On Apr 17, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Nice set, Larry.
Thanks. > I think 5183 has some real potential. The couple's expressions are great. > Maybe a bw conversion would work. I had considered that, but liked the blues in the background. However, giving it a try was a great excuse to procrastinate getting back to work on my little construction project for a few minutes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5628839771/in/set-72157626511238830 the color version http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5624794029/in/set-72157626511238830 > Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 2:32 PM > Subject: High ISO noise on the K-5 > > >> 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. -- 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.
