On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
> P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green > thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any > thing that makes noise, too! > > I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, > right? > > How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting > more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. A LOT!!! :-)) I only shoot on 8gig cards, so I don't know exactly how many frames fit on a 32 bigger. I think I get about 200 frames on an 8 gig card with RAW. I use 8 gigs because of the "all eggs in one basket" fear. Yep, you can turn off beeps on the K-5. You'll be amazed at how quiet the shutter is too. Can't wait to see your test/practice shots, Ann. You're going to have a lot of fun playing with the K-5 before your shoot. Cheers, Christine > ann > > On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Ann: >> >> Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my >> go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are >> easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if >> it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does >> have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will >> stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body >> responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn >> moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. >> >> I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, >> and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW >> files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then >> import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. >> >> Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. >> >> Big cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> 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. >>> >>> 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? >>> >>> any suggestions at all are welcome. >>> >>> boy, it is nice to be back! >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> > > -- > 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.
