Even though I already know I want one. These are the things that I'm curious about especially how it compares with other cameras.
On Nov 21, 2010, at 8:40 PM, Miserere wrote: > I convinced B&H to lend me a K-5 for review and it should arrive > tomorrow (Monday). I won't have it as long as other cams I've tested > (it's going back on Dec 15th) so I'm trying to streamline this review > as much as possible and keep out any superfluous fluff. > > If any of you guys have any particular requests for things you'd like > me to check that you think *must* be included in a self-respecting > review, I'd love to hear from you. With every camera, there is a learning curve about how to get the most out of it. Has any of the people with the K-5 figured out any of the specifics with theirs? For example, with my K20, night photography seems to work best at ISO 400, being the best balance between sensitivity and noise. Actually, I'd love to see a site that has a database of all of these quirks and hints for any camera. But, for streamlining your review process, maybe some hints from others could save you a little time. I'm most interested in how well it does in cases where other cameras fall short. Some of my requests/suggestions are coupled with particular lenses that you may or may not have. While the video capabilities had nothing to do with my interest in my K-x, I have found that for short clips, it makes a better video camera than my dv camcorder. The sensor and the optical path are both orders of magnitude better. One way that it particularly excels is in low light sensitivity. I suspect that the K-5 is yet another big step up over the K-x. I'd like to see what it can do as video in difficult light situations: * Low light in general. Maybe indoors with poor light, where you'd be shooting ISO 800 or above in order to hand hold. * Nasty dynamic range situations. Someone blowing out the candles on a birthday cake. * I'm often taking videos of my friends playing music. Could you put an FA77 on it and spend an evening in a dive bar taking pictures and video of blues musicians? In more conventional photography: I've seen what Ralf can do with his in industrial settings. I'd like to see what one can do more along the lines of Dave Savage's work. Night landscapes with stars visible. That may not be possible in Boston in November though. Put a DA40 (or maybe the DA35 macro, or the pfa50/1.4 or any of the small primes) on it, and put it in your coat pocket, or fanny pack spend a few hours walking around the city and see how it fares as a "pocket SLR". Bonus points if you can do this both before and after dark for a bit of Theraultian street photography. If you're interested in seeing how it does at autosports, I can ping a friend in your area that does autocross and the like and see if there are any fun events that involve people driving cars at silly fast speeds, to test it's autofocus. I'm curious how it works shooting dancers in ridiculously low light. If you want, I could put you in touch with my friends in your area that do dance. Another couple of torture tests that would be interesting to see how it does, and how it compares to other cameras are available light shots of children playing indoors and people playing fast paced sports. How well does it work with P-TTL flash (AF-540 etc). My K100 and K20 were often unusable, my K-x is better, but still easily tricked. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
