Budget is correct, mostly. I have only just begun doing these types of shoots, and as yet they are not my bread and butter. But, the demand is growing. Right now, I am focusing my energies on rebuilding my studio set up that I sold when I *retired* from photography a few years back.
I really need the correct lighting set up right now as I am doing a lot of product shots, and more and more indoor newborn stuff too. The thing is to convert to Nikon isn't just a case of a new body and a lens. I have stacks of gear that I would need to convert - 7-8 lenses, 3 flashguns, 2 battery grips, 3 rechargeable camera batteries, off camera flash sync cables, all that are Pentax specific and none of which I could afford to change. However, I *do* need a second body, so maybe I'll consider a D700 plus a nice fast zoom for this purpose. J On the other hand, Pentax are actually loaning me a K-x for a week or two leading up to the Workshops I am teaching at the end of July as I will be using it to demonstrate my teachings. It will give me a great opportunity to really play with it and see if it would offer me a better alternative so far as noise goes.... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2010 11:52 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Noise with K7 On 6/24/2010 9:21 AM, William Robb wrote: > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Tanya Love" > Subject: RE: Noise with K7 > >> Lol, actually, Rob is correct! I am shooting kids IN interiors! Lol. >> Ie. >> They are shots featuring nurseries and also have to have the babies >> in them as "lifestyle" shots. >> >> AND, I do have lights, BUT the brief for this magazine is always to >> use available light. I tend to bounce a low powered strobe into the >> darkest corners of the room to give a Little bit of fill that even >> the most discerning of magazine editors can't detect, and I also use >> a tripod but a lot of the nurseries are really small and with a baby >> or two crawling about on the floor, it can make for fun times. >> >> I have been playing a lot with the NR in CS5 and LR3, but even so, it >> is all more work to add to the post workflow. I *really* wish it >> could be done perfect first time around. >> >> This, and the ability to shoot tethered are two major flaws in the >> current line up for professionals for Pentax. It is *almost* enough >> to make me consider switching to Nikon.... >> >> ...but not quite. :) > > Nice of you to give all the information right off the get go. > Why aren`t you using a D700 or D3? > They are the right tools for the job. Nothing from Pentax comes even > remotely close. > > William Robb > My guess is budget. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the interface subtly weird.\par } -- 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.
