Re: soon to be enabled

[P.J. Alling]

I don't think that your version of Elements supports or can be made to 
support the K-5 version of the PEF format.  You will probably need to 
shoot DNG or get the latest version of Adobe DNG converter and do it on 
your computer.
I don't think there's any real advantage for you to be shooting PEF 
format with the k-5. Earlier Pentax cameras PEF files could be 
significantly smaller that DNG files but with the K-5 that's no longer 
an issue.

I don't know how much memory your Dell has but if you can get enough to 
max it out I'd do it.  The K20D which I'm using saves PEF files of 9 to 
16 mb, (average 13-14), they expand when saved as TIFs to about 80mb, 
that's a pretty good analog to how much memory the un-manipulated image 
file will take up when you load it into memory, K-5 files will be 
probably twice that size.  Invest in another terabyte of external 
storage I picked up a couple of 1tb external drives not long ago for 
under $40.  It's amazing how fast they fill up.

On 7/11/2013 8:44 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
full disclosure time,
I only have ELEMENTS 5.0  and it happily allows me to open PEF's and 
it does pretty much all I've asked it to do so I don't plan on 
changing what I'll be processing with.  Many of you know I'm running 
Windoze XP on a dell dimension that is about 7 years old. All my 
photos go on the 1 terrabit external drive. Just an fyi if that 
affects anything, changes any advice - etc.

I did get the confirming email from KEH - I splurged on the UPS second 
day air and the regular UPS guy knows me - he actually helped me id a 
couple of the buildings in the Back in the Day calendar :-)

sounds like 32gb is more than I'll need for the wedding.

ann


On 7/10/2013 22:00, Gerrit Visser wrote:
Give or take >800 angels on a 32gb using DNG on a K5.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it, the shutter is very quiet compared 
to K100D
et al. Not silent but quiet.

jpg takes more processing power in the camera, plus you want Raw 
anyway to
processing :-) So may as well just shoot raw. I switched to raw only 
before
our last trip and ain't going back.

Gerrit



-----Original Message-----
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM
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Subject: Re: soon to be enabled

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.

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 <ann...@nyc.rr.com> 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

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