Some nice shots here. I continue to be impressed by the K-5's capabilities.
Paul On Apr 16, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > There was a live band at the weekly blues dance last night. For various > reasons I decided not to shoot with flash, but just go with available light. > The musicians would nod their heads fast enough that I kept having to boost > the ISO to get a fast enough shutter speed, and ended up shooting at ISO > 20,00. The thing that impresses me the most isn't the lack of noise, but the > quality of the noise. > > With my K20 the noise was mostly blue, which just looked bad. With the K-5 > even when the noise is really obvious, it looks almost like one of those > paintings that are done with making little dots. Stippling? Impressionistic? > > Mind you, for ISO 20,000, the noise is pretty freaking amazing. The thing > that I notice more than the noise in some shots is the dynamic range, when > there are bright lights in the background, posterization abounds. In some > cases I get this weird halo effect around the people, I suspect that it might > have something to do with the out of focus blur bringing the bright lights in > the background out of clipping and into color. > > pictures at: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626511238830/ > or: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626511238830/ > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
