On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > I finally got a chance to give the K5 a workout this weekend. It is a great > camera and a significant upgrade from the K7. However, I appreciate that it > shares ergonomics and batteries with the K7 - makes keeping the K7 as a > backup that much easier. > > Yesterday I spent some time with autumn meadowhawk dragonflies and this > afternoon I shot some bees in my yard. ISO 800 on the k5 is easily > comparable to ISO 400 oin the K7, and the higher ISO was usefull when > shooting the bees, which never sit still. I also note that the improved > exposure latitude results in needing to use less fill flash - which is also > helpful. > > A few shots can be found here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ > > or archived here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/autumn-dragons-autumn-bees
Wow. On the weekend I got some macro shots of a wasp eating some rotting berries, and it's not nearly so sharp as these. Amazing and humbling. Wonderful work. 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.
