Thanks Micah. Sorry to tempt you:-). I had to sell a bunch of stuff to come up with it. And if I had done my income tax return first, I might have had to pass. Good thing I didn't do that:-). Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Micah Kleit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Paul: > > That first photo is really terrific, and all of these experiences with > the K20D is making life very difficult for me: I just cleared out most > of my debt and the urge to buy the camera is, how shall we say, > strong. The only thing keeping me from buying one is the image of my > wife killing me for doing it. > > Micah > > On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > Went out to the nature center today to give the K20D a workout with > > my A400/5.6 and A2X-S converter. This combination wasn't really > > working with the K10D or the *istD. Because the wide open stop is > > f11, I had to go to at least ISO 800, even though I was working off > > the tripod. Too much noise. The same was true for handholding the > > A400/5.6 without the converter. One of the reasons I wanted the K20D > > was to be able to use this lens and lens/converter combo efficiently. > > Some preliminary samples follow. All were with High ISO noise > > reduction set to weak. > > > > A4005.6 with AF540GFZ flash and Xtender, ISO 800, handheld: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7013146 > > I like this one. > > > > A4005.6 plus A2X-S converter with AF540GFZ flash and Xtender on > > tripod, ISO 1000, exposure at meter reading, f8 @ 1/200th: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7013166&size=lg. > > > > A4005.6 plus A2X-S converter with AF540GFZ flash and Xtender on > > tripod, ISO 1000, exposure at f8 @ 1/1250th (about 2 1/2 stops under, > > but flash is pumping up the exposure. I had to push the midrange > > brightness on this which increased the noise, but it's still > > acceptable, IMO: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7013168&size=lg > > > > In brief, due to reduced noise at high ISO, the new camera is giving > > me long-glass capability that I didn't have with any of the other > > Pentax digitals. > > Paul > > > > -- > > 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.
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