On Feb 26, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > Timing of K-5's arrival was impeccable. Today we drove to Jerusalem Botanical > Gardens only to catch the last days of Sakura blooming. It is indeed the > sight to behold - the immense wholesome beauty... I can only imagine (well, I > don't think I really can, but still) how it looks in Japan en masse. Please > have a look: > > http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2011/02/peso-2011-05-sakura.html > > As for K-5 - unlike with K-7, the match between us was practically > instantaneous. Most probably because of the time I spent shooting with K-7. I > am not entirely happy about its AF (in particular with Sigma 24-60/2.8 that I > use the most these days), but the editing latitude that its sensor is giving > to me is outstanding. I also find that its meter exposes to the right even to > the point of slight overexposure which is easily taken care of in post due to > sensor latitude. And the colors - they are better in my eyes than those of > K-7. But these are very preliminary impressions. DNG files however are huge - > I am going to have to buy new storage sooner than I planned. And indeed, I am > going to have to be somewhat more selective about what I keep and what I > delete due to the same reason. > > Oh, please be brutal and honest about the pictures. I think Galia outdid me > again,
yes > but I am starting to get used to it. > > Boris > stan -- 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.

