On 16 April 2013 01:53, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > People can complain about autofocusing all they want, but photographers made > do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good photographs. > Even in fast action situations. My beef is with the metering system on the > K20D. I often feel that my (gasp), more that 50 year old Spotmatic, and > nearly as venerable MX, ME and LX cameras have more accurate, built in light > meters. I understand that the K-5 series, (and K-X K-r, etc.), are much > better in this regard, and everyone seems to think that Nikon and Canon do > much better. The somewhat limited dynamic range on the K20D at higher ISOs > really requires getting the exposure right, and just when I begin trusting > the meter again it badly misses the exposure. Sometimes by by more that > three or four stops.
I think the old chestnut about how "photographers made do without autofocusing cameras for years and still got good photographs" is of course true, but they made less, had lower expectations/demands upon them and if truth be told I'm betting many "good photographs" from the old MF only days wouldn't hold up to the scrutiny applied to modern images. I know personally that the scope for concert and dance photography has increased immensely due to recent technological advances including AF. The finder of the K5 is good when compared with its current peers however when put up next to an LX with a good screen just looks sad by comparison. Focusing medium speed wide angle lenses is an exercise in frustration and using live view is possible but is a no more than a slow clumsy workaround (much akin to the green button kludge for using aperture ring lenses) when working on non-static subjects. The K5 or even Kx provide so much more latitude in post processing exposure manipulation than does the K20 it's stark, and the noise characteristic of the K5 sensor is very non-intrusive, if you like the grain of the K20 you can always add it in post :) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
