Way to go Tan! Big congrats! stan
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2011, at 10:04 PM, "Tanya Love" <[email protected]> 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.
