On 1/10/2013 9:58 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
From my experience shooting in very low light, I don't tend to like
to push the ISO on the K-5 past 12,800. Sometimes I'll go as high
as 16,000 when I don't have any choice. Last night I was
photographing a benefit concert for a friend whose house had bu
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From: "Larry Colen"
Subject: The K-5 continues to surprise me
On the not so happy side, I don't know how many of my shots were lost due
to the camera focusing on the microphone. Even when I'm using a focus
point on the far side of the d
On 11 January 2013 09:25, Charles Robinson wrote:
>
> I'm looking forward to shooting at higher ISOs with the K5 and leaving the
> aperture at 4 or 5.6. This will let AF (and my poor MF) not have to be so
> spot-on.
>
> At least that is my working theory. We'll see how this pans out.
Good the
On Jan 10, 2013, at 16:20 , Rob Studdert wrote:
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> Cyclic coloured lighting is the bane of my existence when shooting
> concerts, the focus shifts as the colours cycle. I've taken to using
> centre point focus, disconnecting the AF action from the shutter
> button and using the back AF button an
On 11 January 2013 07:22, Bruce Walker wrote:
> I find that when using AF with stage performers you need to acquire
> focus and fire the shutter immediately. If you go manual, then you
> have to be riding the focus constantly and firing the shutter whenever
> you think you've got it.
Cyclic colo
On Jan 10, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> Larry answered:
>> I asked:
>>> Larry Colen wrote:
hitting the focus lock too early
>>>
>>> Can you expand on that? Do you not just half-press the shutter release
>>> until focus confirmation then press all the way?
>>
>> Sometimes, I'll
Larry answered:
> I asked:
>> Larry Colen wrote:
>>> hitting the focus lock too early
>>
>> Can you expand on that? Do you not just half-press the shutter release
>> until focus confirmation then press all the way?
>
> Sometimes, I'll prefocus, then hit the AF button to switch to manual focus to
On Jan 10, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Don Guthrie wrote:
> A little bit of noise looks fine in that type of shpt IMHO. LR can save some
> really dark photos, but I think several other shots of that person were
> better photos. Yes I went thru the set and I thought you got lots of good
> shots.
Thanks
On Jan 10, 2013, at 5:54 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
> Those shots came out very well indeed, Larry; bassist especially.
Thanks
>
> I'm looking forward to enjoying a K-5 descendent myself one day. The
> K-5IIs is on my wishlist, but I'm kinda hoping a 24 Mpx sensor appears
> in one by that time. F
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From my experience shooting in very low light, I don't tend to like to push
the ISO on the K-5 past 12,800. Sometimes I'll go as high as 16,000 when I
don't have any c
Those shots came out very well indeed, Larry; bassist especially.
I'm looking forward to enjoying a K-5 descendent myself one day. The
K-5IIs is on my wishlist, but I'm kinda hoping a 24 Mpx sensor appears
in one by that time. Fortunately for me, wishing and dreaming are
budget-friendly activities
That is pretty amazing for 25,600! I'm almost looking forward to going
to work this weekend and seeing what it'll do in the dim light there.
Some of the reviews I've read said the images become pretty much
unusable at 12,800 -- but I reckon that depends on what you're using
them for. For purely
On Jan 10, 2013, at 12:02 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
> focus manually?
I've tried that, often with worse luck. Several of mine last night were manual
focus. I wish it were easy to sort out my photos in lightroom into manual or
auto focus so I could easily compare my success rate with each.
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focus manually?
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Subject: The K-5 continues to surprise me
>From my experience shooting in very low light, I don't tend to like to push
>the ISO on the K-5 past 12,800. Sometimes I'll go as high as 16,000 when I
>don't have any choice. Last night I was photographing a benefit concert for a
>friend whose house had burned down, and when I wasn't using a
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