> From: Jeffery Smith > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:40 AM > > I do a significant amount of shooting theater productions, and the shutter > lag is a major issue for me, as is sensitivity/dynamic range. The E-5 is > significantly improved here, or is it simply not a problem with the E-5? > > The K-x has not been an issue with dynamic range/sensitivity for me, and the > 77/1.8 is a great focal length for most productions. However, I do get a lot > of lost shots because what I pulled the trigger on had changed by the time > the shutter actually fired.
- DR seems quite good. I haven't done my usual round of DR tests yet ... I won't until I can test using .ORFs in Lightroom as that's how all my other tests are done, and I'll reprocess all the older tests in the latest LR3 raw converter alongside the E-5. But I did some quick shots in very poor, contrasty light and even in the JPEGs I'm getting pretty amazing DR (around 10 stops from noise to saturation) even at ISO 1600, along with excellent detailing. - Shutter lag with AF enabled is simply not an issue with this camera, unlike with the E-1, Pentax K10D and *ist DS, Canon 10D or Panasonic L1. The Panasonic G1 does better than most of those DSLRs in poor light, not quite as well in good light, and the E-5 does better than it does in either. (BTW: It's never been an issue with any DSLR or the G1 if I was focusing manually, which truth to tell is 80% of the time in poor lighting circumstances.) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
