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> > I wouldn't mind being "the second photographer" at a > wedding. I wouldn't want to be THE photographer. > Yeah that would be pretty cool. Next month my cousin is getting married and one of the girls that I grew up with is gonna be the photographer at her wedding she said I could help. And during the reception she is will teach me a few things. I don't know how my family keeps roping me into this. > > > Your cheapest fast glass is going to be a 50/1.4 supertak > with an adapter. If you play your craigslist cards > right, you can get the glass for free, or with an old spotty > for $50. M42 adapters are about $20. The problem with using > the old lenses is that they get you spoiled for build > quality. Well Crap I gave one of those to my cousin because, my mom's cousin gave it to me and Ben had a very old pentax camera but no lens. Crap Crap Crap. I can't quite go ask the kid for it back. It would break his heart. > In this case the lack of an automatic stopdown isn't going > to be an issue, because you'll be shooting wide open, or > close to it, anyways. > At my dojo, I find that 50mm is a reasonable length to work > with. > > It's manual focus, so I recommend refocusing a lot. That > way if you're off, you'll only be off for a few shots. A > katzeye could help here. > > Another low budget (as in cheaper than a new lens) thing > that'll help is a monopod. > http://www.linkdelight.com/index.php/Tripods-Heads/Benro-8x-Carbon-Fiber-MC-66n6-5-sections-Monopod/Detailed-product-flyer.html > is a sweet deal, I use it with a manfrotto ball head. I have a monopod and a head... I didn't think of it though. Good idea. I knew the tripods were to big. > Try higher ISOs. I'm almost always shooting > stationary objects at base ISO, but for dance or marital > arts, I'll push the ISO pretty hard. High ISO noise > will often look better in black and white. I was shooting at ISO 100 for this set of pictures. The Sensi's wife wants them blown up and hung on the walls. > > I need to get off my butt and finish working on this > project, but here's something I'm writing about shooting > action in low light: > http://red4est.com/lrc/photowriting/ > > specifically: > http://red4est.com/lrc/photowriting/photoing_blues.txt > http://red4est.com/lrc/photowriting/blues_photo_equip.txt > http://red4est.com/lrc/photowriting/photoing_blues_notes.txt Thanks for sharing. I will read it now! > > -- 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.
