On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Attila Boros <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice girl and excellent lighting. But why the piercings? Can't > understand that trend.
Winters are very long in Saskatchewan Dave > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> Right off, I would just like to say that the K3 is the first Pentax SLR >> camera I have owned, whether digital or film, other than the 6x7, which just >> works. >> I like this camera. It's easy to use and very capable. >> One gripe, and this is pretty minor: When the K7 came out, they had broken >> the OK button, then they fixed it. They broke it again on the K5, and on the >> K3, they left it broken, but put on another button to switch from AF point >> selection to operating controls. I preferred the K7 way after they had fixed >> it. >> So it goes, it didn't take much getting used to. >> I shot everything off a tripod with wired remote today, so I can't attest to >> the camera's handling. The tripod didn't tip over once. >> I shot with the 77 Ltd, the 70Ltd, the DA*55/1.4 and the A*85/1.4. I was >> stopped down to the f/5.6 to f/8 range (small shooting space these days, my >> lights are overpowered for it). >> >> The auto focus works under studio lights. This is a first for me with >> Pentax. Every Pentax AF SLR camera I've had prior to this one has had flakey >> AF in the studio. I'm very happy with the auto focus. They seem to have done >> some improvement to the focusing screen as well. I found focusing with the >> 85 to be very easy as well. I suspect I will be leaving the screen alone and >> not install a Katz-Eye in this camera. >> >> I hate to say it, but there are still not enough AF points...... Because >> they are almost all packed into the central rectangle on the screen, there >> are still a lot of times I am not placing the focus point on an eye unless I >> want to compromise the composition or recompose (possibly knocking the eye >> out of focus anyway). However, the AF is better in every respect than >> previous Pentax SLRs. I didn't try LiveView AF today. Perhaps next time. >> >> Anyway, this could have been done by any camera, but it was done with the K3 >> at ISO 100, with the 70mm Ltd at f/4.5. >> >> http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/elle1.html >> >> bill >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
