So I focus on the subject using the center point, hold the shutter half way down, a

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On Apr 16, 2013, at 11:36 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > Hey, why are you guys switching focus points when framing your > subject. I am told the center point is the most accurate. So I focus > on the subject using the center point, hold the shutter half way down, > and while still holding it recompose

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: What are the shortcomings of your gear? on 2013-04-16 13:41 Walt wrote > I'm surprised by how many people find that an issue. I've always > thought of camera heft as a feature rather than a bug. i carry a K-5 and one or two primes often, and my shoulder feels the heft as enou

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On 16/04/2013 2:00 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Walt wrote: I'm surprised by how many people find [weight] an issue. I've always thought of camera heft as a feature rather than a bug. I walk my dog in the park every day. I only take my K20D along when I've pre-decid

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on 2013-04-16 13:41 Walt wrote I'm surprised by how many people find that an issue. I've always thought of camera heft as a feature rather than a bug. i carry a K-5 and one or two primes often, and my shoulder feels the heft as enough of a detriment that i'm sure i'll be in the mirrorless camp

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On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Walt wrote: > I'm surprised by how many people find [weight] an issue. I've always thought > of > camera heft as a feature rather than a bug. I walk my dog in the park every day. I only take my K20D along when I've pre-decided it's "picture taking time". I should

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I'm surprised by how many people find that an issue. I've always thought of camera heft as a feature rather than a bug. I might balk at that characterization if I ever had to lug around a full-frame or medium format for any significant length of time. But, I will say that the weight of the K20

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From: Aahz Maruch On Tue, Apr 16, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote: On 4/16/2013 2:19 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I've been getting a big kick out of this thread. I guess I am not the only one, by far, who is concerned with camera weight. It is very reassuring. Look up Ugol's Law. ;-) http://www

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MARK! In a message dated 4/16/2013 6:47:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, gsi...@gmail.com writes: Actually, my easy chair is more of a hindrance to my photography than any feature of my camera. It needs a feature that automatically ejects the sitter at random intervals. gs George Sinos --

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Actually, my easy chair is more of a hindrance to my photography than any feature of my camera. It needs a feature that automatically ejects the sitter at random intervals. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Aahz Maruc

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 01:51:11PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> I do agree with you on the focusing screen, which is why I use a >>> Katz Eye which is very good. >> >> Larry's K-x viewfinder seemed much d

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On Tue, Apr 16, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 4/16/2013 2:19 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: >> >>I've been getting a big kick out of this thread. I guess I am not >>the only one, by far, who is concerned with camera weight. It is very >>reassuring. Look up Ugol's Law. ;-) http://www.everything2

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Camera weight, (or mass), is an interesting thing really. You want less when you're carrying it, and more when you're trying to hold it steady for a shot. On 4/16/2013 2:19 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I've been getting a big kick out of this thread. I guess I am not the only one, by far, who

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I've been getting a big kick out of this thread. I guess I am not the only one, by far, who is concerned with camera weight. It is very reassuring. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

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On 15/04/2013 9:51 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Judging by the replies to my question, the one major shortcoming that would be addressed by going to full frame is that it would be a larger viewfinder that would make focusing easier. Full frame would also increase the ability to crop a salvag

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, Tim Bray wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> >> Except that the Fuji mount has no real telephoto capability > > Hm? Why not? Granted, they're not shipping any real telephotos yet, > but is there a problem in principle? -T Of course there's no

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I'm coming from that I still use an istD, so my wants would probably be satisfied with a K5 or later! For my very lively grandchildren faster frame-rate and AF would be good. More pixels would be nice if I do have to crop severely, but I've not really noticed 6mp being a huge limitation for me.

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: > Except that the Fuji mount has no real telephoto capability Hm? Why not? Granted, they’re not shipping any real telephotos yet, but is there a problem in principle? -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

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On 16 April 2013 14:05, Bipin Gupta wrote: > It has been repeatedly said in this Forum and by many great > Photographers, that it's not the Gear, rather the Photographer's skill > and his understanding and mastery of his Gear. > We can go on whining and whining, and blaming our Gear, when we know

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ssage - From: "Tim Bray" Subject: Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear? On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Rick Womer wrote: The camera I would like would have the K-5's resolution, noise level, and ISO capability; a =really good= EVF; and half to 2/3 the size and weight

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at I once felt were keepers, but now find fault with & it has nothing to do with the technical end but mostly compositional matters. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" Subject: Re: What are the shortco

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, Tim Bray wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> >> The camera I would like would have the K-5's resolution, noise level, >> and ISO capability; a =really good= EVF; and half to 2/3 the size and >> weight of the K-5. Oh, and interchangeable lenses. > >

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Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear? Judging by the replies to my question, the one major shortcoming that would be addressed by going to full frame is that it

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m Bray > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Cc: > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 11:31 AM > Subject: Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear? > > Starting sometime a single-digit number of years ago, it became > painfully clear to me that the number of times the limiting factor in

