That's a nice first gallery with the K5, Ann. Love the graceful composition of the yellow and blue umbrellas. Lately, I've been thinking about shoring up my manual focus skills. I've been a bit lazy in that respect. I've made a few boo-boos with white balance--forgetting to reset customizations etc--of course, I think I've made just about every photographic boo-boo one can make. lol. I've never liked the results of the the HDR feature, but I haven't worked it much.
So glad you are having fun with the camera. I've said this before, and I know folks may think I'm crazy, but I really think the K-5 should go down in photographic history as one fantastic camera. When you think of camera size, IQ, ISO quality, metering strength, weather resistance, and cost--well, I think overall, great camera. It's not perfect to be sure, but it's still pretty darn great. Cheers, Christine On Aug 4, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Christine - > To me those beams are important.. if anything , Id clip a bit of the top so > that the hexagon corners jsut touch the opt of the frame.. > I see what you mean - but in general, I don't care for square format > Like about 3:2 the best. Most photos of mine that I fiddle with > that result in loooking best in square format end up getting discarded. > > I LOVE the K-5! this is the full GESO of examples (not may photos) > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5 > > I particularly love it for being able to go totally manual now that I have my > eyes back and can focus and can use my 28mm and my 50 from the > 70's - When something isn't quite sharp it's because of camera movement, > or when I was shooting from him not fast enough. > > Paul taught me use green button to lock in exposure . I love the > way I can use AWB, take a frame, and then adjust the WB. Unfortunately, > I've forgotten that I've fined tuned it for certain light sometimes.. > > Don't know the camera well enough yet to take full davantage of the > fancy stuff, but being able to do without auto focus is a major plus. > I'm so glad to be able to use the lens to adjust aperture and I've > been setting the lens on f8 with the little red line pointing to it > for grab shots - checking for light along the way. > > Love seeing the data for what you are doing on the nice big screen > And it seems I get more light with the manual lenses - but I haven't > checked it scientifically. Wonderful to be able to shoot at high ISO > without flash. > > Only trouble with shooting totally manually is the exif data doesn't tell me > what focal length I'm using or what lens. The 50 is an A > but I had better success NOT using the A for controlling the ap.. > > I tried one HDR thing but didn't really get how to do it - just wanted > to see if there was some purpose to it that wasnt over the top. > > Did I mention i love the K-5? :-) > > ann > > > > > On 8/4/2013 10:13, Christine Aguila wrote: >> I like it, Ann. Good geometry play! If it were mine, I might crop out the >> beams right of frame and go for a squarish crop. How do you like the K5? >> Any impressions to share? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> On Aug 3, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s/1/2675444041_rBxT55v/Large >>> >>> with the 28 - straight out of the can, as it were. >>> >>> I think I have to leave stuff alone on Smugmug for a while >>> too many things that are critical right now to deal with >>> >>> dentist on tuesday :( >>> >>> 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.
