Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-14 Thread Luiz Felipe
The 330 ftz offers the funcion too - don't know if it would work with the K20d. Works good with the Ds. About the noise, I don't think it's a bad performance. Just the price to pay for the high speed attained. No, I don't think these samples are flawed. Back in the film days (last month, for

High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread Larry Colen
I'm still wrestling with my K20D in high ISO. I'm often severely disappointed with the noise level. Last night, I posted these shots to facebook: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622030236980/ I just got a note from a friend of a friend about them: Eric's friend Joe here. Hey, saw

Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread Miserere
2009/8/13 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I'm finding that manual focus is working a lot better for me than autofocus in low light dance photography. Larry, how do you manage to get steady photos while you dance? The focus assist really IS like a real assistant; i.e., you can sometimes let it

Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread P. J. Alling
The look very nice, when I was shooting 1600 ASA film I'd have killed for such clean results, and I like grain. The fact is we've become spoiled. Larry Colen wrote: I'm still wrestling with my K20D in high ISO. I'm often severely disappointed with the noise level. Last night, I posted these

Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 02:18:04PM -0400, Miserere wrote: 2009/8/13 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I'm finding that manual focus is working a lot better for me than autofocus in low light dance photography. Larry, how do you manage to get steady photos while you dance? I'm not shooting

Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread Rick Womer
http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I wish I could set things up so that it's in manual focus, but I can set a button to autofocus, and then release the motor so I can fine tune the focus by hand. I suppose I can get used to using the

Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/13 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I brace myself, and prefer to use a monopod. Three legged dancing... :-) First time I really gave high ISO a try was this January, when I went North to photograph eagles. On one day I spent close to 3 hours snapping away at ISO 3200 and 1600 at a

Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:57:22PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: tune the focus by hand. I suppose I can get used to using the focus mode switch by the lens. What lens are you using? The Pentax lenses for the past few years have

Re: High ISO noise expectations

2009-08-13 Thread Bruce Walker
Larry Colen wrote: I'm still wrestling with my K20D in high ISO. I'm often severely disappointed with the noise level. Last night, I posted these shots to facebook: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622030236980/ I just got a note from a friend of a friend about them: Eric's