If you find the jobs, you can do some professional work, regardless of equipment brand. But there are far more good photographers than there are paid shoots, so you have to dig. There are some imbeciles out there who specify brand, but who wants to work for imbeciles? Paul ----- "Timbah!" <tim...@clancode.hu> wrote:
> One of the main problems is I've Pentax. Not kidding. An agency will > never talk with someone who has Pentax. The minimum is Full Frame, > which > Pentax not planning to release. With a Nikon D700 or Canon EOS 5D > (MK1) > I could start with luck :) > > Also my equipment really lacks many things to become a professional. > All > the shots with Dovile was made with the FA 50 f1.4 and I had some "bad > > experience" with the focusing speed and accuracy of the K20D. > > It also made me think about Pentax and Professional Photography. > > Pentax is the very best amateur level camera and so far I know they > always were in the 35mm market. The Pentax K20D is a fantastic camera, > > but it has some serious downs. The AF is really a pain in the rear > sometimes, not to mention the focus feedback with MF lenses. For > Nature > it's very good since you have time, but for sport and fashion it's > kinda > weak. I did 'journalist' photographies with a 40 years old Carl Zeiss > > lens (f4/300) and it was way better than the other guy with a Canon > EOS > 40D + 70-200 f4 L (said the editor :P), but I often feel the need of > something quicker. I did live performance photography yesterday (a > dutch > band called Kraak & Smaak played at Trafalgar Square) and many of my > shots seems to be just a little OOF. > > The main problem is (I believe) that in this 'running' world you need > to > keep the tempo or you will fail (Minolta is one of the best examples). > > Also Samsung seem to be getting independent from Pentax as the EVIL > system was developed alone and they don't want to share it with > Pentax. > Without Samsung I wonder how well Pentax will suceed, but I am afraid > it > might have difficulties. > > So all in all I wonder what Pentax will do... but they need something > BIG :) > > .t > > Ps> I can't do professional photography work because I lack the two > E-factor: Experience and Equipment :D > > Christine Aguila wrote: > > Wow! Stunning! You've picked some gorgeous women to photograph. > > Your style is so distinct, Timber--really great! Sorry to hear > about > > Friday--what was it about last week? > > > > Anyway--I'd follow Cotty's suggestion and get your work out there > and > > to the London agencies! > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timbah!" <tim...@clancode.hu> > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:18 AM > > Subject: GESO: Meet Dovile :) > > > > > >> Hi list, > >> > >> I had a quite terrible friday but it turned to be good in the end. > I > >> had my first girl-photo-shoot :) > >> > >> A lituanian girl asked me to do some photos of her and this friday > in > >> heavy rain we went out (thanks for Pentax Weather Sealing) and took > > >> some pictures. > >> > >> Well... long story short: We had a good time and in the end I think > > >> we had a few good shots. > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/timbah/3452600674 > >> > >> More on my stream. > >> > >> Regards, > >> .timber > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > > -- > 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.
