Not complaining. I prefer to think of it as "coveting". I thought we were all cool with that?
:) Thanks, tho. -c On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:52 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > People who complain when the get great results are insufferable, you know > that don't you. > > On 1/10/2011 9:46 AM, Christine Nielsen 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 >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > 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.

