Heh, that reminds me of the 645D lecture that we attended. I tried out one of the SDM lenses that the Pentax rep had, and it was silent. I thought the thing was broken until it came into focus. :)
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do love how quiet the K-5 is. The other day, I had been shooting > with the 55-300, which makes a racket, just to focus. Then I switched > to the 50-135, and wow!! I had forgotten how whisper-quiet that is... > I almost thought it was broken. > > Enjoy! > -c > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've always been somewhat of a bottom-feeder when it comes to >> equipment (you remember me, Mr. Bang-for-the-buck Guy) so this K-5 is >> new territory for me (but I think I could get used to it). >> I'm very impressed by what I see of the K-5 so far. What I've never >> heard anybody talk about before (or maybe I wasn't paying attention) >> is how QUIET it is when you fire the shutter. I can take pictures up >> close behind people's back and they don't even hear it. Heck, *I* can >> hardly hear it! I think I'm in love. >> >> In another departure from my bottom-feeder ways, I ordered my first >> *new* lens yesterday. I made an unexpected lens sale and ordered the >> Sigma 28mm f/1.8 EX DG DF Macro AF with the windfall. It should be >> here next Friday. If nothing else, it should provide me with some >> faster exposure times the next time the Northern Lights decide to show >> themselves to South-Central Nebraska! >> Interesting images taken with this lens from Flickriver.com: >> http://www.flickriver.com/groups/sigma28mm18exdgapo/pool/interesting/ >> >> The seller has more and their price is more than right on this lens. >> If I'm not mistaken this lens will cover full frame (an important >> consideration if you are leaning toward Pentax announcing a FF one >> day) >> : ) >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/370564652825?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 >> >> -- >> 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
