Sorry to be late here. John, few points:
1. Given that you do it for a friend be sure to warn them sufficiently many times that you're not full time wedding photographer. You sure realize that if things don't go as planned, you may have a big problem on your hands (friendship-wise). 2. Having moved from K10D to K-7 I should tell you that it took me about a month to fully accustom myself to all the changes. I routinely shoot every weekend but that time I remember that we had a long weekend trip to Galilee where I was shooting much more than usual. The main difference I recall is that of operational timing. K10D feels relatively slow compared to K-7 and I missed number of moments simply because I tripped the shutter at the wrong time. I expected a slight delay and it fired immediately. On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:30 PM, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: > ?> Quite a number of sound ideas and advices so far, so I might >> >> only add: beware of Murphy. Of course, you are welcome to >> keep reading the rest. > > Thanks for the responses, everyone. Just to clear a few things up: > > - If I could own a K-5 (or K-7) before the wedding, I would, but I don't > think I can afford to yet. I am going to borrow a friend's K-7 for an event > I'm shooting in April, so I should be able to learn my way around that body > design easily. Back at my old camera shop job, I had to learn new cameras > very quickly to be able to sell them, so I'm not too worried it. > > - My K10D is woefully inadequate for shooting weddings. Horrible noise in > low light coupled with back-focusing with nearly all my lenses, I am so > frustrated with the damn thing I rarely take pictures at all these days. I > will bring it as a backup, though. > > - I've shot a wedding before and did alright. I explained to the bride that > I am not a professional, but she seems okay with that. She doesn't want an > album or any fancy editing, so I'm not looking to charge much. > > I like the idea of finding out what low quotes she got, so I might just ask > her about that. > > Thanks again for the advice, > John > > -- > http://www.jacelio.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. > -- Boris -- 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.
