On May 16, 2012, at 8:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> On May 16, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Paul Stenquist >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On May 16, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> More strong evidence that a change is in my future. The D800E is >>>>> looming large. Sigh. >>>>> >>>> Nothing to sigh about if you can afford it. They're all just cameras. >>> >>> I'm sighing because I can't afford it, but kinda need it, or will >>> sooner rather than later. >>> >>> I used to poo-poo the whole FF vs crop debate/fanboy-rant, but not >>> anymore. The necessity for raw, clean megapixels becomes clear when >>> you start retouching studio shots. >>> >> I was surprised to read that you're lacking clean raw megapixels, Then I >> read further, saw that you're shooting with a K20D, and i all made sense.The >> K-5 is a huge improvement over the K30D, particularly in terms of noise. I >> do plenty of retouching at pixel level and the K-5 images are extremely >> clean. I had noise problems with both the K20D and the K-7, but that's just >> a vague memory. To me, a camera with a different mount doesn't count as a >> backup. I have to be able to twist the same lens onto a new body if you get >> a failure. And I don't want to stop and think about the controls. >> >> Borrow a K-5 and give it a try. You'll be amazed at the difference. > > You've given me some hope, thanks! :-) Not sure I can borrow one, but > I'll see what I can manage. > > >> If that can't work for you, I'm probably going to shoot seven or eight >> portraits in the studio in the next week or two (assuming the client signs >> the estimate). If you wish, I'll send you a RAW file for pixel peeping. Of >> course any RAW file that's shot at close to native ISO, studio or outdoors, >> can provide a good look at how clean K-5 images are. >> >> Paul > > Paul, I'd really like to take you up on that offer. I'm extremely > interested to peep a K-5 RAW. Do you work hand-held, by the way? I > know that part of my pixel fuzziness is from hand-holding but it's > just so hard to use a mono- or tripod in my workflow. > > I appreciate your feedback, Paul.
I shoot almost everything handheld, although I'll use a tripod for some of the pics when I shoot cars. But studio models and portraits, and of course Grace playing, are all handheld. Paul > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- 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.
