Re: Photographing Ice Hockey: K-x vs. K20D

2010-05-24 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/23/2010 1:38 PM, Robert Jordan wrote: My questions are: should I consider selling my K20D and buying a K-x? Can I shoot at 6400 with a K-x and get quality shots? What would I lose by replacing the K20D with the K-x? Together, the K-x and the K20 are almost everything I need in a

Re: Photographing Ice Hockey: K-x vs. K20D

2010-05-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-24 13:27, Larry Colen wrote: Probably pretty good. Though for what it would cost you to sell your K20 and pick up the new top of the line Pentax next fall, you could probably keep your K20 and pick up a K-x today. No kidding. I'm thinking more in terms of getting a K7 when the new

Photographing Ice Hockey: K-x vs. K20D

2010-05-23 Thread Robert Jordan
I have been reading the recent K-7 thread with great interest. I have a K20D. From September 2009-March 2010 I took at least 10,000 exposures at my son's hockey games, shooting from either a penalty box or behind the bench, using a DA 50-135 2.8, shooting with an aperature priority setting of

Re: Photographing Ice Hockey: K-x vs. K20D

2010-05-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Robert Jordan forbe...@yahoo.com wrote: I have been reading the recent K-7 thread with great interest. I have a K20D.  From September 2009-March 2010 I took at least 10,000 exposures at my son's hockey games, shooting from either a penalty box or behind the

Re: Photographing Ice Hockey: K-x vs. K20D

2010-05-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
If you search back in the archives a few months ago, I was readying myself to shoot an annual gymnastic meet for my third year. Only this year they were requiring me to shoot without flash. My current camera was a K20D. I went to many of my daughter's basketball games that were lit in a similar