On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > I finally got myself a K5. The first one had some serious dust inside > the sensor (one black spot, different from the dust chain seen in > first batches). My local pusher promply swapped the cam and made me > happy. What a beast the K5. A few captures from last week: > > Stars: > http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/#id=album-126&num=content-4602 > > Moonlight > http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/#id=album-126&num=content-4605 > > DA12 24 30s without in camera noise reduction. The second has some hot > pixels. I need to figure out how to substract a dark frame manually > > Birds of prey > http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/#id=album-126&num=content-4607 > http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/#id=album-126&num=content-4606 > http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/#id=album-126&num=content-4609 > > DA55-300 ISO800. > > I'm surprised how good the K5 is. It manages to squeeze the best out > of my glass like the 55-300 which is a joy to use at ISO800 and > improved SR. Astro and night photography is now easy.
I certainly feel humbled. Those bird shots are incredible. The first one of the stars, with the bit of orange above the horizon is amazing, too. Hell, they're all terrific shots! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