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 06:16:41PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: > Amen, Tim.  I'n really not interested in a "full frame" camera, because it's > going to be larger and heavier than my K-5.  The size and weight of the K-5 > are the reason I don't carry it with me more. > > The camera I would like wou

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level, and ISO capability; a =really good= EVF; and half to 2/3 the size and weight of the K-5.  Oh, and interchangeable lenses. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Tim Bray To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 11:31 AM Subject: Re

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Same here!  In fact, most would -not- meet my current standards. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Larry Colen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 8:20 PM Subject: Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear? I will say that

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On 16 April 2013 01:20, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Maybe I'm old school. When I shot dancers with the 'blad (80mm) last month, > knowing the flash output I kept a near fixed distance from the action. That > way the focus did not have to change. 4 of 11 shots were presentable. > The non-presen

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Judging by the replies to my question, the one major shortcoming that would be addressed by going to full frame is that it would be a larger viewfinder that would make focusing easier. Conversely, for the same Field of View, we would be using longer lenses which would make focusing that much more

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on 2013-04-15 2:12 Larry Colen wrote What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or because it doesn't have a feature that you need? not lost photos per se, but i think the mechanics of getting photos off the camera and doing something useful with them is the mo

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On 16 April 2013 01:53, P. J. Alling wrote: > People can complain about autofocusing all they want, but photographers made > do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good photographs. > Even in fast action situations. My beef is with the metering system on the > K20D. I often feel t

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On 4/15/2013 4:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote: I do agree with you on the focusing screen, which is why I use a Katz Eye which is very good. Larry's K-x viewfinder seemed much darker than the K-5 or K-30, which I attributed to the Katz Eye -- is my suppositio

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 01:51:11PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > > I do agree with you on the focusing screen, which is why I use a > > Katz Eye which is very good. > > Larry's K-x viewfinder seemed much darker than the K-5 or K-30, which I > attribut

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote: > > I do agree with you on the focusing screen, which is why I use a > Katz Eye which is very good. Larry's K-x viewfinder seemed much darker than the K-5 or K-30, which I attributed to the Katz Eye -- is my supposition correct? -- Hugs and backrubs -- I

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On 15/04/2013 11:44 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 4/15/2013 12:16 PM, Bill wrote: On 15/04/2013 9:53 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: People can complain about autofocusing all they want, but photographers made do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good photographs. Even in fast action s

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 01:12:29AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or > because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does > this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to

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on 2013-04-15 10:27 Stan Halpin wrote *Note: a "perfect" AF system would read my mind and focus on what I think is the "right" point in the scene. Many moons ago a guy who worked for me had a Canon with an eyeball sensor which was said to AF on the point you looked at in the scene. It didn't wo

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Well, don't know. I always claim my blind luck was skill. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/15/2013 10:47:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, postmas...@robertstech.com writes: P. J. Alling wrote: >Skill is often mistaken for blind luck. And vice-versa! -- Mark Roberts - Photography &

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 2:07 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "P. J. Alling" > >> Skill is often mistaken for blind luck. > > It's mistaking blind luck for skill that gets you in trouble. Skill is learning to shoot often enough that blind luck becomes statistically significant. -- -bmw -- PDML

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From: "P. J. Alling" Skill is often mistaken for blind luck. It's mistaking blind luck for skill that gets you in trouble. -- 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

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> On 2013-04-15 4:12, Larry Colen wrote: >> What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing >> well enough, The photos that are so good I can retire on the royalties. I blame the camera. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

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On 4/15/2013 1:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Skill is often mistaken for blind luck. And vice-versa! Not in my case, it's blind luck. -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

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Unfortunately in low enough light the noise on my K20D takes on a linear pattern, that's obviously digital in nature. Badly under exposed images, which happen more often than I like to think about, really bring it out, and there's not much I seem to be able to do about it. On 4/15/2013 10:57 A

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That doesn't seem to be a general problem however... On 4/15/2013 10:46 AM, John Sessoms wrote: My K20D has a hotspot with a clump of about 150 dead pixels. It's a pain to Photoshop out. -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account).

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On 4/15/2013 12:16 PM, Bill wrote: On 15/04/2013 9:53 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: People can complain about autofocusing all they want, but photographers made do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good photographs. Even in fast action situations. This was back when viewfinders we

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Talking about the K20D, and in order of relevance: - Size, weight...it makes me lazy to take it with me - High ISO, i would like to be able to shoot 6400 without hesitation, as K-5 owners say they do. - AF in low light, moving subjects,... I have missed many pictures because of this - Articulate

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> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, >> or because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations >> does this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do >> t

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On 15/04/2013 9:53 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: People can complain about autofocusing all they want, but photographers made do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good photographs. Even in fast action situations. This was back when viewfinders were a decent size and manufacturers p

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People can complain about autofocusing all they want, but photographers made do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good photographs. Even in fast action situations. My beef is with the metering system on the K20D. I often feel that my (gasp), more that 50 year old Spotmatic, a

