Creative and well exicuted. Jack
--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: "I am leaving Pentax because it limits me..." > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 7:15 PM > Excellent work. Congratulations! > And I'm sure you'll find that the K-5 is a major > improvement over the K-7. No comparison really. > Paul > On Jun 30, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Tanya Love wrote: > > > I'm in a big rush, but I'd just like to add that I > just won two silver distinctions and a silver award at the > Australian Professional Photography Awards, with nothing > other than my K-7! :) > > > > I tell you what, Pentax Australia is finally taking a > bit of notice of me now, and I even had a nice long chat > with the marketing department and CEO of CR Kennedy at PMA > on the weekend. > > > > In all honesty, I *have* struggled in the past months > due to the sensor noise that I have in low light conditions, > but I have two *very* cheap K-5s on their way to me (thanks > for listening CR Kennedy!), > > and I think I will be up to scratch then! > > > > You can see my award shots here: > > https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150241867583840.339602.256694448839 > > > > I have to tell you that I certainly did gloat a bit > when a very well known AIPP Grand-Master (a professional of > 40 years experience) who has been mentoring me for the > awards and who shoots with a 5D MkIII, only went home with > two silvers! Bwahahaha! And here's me, my first > awards, and shot with only my trusty little K-7 and > AF50mm/f1.7, beating him (and lots of others) in the awards > stakes! Woohoo! > > > > t.x. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Timber > > Sent: Friday, 1 July 2011 6:00 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: "I am leaving Pentax because it limits > me..." > > > > Before you flame on me, no I am not. I will stay with > my loved white Kr, and maybe a K5 update later... > > > > But how many times I heard this from friends... > countless. > > > > Most of the time the reason is: Pentax is not good for > studio photography. > > > > I was not aware of Benjikan (or Benjamin Kanarek) > until recently a friend of mine directed me to his page. > (FYI: > > http://www.benjaminkanarek.com/ ) > > > > So I now always ask my friends when they say Pentax is > not good enough for studio: You think his photographs are > not good enough? You already reached his level and you feel > it's not enough for you? > > > > Obviously... the answer is no :D > > > > But to be honest I had some hesitations sometimes as > well... I love Sony's new system, for not having a blacked > VF during the photos and most importantly, videos. But is it > really that important? Well... no. > > > > But which other company offers you the possibility to > try the astrophotography for a low price of £200ish? Or has > a grip so comfortable that you don't really want to use a > battery grip to make the use of the camera comfortable? > > > > But on the other end there are limits for sure. Not > having most of the 3rd party companies support for P-TTL > (YangNuo, Phottix...) is one of the main concerns, but apart > from that... I am still in love with Pentax :) > > > > So, yes... Sony A55 and Nikon D5100 are really > tempting for me giving a bit more options, but I believe my > little Pentax Kr is a very good partner for my photography > needs. > > > > Why did I write this? Well... I just had to tell you > this and we read so many rants then why not a praise? :) > > > > Regards, > > .t > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > 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.
