Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-05-02 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/25/2011 03:05, William Robb wrote: Pentax flash control has always sucked, so I don't allow it to do anything, I still use a big old Metz 60 CT-2 autoflash, and it gives me stellar results, and is accurate enough that I just shoot, and don't chimp. I cannot confirm or disprove that Pentax

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-25 Thread Thibouille
John, were shadow compensation, lens corrections etc ON ? They significantly slow down the camera. 2011/4/24 John Celio n...@neovenator.com: I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves and may have

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-25 Thread David J Brooks
at a wedding: My two complaints I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves and may have ruined some pictures. 1. The shot-to-preview time (how long it takes a photo to appear on the screen after

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
I always wonder if my hatred of flash is due to having used Pentaxes all my life. On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 5:58 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I always wonder if my hatred of flash is due to having used Pentaxes all my life. On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 5:58 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5

RE: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-25 Thread John Celio
I'm pretty sure I have all those correction/compensation features turned off, but I will check that. Thanks for the tip. John -- http://www.jacelio.com Original Message Subject: Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints From: Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com Date: Mon, April 25

K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-24 Thread John Celio
I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves and may have ruined some pictures. 1. The shot-to-preview time (how long it takes a photo to appear on the screen after it is taken) is painfully long.

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 24, 2011, at 2:58 PM, John Celio wrote: I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves and may have ruined some pictures. 1. The shot-to-preview time (how long it takes a photo to appear

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-24 Thread William Robb
On 24/04/2011 3:58 PM, John Celio wrote: I shot a wedding in Yosemite National Park yesterday and my K-5 performed admirably. There were two problems I noticed that got on my nerves and may have ruined some pictures. 1. The shot-to-preview time (how long it takes a photo to appear on the screen

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-24 Thread Liz Masoner
The flash blowout is very annoying. I've found I have to stop down more than you mention myself. Knowing that the problem exists though I try to just set things ahead and I'm getting quicker at the adjustments. On 4/24/11 4:58 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: I shot a wedding in

Re: K-5 at a wedding: My two complaints

2011-04-24 Thread Christine Aguila
to get flash blow out with the K-5. I had to dial down much more than usual. I plan to test the k-5 with the flash this week. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: John Celio n...@neovenator.com To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:58 PM Subject: K-5 at a wedding