Thanks a lot, William I guess you are right. This was what I wanted - some sane advice, form experience. Of cource I am a bit disappointed, that the assistant wil slow down the process.
I geuss I could use the remote assistant for our camera club workshops in studio tecnique. It may even be possible to show the computerscreen with a procejtor as the monitor ;-) I have read that live view is not possible using the assistant. Too bad, ehh? http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/pentax/k20d-review/ Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Apr 10, 2009 17:36 "William Robb" <war...@gmail.com> wrote: > ----- 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 > 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.