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Starting sometime a single-digit number of years ago, it became painfully clear to me that the number of times the limiting factor in shot quality was the camera rather than its operator was declining to very nearly zero. The only shortcoming of my K-5 is its size and weight, as the time spent wi

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>I've found the most workable solution for dancing or other face paced >movement on stage is to use centre point AF sensor and disconnect AF >from the shutter button half press, you can then use either AF S or C >mode independent of the shutter. Maybe I'm old school. When I shot dancers with the

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On 16 April 2013 00:57, Bruce Walker wrote: > Funny. I love it. I love that its noise looks like film grain and I > sometimes leave it as-is. It's what happens in the shadows even at relatively low ISO that I can't tolerate. I basically never picked up my K20 after I bought my Kx based on sensor

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On 16 April 2013 00:57, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > I did have some problems with casual dancer shots earlier, with the K-x that > came before my K5, where the AF fine adjustment was the issue. Now I look > forward to people in motion. My first thought is just a center AF point. I've found the

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>Manual focus might be OK in a fairly relaxed environment ie no rush >and a single model but watching pros at work in studio where there are >multiple models and clothing changes I would say AF is pretty much >mandatory. If AF is reliable (and the top end Canon and Nikon DSLRs >appear to be) it jus

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 16 April 2013 00:46, John Sessoms wrote: >> My K20D has a hotspot with a clump of about 150 dead pixels. It's a pain to >> Photoshop out. > > Pentax may have benefitted due to their dalliance with Samsung but I > really don't think that i

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >>Unreliable AF with my studio lights is a huge problem. > > You use AF in a studio setting? What f/l are you using? I'm surprised that you seem surprised. Everyone I've shot with uses AF in the studio. That's one of the main reasons for

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On 16 April 2013 00:46, John Sessoms wrote: > My K20D has a hotspot with a clump of about 150 dead pixels. It's a pain to > Photoshop out. Pentax may have benefitted due to their dalliance with Samsung but I really don't think that it was good for us as photographers, I really hated that sensor.

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On 15/04/2013 8:19 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 16 April 2013 00:08, Paul Stenquist wrote: I found that surprising as well. My DA* 50-135 focuses fine with the modeling lights of my strobes, but I generally focus manually for studio work. Why not? Manual focus might be OK in a fairly relaxed e

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On 15/04/2013 8:08 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Apr 15, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Unreliable AF with my studio lights is a huge problem. You use AF in a studio setting? What f/l are you using? I found that surprising as well. My DA* 50-135 focuses fine with the modeling

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On 16 April 2013 00:08, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I found that surprising as well. My DA* 50-135 focuses fine with the modeling > lights of my strobes, but I generally focus manually for studio work. Why not? Manual focus might be OK in a fairly relaxed environment ie no rush and a single model b

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On 15/04/2013 7:52 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Unreliable AF with my studio lights is a huge problem. You use AF in a studio setting? What f/l are you using? Usually the 55/1.4 or the 70mm or 77mm. The Nikon owners at the studio all used AF as well, and couldn't believe the amount of grie

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On Apr 15, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >> Unreliable AF with my studio lights is a huge problem. > > You use AF in a studio setting? What f/l are you using? > I found that surprising as well. My DA* 50-135 focuses fine with the modeling lights of my strobes, but I generally f

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On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > With the K5 I mainly lose pics due to poor AF in low light, supposedly > the solution is to upgrade to K5II bodies but frankly in the swap I > would get stuff all but the AF that the K5 should have had for > significantly added expense. My

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>Unreliable AF with my studio lights is a huge problem. You use AF in a studio setting? What f/l are you using? -- 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 dire

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On 15/04/2013 2:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote: What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to get the shot? Poor au

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Actually, I do still have a film camera. But blads are not good for action shooting. http://www.apug.org/gallery1/showimage.php?i=71585&catid=member&imageuser=21 541 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

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On 2013-04-15 4:12, Larry Colen wrote: What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to get the shot? The two main

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I have a Canon T2. I've had it about a year, and am still learning it, because I haven't shot with it that much. 1. Sometimes the shutter doesn't release in low light. So I usually increase the shutter speed in those situations. I haven't played that much with increasing the ISO yet. This

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Larry, To paraphrase William Shakespear, The problem Horatio is not in our gear, but in our selves. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or > because it doesn't have a feature that you ne

Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear?

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well > enough, or because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in > what situations does this present itself? If there is a work around, > what do you need to do to get the shot? > >

Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear?

On Apr 15, 2013, at 4:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or > because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does > this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to > get the

Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear?

Well, Larry. 1. I live in Israel - the sun of almost eternal bright sun. So any small mistake in exposure metering either on my side or on the side of my camera that involves bright areas means mostly lost shot for me. It is w.r.t. K-5. It does not protect itself very well from bright sun, in a ma

Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear?

On 15 April 2013 18:12, Larry Colen wrote: > What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or > because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does > this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to > get the shot?