On Oct 23, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > 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.
My K-x is set up so that the AE-lock button is also the autofocus lock button. If I feel that I can trust the autofocus to pick the right thing to focus on (especially tough without the indicator lights) I'll use autofocus to prefocus, then hit the lock button so the camera fires when I'm ready. Alternatively, I have a katzeye focusing screen, so manual focus is easy for me in cases like that, and I'll just manually focus. If you think that the debates about sensor size, or vi vs. emacs, or any of the other religious wars are bad, try to avoid the matte glass vs. split prism debate. For me, when I first bought a katzeye screen, it was like growing back a lost appendage. I have had a weird problem with my K-x in that the focusing screen has a nasty habit of falling out. I may have tweaked the metal bracket just a bit, and I *think* I tried to bend it back the last time that it happened. I haven't done a lot of theater work, but I do a lot of band photography, and I think that they are probably fairly similar in what challenges you face. By the way, do you check your histograms and expose for the brightest channel when manually setting your exposure? -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
