----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens"
Subject: Re: Re: Using a PC as monitor for K20D
William
I guess children here are very much like children everywhere else.
Selfish, not behaving very considerate, using bad language, noisy etc.
Nevertheless, a guy I know is doing 17000 school photografs every august.
I figure he must be making considrerately much more than my yearly
salery - in just two months - august and september. That's worth at least
some trouble - isn't it.
I dont want preveiw - just the after check.
Will the *ist D software be able to manage my K20D?
Jens, my point is that every extra piece of equipment you bring onto the
jobsite has the potential to distract you from your job, and has the
potential to turn your work area into a circus.
We shoot about a dozen schools per year, none of our photographers has seen
the need to take an external monitor (laptop) along to the shoot.
If you are using a monitor as instant review you will have a time lag, I
don't know how long, between the time the picture is taken and the time it
shows up on the monitor.
In this time lag, you could just take another shot or two.
After the image shows on the external, you have to take your eyes from the
camera to check the shot, see if it's good and then either let that student
go, or take another shot.
Also, the screen just cannot be in view of the subject or they will start
mugging to see what sort of idiot expressions they can come up with, but it
also can't be in sight of the other students, for the same reason.
Meanwhile, you've taken your eye off the ball, which is the subject in front
of you. You don't have his/her attention, anymore.
School photography is a bit of a pressure cooker. Generally, you have a lot
of kids to shoot in not very much time, and you really need to crank them
through. Also, kids are a bit like puppies in that they are easily
distracted. If you aren't keeping them engaged, their little minds will
wander, which can be a bit of a disaster if you need to do another shot
because of closed eyes or bad expression.
I really think the camera review screen is your best bet here, just from
conversations I've had with our photographers and the very limited
experience I've had shooting school photos.
I'm not saying it isn't worth some trouble, I just can't help but think that
overall it really could be trouble, more trouble than it's worth.
I don't know if the istD software will manage the K20, but the K20 does have
it's own remote assistant software.
Anyway, if you decide to take a computer along, I'd be interested to know if
it was beneficial, or if you just turned it off as a failed experiment.
William Robb
--
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.
