Paul: That first photo is really terrific, and all of these experiences with the K20D is making life very difficult for me: I just cleared out most of my debt and the urge to buy the camera is, how shall we say, strong. The only thing keeping me from buying one is the image of my wife killing me for doing it.
Micah On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Went out to the nature center today to give the K20D a workout with > my A400/5.6 and A2X-S converter. This combination wasn't really > working with the K10D or the *istD. Because the wide open stop is > f11, I had to go to at least ISO 800, even though I was working off > the tripod. Too much noise. The same was true for handholding the > A400/5.6 without the converter. One of the reasons I wanted the K20D > was to be able to use this lens and lens/converter combo efficiently. > Some preliminary samples follow. All were with High ISO noise > reduction set to weak. > > A4005.6 with AF540GFZ flash and Xtender, ISO 800, handheld: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7013146 > I like this one. > > A4005.6 plus A2X-S converter with AF540GFZ flash and Xtender on > tripod, ISO 1000, exposure at meter reading, f8 @ 1/200th: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7013166&size=lg. > > A4005.6 plus A2X-S converter with AF540GFZ flash and Xtender on > tripod, ISO 1000, exposure at f8 @ 1/1250th (about 2 1/2 stops under, > but flash is pumping up the exposure. I had to push the midrange > brightness on this which increased the noise, but it's still > acceptable, IMO: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7013168&size=lg > > In brief, due to reduced noise at high ISO, the new camera is giving > me long-glass capability that I didn't have with any of the other > Pentax digitals. > Paul > > -- > 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 directions. -- 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 directions.
