Ralf's work is predominantly very long exposure night work. Check out his site, there's some brilliant work there.
The K-7 forces long-exposure NR on longer exposures, functionally locking up the camera for twice the duration of the exposure. Not a big issue at a 30s exposure, but at 30 minutes it's a whole different ballgame. -Adam On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not so knowledgeable. What kind of stuff do you do, Ralf? > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:46 PM, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Sep 11, 2010, at 10:09 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> On 9/11/2010 10:00 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sep 11, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: >>>> >>>>> Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> You pays your money and you takes your chances. >>>>> >>>>> So I did. Paid 1300 for a K-7, last summer. With some luck I might be >>>>> able to get 600 for it now, on ebay. The K-5 is rumored to be at around >>>>> 1600. >>>>> >>>>> Spent the last months doing a lot of audio and scanning old analog work >>>>> from better days while the K-7 sits in a cupboard. So much for "takes >>>>> your chances...". >>>>> >>>> I took my chances with the K7, and it produced thousands of photos, many >>>> of which brought in a substantial amount of money. It was a good >>>> investment, >>>> and it will now make a good backup. I'm happy to get rid of the K20 as a >>>> backup, because in shooting situations where there's little time to fool >>>> with exposure, the K20 didn't get the job done. The K7, on the other hand, >>>> is totally reliable in regard to exposure and far better in autofocus mode. >>>> Paul >>> >>> Paul, you and Ralf do totally different kinds of photography. >>> >> I realize that Peter, but the K7 gets a bad rap from posts like that, and I >> have to protect my resale value for next year when the K3 becomes >> available:-). >> Paul >> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Ralf >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany >>>>> Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com >>>>> Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf >>>>> Web : http://www.fotoralf.de >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly >>> developed moral bankruptcy." >>> -Woody Allen >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
