Christine, My advice is always to not buy a new camera. BUT, if someone insists on buying one, then I ask them to do so through my affiliate links. The small commission I get helps ease the pain caused my advice being ignored.
As for the pics, they look great from a noise/exposure/measurebator point of view, but I can see why you'd like to be able to shoot at speeds of 1/250 - 1/500s while achieving similar quality. As for artistic merit, I did like this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028...@n04/5341654538/in/set-72157625788531640/ Great composition, but I would use some Photo Fu on that yellow bar coming out of your daughter's head. Then I'd convert to B&W, print 'n' frame it and hang it up at work :-) There is some movement in her arms that might or might not bother me (I'm undecided yet), but which may lead you to think that a higher shutter speed might have been desireable, hence the need for the K-5. This one made me laugh: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028...@n04/5341045589/in/set-72157625788531640/ It's so Boston to have this cute little girl go up to get a medal in gymnastics wearing big snow boots :-D Do congratulate her on her 1st place medal. Hopefully it's the first of many, and her mum will end up with lots of similar photos. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 10 January 2011 15:39, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > If I've learned anything in half a century of photography is that any reason > one can come up with to buy a new camera is a valid reason. Go for it! The > 50-135/2.8 is undoubtedly an excellent lens for what you're doing, and with > the K-5 you'll be able to shoot at 6400 and get better results than the K-7 > gets at 3200. > Paul > > On Jan 10, 2011, at 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 >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
