That's interesting -- thanks for the feedback, George. I'll look into it. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:43 AM, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
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