Christine - The improvement in the noise reduction function between CS4 and CS5 is huge. So much so, that many people will find additional noise reduction software unnecessary. The upgrade looks like the least expensive and most cost effective first step on your list.
In addition there are several other improvements in CS5 that would make the upgrade worth while. That upgrade will also have the side effect of making the results from your other two choices better. I'd do the upgrade first. It's easily the biggest bang for your buck. George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > So... yesterday, my daughter competed in her first gymnastics meet. > And (please pardon the bragging..), she did very well. Well enough, > that I think there just might be many more meets in our future. Which > is all well & good, but photographically speaking, it's like shooting > soccer in a cave.. and the cave-dwellers forbid flash. > > With my k-7 & 50-135, the results were reasonable, for what they are, > shot at 3200iso, f2.8, 1/125 sec. (I put some snaps up here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028...@n04/sets/72157625788531640/with/5341649434/) > But, I could do with less noise. And even higher iso (or wider > apertures) could get me faster shutter speed, which would also improve > matters. > > So, I'm trying to decide where to focus my longing... > 1) a k-5? (for all the obvious reasons) > 2) faster lens? (most shots are within the 50-85mm range) > 3) noise reduction software? (I only have what's available in > ACR/cs4... open to suggestions, thoughts on this) > > What do you think? > > FWIW, I've considered asking her to switch sports. But it wouldn't > help much -- she also plays hockey... :) > > Thanks, all, > > -c > > -- > 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.
