Jeffery, The removable square tab is so that when a polarizing filter is mounted you can adjust it. Lightroom 3 has some good noise reduction algorithms and Boris mentioned liking Topaz. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Jeffery Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
