I shot a few hundred frames last night at a dress rehearsal. Took a K-7 and K-x with me, with a 77 1.8 lens and 50-135 2.8 lens. There were MANY people on the stage so both lenses ended up being a bit too long. But both had some problems with the dramatic lighting conditions. When I tried using 1600 ISO, the camera tended to blow out highlights (the singers' faces). I did try a few at 3200. The zoom was awkward to use under such low light, so the next time I will take the three limited lenses (31/43/77) and leave the long ordnance at home. But I kept saying to myself "I wish I had the K-5 for this". I could tell on my LCD that this high ISO frames were noisy. Just how I can handle that in PhotoShop/Bridge will tell me whether or not I have to get a K-5 before the next theater production.
So, I'm keeping a close eye on these K-5 posts from early users. Jeffery By the way, why does the hood of the 35-150 zoom have a square tab that is removable? -- 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.
