I personally know two photogs that now shoot the Df, both do superb low light work, I wish Pentax had something that good as I'm often hamstrung for shutter speed shooting what I do even pushing the ISO to 12800 using fast glass.
On 10 March 2014 12:37, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/03/2014 3:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> I've got the K-5 II, and am often surprised at how annoyed I am by >> its shortcomings. It has sensor performance that is the stuff of >> science fiction. It has the best low light autofocus of any camera >> I've ever owned, better than the K-5 which was better than the D600. >> But because it can't focus quickly on moving targets at 2EV or >> darker, and because it gets rather noisy over ISO 8000, I find myself >> grumbling. >> >>> > > I doubt very much if the noise on the Fuji is any better than the K5. What > it does have is really destructive high ISO noise reduction that can't be > turned off, only toned down. > I really think if you want excellent low light AF combined with excellent > high ISO performance, one of the low MP FF Nikons is the way to go. > I suspect the Df would be ideal for what you do, and if you wait a year, > they will be giving them away. The Nikon crowd thinks they are butt ugly > (which they are). However, as a low light camera I suspect it is superb. > > 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. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
