My impression has been that, when POCKing (Photos Of Cute Kids), budget is of no concern. No direct experience myself.
stan On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:02 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Actually, with less than that kit budget Christine could probably afford to > hire contractors to install much brighter lighting in the gymnasium. :-) > > -bmw > > On 11-01-11 6:06 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Wow, Stan, another K7, two K5's, a couple of fast primes and the >> 50-135. Would you mind talking to my spouse sometime? I just can't >> make it sound this reasonable. >> >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Stan Halpin >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If you want fast, there is always the PK-A 50/1.2 . . . >>> >>> My vote: >>> a. Stick with what you have for a meet or two. Even better, take a bunch of >>> photos at practice sessions; if experiments don't work out, it won't be >>> quite as painful as missing out on a great shot during competition. >>> Evaluate what focal length(s) you are most often using. Play with the >>> processing. Think about the output media (are these for wall-sized prints? >>> 4x6's for the grandparents? viewing on a PC?) and how much sharpness etc >>> you really need. >>> b. Then - >>> 1. go with one or two fast primes. Wider is better, you can always >>> crop later. >>> 1.1 If you decide to go with two primes, buy a second K-7. >>> 2. after 6 months, then buy the K-5 (or two of them). >>> 2.1 Keep one of the K-7's as a backup, mount your 50-135 on >>> it . . . >>> >>> stan >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >>> >>>>> Aside from a 50 1.4, which is substantially faster than your 50-135 but >>>>> not long enough for the most part, anything faster than the lens you're >>>>> using would have to be a prime, and an expensive one at that. And you >>>>> won't have the flexibility that a zoom gives you for this type of work. >>>>> The 50-135 is an excellent and relatively fast lens. Go for the K-5. >>>>> Paul >>>> I got to play with the 50/1.4 a couple of months ago, when the Pentax >>>> road show came to town. I've never shot with anything that fast, and >>>> it was *amazing*. I think you're right that the zoom is better for >>>> this situation, but that one is still on my wish list. >>>> >>>> Along with a k-5. >>>> >>>> And an upgrade to cs5. >>>> >>>> Thanks for your input, Paul. ( I noticed you voted twice, but I can >>>> only count it once... ;) ) >>>> >>>> -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. -- 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.
