to put the thread back on topic: 60-250 k-5 + grip 50-135 and on my wish list DA*8-16 and a buyer for my DA 18-250, just repaired for € 122 with just under 2 years pentax warranty left cheers ecke
2011/1/30 Steven Desjardins <[email protected]>: > You can always burn dinner in good pans. You can drive you Porsche > into the wall. You can also drop drop your K5on your foot and break > your toe. These are isolated incidents, however, and not averages > across many situations. > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Better equipment quite obvkously wouldn't make much difference here. The >> shot is in full sun and presents no huge equipment challenges. However, if >> taken with an inferior lens that lacked sharpness it wouldn't be as nice as >> it is. And it is quite nice. And of course if it were to be used on a >> billboard, taking it with a medium format camera would probably yield a >> better result for that purpose. >> >> However, the point some have been trying to make is that there are >> situations that can tax one's equipment. For example, I was unable to >> achieve decent results in the very dim lighting of the pool hall with either >> the K20 or the K7. In fact, the K20 wouldn't even lock focus in that light, >> and the ISO 6400 pics from both cameras were quite noisy. The K-5, being >> better suited to lo-light photography in terms of both noise and autofocus, >> allowed me to take better photos. >> >> I find this a silly discussion. Of course, better equipment won't always >> help one take better photos. But there are times when it will. What could >> possibly be more obvious? >> >> Paul >> On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >>> For those that think better equipment makes a photographer better (and >>> assuming he would then take better images) I throw this out for you to tell >>> me how 'better' equipment would make this a better photo. >>> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12483032 >>> >>> Taken with K20D, 70-210mm SMC Pentax F. 1/30 f16, ISO 200 on Gitzo 3530LS >>> with Bogen >>> mini gear head, other than the tripod, not exactly hi end gear. the K20D is >>> not 'as good' as say a >>> K-5, the 70-210 Pentax is good but not a superior lens. >>> >>> Do I need a better camera body or lens or what and what effect will they >>> have on this image. >>> >>> Should I have taken the money I spent on 2 weeks in Utah and bought better >>> equipment? >>> >>> ; - ) >>> >>> Kenneth Waller >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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.
