You should just spend your money on better pans. ;-) Although I do like your list even if it doesn't matter. Especially the 50-135. That doesn't matter the most in my book.
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:09 PM, eckinator <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
