Thanks, Paul! I probably spend waaaay too much time photographing dragonflies, but what else is there to do?
Later - MCC ----- Original Message ---- From: paul stenquist <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:49:58 PM Subject: Re: k-7 Owners Hi Mark, Some great macro shots. I saw a few blue dasher this weekend, first of the year around here. Your pics are just gorgeous. Better than the real thing! Paul On Jul 12, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: > > The macro photos in this blog post - "Saturday Afternoon" - were taken with > the K7 yesterday - the camera was fresh out of the box. (The first image is > IMGP0011...) > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ > > I have yet to read the manual, but the K7 worked well in my first round of > shooting, using a manual focus A lens and flash setup on a DIY bracket. I did > have to turn the flash compensation all the way down (-3 on the AF360FGZ > iself, and -2 on the K7 body) to keep the exposure in line. That's different > from the K10D which I usually use with only -.5 compensation. FWIW - setting > ISO, flash compensation, RAW file selct, etc, was all very intuitive, no > consulting the manual required. > > It's not apparent in the small web sized images, but the amount of detail > -e.g. in the cells in the dragonflys' eyes - is noticeably better than what I > got with the K10D. > > - MCC > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:41:05 PM > Subject: k-7 Owners > > To all PDMLers who now own the new K-7: > > I know it's been a little slow on the list lately, but I wouldn't mind a > flurry of photos shot with the new K-7. (Actually, I thought there'd be a > flurry already.) Go ahead and show off your new equipment and photos and all > the possible crazy shooting schemes :-) you guys can dream up. The more the > merrier, in my view. > > I'm very keen on the new camera, and, I guess, I'd like to share in "owner > excitement" if K-7 owners are willing to create some! > > Cheers, Christine > > > -- > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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. -- 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.
