On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:09:18AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to > hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief > wedding > ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone > else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to > that and > especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc > > But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding > photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is > in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best > price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about > $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and > spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one.
Excellent news Ann! > > IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage > words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out > for in switching from the D... > > I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB > fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto > my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the > raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? I have jpeg set at 2MP, so that when I need JPEGs right away, they are already sized for the web and don't take up a lot of space. I don't often use RAW+JPEG, but if I need JPEGS, I do it that way rather than setting it to JPEG, if for no other reason than to prevent me from losing raw files by forgetting to set it back. > > any suggestions at all are welcome. > > boy, it is nice to be back! Welcome back. I am sure that you will like the K-5. Third party spare batteries are not very expensive. It takes a few charge cycles to get the full capacity out of a new battery. If you don't like fumbling with SD cards, just invest in a 64GB card. It will last you through the whole wedding. I know that this suggestion borders on heresy, you could also tell your friend that if they buy a Sandisk extreme 64GB card for you to use, once you have copied all the files onto your computer for processing, you could just give them the huge card with all of the raw (or raw and web sized jpegs) files to keep. Realistically, I doubt that you need more than a 32G card, which was at the peak for storage/dollar the last time I checked. A year ago, I shot for a week at dance/music events and used less than 32G per day. As people know, I am not shy about taking extra shots with digital, just to make sure that one of them turns out. One advantage of the bigger card, and spare battery, is that would give you plenty of extra storage and battery for taking video clips. I also recommend that you experiment with live view, before the event. When shooting in low light situations, live view can be invaluable for framing, and particularly for manual focus. Make sure that you go through the menu ahead of time, and turn off all of the beeps. > > Regards, > ann > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
