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 with the new X-E1 has made painfully clear. -T
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> 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 autofocus? Can't use the flash in the rain? Don't have enough > resolution to make wall sized prints? > > For example, "my camera sucks because it isn't full frame" is not what I'm > looking for. Here's a hypothetical case: > The exposure metering sucks. If I leave the camera on auto exposure, then > when I am taking photos of Dave Brooks working the corner of Heart Attack and > Vine downtown, the camera keeps metering for the stop light, and both David, > and his pimp Doug come out way underexposed. If I dial in exposure > compensation, then when I shoot without the light in the background it > overexposes and his white satin pants are totally blown out. I just have to > put the camera in manual, set the exposure by the histogram, and hope that no > cars catch them in their headlights. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > -- > 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.
